Can anyone help me I’m having a problem with engine dj when I put the tunes on to my usb stick they are going on as MP3 instead of AIFF and it is showing on engine dj that it is AIFF. My using a MacBook Pro

Hi David_Mcconnachie , welcome to the forums. Fellow Mac user here and been using Engine since 2017 (1.x). From my understanding, Engine does not transcode music when exporting as it would cause a loss in quality (and dramatically slow exporting down dramatically). Are you sure you’re seeing wha…

Hi so the problem I’m having is when I buy tunes from Beatport in AFFI then run them through engine dj then load them on to the USB stick then plug the USB in to the controller which is a Denon prime 4 they are showing as if they are MP3 and sound that they are MP3. Everything was working fine befor…

What do you mean by showing and sounding like MP3? Most people cannot tell the difference between a 320kbit MP3 and lossless. Do they sound noticeably degraded? What visually is making you think they are? Have you looked at the files Engine has copied to USB? Pretty sure it’s not Engine desktop do…

Mac user here as well, and the majority of my files are AIFF, and I never experienced this. Also, even if you wanted, I’m not familiar with Engine having a format-conversion-feature? :thinking: As already suggested, I would look at the files that are actually on your USB to see wherever they’re AIF…

If you compare the files on your internal SSD to the files on your stick, do not only check the full file name + the file extension but the file “changed at” timestamp as well. Is the changed at timestamp the same? Then it wasn’t modified. Is the changed at timestamp the exact time you did the exp…

Hi So I have checked and I was mistaken. The files are not being converted to MP3 they are still AIFF after export. The problem I’m having is after I export to the USB and plug it in to my controller I am able to play the music however there is no artwork displayed. if I plug the USB in to my comp…

David, connect that USB device to your computer and then launch Engine DJ. Then perform ‘Run Cleanup’ from Engine’s settings menu. See if that helps.

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ErikMinekus May 1, 2026, 4:27pm 9

There was a change in how the artwork is stored in the Engine database in v4.5.0, which is only compatible with the Rane System One. Did you perhaps by mistake update your Engine DJ software?