How to play aac file without decoding as PCM using anyplayer

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Re: How to play aac file without decoding as PCM using anypl

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subbireddy wrote:Hi Terry,

My PC is not detected AAC encoded format when connecting HDMI port it has support for DTS,DTS-HD etc. I didn't see AAC encoded format support for HSR41. Please see the attached image.

http://shark007.net/forum/attachment.php?aid=2855
I think those in the pic are just the built-in decompressors, particularly for surround.

My point above was that the receiving device must have its own built-in AAC decompressor if it were to be able to utilize AAC coming into it.

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Re: How to play aac file without decoding as PCM using anypl

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Since AAC is embedded in MPEG-2, perhaps you could send it along as an MPEG-4 file, I suppose. The article below is not clear to me how MPEG-4 works with it. MP4 and 3GP formats are also mentioned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_ ... er_formats

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Re: How to play aac file without decoding as PCM using anypl

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Did you find any player can support AAC to play as bit stream or pass through?
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Re: How to play aac file without decoding as PCM using anypl

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subbireddy wrote:Did you find any player can support AAC to play as bit stream or pass through?
No, but I wonder if renaming the file to .RAW would trick the player into sending it as a raw file? The other end should still see the headers in the stream and know it is AAC, I would suppose.

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Re: How to play aac file without decoding as PCM using anypl

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terrybritton wrote:
subbireddy wrote:Did you find any player can support AAC to play as bit stream or pass through?
No, but I wonder if renaming the file to .RAW would trick the player into sending it as a raw file? The other end should still see the headers in the stream and know it is AAC, I would suppose.

Terry
I tried simply rename .wav to .RAM file but it's not working as expected means still it has .wav extension only. Please let me know how can i simply rename to .RAW
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Re: How to play aac file without decoding as PCM using anypl

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I am sorry to have wasted your time. If it is not apparent by now, I should state it outright that I cannot help you. If AAC compressed files cannot be sent by any media player without decompressing it first into PCM, that must be a universal standard against which you are trying to act contrarily. Your last question completely baffled me concerning renaming a file to end in .raw being a puzzle to you. I give up.

I am declaring this effort of yours as an impossible one; futile, in fact. Good luck in your projects and good day.

Terry
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