3DS/DS Capture Card in 2021!!! DO YOU NEED IT!?

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[@C9MERON]

Thank you for this! It really helped me to understand... I thought a capture card was just something you could plug into the back of the ds haha

[@Howudoing-7154]

Yeah exactly what I thought too😂 I’m not alone haha I wanted to start streaming my shiny hunt journey… rip

[@HERO_Studios_Main]

Lol

[@joblessboy7030]

ridiculous price. Ill just use citra and thanks for the video, its very informative

[@chibi4dmin]

Thanks for the comment, glad to hear you found it informative. I also agree, citra is the way to go for most situations!

[@simplyalonso]

Watch out for the ninjas!

[@5cott214]

Where are you going to get your ROMs? I'm also using citra buts it's impossible to find safe websites to download games

[@AirheadsAreRocking]

@@5cott214 use wowroms for regular ds games

[@NatetheNintendofan]

Disagree not the authentic feel

[@whitebeartigtig]

I hear Loopy is working on an updated board for the N3DS XL so I'm waiting for that. Emulators have served me well enough for now but I don't have the most powerful PC so it's not the greatest experience in a lot of games.

[@chibi4dmin]

Yep I have a video covering that and the posts that he’s put on his forums.

[@plmason12]

Which emulator do you recommend?

[@whitebeartigtig]

@@plmason12 Citra is your best bet.

[@whitebeartigtig]

@@chibi4dmin I managed to get one of the Loopy N3DS XL capture cards in the first round. Pretty exciting.

[@Ohem1]

There must be a better way to get capture from 3DS/XL, emulating feels like undermining the system a game(s) was developed for, not to mention the legality of things. But it's dumb to pay that much for capture for one unit. The NTR streaming is applicable but comes with delays and having to choose what screen to prioritize, and some clients are unstable. There's no winning unless someone bothers to make an open-source or DIY kit. I'm experienced with soldering since my high school days but not with oscilloscope nor programming.

[@Kirb-ey8dp]

I mean there are diy kits, mainly optimize but you have to get them shipped from Japan and I don’t know if you have to have a Japanese 3ds for it or not

[@Ohem1]

@@Kirb-ey8dp If you mean KatsuKity capture card the company folded some time ago. Not to mention drivers and client are outdated. Again I'd like to see some form DIY or open source.

[@Dpms556nato]

@@Ohem1 not katsukitty, he’s talking about optimize 3ds capture card. It’s a diy kit that you can order from Japan, it’ll take about 2-3 months to arrive. I’m not skilled at soldering so I haven’t bought one yet. I’m going to get one soon and practice my soldering skills some more during the shipping wait.

[@lisarox]

@@Kirb-ey8dp You can use a 3DS from any region. Japanese 3DSs are cheaper than North America 3DSs

[@degenerator94]

Left a sub and a like brother, this channel needs so much more attention!!! So informative thank you so much!!!!!

[@chibi4dmin]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@degenerator94]

Was literally the only video I found on the subject that was logical and actually answered the questions I wanted to know ahahah.

[@Swampert_Tube]

I want one of these for speedrunning as my 2DS capture card is on the verge of death

[@bustergundo516]

How is the 2ds capture card?

[@AzuriteGaming]

if possible, would be nice to see you compare the options visually

[@chibi4dmin]

Sure I could do that

[@FukuritaMariko]

I'm surprised I managed to even get my hands on a 3ds and ds capture card my 3ds one was a crazy mess to get but the ds one was surprisingly easy to get one seller was just selling a good number of ds capture cards for I think under two hundred dollars odd price but hay I ain't complaining and it works just fine.

[@ThomasFan1945ProductionsTM]

New 3DS XL Capture Boards from Loopy will start shipping on 6/2/23. Are you planning to do an updated version of this video?

[@ThomasFan1945ProductionsTM]

It's been sold a few times earlier this year and late 2022, all of which sold out very quickly. Hoping I can snag my hand on one to build myself tomorrow.

[@chibi4dmin]

Yeah I could do an updated video. I had gotten my new 3DS xl modded by loopy earlier around Jan/Feb just didn’t make a full video on it. As not much had changed other than the usb c I didn’t really know if I would make a video but I guess it has been almost 2 years.

[@ThomasFan1945ProductionsTM]

@@chibi4dmin you can, since now there's a new era of capture cards being made and this is the most affordable option rn.

[@ThomasFan1945ProductionsTM]

@@chibi4dmin good news, just bought it this morning.

[@chibi4dmin]

Awesome!

[@HippyHouse]

hmm, i think it would be better to develop like a GBA controller(or Single Screen DS.) so you have the touch function... that can connect to your emulator...and bam. streaming. that would kinda solve the Capture card Craze. take a page out of nintendont and Side engineer.

[@chibi4dmin]

From what it sounds like that’s still emulator? Some people including me want to play our physical games. While Citra or other emulation are good alternatives it’s not for everyone.

[@ThatCallahan]

My gtx 960 on citra couldnt cut it for anything 3ds, especially pokemon encounters. Pushed me to get a physical 3ds rather than upgrade the ol PC. no regerts

[@TheGam1ngTr1ko]

costs 300$ then it costs 500 only if you instal only 400!!!. 2023 is easier to get a capture card. It was super difficult to ge it before.

[@chibi4dmin]

Yeah I’m glad it’s easier now.

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

So I take it a Normal 3DS XL having a capture card is out of the question?

[@chibi4dmin]

As of right now the only capture card made for 3DS XL is the optimize one

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

How does the emulator pick up the game? I wanted to play an old game that's probably not very popular. I have an old Nintendo DS. How does the emulator know what game is in? Are there certain cords you have to use?

[@chibi4dmin]

Not exactly sure what your asking, the emulator doesn't use a physical ds. The emulator you can use for ds one of them is DeSmuME if you google it you should be able to find out how to set everything up. If your thinking of using a capture card you would need to send your ds into loopy to get modified if you had the old phat ds which is the one far right of the thumbnail or the new 3ds xl assuming he still has orders open for that right now. Then that would attach via usb to your computer and use his software from his site to view it on your computer if your looking for a bigger screen experience that way.

[@combopybrosharkfrenforhire6420]

rip capturing ds games

[@michaelw1999]

When Are We Getting 3DS Capture Cards On Sale Again?

[@chibi4dmin]

Check his forum. I don’t know if he said anything about it.

[@pokemontrainerbranden3277]

i bought an optimized one

[@starliteshere]

Question: let's say I choose to purchase the 3DS Capture Card mod, would the 3ds be able to stream normal DS games in addition to 3DS games? Or is the 3DS only able to stream 3DS games?

[@chibi4dmin]

The mod is designed to capture the 3DS screens in the software so anything your doing on it will be able stream, 3DS and DS games and whatever else you would see on the screens.

[@jeanproviste9805]

it's much too expensive 😭

[@valdehvalvevo5721]

yeah is sad that there discontinued in 2020 i want a new nintendo 3ds xl and i want it so i stream with it

[@NatetheNintendofan]

Okay why would a 3DS capture card be bad if it cost $300 that's about as much as switch I could probably just ask Santa for that

[@chibi4dmin]

No $300 isn’t that bad. Though usually these can go from $500 to $1000 on eBay there not always $300 it’s only if you get lucky or if someone like loopy is doing installs at the time your looking.

[@Rab1dGAMER]

There's a KZbinr called Dubesinhower that did a video (Ironically a few days before you uploaded this video) on a kit that you can self install and you can still get them to this day. Main issue is though the self install, but you can probably find a modder that can install it for you.

[@chibi4dmin]

Interesting, yeah the optimize capture card I believe it’s called is still sold from Japan I think. While the process is long you’ll save a lot money if you do it yourself but the amount of people who would go though all the work of doing this rather than just finding an old loopy card on eBay is probably small. Very cool video none the less.

[@Rab1dGAMER]

@@chibi4dmin something like that. It's just disassembling a 3ds and soldering so many tiny points are not for the faint of heart.

[@celsiusjunior1]

Hi! How i can buy this board to i install myself?

[@chibi4dmin]

The optimize cards can be found here optimize.ath.cx/shop_oversea/shop_oversea.html they are I believe from china or Japan so it may take a while for it to be delivered. The loopy DS one can be found here 3dscapture.com/ds/order.html

[@paulrevir1988]

So Citra should be fine to use as long as I bought a physical copy anyway right?

[@chibi4dmin]

Yep, legally speaking any game that you have physically you can have a rom and play it on an emulator.

[@paulrevir1988]

@@chibi4dmin that makes it so much easier because I always get confused to these kinds of topics, thanks!

[@LeGamerduNordOuest]

Well if you buying digitally in 3DS eshop or physical, you are ok, just the problem with citra with a cheat code for disable the game specifically for the 3D, for gain many performance for the game.

[@ashenwolf3846]

Can these capture card word on a Nintendo 3DS?

[@chibi4dmin]

The one that loopy just released is only for the New 3DS XL. He did mention that he would start working next on whichever 3DS was more popular choice but I don’t think that will be the original 3DS

[@ashenwolf3846]

@@chibi4dmin okay, thank you very much for the information. I'm trying to record my old Pokemon games.

[@tsuki4867]

+1sub

[@bookwormbon482]

👍👍

[@barneyjarneyson6409]

grayfruit?

[@chibi4dmin]

Uh what?

[@barneyjarneyson6409]

@@chibi4dmin u kinda sound like this guy www.youtube.com/@grayfruit

[@chibi4dmin]

@@barneyjarneyson6409 Hmm I don't hear it

[@zeolida1767]

Is it possible to capture ds lite video?

[@chibi4dmin]

I don’t think so at the moment.

[@zeolida1767]

@@chibi4dmin damn, I wish I could get my hands on a 3ds... So expensive..

[@mar1hunnit]

Question. My Katsukity 3DS capture card has audio delay when using the software to get it to display on my computer? Would replacing the cord fix this or is it an issue with the 3DS itself?

[@chibi4dmin]

It could be a cord issue but also may be a usb hub issue on your computer. If to many usb devices are on the same hub like in the back of a desktop or the front of the desktop this may cause interference with the capture card. I’ve had this happen before so I usually have my katsukity capture card in my front panel usb connector and any other usb devices in the back. Though if it is the 3DS itself a work around is just to use the aux to input sound directly into the computer and capture that.

[@mar1hunnit]

@@chibi4dmin Thanks. In my case, it might just be a cord issue, since the capture card is the only thing I usually have plugged into my MacBook

[@Slavic_Production]

Are this working on 2ds ???

[@chibi4dmin]

There has been some made for original 2ds and new 2ds xl but both are optimize cards. Loopy has not made any for either.

[@Demeech]

Will Nintendo DS gameplay footage look better using a Nintendo DS Capture card over a Nintendo 3DS one? Because DS games look blurry on the 3DS.

[@chibi4dmin]

Not really sure if there would be a difference. It might just be a screen size difference. The smaller you make the screen when using 3DS capture the better it will probably look. Since the 3DS has a bigger screen the original image stretches more than what it was meant to.

[@lachie8784]

please start writing scripts for your videos you mumble on too much and don't form enough actually coherent sentences.

[@chibi4dmin]

Nah I'm good

[@degenerator94]

Sucks everything has to be so expensive, really wanna make ds content ahaha oh well. It's all good

[@degenerator94]

Think I'll just save up for the 3ds capture card.

[@chibi4dmin]

Yeah it does suck I wish someone would come out with an inexpensive solution.