Nintendo 3DS Sound

Nintendo 3DS Sound is the music playing and audio recording application that is included with all retail consoles.

Like its predecessor for the DSi, up to 10-second recordings can be stored, with limited integration of those with other software.

Practically speaking, the single page of internal storage is for DSi-mode software, and the 10 pages of SD card storage are for 3DS software (like Flipnote Studio 3D).

sdmc:/Nintendo 3DS/private/00020500/voice/01/V13303.m4a

• 01: folder (page) number
• 13: file number
• 30: icon color
• 3: icon shape

See the previous link about internal storage for more information about the numerical values in file names.

It loads audio files from the SD card. It supports MP3 and AAC-encoded audio files and supports m3u playlists.

The application allows for user created playlists. They are stored on the SD card.

This is a basic example of how to read a 3DS playlist.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

uint8_t buf[0x26730];
uint16_t checksum, icon, songCount;
uint32_t timestamp;
uint8_t playlistName[0x100];
uint8_t songName[0x20C][299];

void readUtf16AsAscii(uint8_t *input, uint8_t *output, uint16_t length, uint32_t offset) {
    uint16_t j=0;
    for (j=0; j<length; j++) {
        output[j] = input[(j*2)+offset];
    }
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    uint16_t t=0;
    FILE *playlistFile;

    if (argc != 2) {
        printf("Usage: %s FILE\n", argv[0]);
        exit(1);
    }

    if ((playlistFile = fopen(argv[1], "rb")) == NULL) {
        printf("Could not open %s.\n", argv[1]);
        exit(1);
    }

    if (fread(buf, 1, 0x26730, playlistFile) != 0x26730) {
        printf("Could not 0x26730 bytes from %s.\n", argv[1]);
        exit(1);
    }

    if (!((buf[0] = 'O') && (buf[1] = 'V') && (buf[2] = 'F') && (buf[3] = 'A'))) {
        printf("%s is not a 3DS playlist file.\n", argv[1]);
        exit(1);
    }

    checksum  = (buf[0x11] << 8)  | buf[0x10];
    icon      = (buf[0x13] << 8)  | buf[0x12];
    songCount = (buf[0x15] << 8)  | buf[0x14];
    timestamp = (buf[0x17] << 24) | (buf[0x16] << 16) | (buf[0x19] << 8) | buf[0x18];
    readUtf16AsAscii(buf, playlistName, 0x100, 0x20);
    for (t=0; t<songCount; t++) readUtf16AsAscii(buf, songName[t], 0x20C, (0x120+(t*0x20C)));

    printf("Checksum:\t%04X\nIcon ID:\t%04X\nSong Count:\t%04X\nTimestamp:\t%08X\nPlaylist Name:\t\"%s\"\n",
    checksum, icon, songCount, timestamp, playlistName);

    for (t=0; t<songCount; t++) printf("Name of song %03i: %s\n", t, songName[t]);
}

The application can read files copied in a folder on the SD card of the system. The application supports the following files formats:

   *  .mp3
   *  .m4a
   *  .mp4
   *  .3gp

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