Hacking Why we may have to wait a couple years regardless

[Mesiskope]

what, nobody trims roms anymore?

 

[pachura]

Lol yobro you're an idiot. Smaller screen doesn't mean files are smaller.

Yes it does. Smaller screen allows for lower resolution textures and models with less triangles - they still look acceptable. The same for full motion videos; with lower resolution you can use lower bitrates to get the same perceived quality while maintaining identical framerate.

 

[Ryukouki]

Easy test. It even applies with a photo. Pick up a say 1900x1200 image off of Google. Note its size. Go to Photoshop, resize it, and then note the size again. Notice how it got SMALLER. Same concept kinda applies with video.

 

[Yuan]

OMFG, if I can't keep 10+ games on my flashcard, they are pointless.

Facepalm.

 

[mysticwaterfall]

You know I was thinking about this more and you know how many games total I had on the original GB back in the day? 14. Did this bother me at all? No. People are so spoiled these days.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Lol yobro you're an idiot. Smaller screen doesn't mean files are smaller.

Yes it does. Smaller screen allows for lower resolution textures and models with less triangles - they still look acceptable. The same for full motion videos; with lower resolution you can use lower bitrates to get the same perceived quality while maintaining identical framerate.

That (combined with compression and video manipulation) is the main reason why they are smaller, not because of resolution. Resolution plays a minimal role in comparison (like key frames). Unlike a picture, a change from one frame of video to the next is based on differences from one render to the next. You could have a 1900x1200 frame to start with, but chances of the next frame being completely different from the last to require a completely new frame of data is slim, when a simple shift of key areas of the image can do the trick at a much less cost to space.

 

[pachura]

Lol yobro you're an idiot. Smaller screen doesn't mean files are smaller.

Yes it does. Smaller screen allows for lower resolution textures and models with less triangles - they still look acceptable. The same for full motion videos; with lower resolution you can use lower bitrates to get the same perceived quality while maintaining identical framerate.

That (combined with compression and video manipulation) is the main reason why they are smaller, not because of resolution. Resolution plays a minimal role in comparison (like key frames). Unlike a picture, a change from one frame of video to the next is based on differences from one render to the next. You could have a 1900x1200 frame to start with, but chances of the next frame being completely different from the last to require a completely new frame of data is slim, when a simple shift of key areas of the image can do the trick at a much less cost to space.

The quality of compressed video is expressed with Quality Factor (qf) - resolution times framerate divided by bitrate. Noone sane would lower the resolution while keeping the same bitrate and framerate, as this would result in unnecessary increase in the perceived video quality.

What you're saying is partly true, however even with delta frames there's lot more information when encoding differences between two 1920x1080 frames than between two 800x240 frames. So yes, resolution does matter and does influence the encoded file size.

 

[notmeanymore]

I only have 16gb in my PSP (two 8gb MicroSDs in a dual-adapter), and I get by just fine.

Plus once the 3DS gets hacked, people like me can start inventing crazy shit to increase storage space.

If the 3DS gets softmodded, that leaves Slot 1 open. I'm sure it's possible to make a special cart just for reading SDXC's for some extra space. If we can read MicroSDs even now, it can't be impossible to read a full-size SDXC.

 

[heartgold]

I wouldn't mind if my SD can hold two 3DS games, All I wanna do is test the games out and if I like it then I'll buy them

 

[Kixy]

irregardless

LOL

 

[Whisky1981]

It dosent matter how many games can I put on the card. One is always enough because I dont play more than one game at a time....so i dont care if its gonna be one or 10 games....I just care if it will be possible

.

 

[DarkShinigami]

i think the 3ds will be cracked before we get new type of media and 5 games at one time is too much so sixteen is way too many at a time