Serato Software Feature Suggestions

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 Serato Software Feature Suggestions
MP4 Capability!
What features would you like to see in Serato software?

MP4 Capability!

DJGoobs 12:54 PM - 19 December, 2006
I hope I'm not the first to suggest this (new to the forum) but though I love my SSL I can't play files encoded as MP4s! Not AAC but Mp4 files that I have in spades and would like to throw down. The quality is excellent and the tags are useful, so why is Rane so late to the table with this one?
dj disturbed 2:59 PM - 19 December, 2006
do you mean m4p- acc is m4a

m4p are protected files from iTunes music store and i only know of one program other then iTunes that will play it (and it still has to use iTunes to do it)

MP4 is actualy a video format from what i remeber (or part of a video format.. the audio track inside of a video format) but i could be wrong on that one
dj shadow from detroit 3:20 PM - 8 February, 2007
your right!
m4a is a new video-music file im sure when serato does video soon it will be in this format!
dj disturbed 4:50 PM - 8 February, 2007
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your right!
m4a is a new video-music file im sure when serato does video soon it will be in this format!



no.. mp4 is the video format... m4a is the real name for AAC format
dj disturbed 4:50 PM - 8 February, 2007
m4a= unprotected ACC
m4p= Protected ACC (iTunes Music Store Files)
dj shadow from detroit 4:54 PM - 8 February, 2007
so is m4a a audio-video format?
DJ-A 5:58 PM - 9 February, 2007
no it is what happens when itunes rips a cd and the file is not protected
dj disturbed 6:05 PM - 9 February, 2007
no m4a is the same thing as ACC format... mp4 is video format

now i think mp4 video has embeded m4a as its encoded audio...(m4a would stand for MPEG4 (mp4) Audio )
SpinThis! 8:13 PM - 9 February, 2007
actually the file extension doesn't mean a whole lot... mp4 could have mpeg4 video (or xvid for that matter) but contain mp3 or ac3 audio sound. It's just a "container" format, much like .avi and .mov file extensions. but most of the time, in the wild you'll see mp4 usually containing video where m4a is Apple's format for just audio.

Disturbed has it mostly correct: iTunes rips to the AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format... and it uses the m4a extension.

en.wikipedia.org
dj disturbed 8:16 PM - 9 February, 2007
i knew i was in the ball park.... mostly b/c in some other audio programs and ifyou look at ACC files on your hard drive.. they put m4a as the extension and m4p and the protected ACC extension!
dj disturbed 8:17 PM - 9 February, 2007
i just was notshure about if m4a was the audio side of mp4 video files or not
SpinThis! 8:21 PM - 9 February, 2007
btw it's AAC, not acc.
dj disturbed 10:55 PM - 9 February, 2007
lol yeah sry...... ACC is the College basket ball in my area!!... and also the local comunity college myother half goes to is called ACC..... keeps f-ing me up.. lol
dj pauly 11:43 PM - 10 April, 2007
There is shareware that can covert seamlessly mp4p (iTunes Files) to mp3 format. The trial versions typically only convert 50% of a file and the full versions will convert the entire file. The costs is anywhere between $29 (USD) and $49 (USD). The conversion is completely legal, and Apple probably get's a cut of any of the software sold. My only caution is to try all the trial versions first before you find the version you like. Also, this will cut the pain out of burning to CD then re-ripping...which is now unnecessary to do.