I’m thinking of experimenting with mAirlist running my internet station, and wondered if anyone had managed to generate AAC+ in the Encoder section? The default options are for MP3 and Ogg, but I have 2 AAC+ streams now running.
Thanks
There is no support for AAC+ so far, although it would be possible to implement with the current BASS libraries. Generally, BASSenc can handle any command line encoder (there is one for AAC+, right?), it’s just a matter of sending the right content type to Shoutcast/Icecast.
Licensing is the most serious issue, I suppose: http://www.vialicensing.com/licensing/AAC_fees.cfm
MP3 patent licensing is even worse. The minimum annual fee for me to pay is $15,000. Right now, I’m getting around that by not delivering LAME myself but letting the user download it (and check if he needs a patent license in his particular country). I don’t know if that trick works for AAC as well.
[quote=“Torben, post:2, topic:6843”]There is no support for AAC+ so far, although it would be possible to implement with the current BASS libraries. Generally, BASSenc can handle any command line encoder (there is one for AAC+, right?), it’s just a matter of sending the right content type to Shoutcast/Icecast.
Licensing is the most serious issue, I suppose: http://www.vialicensing.com/licensing/AAC_fees.cfm
MP3 patent licensing is even worse. The minimum annual fee for me to pay is $15,000. Right now, I’m getting around that by not delivering LAME myself but letting the user download it (and check if he needs a patent license in his particular country). I don’t know if that trick works for AAC as well.[/quote]
Thanks Torben.
Licensing isn’t as bad as it could be but still $1,000 upfront for small companies before you add the $50 per encoder! A lot less than MP3 though.
I’ll dig around and see what I can find out on the command line stuff.
Looks like that may be the beastie. Off to play at some point 
So, the next question is, on the Shoutcast option in Encoder, does it expect to use the lame.exe and the “Encoder Options” is just for that exe file, or can I use the “Encoder Options” to specify the encoder as well?
Thanks again.
I need to add support for custom encoders into mAirList. Right now it only supports LAME and oggenc.
Also, I think the licensing issue is still present, even when using a command line encoder that is based on a licensed product (Winamp). Read reply #32 in the thread you mentioned.
Sadly I believe you are correct. C’est la vie. ;D
I think I have another way to “skin this cat” as they say. I would treat this a low-priority request