Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

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Homebrew Suggestion Sys module for video capture / screenshot

Thread starter cucholix
Start date Jul 17, 2019
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cucholix

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Jul 17, 2019

Basically a sys module that allows video capture and screenshots globally, since some games don’t support this feature, I wonder if it’s possible flag them to allow this.

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RHOPKINS13

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Jul 17, 2019

Would be really cool if something like that got released, but I don't know of anybody currently working on it. For now your best bet is to use the Switch dock and a HDMI capture card. Also gets past that 30 second or so recording limit.

mrtzera

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Jul 17, 2019

Would be awesome a livestream option!

KuranKu

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Jul 17, 2019

Should be possible in theory

Mat37

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Jul 17, 2019

cucholix said:
Basically a sys module that allows video capture and screenshots globally, since some games don’t support this feature, I wonder if it’s possible flag them to allow this.

Well you can flag any game/app to support video capture, but that means unpacking the NSP, modifying the control NCA and the meta NCA (due to the name of the control NCA being changed), and repacking everything together, which is a long process for only a 30 seconds recording.