Hardware Gamepad video out.

[Devoidv3]

I recently watched a video on youtube and they showed this display out (micro usb to usb i think) from the gamepad to the pc through USB. Anyone know where I can find information/parts to do it myself or even a send in service that stil exists? I would very much like to have this done or even do it myself but I only know the port connects to something in the pad (i havent taken any gamepads apart so i dont really know them yet)

 

[livid_hen]

Its probably a capture card, i dont know where to buy them for the wii u though
there is a software that lets you stream to your pc
https://apps.fortheusers.org/wiiu/ScreenStreaming_WUPS

 

[V10lator]

There's also DRC-SIM which emulates a gamepad on a 5 ghz wifi stick, so the Wii U will send the video directly to your PC.

Other than that WUT-004 (which is a development gamepad: https://www.lucklessheaven.com/wii-u-developer-hardware ) has HDMI out but I have no idea if you're even able to pair it with a release unit.

 

[godreborn]

I don't know if the sandisk connect is 2.4GHz only or if it's capable of 5GHz or if it depends on how old the wifi stick is. it's what I use with the ps4 exploits. I found two conflicting articles on it.

 

[godreborn]

@V10lator , do you have an example of a 5GHz wifi stick? I think the connect is 2.4GHz only or must it be 5GHz?

 

[V10lator]

@godreborn Yes, it needs to be 5 Ghz. This is because the Wii U uses 2.4 Ghz to communicate with your wlan router but it uses 5 Ghz to communicate with your gamepad. So to spoof a gamepad you need to be on the 5 Ghz band. For more informations as well as eample sticks have a look at https://github.com/rolandoislas/drc-sim/wiki/Wireless-Interface

 

[godreborn]

thanks, I just bought the first one confirmed working (the panda wifi stick). I'll probably continue to use the sandisk connect with the ps4, so this will be only to test the gamepad thing.

 

[godreborn]

@V10lator , I keep getting errors trying to compile drc-sim

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if I try to select a folder for it to compile to, it says "access denied" as well.

 

[V10lator]

What's the error? The image isn't showing enough. Other than that you could try WSL instead of cygwin. To be fair I never compiled it but I know others like @huma_dawii did.

//EDIT: https://github.com/rolandoislas/drc-sim/wiki/Install-Script - "The install script supports only Debian based OSes". So I would try debian based WSL.

//EDIT²: https://github.com/rolandoislas/drc-sim/wiki#system-requirements - I don't think it will work with WSL. Your best bet is a SBC like the RPI to run the backend, then use the frontend ( https://github.com/rolandoislas/drc-sim-client ) on a windows PC (or your android phone).
More wiki links you might need:
https://github.com/rolandoislas/drc-sim/wiki/Install---Debian
https://github.com/rolandoislas/drc-sim/wiki/Compile-Wpa

 

[godreborn]

I've tried cygwin, but it says "Install script must be executed with root privileges." I'm using the sudo command. it says the same thing in cmd prompt and powershell.

 

[godreborn]

I think I may have gotten. I installed debian:

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it almost went through, not sure what happened at the end:

 

[livid_hen]

I think I may have gotten. I installed debian:

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it almost went through, not sure what happened at the end:

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I think you should be able to install gksu manually through whatever package manager you have. I think it's a gui thing though... so you may need to setup and Xserver.

(something like vcxsrv, then run "export DISPLAY=:0" on the linux side)

 

[godreborn]

I think you should be able to install gksu manually through whatever package manager you have. I think it's a gui thing though... so you may need to setup and Xserver.

(something like vcxsrv, then run "export DISPLAY=:0" on the linux side)

I'm a major noob when it comes to linux. I've had cygwin for a long time, mostly to test out ps3 stuff, but I can't say I know how to use it very well. I don't even know where the files downloaded to.

 

[livid_hen]

I'm a major noob when it comes to linux. I've had cygwin for a long time, mostly to test out ps3 stuff, but I can't say I know how to use it very well. I don't even know where the files downloaded to.

Most linux distributions have something called a package manager. A package manager looks at a list of software, with downloads. I think debain's is called APT. So running "sudo apt update", updates that list of software, and "sudo apt install gksu" searches that list for gksu, and installs it if it can find it. You use sudo to request administrator privileges, just like when you are installing a software on windows, and that window pops up asking if the app should be allowed to run as administrator (except this is all within WSL, and not your windows files. But be careful because things CAN access your files through /mnt/c, which is your windows drive as WSL sees it.).

On linux, a lot of window managers work over an internet port, that is restricted to be local, and just used for graphics. VcXsrv is what's called an X Server. It lets you take a vm or an actual machine, and use VcXsrv as the display, over that port. On the linux side, you say that it is port 0, by running "export DISPLAY=:0" (you can also specify a different ip, if it is using the wrong network interface, like this: export DISPLAY=192.168.1.158:0), and VcXsrv accepts that connection and displays the app when a gui tries to open, such as firefox or lmms.


Sorry, that was a lot . You can find VcXsrv here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
Using graphical applications like this on wsl is unofficial, and can sometimes be inconsistent whether it works or not
I don't even know if you need an X Server to use gksu, I just thought I would explain anyway since I find it interesting, I don't know if you do.

 

[godreborn]

looks gksu has been removed, but I found a way around it:

I think it worked. now, do I need to run the install command again that it lists on drc-sim's wiki? will it just skip over the dependencies that have been installed?

 

[livid_hen]

looks gksu has been removed, but I found a way around it:

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I think it worked. now, do I need to run the install command again that it lists on drc-sim's wiki? will it just skip over the dependencies that have been installed?

You may want to run it again, just because there may have been things after gksu that it didnt get to because it failed

 

[godreborn]

I don't know how to compile and install this: https://people.debian.org/~kov/gksu/

I've been researching this, and gksu has been removed from all linux builds for some reason. how do I compile it manually and where do I put it?

 

[godreborn]

the problem is gksu. I don't know how to install it. I was able to download it from that site, but I don't know how to install it.

 

[godreborn]

I found out how to install a .deb file, but there's a new problem. everything requires dependencies, then those dependencies require dependencies. I'm about to give up.

 

[V10lator]

1) Download https://people.debian.org/~kov/gksu/debian/gksu-polkit_0.0.1-1_i386.deb
2) Execute "sudo dpkg -i /path/to/gksu-polkit_0.0.1-1_i386.deb"
3) Execute "sudo apt-get install -f"

... Or just use debian stretch intead of stable. Gksu should be availabe in the package management of stretch: https://packages.debian.org/de/gksu

... Or just install the stretch version at newest debian. That's a bit complicate though...

//EDIT: For your dependency over dependency problem: Just use Debian Stretch (or even older versions) instead of stable.

//EDIT²: Please cancel the order for the 5 Ghz wifi stick: No need to invest in hardware as long as you can't get the software to run.