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beta 14 issue with AAC files

I noticed that foobar2000 0.9 beta 14 can't properly handle aac files. Bitrate isn't recognized, there's no time indication, seeking is forbidden. Noticed on AAC [HE + PS] files created with:
- Winamp 5.2 b440 encoder (directly as AAC file)
- Nero Digital encoder (MP4 container) extracted to AAC with foobar2000 0.83.

foobar2000 0.83 has no problem with both files. Winamp 5.2 is also fine.

For conveniance I uploaded a short sample (created with Winamp): here.

Once wrapped into MP4 container (via fb2k 0.83) everything becomes fine with these files.
 

beta 14 issue with AAC files

Reply #1 –
AAC seeking / bitrate display is not and will not be supported for performance/accuracy reasons. Raw AAC is deprecated, please use MP4 instead.
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beta 14 issue with AAC files

Reply #2 –
And what about time indication?

beta 14 issue with AAC files

Reply #3 –
It's simply impossible to reliably detect ADTS AAC length without walking entire file (which from what I remember 0.8.3 did), which would drastically slow down the process of adding files to playlist.
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beta 14 issue with AAC files

Reply #4 –
So it's not a bug. Thanks

N.B. I'm only using *.aac file for testing purpose. MP4 container would have my preference if I have to use AAC fileformat.