xHE-AAC

[shantiq]

Hi Andrew you may have thought i knew how to do this but i have never added a patch before so the way to do this is

patch [options] originalfile patchfile 

which gives me here

sudo patch  /usr/bin/abcde /home/shan/Desktop/abcde_USAC.diff [sudo] password for shan: 
patching file /usr/bin/abcde
Hunk #1 FAILED at 327.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/abcde.rej
patching file /usr/bin/abcde
patching file /usr/bin/abcde
Hunk #1 FAILED at 357.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 429.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 441.
3 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/abcde.rej
patching file /usr/bin/abcde
Hunk #1 FAILED at 67.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 153.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 166.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 275.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 298.
5 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file /usr/bin/abcde.rej

Then it is seen

 echo Encoding track 02 of 99: Re-Rewind...
Encoding track 02 of 99: Re-Rewind...
encodetrack-m4a-02 nice -n 10 exhale 5 /home/shan/abcde.30115163/track02.wav /home/shan/abcde.30115163/track02.m4a


  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 | exhale - ecodis extended high-efficiency and low-complexity encoder |
 |                                                                     |
 | version 1.0.2 (x64, built on Apr  5 2020) - written by C.R.Helmrich |
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------


 Encoding 44-kHz 2-channel 16-bit WAVE to low-complexity xHE-AAC at 128 kbit/s


 Progress: --------------------------------- Done, actual average 143.8 kbit/s


 Input statistics: Mobile loudness -16.62 LUFS,    sample peak level -0.50 dBFS


encodetrack-02 true
 echo Tagging track 02 of 99: Re-Rewind...
Tagging track 02 of 99: Re-Rewind...
tagtrack-m4a-02 nice -n 10 AtomicParsley /home/shan/abcde.30115163/track02.m4a --artist=Artful Dodger --album=It’s All About the Stragglers --title=Re-Rewind --tracknum=02 --year=2000 --genre= --comment=abcde version 2.8.1 --overWrite


 Started writing to temp file.
 Progress: ======================================================> 99% -|
 Finished writing to temp file.
tagtrack-02 true
movetrack-02 mv /home/shan/abcde.30115163/track02.m4a Music/m4a/Artful Dodger-It’s All About the Stragglers/02.Re-Rewind.m4a
Finished.

Thanx for this addition Andrew .... you wizard




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my AAC .abcde.conf now looks thus

# ALL THE AAC SHENANIGANS RIGHT HERE :]

# IF YOU WANT AN ALAC FILE CHANGE NEXT LINE  from fdkaac/exhale to qaac 


AACENCODERSYNTAX=exhale
#FDKAAC=fdkaac


# Specify the encoder to use for m4a/aac. Exhale is the only Open Source
# xHE-AAC encoder available under native Linux at the moment:

EXHALE="exhale"
EXHALENCOPTS="9"

QAAC="$HOME/.wine/drive_c/qaac/qaac.exe"
QAACENCOPTS="--alac" 

OUTPUTTYPE="m4a"

# Output type for alac:
OUTPUTTYPE="m4a"


# For fdkaac options see 'fdkaac --help' THIS HERE BELOW WILL GIVE YOU A HE-AACv2 FILE
FDKAACENCOPTS='-p 29  -b 38000 -I' 

###############end of AAC################

PS2: did look at the possibility of using RhythmBox which i really do not rate anyway but looking at Gstreamer for fdkaac on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS is a total headfork as it runs 16 version and this newfangled toy runs on 18 version so will wait to test meantimes still totally fine through this free software arguably the best in any OS anyway

[Yellow Pasque]

You need the latest abcde git for the patch to apply properly:

cd <whatever directory you want abcde source in>
git clone https://git.einval.com/git/abcde.git
cd abcde/
cp <path to abcde_USAC.diff> .
patch -p1 < abcde_USAC.diff

[shantiq]

You need the latest abcde git for the patch to apply properly:

cd <whatever directory you want abcde source in>
git clone https://git.einval.com/git/abcde.git
cd abcde/
cp <path to abcde_USAC.diff> .
patch -p1 < abcde_USAC.diff

Thanx YP was already sorted

[Yellow Pasque]

Maybe you need to:

git pull

[andrew.46]

Hopefully all is sorted? If not I have placed my fully patched up abcde here for a short time:

https://www.andrews-corner.org/tmp/abcde

This can actually be placed in $HOME/bin and after reboot (or sourcing appropriate ~/.bash*** file) should trump the system abcde.

BTW might be worth updating your copy of exhale, the SBR, loudness and peak sample adjustments can be seen in later releases. I have updated the AskUbuntu post that deals with this here:

https://askubuntu.com/q/1224198/57576

[andrew.46]

PS2: did look at the possibility of using RhythmBox which i really do not rate anyway but looking at Gstreamer for fdkaac on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS is a total headfork as it runs 16 version and this newfangled toy runs on 18 version so will wait to test meantimes still totally fine through this free software arguably the best in any OS anyway

I am retired now so I might take some time to download an iso of the Hirsute Hippo and have a go with the fdkaac gstreamer and see if I can coax xHE-AAC playback out of RhythmBox. I am also not a great fan of this but it will be an interesting exercise

Edit: Looks like RhythmBox and Clementine both successfully play xHE-AAC files after installation of the fdkaac gstreamer libraries. Exciting times ahead! I could not coax either application to display details of the codecs being played, any ideas?

[andrew.46]

So after some fiddling around I can see that playback of xHE-AAC will be possible in most players that use Ubuntu's gstreamer1.0-fdkaac package. The most satisfactory of these applications for me was Quod Libet, an application that I have not met before. I also tested RhythmBox and Clementine and while both worked I could not warm to either application .

I attach a screenshot of Quod Libet playing back xHE-AAC files ripped by abcde from my single remaining audio CD (don't judge me by this album!). Further playback possibilities here...

[shantiq]

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[shantiq]

mission totally accomplished Andrew
and thank you

[andrew.46]

Nice to see some closure to a thread that started some time ago . My ears are not good for such things but I am impressed by the quality of the audio produced by exhale. Exciting to be involved too (on Slackware and Ubuntu) in the early stages of development.