Audio for godot no m4a?

godotwrks · September 4, 2024, 4:39pm

I have been looking for a way to play m4a files in my front end. Though it seems in 4.3 it’s still wav, mp3 and ogg. I tried scouring for a m4a plug in and never found i t. Is there any leads on the m4a front?

pennyloafers · September 4, 2024, 10:34pm

I think the main reason is it is not a free codec.

m4a is a container, and it I’ll have aac or alac audio. Inside it.

github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals

Add support for the MP3 audio codec

opened 11:02PM - 19 Sep 19 UTC

closed 10:37AM - 07 Dec 20 UTC

davthedev

topic:audio

**Describe the project you are working on:** A rhythm game (think Guitar Hero… / Dance Dance Revolution / Audiosurf). There will be a feature where players will be able to play the game over their own songs. **Describe how this feature / enhancement will help your project:** As a developer, I have no issues sticking to OGG as preferred music format. It simplifies the task for licensing reasons and performance. But, I would like users of my game to be able to easily import their own songs. And this is a different story. Asking them to convert their MP3 to OGG files can be a barrier. The in-game editor should be as easy as using an "open" command and locating the music file on the filesystem. It should work with whichever popular music formats (MP3, AAC...) are likely to be found. **Show a mock up screenshots/video or a flow diagram explaining how your proposal will work:** **Describe implementation detail for your proposal (in code), if possible:** I am aware of the licensing issues that MP3 support brings around. Offering audio codec modules in the form of standalone extensions could be a solution. The system could be extended to video codecs as well. Game that do not require licensed audio formats support may not need the extensions. **If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?:** No. There is no additional audio codec support available at the moment. **Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?:** Competition (example : Unity) already support more formats out-of-the-box AFAIK. We also would need to have the API ready to support such extensions.

godotwrks · September 5, 2024, 9:43am

Well shoot, guess I’ll shelf that api project then. Thank you for the heads up.

pennyloafers · September 5, 2024, 10:51am

Supposedly AAC patents will expire in 2028. ALAC is already free.

godotwrks · September 6, 2024, 2:49am

I’m sure my cd ripping will have me sitting at a staggering number by then. I still need to get more bonjovi and zztop. Getting older albums is an astounding pain. My main focus on the backup of media and making my own music streamer from the home lab.

I had converted a couple of my songs to mp3 format while making the music player a month ago now for my father and my cousins kids, to keep them from ad/malware and telemetry gathering.

I will start a new project I have no idea on and see what I can accomplish, perhaps a image tagging system that doesn’t embed the tags in the file itself but saves it as a dictionary - array nesting.