DS vs 3DS? Capturing Nintendo DS game footage

[novavir]

Are there any disadvantages to using the 3DS to capture DS footage? Like any known issues of capturing footage for the DS on the 3DS that wouldn't occur on the normal DS. From poking around the forums, this was all the found about the subject viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5723 . Just wondering if I should just stick to the normal DS to avoid any problems. Or if it doesn't really matter and I can go for a 3DS, since the shape and design feel better on my hands.[

[Evexin]

don’t quote me, but there should be no difference what so ever. the only difference i know of is price and ease of installation.

[novavir]

Gotcha thanks for the response, I'll opt for a 3DS capture card then.

[Evexin]

no problem

[Houck]

To my knowledge, it's mostly due to speedrunning. I know for Pokemon games that runners use DS for timing the frames and manipulating the game for certain results because of hardware differences. Here is a quick example from the Speedrun.com forum on Diamond/Pearl comparing DS & 3DS,

"Timing is the same, but 3DS year can only go up to 2050, so if youre using a guide that uses a year after that, you must add the amount of frames to it

(e.g. for glitchless I use year 2057, so you must hit the timer 8 frames later than I do and use 2049)

3DS also takes longer to load up the game titles, so you may have to use a longer delay in order to boot up the game in time. Like I said however, the timing themselves are exactly the same"

https://www.speedrun.com/pkmndp/thread/nzw38

[novavir]

Pretty interesting, never knew that! I'm more concerned about the gameplay footage than the actual gameplay itself, at the moment. Good to be aware of anyways for the future!

[Jakstalgia]

The 3DS does a pretty mediocre job at upscaling DS games which causes them to appear slightly blurry when played on a 3DS. However, it's honestly something that most people won't even notice unless they were looking at them side by side.