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Hacking does R4 ds support mp3?

[WIP/Release] ds_mangaman - Turning the Nintendo DS into the Ultimate Vertical Book-Style Manga Reader!

Hwongfish · 2026-06-09T00:33:11+00:00

Hi everyone! I’ve always felt that the Nintendo DS is criminally underrated when it comes to being a dedicated manga-reader. Think about it: it has two screens built right into the form factor, one of them has a precise (not quite most of the time though) touchscreen, and when you rotate the console 90 degrees counter-clockwise, it perfectly mimics the ergonomics of holding a real physical tankobon (manga volume). When held vertically, the D-pad sits perfectly on the bottom, and the shoulder keys (L/R) are in the ideal position for switching chapters. Plus, the touchscreen can be used to magnify for reading the text or inspecting details. Such interactions are the ultimate form factors that modern smartphones just can't match. To prove this, I built ds_mangaman — an open-source, highly optimized homebrew manga viewer for the NDS/NDSL. Download and learn how to build in Github release: :teach::teach::teach: GitHub Repository: https://github.com/hwfish-error408/ds-mangaman :grog::grog::grog: Looking for Contributors! The compiler engine and core state machine are now fully functional and running smoothly on real hardware and emulators (like melonDS). However, I want to take this project further and could really use the community's help! I’m looking for developers, testers, and retro-enthusiasts to help with: A, Implementing a cleaner UI/Main Menu. B, Adding Bookmark support (saving states to SRAM/FAT .sav). C, Further optimizing the DMA memory copy speeds during page and chapter transitions. Feel free to download the source, check out the build pipeline, test it on your flashcarts, and open Issues or Pull Requests on the GitHub repo! Let's make the NDS the ultimate retro manga machine.

Thread starter kinya
Start date Feb 28, 2007
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kinya

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Feb 28, 2007

hi all, i got my marvellous R4 DS yesterday and its superb. i would like to ask if this R4 support music files? for example if i copy a music file to my microsd then play at my ds under multimedia, does it work?

Killermech

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Feb 28, 2007

Sure does. Worth mentioning though, is that it plays mp3 files indirectly. Since the default program under the multimedia icon is moonshell, which is a separate program.

Dorkboy

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Feb 28, 2007

Can also use Licks Media Player ( http://www.cecm.usp.br/~lucas/lmp-ng/ )

Its really nifty

kinya

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Mar 1, 2007

thanks all, i tried it and it worked! i love R4

imgod22222

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Mar 1, 2007

another satisfied customer...

*sighs a sigh of relief to see happiness in this world*

fischju_original

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Mar 1, 2007

and ogg, and wav i think

darksavior

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Mar 1, 2007

Moonshell supports AAC, but ive yet to encode one thatll run without static
LMP also supports FLAC. Who'd want to play files a bit smaller than WAV beats me but it's there