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Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:42 am
by cr4zymanz0r
If I get the 3DS capture card, would there be any reason for me to get the regular DS capture card too?
Basically my question boils down to if I want to play DS games on 3DS using the pixel perfect mode (hold start+select when starting the DS game), when outputting this on 3DS capture card am I going to get all the black space in the viewing program like I will on the actual 3DS screen?
I'm kinda picky about video quality so I would want to run DS games in pixel perfect mode and not have all that wasted black space in the capture program if I make it full screen. Is this possible or would I need to get a regular DS with a DS capture card for the best quality/functionality for regular DS games?
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:30 am
by wiifanluke
Honestly, I don't find that the 3ds plays DS games too badly. Here is a link to a DS video made with a 3DS capture board:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbXznWZ3 ... hT&index=1
I would find that with the 3DS capture board, the only reason you would need a DS capture board, is for GBA games. But you can always just get the GB Player accessory for the GameCube. A lot of the times, I wish that's what I would have done, because there is at least 1 3ds game I would wan't to do, Luigi's Mansion 2. So I'll probably just get a 3DS capture board eventually. But anyway, if you want to make GBA videos, but dont want to spend $200 for the Gamecube and GB Player, then I would recommend saving money by buying Loopy's DS board.
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:15 am
by OrbitalMike
cr4zymanz0r wrote:If I get the 3DS capture card, would there be any reason for me to get the regular DS capture card too?
Basically my question boils down to if I want to play DS games on 3DS using the pixel perfect mode (hold start+select when starting the DS game), when outputting this on 3DS capture card am I going to get all the black space in the viewing program like I will on the actual 3DS screen?
Yes...however don't let that stop you from editing them and making them fantastic/decent looking as shown/attempted here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40NxTF6PTfk
cr4zymanz0r wrote:I'm kinda picky about video quality so I would want to run DS games in pixel perfect mode and not have all that wasted black space in the capture program if I make it full screen. Is this possible or would I need to get a regular DS with a DS capture card for the best quality/functionality for regular DS games?
Even if you're streaming, tools like xsplit allow you to move things around and crop as needed, I haven't had too many issues so far but getting a DS capture board later down the road won't be a bad thing either.
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:10 am
by Guest
Thanks for the reply, but the reason for my concern is I would primarily be using this as a means of having TV-out (I have a PC connected to my living room HDTV). I might do some streaming/capturing too, but the primary use would be me playing games full screen.
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:27 am
by triple_lei
If your PC's connected to your TV, then you might want those black borders anyway as a form of
underscan. Otherwise some information might be cropped off by your TV.
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:48 pm
by loopy
The software shows exactly what's on the 3DS screen, so yes, you get those black borders. It's a simple thing to have it cut them out though, I'll try to throw something together later today.
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:37 pm
by OrbitalMike
loopy wrote:The software shows exactly what's on the 3DS screen, so yes, you get those black borders. It's a simple thing to have it cut them out though, I'll try to throw something together later today.
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:18 am
by ShadowMario3
I never did notice a difference between 1:1 and DS stretched mode. From what I recall, the stretched mode fixes the problems that would normally appear from stretching, wouldn't it?
Re: Question about DS mode on a 3DS
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:43 am
by OrbitalMike
ShadowMario3 wrote:I never did notice a difference between 1:1 and DS stretched mode. From what I recall, the stretched mode fixes the problems that would normally appear from stretching, wouldn't it?
Somewhat, the problem that comes when playing ds games stretched is that game appears slightly blurry. I even tested when editing a video one time, one with the native res and another with the stretched look....it wasn't pretty.