Audi MMI - Supported media and file formats (2014MY A4) The following audio/video file specifications are suppor ted by the DVD drive, drive, the Jukebox the Jukebox,, the SD card readers and the connection for the USB mass storage device. device. (MMI Version: HN+_EU_AU3G_P0767) Audio files
Video files
Supported media
SD cards: With a capacity of up to 32 GB DVD drive: Audio CDs (up to 80 minutes); CD-ROMs with a capacity of up to 700 MB; DVD±R/RW; standard video DVD and audio DVD compatible with video DVD Audi music interface: Portable players (e.g. iPod or USB mass storage device)
File system
SD/SDHC/MMC memory cards USB mass storage device: FAT or FAT32 file file system, max. 4 partitions partitions DVD drive: Joliet (CDs: single session and multisession; DVDs: single session only); UDF
Meta data
Album, track, artist, year, genre and comments for MP3/WMA/ M4A files. Embedded album covers with up to 800x800 px. (GTE, JPEG, PNG)
Format
MPEG-1/2 Layer 3
Windows Media Audio 8 and 9
MPEG-2/4
MPEG-1/2
ISOMPEG-4; DivX 3, 4 and 5; Xvid
ISOMPEG-4 H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC)
Windows Media Video 9
File extension
.mp3
.wma; .asf
.m4a; .m4b; .aac
.mpg; .mpeg
.avi
.mp4; .m4v; .mov
.wmv; .asf
Playlists Specifications
Number of files
.M3U; .PLS; .WPL Up to max. 320 kbit/sec and 48 kHz sampling frequency
Up to max. 2000 kbit/sec, 720x576 px. and 25 fps
DVD drive: max. 5000 files per directory and max. 1000 files per playlist Jukebox: max. 3000 files files can be copied USB mass storage device and SD cards: max. 5000 files per directory directory and max. 1000 files per playlist Source: Audi A4 2014MY MMI Handbook
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Playlists are supported on SD cards and optical discs. Playlists cannot be imported imported into the Jukebox. Jukebox. Playlists are supported, supported, but only those automatically automatically generated by the Jukebox, such as “Last Played” etc. Playlist files must not use the same name as any directory name that is in the same level of directory (will cause incorrect playlist and directory operation) With .mp3 .mp3 audio files use ID3 ID3 tags (version ID3v2.3) for meta-data meta-data ID3 Tag information displayed when playing playing tracks tracks (if option selected selected in set-up): Title Artist Album Album Art thumbnail ID3 Tag information displayed using the MMI “Information” f unction” unction” File name (without .mp3 extension) Artist Album Year Genre Comments Invalid ID3 tag characters are displayed as The MMI screen screen will will only display display approximately approximately 27-33 characters of the file names, directory directory names and ID3 tags The directory directory and file file name limit limit is greater greater than 64 characters, characters, however, they will be truncated by the MMI display, display, as above
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Audi MMI - Directory & File Structure (2014MY A4)
Audi MMI SD Card Directory and File Structure A multilevel directory directory structure can be used for the MP3 files, with Playlist files located located in the volume root directory, such as:Artist1\Album1\Title1.mp3 Artist1\Album1\Title2.mp3 Artist1\Album1\Title3.mp3 . . Playlist1.m3u Playlist2.m3u . .
Playlist files files must n o t use the same name as any directory name that is in the same level of directory. Example of .MP3 files and directory structure:Adele\21\11 Someone Like You.mp3 Bee Gees\E.S.P\03 Live or Die (Hold Me Like a Child).mp3 Elton John\Love Songs [1995]\01 Sacrifice.mp3 Queen\Greatest Hits [2004]\01 Bohemian Rhapsody.mp3 Various Artists\60s Soul 90s Soul\12 Dreams.mp3
Example of SD Card root directories and files:Adele Alison Moyet Barbra Streisand Bee Gees Boyzone Celine Dion Chicago Danny Williams Diana Ross Elton John Elvis Gabrielle George Benson Gloria Estefan Heather Small Hot Chocolate Jon & Vangelis Katie Melua Lighthouse Family Lionel Richie M People Michael Bolton Michael Jackson Phil Collins Queen Randy Crawford Shania Twain Simply Red Soundtrack Tina Turner Various Artists Whitney Houston All Popular (Random).m3u All Popular.m3u Favourites-1.m3u Oldies.m3u V 5.2
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Audi MMI - MP3 Tags (2014MY A4)
MMI ID3 Tags MP3 file ID3 Tags are generally best created using version ID3v2.3 for widest device compatibility. compatibility. MMI can read, although display only about 27-33 characters, of the following ID3 Tags:
Title Artist Album Year Genre Comments Album Art
ID3 Tag Character Encoding ID3v2.3 tags should be written using standard Windows-1252 character coding (identified as ANSI Latin1 or Windows Western). MMI displays unreadable ID3 Tag characters as - if any tags or characters are not displayed check all characters for validity and convert to Windows-1252 coding (try this online character set convertor for convertor for conversion to W indows-1252). indows-1252). Suggestion: For Windows, use freeware AHD ID3 Tag Editor (AITE (AITE 2.1) to create and edit ID3 tags (downlo ( download ad here here))
Examples of ID3 Tags viewed with AHD ID3 Tag Editor
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Audi MMI - Playlists (2014MY A4)
MMI Playlists For maximum compatibility on a range of playback devices always use Simple type M3U playlists. Also, for maximum Playlist compatibility Playlist compatibility it is best to use Absolute playlist Absolute playlist file paths, but omitting the drive letter. To simplify MMI music navigation, Playlists Playlists should be placed in the root directory of the storage media (see note 2 below). Use the Windows delimiter “ \” \” for sub-directories. sub-directories. The following Absolute file paths will work with MMI:-
or, or,
but, do not use not use relative paths in the root directory, such as:-
Notes: 1. The drive letter letter is not relevant relevant to MMI MMI and can be any any letter - it is only only relevant to PC’s, PC’s, MMI will ignore it. 2. Relative file Relative file paths do not work in the MMI root directory, and although they appear to work in lower level directories they may not be reliable. 3. MMI Playlist files must n o t use the same name as any directory name in name in the same directory level. 4. When using Windows, Windows, playlists should be generated generated with standard Windows-1252 Windows-1252 coding (ANSI Latin1 or Windows Western). 5. If required, Windows users can edit the M3U file with Notepad.
M3U Playlist example:A e e 19 03 C as ng Pavements.mp3 Adele\19\08 Right as Rain.mp3 Adele\19\09 Make You Feel My Love.mp3 Alison Moyet\Alf\03 For You Only.mp3 Barbra Streisand\Till I Loved You\05 - All I Ask Of You.mp3 Bee Gees\E.S.P\03 Live or Die (Hold Me Like a Child).mp3 Celine Dion\Falling Into You\01 It's All Coming Back to Me Now.mp3 Chicago\Chicago 16\05 Hard to Say I'm Sorry-Get Away.mp3 Diana Ross\14 Greatest Hits\02 Ain't No Mountain High Enough.mp3 Elton John\Love Songs [1995]\01 Sacrifice.mp3 Gabrielle\Rise\02 Rise.mp3 Gloria Estefan\Cuts Both Ways\02 Here We Are.mp3 Queen\Greatest Hits [2004]\01 Bohemian Rhapsody.mp3 Simply Red\Simply Red_ It's Only Love\01 - If You Don't Know Me By Now.mp3
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Audi MMI - Playlists (2014MY A4)
Suggestion:
For Windows use Playlist Creator to to create Playlists (download here here))
Example of Playlist using Playlist Creator Playlist Creator can can create playlists with absolute and relative paths compatible with both Windows and MMI. For best compatibility with a range of playback devices, make the following settings in Playlist Creator:
Under Settings > Playlist Details > Saving playlist entries > select “ Absolute, “ Absolute, without drive” drive ” Also, ensure that under Settings > Extended Information > ensure that “Write extended information” is not checked. not checked.
The play-order can be sorted alpha-numerically alpha- numerically by clicking on the top of the “Folder” column, or set to a random play order by right-clicking on any line and selecting “Shuffle playlist items”. All “Absolute” and “Relative” settings are compatible with Windows, however only the “Absolute” settings are fully compatible with MMI. Playlists with “ Absolute” Absolute” file paths the playlist are best located in the root directory for ease of navigation.
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Audi MMI - MMI Screens (2014MY A4)
Jukebox Top Level Menu
Jukebox Album Browser
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Jukebox Top Level Menu - cont.
SD Card Top Level Menu
SD Card Top Level Menu - cont.
Play Screen with “Info” on
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