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astilla · Feb 28th, 2008, 05:17 PM

I'm picking my new Mini up on Saturday and it'll have the Bluetooth/USB kit installed. I'm just in the process of creating a memory stick from some of my iTunes playlists to keep in the car and suddenly wondered what audio formats the Bluetooth/USB supports - does anyone have a list please?

Most of my music is in AAC or MP3 with a few Apple lossless ones kicking around.

Thanks!

rkw · Feb 28th, 2008, 05:52 PM

If you connect an iPod, it will play anything that the iPod can play.

If you are using some other mp3 player or memory stick:

Quote:

The USB audio interface (SA 6ND, SA 6NE) supports the common compression formats MP3 (mp3), AAC (aac, m4a, m4b), WAV/PCM (wav) and WMA (wma, asf) as well as playlists in the M3U format.

astilla · Feb 28th, 2008, 05:55 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rkw (original)

If you connect an iPod, it will play anything that the iPod can play.

If you are using some other mp3 player:

Excellent - thanks for the list :-)

brett · Mar 9th, 2008, 01:08 AM

so , I have an Ipod with Itunes. If I was to save the Itunes My music folder to an external hard drive, I could plug it in and work. MY external hard drive has a external power point I was going to use a power invertor

Stiggy · Mar 9th, 2008, 07:01 AM

If you boughtt your music from iTunes it will be copy protected, so that won't work. If they are plain MP3s etc. it should work.

rkw · Mar 9th, 2008, 07:49 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by brett (original)

so , I have an Ipod with Itunes. If I was to save the Itunes My music folder to an external hard drive, I could plug it in and work. MY external hard drive has a external power point I was going to use a power invertor

Some people have experimented but not been successful at using an external hard drive. However, it has been reported that for a BMW (which should have the same or similar USB system), a hard drive works if reformatted using a special utility:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80270
As Stiggy says, whatever music files you want to play must be unprotected. But if you already have an iPod, why not simply use it and bypass all these issues?

brett · Mar 9th, 2008, 09:31 AM

an Ipod outputs in anologue, while hard drive is Digital.

adam_Randell · Mar 9th, 2008, 10:10 AM

MP3/MP4, ACC m4a is iPod format mate

Feb 28th, 2008, 05:17 PM	#1
astilla Hmmmmm Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Worcestershire Local Time: 06:30 AM Posts: 152 Offline	Bluetooth/USB - audio formats supported? I'm picking my new Mini up on Saturday and it'll have the Bluetooth/USB kit installed. I'm just in the process of creating a memory stick from some of my iTunes playlists to keep in the car and suddenly wondered what audio formats the Bluetooth/USB supports - does anyone have a list please? Most of my music is in AAC or MP3 with a few Apple lossless ones kicking around. Thanks! 1988 Mini 'Designer' & 2008 MINI Cooper 'S' Works

Feb 28th, 2008, 05:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
astilla Hmmmmm Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Worcestershire Local Time: 06:30 AM Posts: 152 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by rkw (original) If you connect an iPod, it will play anything that the iPod can play. If you are using some other mp3 player: Excellent - thanks for the list :-) 1988 Mini 'Designer' & 2008 MINI Cooper 'S' Works Last edited by astilla : Feb 28th, 2008 at 06:01 PM. Reason: Not engaging brain due to lack of food

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Feb 28th, 2008, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
rkw MINI2 Senior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Local Time: 10:30 PM Posts: 587 Offline	If you connect an iPod, it will play anything that the iPod can play. If you are using some other mp3 player or memory stick: Quote: The USB audio interface (SA 6ND, SA 6NE) supports the common compression formats MP3 (mp3), AAC (aac, m4a, m4b), WAV/PCM (wav) and WMA (wma, asf) as well as playlists in the M3U format.

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brett 1st MINI Owner in QLD !!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St George Local Time: 03:30 PM Posts: 2,406 Offline	so , I have an Ipod with Itunes. If I was to save the Itunes My music folder to an external hard drive, I could plug it in and work. MY external hard drive has a external power point I was going to use a power invertor

Mar 9th, 2008, 07:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
Stiggy Automatic for the People Join Date: Aug 2007 Local Time: 06:30 AM Posts: 376 Offline	If you boughtt your music from iTunes it will be copy protected, so that won't work. If they are plain MP3s etc. it should work.

Mar 9th, 2008, 07:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
rkw MINI2 Senior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Local Time: 10:30 PM Posts: 587 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by brett (original) so , I have an Ipod with Itunes. If I was to save the Itunes My music folder to an external hard drive, I could plug it in and work. MY external hard drive has a external power point I was going to use a power invertor Some people have experimented but not been successful at using an external hard drive. However, it has been reported that for a BMW (which should have the same or similar USB system), a hard drive works if reformatted using a special utility: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80270 As Stiggy says, whatever music files you want to play must be unprotected. But if you already have an iPod, why not simply use it and bypass all these issues?

Mar 9th, 2008, 09:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
brett 1st MINI Owner in QLD !!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St George Local Time: 03:30 PM Posts: 2,406 Offline	an Ipod outputs in anologue, while hard drive is Digital.

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