Media
Audio/video files
Supported media
Audi music interface: mobile devices > page 226 such as iPhones,
MTP players, and USB storage devices in “USB Device Subclass 1 and
6” that conform to USB 2.0: USB sticks, USB MP3 players (Plug-and-
Play capable), external USB flash drives, and hard drives
USB storage devices: exFAT, FAT, FAT32, NTFS.
File system USB storage device partitions (primary/logical*): 2 per USB connec-
tion.
Album cover: GIF, JPG, PNG with max. 800x800 px. The album cover
Metadata from the medium or from Gracenote® is displayed, depending on
availability.
Playlists -M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
Number of files
USB mass storage device: max. 50,000 files per medium; max. 1,000
files per playlist/folder
Audio files
Format File extension
MPEG 1/2 Layer 3 -mp3
Windows Media Audio 9/10
Up to maximum 320 kbit/s
wis 48 kHz sampling frequencies
MPEG 2/4 .m4a; .m4b; .aac
Opus Opus; .0gg; .oga
FLAC flac
ALAC .m4a 48 kHz sampling frequency
Monkey's Audio -ape
Video files
Format File extension
MPEG 1/2 -Mpg; .mpeg
MPEG4 AVC (H.264) -.mp4; .m4v; .mov; .avi
Windows Media Video 9
up to maximum 15 Mbit/s and
wmv; .asf
warn, 285 1920x1080 px at maximum 30 fps
MPEG-H (H.265/HEVC) -mp4; .mov
VP8/VP9 .webm
Flash video
flv; .f4v
G) Tips
— The media sources do not support the Win-
dows Media Audio 9 Voice format.
not always display, depending on the sys-
tem language.
— The manufacturer of the storage device can
provide information about its “USB Device
— For compressing MP3 files, Audi recom-
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kbit/s. The
display showing the remaining play time
may differ for audio files with variable bit
rate.
— Special characters (such as those in ID3 tag
information) may display differently or may
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Subclass”.
— Some MTP player functions are not support-
ed, such as rating music tracks and video
playback.
