cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/44380955
Previously on Debian 12 I followed a guide to install the AAC audio codec for my Air Pods yet after upgrading to Debian 13 I seem to have lost the codec as I can no longer select them in KDE sound settings leaving only A2DP/SBC and A2DP/SBC-XQ, now I’m a bit at a lost as I remember all I had to do was put a aac.so file into
/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/spa-0.2/bluez5/Bluez5 directory list:
- libspa-codec-bluez5-sbc.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus-g.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-ldac.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-lc3.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-g722.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-faststream.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aptx.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aac.so
- libspa-bluez5.so
Anyone here by chance know a solution to this?
How is the title misleading? The AAC codec had no issues working on Bookworm but not on Trixie ie I lost the ability to use it.
Debian does not package the AAC codec due to licensing issues hence why we’re forced to find these “custom” solutions.
It’s just that the title could be misread as a complaint about dist-upgrade being less than reliable. Which it isn’t.
Not true. I’m listening to AAC encoded music right now. No extra repositories were even required.
Interesting, going over the documentation from the Debian Wiki they even say it’s not distributed in their repo’s?
I couldn’t find instructions from Bluez to install the source and I didnt want to risk breaking my current install by just guessing hence why I went with the solution posted on Reddit.
It seems you’re talking about something specific to bluetooth yet you made a very broad statement about “The AAC codec” earlier. As with your title: Be precise.