AAC/MP4 (revision 9)
by Sebastian Andersson
posted on 2022-07-20

Adds support for playing the following file formats:
.aac, .m4a, .m4b, .mp4.

Note the AAC/MP4 format is supported as standard on Windows 7 and above (also updated Vista) since XMPlay 3.8.3.

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90 Comments

Chimera rated this 5 stars on 2024-05-08
Hi,
@xalfie, more precisely xHE-AAC. That would be nice. Win10 doesn't play back this encoding natively, but I guess a plug-in based on FDK AAC codec or exhale should be possible. Regards

xalfie on 2023-08-04
unable to play xHC-ACC audio.

Psydrugs rated this 5 stars on 2023-02-16
I managed to get XMPlay to play m4a files downloaded from YouTube, for this you need to put the FFMPEG plugin in the folder with XMPlay. When playing, it writes in the file properties: QuickTime / MOV. Link to FFMPEG plugin https://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=704

SirHenry rated this 2 stars on 2023-01-02
does not work with my m4a either :/
mp4 and m4b work though...

Snappy The Alcodile rated this 5 stars on 2022-01-05
Mr. Aaaandersson...

(Couldn't resist,lol)

Thank you for the plugins! They work as intended in XMPlay 3.8.5.
Also a huge thank you to all the great individuals who worked so hard to keep this site alive to this date, along with the updates to XMPlay, Skins, everything!

<3

Alex Trofimov rated this 5 stars on 2021-04-08
OH yeah. Needed this to play m4a files even though I'm on latest windows 10. So happy XMPlay can still play everything I need it to. Great job!

music&videos rated this 5 stars on 2018-03-02
It works very well with and 3.8.2.3 version .aac files. Thank you.

Stan rated this 5 stars on 2017-10-20
Perfect, ty a lot.

inflight rated this 1 star on 2017-09-25
My .m4a does not play (> @ <)

Hello rated this 5 stars on 2017-06-14
What library is this based on?

nish rated this 5 stars on 2017-05-09
nice

Joe rated this 5 stars on 2017-03-01
It works!!! Thank you!!!!

AAC Plus on 2017-01-02
AAC Plus?

Zman rated this 5 stars on 2016-10-30
thank you!

Trent rated this 2 stars on 2016-02-16
Does not work on all m4a! (most of my m4a files are downloaded from youtube) VLC can play them just fine.

Rafael Maringa rated this 4 stars on 2016-02-06
m4a working nice till now.

vincent rated this 4 stars on 2016-01-05
Does not open anymore mp4/m4a file downloaded from youtube. Maybe there is a problem with the DASH system.
Please update :-)

Barrack Bombama rated this 5 stars on 2015-12-21
m4a great opening with http://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=521
cheers!

Rob rated this 1 star on 2015-09-18
Does not work on all m4A = useless

Arrkhal rated this 3 stars on 2015-05-08
Works on some m4as but not others. Also using ALAC plugin. Windows Media Player plays all m4as.

Nox rated this 5 stars on 2015-04-13
It woks perfectly with aac on shoutcast streaming

Redcat rated this 5 stars on 2015-04-10
works for m4a.

B15HOP rated this 2 stars on 2015-03-24
Doesn't work...

Corak on 2015-02-07
For ALAC (Apple) version of .m4a use this plugin: http://support.xmplay.com/files_view.php?file_id=521

L rated this 3 stars on 2015-01-14
It appears to have some problems with .m4a files

rated this 4 stars on 2014-12-06
Works great! Thanks.

bob rated this 3 stars on 2014-11-08
fails to play m4a

goldencut on 2014-04-16
xmplay 3.8.0.5 just quits when I try tyo play m4a files. even with this plugin installed. do I need quicktime installed?

Dimitar rated this 5 stars on 2014-03-31
Works great! Thanks.

D rated this 5 stars on 2014-02-23
Thanks! Works amazing.

gr rated this 5 stars on 2014-02-09
AAC is very nice for radios, less bandwidth for good quality

Maan Hamze on 2013-12-26
And I was wondering why all sky.fm channels were not opening in xmplay.
They use AAC :D

LP From Finland rated this 5 stars on 2013-10-04
Great.Works fine with AAC-radiostations:)
Thankjuu!

Khzx117 rated this 5 stars on 2013-09-08
Thanks.

Jeff rated this 5 stars on 2013-04-24
Thanks a lot Sebastian ,, works great :)

amri rated this 5 stars on 2013-04-04
works very good... thank you so much :D

Rmorenbe rated this 5 stars on 2013-03-12
After copying the file you have to restart XMPlay.
If it still doesn't play, try installing ALAC input plug-in and restart XMPlay again.

leeresblatt rated this 5 stars on 2013-01-18
works great, thanks!

Destralak rated this 5 stars on 2012-12-03
Excellent!

lisparc rated this 5 stars on 2012-10-26
It works very well for .m4b etc. Thanks!

Dibs rated this 5 stars on 2012-07-27
seems good for m4a

Dan rated this 1 star on 2012-05-20
Despite the claim by an earlier poster, this plugin has not worked for ANY lossless aac/m4a file I've ever downloaded in the internet. foobar2000 can play the same files flawlessly.

Alejandro rated this 5 stars on 2012-05-03
Muchas gracias!

gus rated this 5 stars on 2012-04-24
simply perfect

Lo0m rated this 5 stars on 2012-04-07
Great, thanks!

jc99 rated this 4 stars on 2012-03-17
works great! thank you! /funciona perfecto, gracias!

ICaceres rated this 5 stars on 2012-02-29
Perfect job! I love to keep a lightweight player, tahnkyou very much

Dave rated this 3 stars on 2012-02-28
I can't get this to play an M4B file. AAC works great though

danimal rated this 5 stars on 2012-02-02
icy 200 ok msg gone thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Helio Perroni Filho rated this 5 stars on 2012-01-04
I was mulling over switching to Audacious for its MP4 playing, but this plugin does the job just fine - and for about 10x less memory. Great job!

Jays rated this 5 stars on 2011-10-02
Amazing! I couldn't listen to my webradio since they changed to aac+, but now it works perfectly!

Zenon rated this 5 stars on 2011-09-29
I tried to play some m4a, it works nice except for the songs playlist, which has fonts completely wrong..
Don't know if it's a fault of my m4a's, anyway this plugin deserves a 5 star

geckojsc rated this 5 stars on 2011-09-14
Perfect! Now I don't have to suffer the clunkiness of iTunes to listen to my library. :D

Carlos Diaz on 2011-09-06
Worked great on win7 thanks!

SomeGuy rated this 5 stars on 2011-05-30
M4A worked fine for me first time - Win7x64, XMPlay 3.6.0.1
Thanks!

Konda rated this 5 stars on 2011-03-30
Works well, good job

leafa on 2011-02-18
Work fine for my ! thks
R

Zappa on 2010-11-12
I have Windows 7 and XMlay "hangs" when I try to play an m4a file :( but thanks!

SnowC rated this 5 stars on 2010-09-16
QuickTime ? iTunes ? Never heard of that ! [2]

m4a works fine here.

Genial reproductor, genial plugin.

Cheers

krlos on 2010-08-08
excelente reproductor y ocupa solo pocos recursos
excellent

plf rated this 5 stars on 2010-07-07
QuickTime ? iTunes ? Never heard of that !

Peter rated this 5 stars on 2010-01-30
Very well done! Thank you very much!

Rachel rated this 5 stars on 2010-01-26
Awesom, thanks!

rog rated this 5 stars on 2009-11-15
m4a does work, easy and first time. thanks.

Alej.Riv. rated this 5 stars on 2009-08-11
Sebastian.
Great work, and "icy 200 ok" no more in my xmplay !!
Congratulations and THANKS.
Alej.

sampppa rated this 5 stars on 2009-05-24
Best plungin to play aac and iTunes's m4a

Fox Lee rated this 5 stars on 2009-05-18
Worked perfectly for my .m4a tracks. Couldn't ask for better.

Daniel Somma rated this 5 stars on 2009-03-05
Very nice plugin! Thanks!

somebody on 2008-12-09
Very good.

Dwi rated this 4 stars on 2008-04-04
Thanks ! Works well with my .M4A files, maybe .M4P support for next update ...

John rated this 4 stars on 2008-03-12
Works great for my m4a files. Tried playing m4p files, didn't work. I thought m4p was same/similar to mp4 so i expected it to work.
Is there m4p support for XMPlay?

RoadRunner rated this 5 stars on 2007-11-26
Fantastic tool, mp4 works perfect for me, what more can I ask for?!

happydude rated this 5 stars on 2007-11-25
Works! What else can I say?

PVTele rated this 5 stars on 2007-11-17
Excellent - does just what it says on the tin. Download, close XMP, extract the .dll to the XMP directory, start XMP, associate file type, and away you go. Flawless streaming aac+!

aeroman rated this 5 stars on 2007-06-21
Sorry it works perfectly.. that was a problem of tag.. thanks Sebastien

aeroman rated this 5 stars on 2007-06-16
It works well with most of .m4a lossless files but there are some ancients ones which doesn't.. Thanks Sebastian.

yoshikun on 2007-06-15
When I let you seek it during reproduction and I stop and play it again, Artifact noise occurs.

Playfile:mp4(PS+SBR,SBR,LC)
Encoder:nero MPEG4-AAC(Commandline)

bert rated this 5 stars on 2007-01-30
it works perfectly again.. great! Thx!

Max rated this 5 stars on 2007-01-29
thx :)

bert rated this 1 star on 2007-01-17
give us back the old version, please! The one that actually played m4a.

Comment from Thomas: Sebastian Andersson claims that the updated version plays .m4a again.

Robert Jung on 2007-01-08
Latest Version doesn't play m4a anymore.. :-(

serdar rated this 5 stars on 2007-01-03
thank you

bree on 2006-12-31
Wont work , tryes toload and then all you get is a strike out in the play list.. plays in meadia player classic fine and any other mp4/m4a player that reads the stream.. like the compression and useablilty of mp4 m4a files.. fix this please..

finn rated this 1 star on 2006-12-30
wont play .m4a's!!!

Viviana rated this 5 stars on 2006-12-19
nice plugin! just need the XMPlayer restart and then works perfect

solar_satellite rated this 1 star on 2006-11-19
Didn't recognize m4a music file that plays in RealPlayer.

gnaf rated this 5 stars on 2006-11-13
Works perfectly for me. Very clean sound, just like native XMPlay.

joe blow rated this 1 star on 2006-08-12
didn't work at all

SaxxonPike rated this 5 stars on 2006-08-10
I love using it, very smooth AAC stream playback. Tested and proven with DI.FM radio :D

Brian rated this 5 stars on 2006-05-05
A first-class plugin - instantly and smoothly plays any AAC(+) local file or stream you throw at it.