I'm Actually Upset With Nintendo Over So ...

I know, it's crazy. It's like peanut butter being upset with jelly or the religious right being upset with the Republican party but it's happened.In a future update (coming very soon) Nintendo is going to replace MP3 playback with AAC. Now this is just for the Photo Channel and Excite Truck will still use MP3's.This irks me though for someone who has thousands of MP3's they all become useless on the Wii.Now I'm sure you're saying ''Steve just don't download the update that changes the format to AAC''To that I say my name is Jason and it's just not just the format that's changing in the channel. There's also going to be the ability to customize it with pictures of your own.For people who would like to read the entire story here you goNovember 21, 2007 - Nintendo is planning an optional update to its Wii Photo Channel this December which will, if downloaded, replace MP3-music playback compatibility with support of the AAC audio format. In addition, gamers will be able to personalize their Wii Menu by replacing the Photo Channel icon with a digital picture of their own. Writes Nintendo on its official website: ''Consumers with MP3 compatible Photo Channels will have the option of updating their Photo Channel to version 1.1, which replaces MP3 compatibility with the ability to play AAC files. AAC files provide a greater sound quality than an MP3 of the same size. This new compatibility will work with MP4 audio files in the .m4a format. Additionally, you can now choose to have the songs play back in a random order.'' Any Wii consoles sold after December will automatically feature the latest version of Photo Channel. Gamers who already own the console will have the option to install the new update. ''Please note that once the Photo Channel has been updated to version 1.1, the channel will no longer be able to play MP3 format music files,'' writes Nintendo. However, this update will not have any bearing on in-game playback of MP3 music. ''Wii games that currently have features which use MP3 music files will continue to use the MP3 file format. These Wii games will not be compatible with the AAC files,'' the company adds.For the link please click HERESo yeah, I'm irked at Nintendo and I wonder why they made the switch. Heck just keep them both.I'm Actually Upset With Nintendo Over So ...
:shock: i did not even knew i could play mp3 on my Wii :lol:now that i know this, i may not get the update.. i do not care about personalizing the photochannel with one of my pics :P If they make something else available then i`ll updated. (It seems that i would not play music on my Wii much anyway :P )I'm Actually Upset With Nintendo Over So ...
I dont get why Nintendo does stuff like this. its not the first time they have made a weird and confusing move. Instead of updating it properly they are going out of their way to get rid of a heavily used feature and replacing it with another....WHY DONT THEY JUST HAVE BOTH!!!!!!
Just convert your MP3s to AAC format. AAC is intended as the successor to MP3 anyway, so the converted AAC files should still prove useful in the future.
[QUOTE=''LordAndrew'']Just convert your MP3s to AAC format. AAC is intended as the successor to MP3 anyway, so the converted AAC files should still prove useful in the future.[/QUOTE]but it seems kinda silly to do that seeing as to go through all the trouble to convert an MP3 to AAC for use in one medium is just odd and unneccesary. If what you say is true and AAC will replace MP3 in the future, its best if Nintendo holds off on the update until its a more ''popular'' format. I know that its use has to start somewhere, and thats cool...just not on the Wii...not yet.
[QUOTE=''LordAndrew'']Just convert your MP3s to AAC format. AAC is intended as the successor to MP3 anyway, so the converted AAC files should still prove useful in the future.[/QUOTE]You lose quality then because you're taking already compressed audio and then compressing it again.
How do you play MP3's???
[QUOTE=''Haligonian_Wii'']How do you play MP3's???[/QUOTE] i was thinking the same thing.. i can not find anything about it on nintendo.com :? :oops:
[QUOTE=''chang_1910''][QUOTE=''Haligonian_Wii'']How do you play MP3's???[/QUOTE] i was thinking the same thing.. i can not find anything about it on nintendo.com :? :oops:[/QUOTE]Throw them on an SD card, then open the Photo Channel and select music and then find the songs you want to listen to.
Wow, we're noobs.
[QUOTE=''Haligonian_Wii'']Wow, we're noobs.[/QUOTE] :lol: yea... and i have had this console since January :lol: I guess never occur to me to play music there... pry bc i would have to choose some song out of my looong list of song in my laptop... thus is cool for a party (the speakers of my tv are a lot more loud that the one on my laptop... i should buy ones for the lastest :? :lol: )
i dont see why they couldnt just add AAC support instead of taking MP3 away for AAC. Im sure they can have both MP3 and AAC...
For me this is a non-issue. I don't use the Photo Channel to listen to my music. In fact I think it is a waste of energy to use the TV to play back only music. I am not trying to be ''Green'', but I do have to pay the light bill.
If AAC is better than MP3, then why are you complaining? Is it too difficult to convert your MP3 files to AAC?
[QUOTE=''Jaysonguy''] [QUOTE=''LordAndrew'']Just convert your MP3s to AAC format. AAC is intended as the successor to MP3 anyway, so the converted AAC files should still prove useful in the future.[/QUOTE]You lose quality then because you're taking already compressed audio and then compressing it again.[/QUOTE]Well the compression changed since the Wav. When it was the conversion between Wav to MP3, the compression sucked. I think the compression should be better. By the way, I'm not a multimedia geek.
[QUOTE=''Jaysonguy''] [QUOTE=''LordAndrew'']Just convert your MP3s to AAC format. AAC is intended as the successor to MP3 anyway, so the converted AAC files should still prove useful in the future.[/QUOTE]You lose quality then because you're taking already compressed audio and then compressing it again.[/QUOTE] either nintendo is being psaid off by someone to do this or they are crazy. It is not hard to have both formats.
Yeah, this is pretty silly, but what can you do, I guess.
This is a pretty dumb move, and honestly I don't get it, (probably has something to do with royalties for using mp3, or the body behind aac bribing nintendo,) but I've never used the wii for that anyway.However, I love nintendo as much as the next fanboy, but like any company, they make mistakes. And as fanboys, we have to pretend to not notice stuff like region locking, lack of ethernet port, and refusal to use an HDD :PNot sure what my point was, but the bottom line is that no company is perfect, nintendo included, and while they piss me off sometimes I wouldn't buy a 360.
[QUOTE=''ri_od''] This is a pretty dumb move, and honestly I don't get it, (probably has something to do with royalties for using mp3, or the body behind aac bribing nintendo,) but I've never used the wii for that anyway.However, I love nintendo as much as the next fanboy, but like any company, they make mistakes. And as fanboys, we have to pretend to not notice stuff like region locking, lack of ethernet port, and refusal to use an HDD :PNot sure what my point was, but the bottom line is that no company is perfect, nintendo included, and while they piss me off sometimes I wouldn't buy a 360.[/QUOTE] you can use an ethernet cable you just need the adpater which is at any major store.
one thing i dont understand is why wont they allow both ?:| and Second, why not create a simple music channel since they know people use the photo channel for mostly music? :| And third, to be able to add a photo to the ch. icon is kinda stupid, why not allow us to customize the whole menu bg with a image of our choice instead of a icon? :|