#129728 - Tikker - Fri May 25, 2007 5:50 pm
I've seen a couple of FM adapters for the DS, but they essentially just use the DS as a battery (have their own lcd, headphone jack, volume control, etc etc)
i'm curious if anyone knows what the big impediment is to building a cart that does radio reception, then relays it thru the DS?
#129731 - silent_code - Fri May 25, 2007 6:02 pm
i haven't seen such a device, but i imagine it allows you to normally play your games on the console. a device that would use the nds's audio hardware would take it from any game and thus no games could be played when listening to radio.
#129733 - Tikker - Fri May 25, 2007 6:19 pm
that's fine
#129755 - tepples - Sat May 26, 2007 3:06 am
| Tikker wrote: |
| i'm curious if anyone knows what the big impediment is to building a cart that does radio reception, then relays it thru the DS? |
Three words: Ten bit DAC. That's why even Play-Yan has its own headphone jack. It's even worse if your cart starts in GBA mode, as that typically uses 8-bit sound.
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#129952 - MiL0 - Tue May 29, 2007 11:57 am
| tepples wrote: |
| Tikker wrote: | | i'm curious if anyone knows what the big impediment is to building a cart that does radio reception, then relays it thru the DS? |
Three words: Ten bit DAC. That's why even Play-Yan has its own headphone jack. It's even worse if your cart starts in GBA mode, as that typically uses 8-bit sound. |
erm, am and even fm radio would sound fine through a 10bit DAC... we do listen to mp3s and watch movies via Moonshell afterall... no one seems to complain about the sound quality with those formats.
#129956 - TJ - Tue May 29, 2007 12:28 pm
Radio isn't exactly high fidelity audio in the first place. Most of the stations I have heard, even FM, sound like garbage. I have listened to streaming audio at better quality.