I am reading the old faac code faacsrc060 downloaded from mp3-tech.org website. It turns out the compiling is painful. I downloaded the required libsndfile files from http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/win32.html and tried tp gererate the .h, .dll and .lib files according the web instructions but got the following error info.:
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D:\libsndfile-1.0.11\libsndfile-1.0.11>nmake -f Win32\Makefile.msvc

Microsoft ® Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright © Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

cl.exe /nologo /MD /W1 /GX /O2 /I ""C:\Progra~1\Micros~1\VC98"\Include"
/I "src" /D "WIN32" /D "_USRDLL" /D "inline=__inline" /YX /FD /Fo".\src\Gsm610\a
dd.obj" /c ".\src\Gsm610\add.c"
add.c
.\src\Gsm610\add.c(11) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdio.h':
No such file or directory
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl.exe' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
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Then i gave up and downloaded the three files directly from:
http://www.nuim.ie/academic/music/musictec/docs/progr.html
and added them to my project but still don't work:

Linking...
encoder.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _sf_open_read
DebugFAAC/faac.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

It seems the sf_open_read method in library is missing ?

Anyone has experience on this?? or has the three working libsndfile files??

Please Help me OUT! THANKS!

libsndfile 1.0 and 0.x are not compatible. FAAC uses 0.x. You can find a compatible libsndfile in FAAC CVS, IIRC.

Thanks!

But i can't find any libsndfile files information in FAAC CVS from:

http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/mydownl...hp?cid=3&lid=20

do u have any idea where i can find these files?

Thanks!

I uploaded a copy:

http://sjeng.org/ftp/vorbis/libsndfile0_0.0.28.orig.tar.gz

Thanks Garf, it works!

But the resulting aac file can't be played in my Winamp 5.09, while the coded AAC file from my latest FAAC1.24 is fine. Do u know any player that works fine with old version of FAAC?

//It seems the player should at least support gain control to play old faac output

That could be due to bugs in that FAAC version. Also, a few years ago the standard for AAC headers changed. It could be that it's still using the old ones which confuses Winamp.

The "gain control not supported" is probably a generic error message from the confused player that doesn't accurately identify the real problem.

Why do you need the old FAAC version, anyway?

i am more interesting in the quantization scheme of the old version.... somehow it follows the LAME idea .... i found even the faad2 can't decode it .... do u have any code/player working with the old version? really aperciate your help!

If you can force it somehow to not use ADTS but ADIF or mp4 that has a good chance of working.

Perhaps even raw AAC would work.

I just created an .aac file and an.mp4 using 1.23.5, and both play perfectly OK using the in_mp4.dll from the Rarewares mp4 page with the '1by1' player from: mpesch3's mp3 tools

Read the thread...he's working with version 0.6 not 1.23.5.

Thanks!

It doesn't work with my old faac code:
"Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded"

can u give me your 1.23.5 version? Is it using the quantization scheme of the 1.24 or the old one? i guess the 1.24 .... i am only interested in 0.60

Thanks Garf!

I tried all your sujestions, but none of them works .... how did those guys working on faac 0.60 orignally?

If you d/l the faad0.50 sources from: http://www.mp3-tech.org/programmer/sources/faadsrc05.zip you will find that the in_aac.dll that compiles will play the files encoded with faac0.60. I haven't tried the faad.exe but have no reason to believe it won't work.

Thanks John, I did that yesterday too. It's not surprising since faadsrc05 came along with faacsrc060.

I'm wondering what syntax changes in faacsrc060 output format decide its uniqueness ....

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If you d/l the faad0.50 sources from: http://www.mp3-tech.org/programmer/sources/faadsrc05.zip you will find that the in_aac.dll that compiles will play the files encoded with faac0.60. I haven't tried the faad.exe but have no reason to believe it won't work.
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