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Wii Photo Channel: Update November 13, 2007

Filed under: News — Max @ 5:51 pm

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Nintendo has updated their official website to confirm that an update for the Wii photo channel will be coming in December.

The update will allow Wii owners to personalise their Wii menu by turning one of the digital images into the photo channel icon. A new shuffle function will also be added to the photo channel, which will allow tracks to be played back randomly. The enhancements end there though, with Nintendo axing the MP3 support that the Wii currently has in favour of .AAC and .m4a files. Nintendo states that AAC files will “provide a greater sound quality than an MP3 of the same size.”

This means come December MP3 files will not work on the Wii at all, apart from software that specifically supports the file type (such as Excite Truck) While Nintendo claim this is due to superior sound quality, it is worth noting that licensing MP3 on the Wii is more costly than licensing AAC files. It seems Nintendo’s bank budget is stretched thin enough.



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  • Max
    [][][]@ I was going to do that, but I thought I would try to look on the bright side.
  • Sir Lantis
    Yea, but converting MP3 to AAC will loss MORE information. So you would have to rip your tracks again (I have them in FLAC, losslees). I would like to see OGG supported somewhen.
  • Everybody Votes Channel:
    -What audio format do you prefer in the Photo Channel?
    -MP3 or AAC

    AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) is the current standard such as the ones you download from iTunes (.m4a, .mp4, .aac, .3gp). It’s even made by the same guy who made MP3, Fraunhofer IIS. It’s really only a matter of your SD card size.

    // Roth
  • PaulT
    ...and what if you don't use, and don't want to use iTunes? Luckily I don't use the channel anyway but as with poster #1, I don't have any AAC tracks so this "upgrade" actually loses useful features.
  • To change your mp3's to AAC's, just import into iTunes and select it and click 'Convert to AAC'.
  • [][][]
    New title for this: Photo Channel gets Downgraded!
  • MaaS
    Well, for me it's not going to provide any "greater sound quality" as all my music is in mp3 format... Also, why dont they drop jpeg support and use ONLY png files as it's a non patent licensed format? Hey, plus it has greater picture quality! And well, if you have to convert all your family pictures that's your problem anyway... ¬¬ so the same applies with mp3s

    Nintendo takes away mp3 support with the most weird excuse, while Sony add Divx support to their PS3... so, bad move.
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