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[nickharambee]

hi

just wondering if it is possible to encode/convert to AAC (m4a) format in MC 14?

thanks

nick

[JimH]

No.  It's a license fee issue.  Would you pay $10?

[Dirhael]

I'd love to pay $10 for a native AAC plugin

[Quixote]

I would also pay $10

[nickharambee]

I'd love to pay $10 for a native AAC plugin

Sure, i'd pay $10 too!  when you say native plugin, is there an external program that i can use with MC to encode to AAC?

[Alex B]

I think a big problem for the smaller software companies is the steep initial cost. They must pay lots of money for the license before they can start selling the end user products. I think the price for a single sold unit is reasonable, but the licensing model that forces to take a big risk without any guarantee of commercial success is quite unfair. It should be possible the sell also smaller quantities of a certain software product, maybe with a bit lower profit margin, but without a huge risk.

Of cource the developers will also have to pay the development costs, but that should be their only risk.

[Alex B]

... is there an external program that i can use with MC to encode to AAC?

MC has had the external encoder option for years. It isn't anyhow related to a specific program or format because it simply forwards the user defined command line string, but it is possible to use it with external AAC encoders. A forum search should find more info.

In general, I wonder if JRiver could re-investigate the possibility to add a plain MP4 container tagger that would only allow to edit and add metadata. It would have nothing to do with a specific encoding format that is used inside the MP4 container files (which can contain audio and video streams in various formats).

Historically the tagger components have been integrated in the decoder plug-ins, but it shouldn't be very difficult to create a tagger that would work work with externally decoded container formats, like DirectShow decoded MP4 (also the ".m4a" files are in the MP4 format).

[Ingo]

would it be cheaper (for jriver) to at least add tagging?
I would still pay $10...

[stevenf]

if the fee goes to apple, i wouldn't, and i'm suprised anyone would.