CuteCapture - Capture Software for Linux and Mac

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CuteCapture - Capture Software for Linux and Mac

Post by gRuFtY » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:51 pm

CuteCapture 1.4 is out now!

CuteCapture is a collection of two programs (Cute 3DS Capture and Cute DS Capture) for capturing your (3)DS screen with a capture card by loopy on Linux or MacOS.

How to get CuteCapture
CuteCapture is available on Github. You will find install instructions there as well.

Features
Capture your DS or 3DS while enjoying the following features:
- Capture both screens in one window or separate them out into two windows
- Zoom in multiples of the original resolution without smearing the pixels
- On 3DS: when playing a DS game and starting it in DS resolution mode, you can crop the Cute 3DS Capture output to the DS resolution
- Simple controls, no complicated menus
- Finally MacOS builds that work! (Hopefully :D)

Limitations
- Cute 3DS Capture cannot yet capture audio. Merge Requests for that are welcome.
- Cute DS Capture will never be able to capture audio. The capture cards for DS don't provide that functionality.
- Two different programs for 3DS and DS. Maybe someday CuteCapture will merge into one program detecting the handheld on connection, but not yet.

Hope you enjoy!
Old version of this thread
Cute(3)DSCapture is a software for capturing your (3)DS modded by loppy using Linux (or Mac)!

Cute(3)DSCapture is not a software you can use to directly record your (3)DS, but it can be used with any software capable of capturing your screen - try OBS.
This little piece of software will automatically detect a connected (3)DS and capture it's screens. You can decide if you like to via your (3)DS in a single window or if you want to use one window per screen. Also, the Cute(3)DSCapture can zoom the screens. That's about all. Audio capturing for 3DS is coming up, but not finished yet.

How to use C3C/CDC
Using Cute(3)DSCapture is plain simple. Start the programm, connect your (3)DS, if you haven't already, that's it! Cute(3)DSCapture will start in single-window mode, you can change that by pressing the space bar to toggle between single-window and two-windows mode.
Cute(3)DSCapture is capable of zooming the window for you. You can always resize your capture windows, but currently that won't keep the aspect ratio intact. You can use the number keys to zoom. 1 is the original size, 2 is 1.5x zoom, 3 is 2x and so on. In two-windows mode you can zoom both windows individually.

How do I get this? - Installation
Depending on your OS, there are different ways to install Cute(3)DSCapture.
  • Fedora
    To install the repository and accept the gpg-key under Fedora 24, use the following commands:

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    dnf config-manager --add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/Fedora_24
    rpm --import http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/Fedora_24/repodata/repomd.xml.key
    For Fedora 25, use the following commands:

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    dnf config-manager --add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/Fedora_25
    rpm --import http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/Fedora_25/repodata/repomd.xml.key
    Now you can install Cute(3)DSCapture using the following commands:

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    dnf install cute3dscapture
    -or-
    dnf install cutedscapture
  • openSUSE
    Open YaST and choose "Software -> Installation Sources". There "Add" a new repository "By URL". Depending on your version of Suse, enter one of the following: You can give the repository any name you'd like, but I think "Cute Repository" is a good name ;)
    Afterwards, still in YaST, choose "Software -> Software Management" and search for "cutedscapture" or "cute3dscapture". All you need to do is check the box next to the package, click accept and accept the installation of other, required packages.
  • Ubuntu
    First, install the universe repository, if not done already. Then, install the CuteCapture Repo.
    • 14.04 trusty:
      Universe Repo

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      sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe"
      sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe"
      CuteCapture Repo

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      sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/xUbuntu_14.04/ ./'
      wget -q http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/xUbuntu_14.04/Release.key -O- | sudo apt-key add - 
    • 16.04 xenial:
      Universe Repo

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      sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe"
      sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe"
      CuteCapture Repo

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      sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/xUbuntu_16.04/ ./'
      wget -q http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.key -O- | sudo apt-key add - 
    • 16.10 yakkety:
      Universe Repo

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      sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ yakkety universe"
      sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ yakkety-updates universe"
      CuteCapture Repo

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      sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/xUbuntu_16.10/ ./'
      wget -q http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gRuFtY/xUbuntu_16.10/Release.key -O- | sudo apt-key add - 
    Afterwards you can install Cute(3)DSCapture using:

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    apt-get install cute3dscapture
    -or-
    apt-get install cutedscapture
    Important: Currently Ubuntu versions of Cute(3)DSCapture don't install desktop/menu launcher. To launch them, use "CuteDSCapture" or "Cute3DSCapture" on the commandline.
  • Gentoo
    If you haven't done so, install layman:

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    emerge -av app-portage/layman
    Afterwards, add the cute-overlay...

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    layman -f -o https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gotos/cute-overlay/master/overlay.xml -a cute-overlay
    ... and install Cute(3)DSCapture.

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    emerge -av games-util/cutedscapture
    -or-
    emerge -av games-util/cute3dscapture
  • Sources
    If your Linux distribution is not metioned above or you are using mac, you can always compile the sources yourself. Have a look at the Github pages of Cute3DSCapture and CuteDSCapture for instructions. Also, binary builds for Debian, Ubuntu and MacOS are planned and in the making.

[Old Version of this Post, pre 2016-03-01]
As it seems to me, there hasn't been a linux-version of a 3DS Capture Software, I programmed one myself. (It works on mac, too!)

Cute 3DS Capture is available on GitHub
If you are not familiar with github, just go to the releases page and download the source code from there.

It's rather simple, but for me it is very usable and I hope it might be interesting for other linux users.

[UPDATE:]
Cute DS Capture for the regular DS is ready! Have a look at GitHub or the the releases page.
(I will give this post more structure in the future, but am to tired at the momente ^^")

Binarys for Mac:
CuteDSCapture for Mac
Cute3DSCapture for Mac

To install, just open the dmg-file and drap the .app-file into the applications-folder. Should be as easy as that.

Binarys for linux will follow soon, I hope! :)

[UPDATE:] Installing CuteCapture on gentoo linux just became much more convenient! Just add the cute-overlay with layman

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layman -f -o https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gotos/cute-overlay/master/overlay.xml -a cute-overlay
and install games-util/cutedscapture or games-util/cute3dscapture![/size]
Last edited by gRuFtY on Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:26 am, edited 12 times in total.

Eris Nova

Re: Linux Version

Post by Eris Nova » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:54 am

Hello!
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and im new to this OS, so im not familiar with commands. I built this system specifically for 3ds play. Being that im new with this OS, could you please explain exactly how to install ?

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Re: Linux Version

Post by gRuFtY » Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:56 am

Hey! :)

That shouldn't be to hard. Try installing build-essential, libsfml-dev and qt5-default.

I assume you are not familiar with terminals, if this is your first time with a linux system? If you do not know how to use the terminal, open one up , type "cd " followed by the path where you extracted Cute 3DS Capture and type "qmake && make". After this, you should find a executable file called Cute3DSCapture in that folder.

Let me know if you have any more problems. :)

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Re: Linux Version

Post by CAPS » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:10 am

Do you think it might be working with a Raspberry Pi? :D

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Re: Linux Version

Post by gRuFtY » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:38 am

Huh. I'm not sure, if a Pi is strong enough for 60 FPS, but give it a try. The program itself should work :)

Guest

Re: Linux Version

Post by Guest » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:00 pm

I have tried your suggestions, yet however i seem to get a fatal error,
It states

libusb-1.0/libusb.h: no such file or directory. #include <libusb1.0/libusb.h>

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Re: Linux Version

Post by Eris Nova » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:02 pm

^ whoops, was not logged in.
Anyway, what do you recommend i do?

Guest

Re: Linux Version

Post by Guest » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:19 pm

Image

Here is the output!

Guest

Re: Linux Version

Post by Guest » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:21 pm

Ignore everything before gcc -c
I was trying to see if i could do it via other ways.
But thats basically the result i get after ”qmake && make." In the extracted folder two files appear: main.o and Makefile

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Re: Linux Version

Post by gRuFtY » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:30 pm

Oh, right. Libusb ist required, I somehow forgot to mention that. Try installing libusb-dev and then make again. :)

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