add support for flac --> aac

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I think the best aac for linux is NOT faad but neroaacenc available from the 
following link:  http://www.nero.com/eng/technologies-aac-codec.html

Original issue reported on code.google.com by da_audio...@yahoo.com on 10 Mar 2012 at 7:19

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Wow, I didn't even publicise the fact that AAC support is being added, and I've 
already got opinions on which encoder to use :)

We are currently using mp4tools, but it does seem rather limited. Nero's AAC 
codec is good, but there are some issues with it, namely:

a) It is closed source
b) Due to the above, it is only available for the x86 arch and Linux, which 
might not be what people are using this script on.
c) Incompatible with free software

Now, faac is apparently nowhere near as good, in fact Nero's AAC is pretty much 
the best option by a long shot on Linux. 

So what I'll probably do is provide both neroAAC and faac. 

Original comment by i...@ziva-vatra.com on 10 Apr 2012 at 11:16

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Well, revision 21 now uses the NeroAAC encoder. Feel free to give it a go! 
Works for me, but you'll need neroAacEnc in your $PATH for it to work. 

Original comment by i...@ziva-vatra.com on 11 Apr 2012 at 12:10

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Stable version now has AAC+ suppot with the NeroAAC encoder. I still would like 
to find some way of tagging AAC in unix, and provide an open source encoder 
implementation. 

Leaving ticket open as "Started", and we'll see how things go in future. 

Original comment by i...@ziva-vatra.com on 5 Nov 2012 at 5:27

• Changed state: Started

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ffmpeg now supports libfdk_aac. What are your thoughts about that?

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/GuidelinesHighQualityAudio

Original comment by moritzwe...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2014 at 4:47

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Hmm, that is interesting. Although I wonder if flac2all should just implement 
AAC ffmpeg encoding, or a more generic library for using any of ffmpeg's codecs 
(it would go quite a bit further in the "2all" part of the project name). 

However, I'm not sure if ffmpeg supports tagging, so  will have to have a look. 

Thanks for the tip!

Original comment by i...@ziva-vatra.com on 19 Jul 2014 at 11:42