evandixon Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I have determinded the problem. When the DSi says that it is compatible with AAC files, it does not mean *.aac files. iTunes will convert MP3 and other formats to DSi compatible files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicGreymon Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 AAC audio can come in any number of container formats... I wouldn't recommend converting it from MP3 or other lossy formats, though. If possible, create your files from the original CDs, or a lossless source file (*.wav, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HottSushiz Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Random Fact, AAC format is actually a better quality format then MP3, it's just not that common, or popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicGreymon Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Well, I'm not sure how uncommon/unpopular it is these days, thanks to it being the primary format used by Apple; and the default choice when ripping an audio CD in iTunes. But yeah, it is supposed to be higher quality at a given bitrate than MP3... provided you don't create the AAC from an MP3 anyway, lol. My digital music collection is encoded in AAC, but mostly because it's convenient. My preference for video encoding is definitely H.264, which is part of the same general specification as AAC audio. MPEG-4, as a whole, does tend to be pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirou Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 mp4 or m4a work well with the ds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damio Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well, I'm not sure how uncommon/unpopular it is these days, thanks to it being the primary format used by Apple; and the default choice when ripping an audio CD in iTunes.But yeah, it is supposed to be higher quality at a given bitrate than MP3... provided you don't create the AAC from an MP3 anyway, lol. My digital music collection is encoded in AAC, but mostly because it's convenient. My preference for video encoding is definitely H.264, which is part of the same general specification as AAC audio. MPEG-4, as a whole, does tend to be pretty nice. Ever heard of FLAC? I have some music in flac, some at high bitrate MP3, purely because MP3 has the widest compatibility between devices, and flac has great quality (I use mediamonkey anyway, so i dont have to deal with the compatibility of flac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evandixon Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) I looked in the instruction manual, and it only inconspicuoisly mentioned AAC files. It didn't say anything about extensions. Edited March 29, 2013 by evandixon typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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