Won't play m4a

[GoogleCodeExporter]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I connected to my network storage which has daap server function. - no 
problem
2. I selected a song formated as Apple lossless m4a. - It does not play at all.
3. I can play this song at my rhythmbox 2.96 on ubuntu.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I want to play m4a file. I cannot play at my android phone with daap-client.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest version on 20th July 2012. Android mobile phone. 

Please provide any additional information below.
If an ubuntu software can play m4a Apple lossless file, I think it is not very 
hard to make it playable on Android.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by leechan...@gmail.com on 20 Jul 2012 at 2:18

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hey leechangwu,
Thanks for posting this issue.  The difference between Ubuntu and the android 
phone is that Ubuntu comes with many more codecs.  All we do for daap-client is 
take the stream of music data coming in from your daap server and pass it to 
the android media player.  Unfortunately, each individual android phone has its 
own codecs which depend on the manufacturer.  So, I can not provide a simple 
list of file formats that our app supports.  If daap on your phone can't play 
m4a files, then there isn't anything we can do about it unfortunately.  Daap 
doesn't decode the music streams, android does, and if it doesn't understand 
the format, then it won't play the song.  I'm sorry to say that I won't be able 
to help you.  I can give you advice on converting the songs to mp3, which all 
android devices (seem) to support.

Original comment by michael.miceli88@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2012 at 1:04

• Changed state: WontFix

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hello,

Thank you for good information. It's clear I don't need to try to find a
solution!

Thank you again for saving me from time consuming.

Original comment by leechan...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2012 at 12:12