LG CU500
Does the LG CU500 play AAC files?
Does the LG CU500 play AAC files? I have this phone and I am getting a "Playback Error" when I try to play an AAC file with Music Player.
I have tried to resolve this with both Cingular and LG tech support and I have to say that the response was worse than useless.
The Cingular Tech told me that she can help me with "network issues" but that I would have to call LG Tech Support for phone issues.
LG Tech support says different things every time, which has convinced me that they don't know the first thing about music on this phone.
Either the phone does not really do what the manual says, or I am using it wrong, or it is broken. I have my suspicions, but I was willing to be shown any of these outcomes. No one could even begin ...
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I have tried to resolve this with both Cingular and LG tech support and I have to say that the response was worse than useless.
The Cingular Tech told me that she can help me with "network issues" but that I would have to call LG Tech Support for phone issues.
LG Tech support says different things every time, which has convinced me that they don't know the first thing about music on this phone.
Either the phone does not really do what the manual says, or I am using it wrong, or it is broken. I have my suspicions, but I was willing to be shown any of these outcomes. No one could even begin ...
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Additional Info:
I have the USB cable for the phone and I copied the files from my Windows machine to the memory card.
I made AAC files in iTunes from my own CDs. Bit Rate: 256 kbps, sampling rate: 44.1 kHz. I am sure these are unencrypted, unprotected, standard AAC files. They play in WinAmp 5.2.
I can give them either a .m4a or .aac. extension. Windows sees them either way. Music Player only sees them if they are named .aac.
I have the USB cable for the phone and I copied the files from my Windows machine to the memory card.
I made AAC files in iTunes from my own CDs. Bit Rate: 256 kbps, sampling rate: 44.1 kHz. I am sure these are unencrypted, unprotected, standard AAC files. They play in WinAmp 5.2.
I can give them either a .m4a or .aac. extension. Windows sees them either way. Music Player only sees them if they are named .aac.
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I ripped a track from a CD, and encoded it at 256kbps using faac on Linux. The command line was:
faac -b 256 [Track Name].wav --mpeg-vers 4 -o [TrackName].aac
I just copied the file via Bluetooth, and the Music Player recognized it, and played it just fine.
faac ia also available on Windows, both as standalone program, and as a library used in other programs, like MediaCoder:
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ »
http://www.audiocoding.com/ »
My guess is that iTunes is producing some kind of a modified AAC file, that is not recognized by the Music Player.
faac -b 256 [Track Name].wav --mpeg-vers 4 -o [TrackName].aac
I just copied the file via Bluetooth, and the Music Player recognized it, and played it just fine.
faac ia also available on Windows, both as standalone program, and as a library used in other programs, like MediaCoder:
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ »
http://www.audiocoding.com/ »
My guess is that iTunes is producing some kind of a modified AAC file, that is not recognized by the Music Player.
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