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Can't play m4a (AAC) files.

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Re: Can't play m4a (AAC) files.

#21 Post by cds60601 »

GarryRicketson wrote: Anybody interested, or wanting to undertsand better , as to why the multi-media repos is not a good choice, should do their own research, instead of expecting others to do it for them, and blindly taking what ever others might advise.
This is one thread , that has some examples of the problems with the Debian multi-media repos.
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Re: Can't play m4a (AAC) files.

#22 Post by sunrat »

I think there is only one package in debian-multimedia repo that does something that packages from standard Debian repos can't do.
I have the standard gstreamer stuff and can play AAC files no worries.
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