Hacking Is it possible to stream the Wii U TV Screen to a PC?

[smileyhead]

I'd like to do this, because I have a laptop, so I can't just simply plug in the HDMI cord into the monitor. (My laptop only has an HDMI output) Is there a Homebrew to do this?

 

[handy333]

One day, I hope so.

 

[Ashell]

I wouldn't hold your breath. the streaming for the pad works well because its only 480p, but frame packing and streaming 1080p. Its like 6 times the data, and that takes processing too. You might be better off just getting a USB capture card. Hauppauge makes some, or black magic might still be a good brand. It will have a little lag, but so would streaming.

 

[smileyhead]

It will have a little lag, but so would streaming.

The only problem is, I don't want this to stream. I want it for gaming.

 

[brienj]

I'd like to do this, because I have a laptop, so I can't just simply plug in the HDMI cord into the monitor. (My laptop only has an HDMI output) Is there a Homebrew to do this?

AFAIK, the video displayed on the gamepad is actually streamed to it with a modified h264 codec, so if that codec could be decoded, as well as be able to receive the stream, it could be possible. I believe there is actually a thread dedicated to figuring it all out, somewhere in this forum section.

 

[DeslotlCL]

AFAIK, the video displayed on the gamepad is actually streamed to it with a modified h264 codec, so if that codec could be decoded, as well as be able to receive the stream, it could be possible. I believe there is actually a thread dedicated to figuring it all out, somewhere in this forum section.

Hopefully someone can get it working someday

 

[brienj]

I found a YouTube video about it, and there is a link to the source code for it. It's called drc-sim. It appears it only works on Linux though. There is also a thread here, I'm pretty sure about that.

 

[smileyhead]

I found a YouTube video about it, and there is a link to the source code for it. It's called drc-sim. It appears it only works on Linux though. There is also a thread here, I'm pretty sure about that.

Oh, boy! I have Linux.
But how do I get it working? I get this:

python drc-sim.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "drc-sim.py", line 1, in <module>
    import construct
ImportError: No module named construct

 

[Deleted member 391145]

Oh, boy! I have Linux.
But how do I get it working? I get this:

python drc-sim.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "drc-sim.py", line 1, in <module>
    import construct
ImportError: No module named construct

What python version do you have? It seems like you use python 3 but the program needs python 2.

 

[7Robins]

Why don't you just plug in the WiiU into the monitor of your PC?

 

[smileyhead]

What python version do you have? It seems like you use python 3 but the program needs python 2.

Python 2.7.11+ (default, Apr 17 2016, 14:00:29) 
[GCC 5.3.1 20160413] on linux2

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Why don't you just plug in the WiiU into the monitor of your PC?

It's literally in the first sentence of the OP.

 

[Deleted member 391145]

Ah, think I found it. You're missing the construct library. Download here.

 

[shaneod]

pip install construct will probably work

 

[smileyhead]

Ah, think I found it. You're missing the construct library. Download here.

Thanks.
But how do I install it?

 

[Deleted member 391145]

pip install construct will probably work

Yes, just tried it with Python 2.7.11. Works perfectly, thanks

 

[7Robins]

Python 2.7.11+ (default, Apr 17 2016, 14:00:29)
[GCC 5.3.1 20160413] on linux2

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It's literally in the first sentence of the OP.

Oh yeah, forgot you had a laptop lol my bad.

 

[TexHD]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "drc-sim.py", line 379, in <module>
    VID_S : ServiceVSTRM(),
  File "drc-sim.py", line 172, in __init__
    construct.Nibble('magic'),
TypeError: 'BitsInteger' object is not callable

Please help? Thanks

 

[pietempgba]

have you tried using python 2.7?

 

[TexHD]

have you tried using python 2.7?

Yeah, I have tried both python 3 and 2 :/ And I can't get it to work

 

[pietempgba]

have you tried installing the latest construct? im not really much of a linux guy but try that