## faac

faac — Free MPEG-2/4 AAC encoder

## Synopsis

    struct              GstFaac;

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GInitiallyUnowned
             +----GstObject
                   +----GstElement
                         +----GstAudioEncoder
                               +----GstFaac

## Implemented Interfaces

GstFaac implements GstPreset.

## Properties

      "bitrate"                  gint                  : Read / Write / Construct
      "midside"                  gboolean              : Read / Write / Construct
      "outputformat"             GstFaacOutputFormat   : Read / Write
      "profile"                  GstFaacProfile        : Read / Write
      "shortctl"                 GstFaacShortCtl       : Read / Write / Construct
      "tns"                      gboolean              : Read / Write / Construct
      "quality"                  gint                  : Read / Write / Construct
      "rate-control"             GstFaacBrtype         : Read / Write / Construct

## Description

## Synopsis

### Element Information

plugin | faac
author | Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
class | Codec/Encoder/Audio

### Element Pads

name | sink
direction | sink
presence | always
details | audio/x-raw, format=(string)S16LE, layout=(string)interleaved, rate=(int){ 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, 64000, 88200, 96000 }, channels=(int)[ 1, 6 ]

name | src
direction | source
presence | always
details | audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, channels=(int)[ 1, 6 ], rate=(int){ 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, 64000, 88200, 96000 }, stream-format=(string){ adts, raw }, base-profile=(string){ main, lc, ssr, ltp }
| audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)2, channels=(int)[ 1, 6 ], rate=(int){ 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, 64000, 88200, 96000 }, stream-format=(string){ adts, raw }, profile=(string){ main, lc }

## Details

### struct GstFaac

    struct GstFaac;

## Property Details

### The `"bitrate"` property

      "bitrate"                  gint                  : Read / Write / Construct

Average Bitrate (ABR) in bits/sec.

Allowed values: [8000,320000]

Default value: 128000

### The `"midside"` property

      "midside"                  gboolean              : Read / Write / Construct

Allow mid/side encoding.

Default value: TRUE

### The `"outputformat"` property

      "outputformat"             GstFaacOutputFormat   : Read / Write

Format of output frames.

Default value: OUTPUTFORMAT_RAW

### The `"profile"` property

      "profile"                  GstFaacProfile        : Read / Write

MPEG/AAC encoding profile.

Default value: LC

### The `"shortctl"` property

      "shortctl"                 GstFaacShortCtl       : Read / Write / Construct

Block type encorcing.

Default value: SHORTCTL_NORMAL

### The `"tns"` property

      "tns"                      gboolean              : Read / Write / Construct

Use temporal noise shaping.

Default value: FALSE

### The `"quality"` property

      "quality"                  gint                  : Read / Write / Construct

Variable bitrate (VBR) quantizer quality in %.

Allowed values: [1,1000]

Default value: 100

### The `"rate-control"` property

      "rate-control"             GstFaacBrtype         : Read / Write / Construct

Encoding bitrate type (VBR/ABR).

Default value: VBR