2025-02-11, 01:24 AM
Hi friends!
I just got my Tangara last week and realized I'd totally overlooked the list of supported codecs. I use Plex as a music server. A lot of that music library is in m4a (AAC) format, which gave me some initial confusion. Once I worked out what was going on, I wrote a small python script to copy files between a source (Plex folder) and destination (SD card folder). If they're mp3, they're copied as-is. If they're m4a, they go through a transcode step. And if the destination file already exists, it's skipped. It has several ways to configure things, as far as folders, lists of file extensions, and encode options. It does require a copy of ffmpeg on the system.
Anyway, it worked well for me and my library (96GB; 13,375 mp3 files; 3,865 m4a files). Maybe you'll find it useful, too? https://github.com/BrianEnigma/TangaraCopy
I just got my Tangara last week and realized I'd totally overlooked the list of supported codecs. I use Plex as a music server. A lot of that music library is in m4a (AAC) format, which gave me some initial confusion. Once I worked out what was going on, I wrote a small python script to copy files between a source (Plex folder) and destination (SD card folder). If they're mp3, they're copied as-is. If they're m4a, they go through a transcode step. And if the destination file already exists, it's skipped. It has several ways to configure things, as far as folders, lists of file extensions, and encode options. It does require a copy of ffmpeg on the system.
Anyway, it worked well for me and my library (96GB; 13,375 mp3 files; 3,865 m4a files). Maybe you'll find it useful, too? https://github.com/BrianEnigma/TangaraCopy
