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
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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 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:For Fedora 25, use the following commands:Code: Select all
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
Now you can install Cute(3)DSCapture using the following commands:Code: Select all
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
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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:- openSUSE Leap 42.2: http://download.opensuse.org/repositori ... _Leap_42.2
- openSUSE Tumbleweed: http://download.opensuse.org/repositori ... Tumbleweed
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 RepoCuteCapture RepoCode: Select all
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"
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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 RepoCuteCapture RepoCode: Select all
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"
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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 RepoCuteCapture RepoCode: Select all
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"
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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 -
Important: Currently Ubuntu versions of Cute(3)DSCapture don't install desktop/menu launcher. To launch them, use "CuteDSCapture" or "Cute3DSCapture" on the commandline.Code: Select all
apt-get install cute3dscapture -or- apt-get install cutedscapture
- 14.04 trusty:
- Gentoo
If you haven't done so, install layman:Afterwards, add the cute-overlay...Code: Select all
emerge -av app-portage/layman
... and install Cute(3)DSCapture.Code: Select all
layman -f -o https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gotos/cute-overlay/master/overlay.xml -a cute-overlay
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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!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
[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