How to Play Tidal Music on Nintendo Switch

By Li ZhangUpdated on December 16, 2022

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There are a list of game players released these years. Except Xbox One, Nintendo Switch may be the most hot among them. If you are one of game players, you may feel familiar with the Nintendo Switch. When talk about Nintendo Switch, you should know it is a video game player released in 2017. Besides, it is regarded as an all-in-one game player, which can be used as a portable device and home console. It is a multifunctional entertainment tool, allows user playing game, watching movies, and listening to music.

Yet, when it comes to listen to music on Nintendo Switch, you are not allowed to play music on it from music streaming services like Tidal and more. In this case, some people may ask how to get Tidal Music be played on Nintendo Switch? In this post, we will show you how to play Tidal Music songs on Nintendo Switch, so that you will be able to listen to Tidal Music on it offline, set Tidal songs on this game player as game background music, and get great game playing experience.

Why Can’t Play Tidal Music on Nintendo Switch Directly

You couldn't transfer Tidal Music to Nintendo Switch for playing directly. It is well noted that Tidal Music doesn't allow to use without authorized on other devices due to the music copyrighted protection. You can only access Tidal Music under the music subscription. Though you could download music from Tidal for offline playing, the downloads are cache files, it will be grayed once the music subscription ends. To make Tidal work on Nintendo Switch, you need to get rid of the protection from Tidal Music first, at the same time, convert Tidal Music to general audio format.

CONTENTS

Part A: Convert Tidal Music to MP3 for Playing on Nintendo Switch

In order to help you do this work, we share a practical tool with you calls UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter. It is a smart tool can help you get rid of the protection from Tidal Music, download and convert Tidal Music to MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF that are compatible with Nintendo Switch. Output Tidal Music with its 100% lossless audio quality. Meanwhile, keep all ID3 tags and parameters in converted music files. So that you could play Tidal Music on Nintendo Switch offline, even without Tidal Hi-Fi(Plus) subscription. Furthermore, play Tidal Music offline on any devices without Tidal authorized, like PSP, Xbox, Sonos, MP3 player, smart TV, smart watch, cay system music player, USB flash drive, SD card, etc,.

Key Features of UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter

• Download Tidal Music to computer directly
• Convert Tidal Music to MP3 be compatible with Nintendo Switch
• Output Tidal Music with its 100% lossless audio quality
• Convert Tidal Music keeping all ID3 tags and parameters
• Play Tidal Music on Nintendo Switch offline
• Play Tidal Music offline on any devices
• Play Tidal Music without Tidal authorized

Step 1. Run UkeySoft Program and Log in Tidal
To begin with, run UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter on PC/Mac after installing it, then log in your Tidal account by clicking the Log in button on the left in the home page of program.

Step 2. Set Output Format
Click Gear icon on the right corner in home page of program, it will pop up a window a Settings window, set the output format for output music files. Except output format, other parameters for the output music songs are allowed to set, like output quality, output folder, etc,.

Note: To play Tidal Music on Nintendo Switch, MP3 is a suitable option since it is compatible with most devices normally.

Step 3. Add Tidal Music to Conversion List
To add Tidal Music to conversion list, just press the "Add" red button to select any songs/playlist.

Once you click a playlist, all music contents in this playlist will be default selected, remove the ones you don't want.

Step 4. Download and Convert Tidal to MP3
When the 3 steps are done, click “Convert” to download and convert Tidal Music songs to MP3. The batch music conversion will be completed at 10X faster speed.

Step 5. Get MP3 Tidal Music Songs
Click "History" or open the Output Folder to get MP3 local Tidal Music songs in detail, after the music conversion finishes. Or play the songs offline in program directly by clicking the Play icon, since it is built-in Tidal Music player.

Part B: How to Play Tidal Music on Nintendo Switch Offline

Now you have got Tidal Music as local MP3 audio files on the computer. It's time to transfer Tidal Music to Nintendo Switch for offline playing. Please follow the simple steps below to get Tidal Music be played on Nintendo Switch.

Step 1. Insert a SD card to your computer and open it in the drives list.

Step 2. Copy and paste the converted MP3 Tidal Music files to SD card.

Step 3. Put the SD card into your Nintendo Switch.

Step 4. Tap on the "Nintendo 3DS Sound" icon on the HOME menu of it.

Step 5. Click "Open" and all the transferred Tidal Music files will be present on the card.

Step 6. Simply click "Play" to play Tidal offline on Nintendo Switch.

Final Words

There is not an official way to play songs from Tidal to Nintendo Switch, thanks to UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter, now you could get Tidal Music as MP3 files, listen to Tidal Music on it offline even without accessing Tidal app, set Tidal Music as game background music, so that get excellent game playing experience. Additionally, after converting Tidal Music to MP3 files, you are able to play Tidal on any devices not only Nintendo Switch. Sounds so great! Isn’t it?

Li Zhang

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Li Zhang

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Li Zhang

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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