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jongtao

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Registered: 2013-12-25

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[Solved] cmus playback .m4a is distorted

After switching to testing, I realized cmus wouldn't play normally any more. All the songs now produce static and random noise, somewhat like those from the days of dial up. The songs aren't corrupted, though. They're fine when I use other players.

I have no idea what is happening with cmus.

Last edited by jongtao (2014-01-02 04:48:37)

jongtao

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Registered: 2013-12-25

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Re: [Solved] cmus playback .m4a is distorted

I tried compiling from source. It throws a compiler error that says the header file for libmodplug can not be found.
Edit: it seems this problem is a different problem.

The problem of the original topic seems to be a .m4a issue.

Last edited by jongtao (2013-12-27 05:51:33)

dkeg

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Re: [Solved] cmus playback .m4a is distorted

Debian Bug report #728202
cmus: m4a playback is broken

I've had the same issue.  at this point I just either use moc or convert files to mp3.

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jongtao

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Re: [Solved] cmus playback .m4a is distorted

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=728202

Thanks. I was beginning to think I broke some stuff while upgrading.
Apparently, wma files are also affected by this bug.