Hacking NTRCFW 3.4 Preview1(Support video output on New 3DS)

[Intronaut]

A weird bug: the server gets disconnected when I open Ocarina of Time 3D

 

[runetoonxx2]

Also how is everyone else getting these such good fps but I get like 5-7

 

[basher11]

I got the bottom screen to show up but it's not changing. What do I have to do?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hmm, I seem to have trouble with this too.

I have my Windows Firewall disabled (running Windows 10) and I type in the IP/port given in FTP-3ds, using the latest NTR and bootntr.cia in aureinand with the 10.2 NTR firmware.bin from FIRMS.7z

I launch NTR Debugger and Viewer as admin and then I type the connect('3dsip',port) and remoteplay() functions after enabling NTR Debug, but it doesn't seem to work properly (the syntax is correct, but it won't let me in)

Incidentally, trying to connect() while FTP-3ds is running seems to work just moments after sending the command, but remoteplay() doesn't work. Does this mean that NTR CFW itself is failing to host the server properly, or am I doing something wrong?

Here's the debugger log:

Spoiler

//This is where I hosted with FTP-3DS, NTR Debug Enabled
> connect('[redacted]', 5000)
null
Server connected.
Server disconnected.

//This is where I was sitting on my home menu, NTR Debug Enabled
> connect('[redacted]', 5000)
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it [redacted]:5000
at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(String hostname, Int32 port)
at ntrclient.NtrClient.connectToServer()
at ntrclient.ScriptHelper.connect(String host, Int32 port)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`3.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.LightLambda.Run5[T0,T1,T2,T3,T4,TRet](T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2, T3 arg3, T4 arg4)
at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute4[T0,T1,T2,T3,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2, T3 arg3)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.DynamicInstruction`5.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.LightLambda.Run2[T0,T1,TRet](T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
at IronPython.Compiler.PythonScriptCode.RunWorker(CodeContext ctx)
at IronPython.Compiler.RuntimeScriptCode.InvokeTarget(Scope scope)
at ntrclient.CmdWindow.runCmd(String cmd)
> remoteplay()
Cannot access a disposed object.
Object name: 'System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream'.
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Write(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
at ntrclient.NtrClient.sendPacket(UInt32 type, UInt32 cmd, UInt32[] args, UInt32 dataLen)
at ntrclient.NtrClient.sendEmptyPacket(UInt32 cmd, UInt32 arg0, UInt32 arg1, UInt32 arg2)
at ntrclient.ScriptHelper.remoteplay()
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`1.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.LightLambda.Run3[T0,T1,T2,TRet](T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2)
at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute2[T0,T1,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.DynamicInstruction`3.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.LightLambda.Run2[T0,T1,TRet](T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
at IronPython.Compiler.PythonScriptCode.RunWorker(CodeContext ctx)
at IronPython.Compiler.RuntimeScriptCode.InvokeTarget(Scope scope)
at ntrclient.CmdWindow.runCmd(String cmd)

Wrong port. You should be using 8000.

I seem to be having issues with this. When I run the remoteplay command it fails.

Here's the console output:

NTR debugger by cell9

import sys;sys.path.append('.\python\Lib')
null
for n in [n for n in dir(nc) if not n.startswith('')]: globals()[n] = getattr(nc,n)

null
Commands available:
repr([n for n in dir(nc) if not n.startswith('')])
['attachprocess', 'bpadd', 'bpdis', 'bpena', 'connect', 'data', 'disconnect', 'listprocess', 'listthread', 'memlayout', 'queryhandle', 'reload', 'remoteplay', 'resume', 'sayhello', 'sendfile', 'write']
connect('192.168.1.52', 8000)
null
Server connected.
remoteplay()
null
Will be disconnected in 10 seconds to enhance performance.
cpu was locked on 804MHz, L2 Enabled
starting remoteplay...
buf: 07001000, size: 00022000
remotePC: 001231d0
disconnect()
null
Unable to read data from the transport connection: A blocking operation was interrupted by a call to WSACancelBlockingCall.
Server disconnected.

No idea what it means but streaming doesn't work.

That looks normal. It's the exact same output I was getting when it was working. You ran the viewer before starting remoteplay() right?

Can somebody make a how-to for dummy? I'm stuck at putting the port and setting the fakeproxy (?).

Port is 8000, FakeProxy isn't needed unless you're connecting the 3DS to a hotspot with no internet access, from what I could gather from the readme PDF, it's needed to prevent the 3DS from automatically disconnecting from such networks when it doesn't find a valid internet connection.

Also how is everyone else getting these such good fps but I get like 5-7

Depends on the game, and the quality of your wifi signal/wifi saturation by other clients. I got around 7-12 FPS in 3D games. Boxboy was a stable-ish 60 FPS though. Look at the output in the console, quality should be 90%+ if your wifi is good (according to the PDF readme), low quality means a lot of dropped frames and you will get a lower FPS. If quality is already 90%+ then you are getting the most out of it that you can with that game.

 

[gudenau]

I need to do something with this.

Edit:
And it does not support latest. Yay.

 

[TeconMoon]

Wow very cool! The top screen is great, the bottom screen isn't but this is a great proof of concept. Could even be used for streaming without a capture board if you routed the audio through a line in and delayed the audio to compensate for the video delay. Can't wait to see where this goes

 

[runetoonxx2]

Well time to buy new router

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And also question what is a USB WiFi dongle?

 

[gudenau]

Well time to buy new router

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And also question what is a USB WiFi dongle?

A Wi-Fi card for a USB port.

 

[runetoonxx2]

Ahh so what WiFi cards would work with this? Cause mines pretty sht and been meaning to get a new one

 

[gudenau]

Ahh so what WiFi cards would work with this? Cause mines pretty sht and been meaning to get a new one

No idea, my wifi is kinda bad anyway.

 

[CrispyYoshi]

Wrong port. You should be using 8000.


That looks normal. It's the exact same output I was getting when it was working. You ran the viewer before starting remoteplay() right?


Port is 8000, FakeProxy isn't needed unless you're connecting the 3DS to a hotspot with no internet access, from what I could gather from the readme PDF, it's needed to prevent the 3DS from automatically disconnecting from such networks when it doesn't find a valid internet connection.


Depends on the game, and the quality of your wifi signal/wifi saturation by other clients. I got around 7-12 FPS in 3D games. Boxboy was a stable-ish 60 FPS though. Look at the output in the console, quality should be 90%+ if your wifi is good (according to the PDF readme), low quality means a lot of dropped frames and you will get a lower FPS. If quality is already 90%+ then you are getting the most out of it that you can with that game.

HOLY MOLY that fixed my problem, thank you! Working perfectly, I'll have to test this more when I'm not using a crappy dorm internet.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I need to do something with this.

Edit:
And it does not support latest. Yay.

Latest firmware? Should work fine, you just need a 10.2 firmware.bin. AuReiNAND supports this, I believe Cakes does too.

 

[gudenau]

Latest firmware? Should work fine, you just need a 10.2 firmware.bin. AuReiNAND supports this, I believe Cakes does too.

I don't want to use an old firmware if it can be helped, I was planning on attempting a port.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I don't want to use an old firmware if it can be helped, I was planning on attempting a port.

Using an old firmware.bin won't make a difference to anything else, it's only an issue when new firmware updates have changes that make them incompatible with old FIRM. ntr.bin which is the component that needs to be updated for newer FIRM is closed source, so there's not much anyone can do about it until cell9 adds support.

 

[gudenau]

Using an old firmware.bin won't make a difference to anything else, it's only an issue when new firmware updates have changes that make them incompatible with old FIRM. ntr.bin which is the component that needs to be updated for newer FIRM is closed source, so there's not much anyone can do about it until cell9 adds support.

If I recall correctly ntr.bin is just a binary blob that gets loaded into the home menu's process, marked as RWX and executed. Should be fairly easy to update, as things go at least. Maybe I'll end up knowing how it works, making my own version. We will see.

 

[Apache Thunder]

Ok I just discovered that video streaming for the Pokemon games do work. You just have to have the game connect to the internet. Then the video stream comes back. I don't know why this is, but it resolves black screen issue with Pokemon Alpha Sapphire. I assume this fix applies to the other games to. Ocarina of Time doesn't have internet features....So I can't get that one to stream. But hey the pokemon games work now.

 

[Fishaman P]

Anyone tried this on a Windows ICS connection, direct 3DS to PC?

 

[Apache Thunder]

I did try using a USB Wifi adapter in adhoc mode via an app like Connectify. The performace was notably worse despite being less then 2 feet away from my 3DS. I quickly switched back to having my 3DS connect to the router in the other room. It gets a little choppy, but looks to be good enough that once a more stable release comes out, I may still seen an improvement in performance in the next release. It looks very promising.

I hope a "proper" method of screen selection is implemented. Sure I can set scaling of bottom screen to 0 for example to only stream top screen. But I feel like NTRViewer is still streaming both screens despite one screen being sized to zero, so no performance benefit to using the -b 0 setting.

I think having video streaming togglable in the NTR menu on 3DS would be best. It's kinda of clunky trying to do it via NTR Debugger and the client exe. Why not enable "remoteplay" via a menu option on the 3DS? Seems like a better solution. Ability to display current IP would help a lot too. Though NTRViewer seems able to find the 3DS automatically so if remoteplay can be toggled from the 3DS instead, this will become much more user friendly.

Also, BootNTR cia hangs at "patching svc check" on my 9.2 emunand. I don't know why this happens. It's true 9.2 too since Aureinand is configured to use 9.0 FIRM with my 9.2 emunand. So it's practically the same as if it was 9.2 sysnand.

(I'm using Arm9LoaderHax by the way)

Has anyone gotten this release to work on 9.2 n3DS?

 

[pdapanda]

It is already mentioned in the PDF, some games will disconnect wifi before booting automately，
to avoid this， imput write(0x0105AE4, (0x70, 0x47), pid=0x1a) before open your game.
(with this patch, you might have trouble with reconnecting to the router)

 

[NekoMichi]

I discovered something about the Pokémon games - The 3DS will stay connected to the router when you launch something like Pokémon X, but as soon as you hit Continue, the streaming stops working. At this point, my 3DS also disappeared from the router's "connected devices" list, however it reappears and streaming continues when I return to the Home Menu. I'm presuming that since Pokémon has a near-range console-to-console wireless feature, the 3DS automatically disconnects from any routers during gameplay and reconnects when gameplay ends. This might be a problem for streaming Pokémon games.

*reads previous posts*
Never mind, looks like it was already discovered...