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Re: trouble creating working Apple Lossless file under iOS 3.2
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Re: trouble creating working Apple Lossless file under iOS 3.2


  • Subject: Re: trouble creating working Apple Lossless file under iOS 3.2
  • From: Aran Mulholland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 17:46:41 +1000

> So iTunes and quicktime don't support playback of aac but will play them back if the file extension is mp4?
>
> That sounds a bit crazy, but it is my experience as well. I can't believe some voodoo happening with ExtAudioFile that it writes a different format based on the file extension.
>
> This question has bothered me a little but I have put it aside because the work around works. I'd be interested as to the why.
>
>> Just FYI, .aac files are generally considered MPEG-2 AAC streams in ADTS format.  Neither iTunes nor QuickTime supports those which is why .m4a or .mp4 is the right answer here.
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