Merge pull request #2715 from nyanmisaka/libfdk-aac

Prefer to use libfdk_aac encoder for better audio quality when it is available

(cherry picked from commit bf92694f8b1f38a3655c566246a48694b5fb3446)
Signed-off-by: Joshua M. Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 1e497bc01..c928673d7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -406,7 +406,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (string.Equals(codec, "aac", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                return "aac -strict experimental";
+                // Use libfdk_aac for better audio quality if using custom build of FFmpeg which has fdk_aac support
+                if (_mediaEncoder.SupportsEncoder("libfdk_aac"))
+                {
+                    return "libfdk_aac";
+                }
+
+                return "aac";
             }
 
             if (string.Equals(codec, "mp3", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))