SysDVR
Stream/record gameplay to a PC via USB or network.

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Update: Version 5.0 has been released with low latency streaming, be sure to check it out on github.

This is an experimental sysmodule that allows capturing the running game output on a pc.
As this uses switch's built-in game recording feature it has the same limitations: 720p@30fps and only works on the games that enable it, but by sending the video to another device there's no time limit to the recording.

There are two modes: USB and Network, both work fine but USB is slightly better, at least compared to wifi, didn't try with a LAN adapter.
Players like mpv or vlc can play the stream directly so you can use any screen recording applications but it's also possible to write the stream directly to a file.
To use the USB version you need the UsbStream program you'll find on the github page, it's built using .NET 5 and works on both windows and linux, haven't tried mac but in theory it should work too.

You can see it in action in the two teasers i posted while working on it:

Spoiler

🧐 pic.twitter.com/siDCGtoQtX

— exelix (@exelix11) October 9, 2019

This time with audio and w i r e l e s s
Coming very soon ! pic.twitter.com/wloZuOF8Nk

— exelix (@exelix11) October 16, 2019

As you can see it's not meant for remote play, but it can work as a basic capture card, audio output is uncompressed so it can be useful for ripping OSTs .

Download and wall of text guide on github: https://github.com/exelix11/SysDVR/
To get notified of updates you can follow this thread or join my new discord server (i also have a twitter account where occasionally post development updates).
Please make sure to read the full readme before reporting issues as it explains the most common problems you may encounter.

 

[Jiehfeng]

Brilliant, thanks!

 

[Oleboy555]

Woww!!! That's amazing!! Really great job!

 

[Scarlet]

Might not replace capture cards for the most part, but the utility in being able to capture handheld gameplay and handheld-only games shouldn't be overlooked.

Really cool release!

 

[KiiWii]

This is absolutely fantastic!

Thank you @exelix11

 

[lordelan]

Very nice!

wall of text guide

And I always prefer a wall of text over a 2 lines short readme.

 

[mathew77]

That's great, thanks!..

BTW how to run wifi streaming in Windows version of mpv.exe?..
It's just "Drop files or URLs to play here" string, but I cannot put

tcp://<my switch ip address>:6666 --no-correct-pts --fps=3

Solved, thanks, one must create .bat file with mpv.exe tcp://%ip-address%:6666 --no-correct-pts --fps=30

 

[exelix11]

That's great, thanks!..

BTW how to run wifi streaming in Windows version of mpv.exe?..
It's just "Drop files or URLs to play here" string, but I cannot put

tcp://<my switch ip address>:6666 --no-correct-pts --fps=3

View attachment 183546

Solved, thanks, one must create .bat file with mpv.exe tcp://%ip-address%:6666 --no-correct-pts --fps=30

It's actually specific to mpv, you have to run the .com file instead of the exe (which has the same effect of the bat file) if you type just mpv in the terminal windows will execute the right one directly.

 

[yyoossk]

UsbStream video mpv C:/Programs/mpv/mpv audio mpv C:/Programs/mpv/mpv

8.1.0 ams0.9.4 sysnand
please help

 

[ertaboy356b]

Now waiting for the switch lite to get hacked!

 

[hippy dave]

Congrats on the huge release, this feature has been in heavy demand forever

 

[DaniPoo]

Nice for people that wants to record their gameplay, the latency seems to be an issue for those who wish play the game on a different monitor via this though.
So this does not look like a dock replacement for Switch lite once it gets hacked. Perhaps this can be achived one day.

Anyway really nice!

 

[exelix11]

UsbStream video mpv C:/Programs/mpv/mpv audio mpv C:/Programs/mpv/mpv

8.1.0 ams0.9.4 sysnand
please help

Interesting, the device name is different for me:

Could you check if the "device path" matches ?
Do you have by any chance another sysmodule that uses the usb port like mtp-server-nx ?

 

[M7L7NK7]

how do you find your switch's ip address?

 

[Asia81]

I'm reading the readme, but I still don't understand how you use it. I want it to be recorded to a file so I don't use mpv, then I use the command
UsbStream video file audio file

But I get

UsbStream.exe video file audio file
UsbStream - 1.0 by exelix
https://github.com/exelix11/SysDVR

Unhandled exception. System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
   at UsbStream.Program.<>c__DisplayClass16_0.<Main>g__ParseTargetArgs|0(Int32 baseIndex, IOutTarget& t)
   at UsbStream.Program.Main(String[] args)

 

[ganons]

So is captured audio and video in sync?

 

[gameboy]

can it be used with spoofed dock and overclock?

 

[exelix11]

I'm reading the readme, but I still don't understand how you use it. I want it to be recorded to a file so I don't use mpv, then I use the command
UsbStream video file audio file

But I get

UsbStream.exe video file audio file
UsbStream - 1.0 by exelix
https://github.com/exelix11/SysDVR

Unhandled exception. System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
   at UsbStream.Program.<>c__DisplayClass16_0.<Main>g__ParseTargetArgs|0(Int32 baseIndex, IOutTarget& t)
   at UsbStream.Program.Main(String[] args)

Specify the file path for each stream after "file":

UsbStream video file video.264 audio file audio.raw

Make some tests before actually recording something to make sure you can convert to mp4 properly, didn't test this with long recordings.
You'll likely have to manually sync audio and video in an editor when converting.

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

I was hoping this would be something I could use on all games, but meh, guess we'll have to wait til there's game updates that enable it. Or is it via OFW updates?

 

[exelix11]

So is captured audio and video in sync?

Not really as they're different stream, usually they sync when live streaming but if you're recording to a file you'll have to match them manually

can it be used with spoofed dock and overclock?

DIdn't test, i think it should work fine with other sysmodules as long as they don't use a lot of memory, sysftpd crashes for sure.