On 8/13/2016 3:33 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
Which codec pack did you try? I was just looking at K-Lite: https://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
I'm going to try the LAV package Panos suggested since he says it works. We downloaded the VLC package, which includes all the codecs, and the files played okay in VLC but not in LC. I was hesitant to suggest most of the free codecs from unknown developer sites because of the malware risk. K-Lite is widely used but some blogs have said it may be risky.
It seems that the codec isn't the answer though; we need a DirectShow thingy.
And how many audio files are you talking about? What type of content? I have to believe conversion to another format is possible. Get a batch convertor and process in bulk. I spoke to my brother who has been an audio engineer for 2 decades and he says as long as you guys keep the sampling rates/bit depths same, you'll only be changing format, and there shouldn't be any loss in quality.
This is the huge project I've been working on for almost 3 years, and there are thousands of voice/narration files. They stream from the server. There are also a few music loops though we aren't using those much right now.
Because the client is paying for bandwidth (AWS) he wants to keep the file format as small as possible. MP3 creates larger files which he says would add up. He also says you can't loop MP3 files without a hiccup when it restarts (I saw that too) so he's pretty firm about keeping the files in m4a format. I suppose he knows about the quality conversion options but that would make larger files too, right?
IMHO, even if you went to 192kps MP3, that's a pretty high bit rate, and most "normal" people (non audio engineers) aren't going to notice any difference in quality.
I've been gently telling him that for a long time. The users are students with with mediocre laptop speakers, or they use the school computers, and they don't care about audio quality anyway. But if the LAV installation doesn't fix things he may have to concede.
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