ESP8266 Community Forum

- Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:02 pm #71927 Hi guys,

I've added AAC playback to the ESP8266Audio library on github ( https://github.com/earlephilhower/ESP8266Audio ). It's based on the old RealNetworks' Helix fixed-point decoder and seems to playback high bitrate AACs without any issues.

Also added was a wavetable MIDI synthesizer (based on TinySoundFont and MIDITONES) for those times when you want to turn your $3.00 ESP8266 into a $300(1992) GUS.

Multiple folks tried to build streaming webradios using the library before, but without a jitter buffer they ended up with many stutters and pops. I've added a double-buffering input filter which seems to be able to playback 128K and 192K streams without issue now (depending on network conditions, of course!)

The pre-existing MP3, FLAC, and WAV support are still there, of course, so now you all have no excuse for not building that webradio you've been wanting to make.

https://github.com/earlephilhower/ESP8266Audio

-EFP3

- Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:06 pm #71931

so now you all have no excuse for not building that webradio you've been wanting to make.

That is what I was saying to myself as I was reading this post. The AAC did it for me since the station I listen to broadcasts with that.

For the last couple of years my first Windows tablet was used only for feeding audio into my stereo. I have been wanting a ESP8266 to replace it but I wasn't happy with the options available.