Homebrew Homebrew app [Release] ThirdTube - A homebrew YouTube client for the new 3DS.
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v0.4.0 is just released !
Download : https://github.com/windows-server-2003/ThirdTube/releases/tag/v0.4.0
As noticed in the release, I will be away from the development of this app for several months because I'm busy with other things. See you again in March or April! (I'll still be watching this thread though)
Download : https://github.com/windows-server-2003/ThirdTube/releases/tag/v0.4.0
As noticed in the release, I will be away from the development of this app for several months because I'm busy with other things. See you again in March or April! (I'll still be watching this thread though)
Video Threading might fix it maybe? Or that screen thing where you have a blank line after each line of color? (Pixel filtering? screenline filtering?) That is what I have to go through (set on) to play/emulate PS1 games on an O3DS stably.
Personally, this isnt that big of a problem to fix if you meddle with how the video is outputted on the screen AFTER video quality adjustments.
This isn't that bad of an idea, and I would still love this, but it would still be kind of boring. Maybe the ASMR community would dissagree, though. XD
I would give anything for the annoying as hell 144p version, so audio only is still a dream come true!
(I appreciate your work either way, rofl)
It seems that the first thing I have to do when I get back is to tweak it for old 3DSes.
The MP4 video player got a really good update which makes the audio run smooth and video smooth too. Even on the old 3ds with texture filter on. Implementation of thirdtube for old 3ds should be much better now
A patch release is out, fixing the issue that arose several hours ago where it cannot play videos at all.
Download: https://github.com/windows-server-2003/ThirdTube/releases/tag/v0.4.1
Please wait a little more for bigger updates...
Download: https://github.com/windows-server-2003/ThirdTube/releases/tag/v0.4.1
Please wait a little more for bigger updates...
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*Also the people who want to just listen to music for free or want to view commentary videos.
Hey am I wrong?
Check YouTube someone used this homebrew to make a YouTube app for the old 3ds. It's name is OldTube3ds.
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Is it possible to make apps like this for more websites? Like soundcloud Or some free anime websites . Or maybe a url video player in which you can put a list of links to watch.
A solution you can use right now is to download content with youtube-dl, put it on your SD card, and then play it with the video player.
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You likely could do this with similar sites. I believe good ones are stuff like BitView and VidLii along with Odysee.
Fair point. You could use the video player via N3DS or something like a flashcart with Moonshell. However, it is still much better to have a custom client especially for O3DS users as it is easier to do.
A custom client for O3DS won't happen, since these sites all use H.264 or newer codecs that the O3DS is too slow to decode. If you have O3DS, you'll need to either download audio only with youtube-dl, or you can download the video and transcode to XviD so the O3DS can play it at a decent FPS and resolution.
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I wonder though. What is a possible format that would allow watching videos via homebrew from an online server like YouTube or Odysee. I am kinda interested in figuring out a way to host stuff like this and even allow uploading of videos directly from 3DS considering you said they use h.264 which is too hard to decode on O3DS.
Now the question remains, could we change something up to barely get videos working or audio + subtitles. Videos and audio aren’t likely so yeah. Audio only or Video + Subtitles without audio seems like a possibility though assuming the creator made official subtitles for the video. Idk yet, but this seems very interesting to continue looking into to say the least. Maybe even for OG DS or DSi
YouTube and Twitch already offer audio-only formats for their content that the O3DS would be able to decode. I doubt you'll see anybody host a repository of XviD YouTube videos, since a) there are billions of videos that people might want to watch, and b) you'd get a cease and desist letter for trying.
YouTube does offer 144p, so it's technically possible that the O3DS could play it at close to full speed, but in order for the progressive download to work, you need perfect performance at all times AFAIK, so that's out, too. YouTube's 144p looks terrible, anyway.
If you want O3DS content, you can't get around the requirement that you'll have to transcode anything you want to watch specifically for the O3DS. Even if you have N3DS, you still have to transcode for optimal performance on most non-YouTube videos, since the N3DS's H.264 hardware decoder doesn't seem to support B frames, and software decoding is worse for battery life.
YouTube does offer 144p, so it's technically possible that the O3DS could play it at close to full speed, but in order for the progressive download to work, you need perfect performance at all times AFAIK, so that's out, too. YouTube's 144p looks terrible, anyway.
If you want O3DS content, you can't get around the requirement that you'll have to transcode anything you want to watch specifically for the O3DS. Even if you have N3DS, you still have to transcode for optimal performance on most non-YouTube videos, since the N3DS's H.264 hardware decoder doesn't seem to support B frames, and software decoding is worse for battery life.
mp4 download option in the future? can be used to watch later on the video player app. or maybe as a save for later or offline mode in the app itself.
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