Homebrew Screenshot dumper?

[Zyenet]

I was wondering if anyone has seen some type of a screenshot dumper for the DS as a homebrew app. Something like, you load the homebrew application, then it lets you select your ROM file, it boots the game, then there's some sort of key-combo that takes a screenshot of what's on the DS screens. (Probably in .BMP format) It would then save the screenshot to the flashcart, or have a special version that dumps it to a computer over Wi-Fi.

Or it could work similarly (with some sort of key-combo again) that you load the application, then you insert your normal game cart, and you press the combo to dump it by Wi-Fi.

So is there something like that out on the web? Didn't find anything searching on Yahoo.

 

[raulpica]

Still nothing, sadly. Sorry.

It's probably something which has to be implemented at flash-card level.

You could try No$GBA, though. It works with something like the 90% of the games of there. And it has a screenshot function

 

[Zyenet]

While I prefer doing it by emulator, they all seem to crash when I enter the Wi-Fi areas, which is the main reason I need something like this.

 

[raulpica]

While I prefer doing it by emulator, they all seem to crash when I enter the Wi-Fi areas, which is the main reason I need something like this.

Yeah, No$GBA still has problems with Wi-Fi. And it will be probably a long time before a PC emu will support it

Obviously you could resort to some high-level hacking/soldering of the internal hardware, but I don't know about any diagrams out there and it would still require an excellent skill with electronics.

Then, nothing sorry

You have to resort to a good ol' camera.

 

[DanTheManMS]

Impossible to do with just a homebrew application. The instant the game loaded, the homebrew app would be cleared from memory and the game itself would run, as only one file at a time can be loaded on the DS. It could be done by patching the rom to dump the main screen (determined by the developer) to a specific flash cart, but it would likely be in a raw format that would then have to be converted to a human-viewable format afterwards.

The CycloDS Evo team started work on this a while ago but I don't know how far they got. AFAIK you can dump a screenshot when in the CycloDS Evo menu, but not when in-game.

 

[Zyenet]

If it was dumped as a .bin, it could be converted easily, using bin2jpg. But thanks for answering my question, anyway.

 

[Celice]

I'm surprising the SuperCard doesn't have something like this. It always seems like their team is boasting about its hotkey functions--this would just be another thing to include >.>

 

[Zyenet]

If SuperCard had it, I'd buy one just for the screenshots. Plus, I could use it for reviewing.

 

[DanTheManMS]

Keep in mind you'd only be able to get a screenshot of one screen, as the DS's built-in screenshot function only does the one screen. If you want both screens, you'll either need the NITRO hardware for developers or the use of an emulator.

 

[Zyenet]

Would it be possible to switch to and from each screen? As in, one game displays what I need on the top, while another displays what I need on the bottom, and I can switch it before I load the game.

 

[jmr]

you could build yourself one of these http://home.comcast.net/~olimar/DS/jumbotron/

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[DanTheManMS]

Only the game developers decide which screen is the "main" screen, which is the only one that's dumpable.

 

[Zyenet]

The main screen would probably be the one where the character is.

I saw the Jumbotron DS myself. Looks cool, but soldering isn't my specialty. Plus, can it dump shots?

 

[strata8]

What about AR codes?

 

[Normmatt]

If supercard and team cyclo would release there file formats for their real time saves then it'd be fairly easy to make a program that recreates the display.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

Do like me.
Eject the DS card when you get the point you need.
Then you have a screen to take photos of!

(sorry I'm really useless...)

 

[v1tje]

This is really bad stuf. You cant better do that.

 

[Chopders]

you could build yourself one of these http://home.comcast.net/~olimar/DS/jumbotron/

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Is this working for the DS Like, I will try to create one of those without using to screens, but connecting to my computer, I have some skills in electronic. Thanks in advance.

 

[Zyenet]

If you can make one, I'd buy it off you.

Just tell me how to connect it to my PC.

 

[Chopders]

If you can make one, I'd buy it off you.

Just tell me how to connect it to my PC.

Great, I'll buy some transformator and I will start it during my free time. I will buy a old DS phat on eBay.