



> Just an FYI. I am in the process of adding support for Apple's lossless

> Audio Codec (ALAC) [0] to libsndfile. Should be done my the end of the

> weekend.



Did you already have some progress in implementing ALAC support ?



I just tried to compile the Apple source code and run into some problems:

- First the makefile did not work, see [1]

- According to this thread [2] the encoded files don't even play in iTunes

- they have a new "magic cookie" and I did not find any compatible

player (ffmpeg seems to have a fix now [3])



Someone in the hydrogenaudio forum added some fixes:

- see [4], code is at

- for linux you have to change ag_dev.c (line 113, remove "{") and

ag_enc.c (line 88, remove "{")

- however, that seems to be mostly for windows, I am still not sure if

the encoded files are correct ...



I am just curious if you had some progress, otherwise I will do some

more experiments ...



Thanks for any hints!

LG

Georg



[1]:

[2]:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=91530&pid=774240&mode=threaded&show=&st=#entry774240

[3]:

http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2011-November/042755.html

[4]:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=91530&pid=778407&mode=threaded&start=#entry778407



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Hallo Erik and List!> Just an FYI. I am in the process of adding support for Apple's lossless> Audio Codec (ALAC) [0] to libsndfile. Should be done my the end of the> weekend.Did you already have some progress in implementing ALAC support ?I just tried to compile the Apple source code and run into some problems:- First the makefile did not work, see [1]- According to this thread [2] the encoded files don't even play in iTunes- they have a new "magic cookie" and I did not find any compatibleplayer (ffmpeg seems to have a fix now [3])Someone in the hydrogenaudio forum added some fixes:- see [4], code is at http://perkele.cc/software/ALAC - for linux you have to change ag_dev.c (line 113, remove "{") andag_enc.c (line 88, remove "{")- however, that seems to be mostly for windows, I am still not sure ifthe encoded files are correct ...I am just curious if you had some progress, otherwise I will do somemore experiments ...Thanks for any hints!LGGeorg[1]: http://alac.macosforge.org/trac/ticket/1 [2]:[3]:[4]:--audio development, machine learning, open source and more_______________________________________________Linux-audio-dev mailing list