Recording off a DS

Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope · 06-12-2009, 03:05 AM

Hey NPF, I want to do some video's on some DS Games and I was wondering if there was anyway to record game footage from a DS onto your computer, without using a Videocamera?

PyrosNine · 06-12-2009, 03:32 AM

Well, there were these lovely things that could export the DS's screen to a TV, made by a Taiwon-ese company named Q-mark, but I can't seem to find 'em anymore.

Most DS gameplay thingies are done with professional hardware and junk (in the case of professional gameplay videos that advertise the game), or some skill with a camera or two.

The best advice I can give is to at least search Ebay, the rest is to try and get a webcam, some cardboard, some tape, set the brightness to a decent setting and play a game that only requires you to look for the most part at one screen.

Nikose Tyris · 06-12-2009, 06:32 AM

One way would be to acquire a DS devkit and play autonomously through the computer to record it.

However doing so would not only be illegal but also bar you from ever working for or ever producing a game for nintendo. So don't do that.

Alternatively, If you own both the game and the DS, you could to a targetted screen capture with an emulator.

synkr0nized · 06-12-2009, 09:56 AM

Without the use of an emulator and typical capture software on a computer, you're looking at a camera and your DS.

Azisien · 06-12-2009, 01:04 PM

I've seen some pretty sweet get-ups with a camera and DS involving showboxes with lighting. Just having that is probably more impressive than saying "yeah I plugged this wire into my PC" despite the probable quality costs.

06-12-2009, 03:05 AM	#1
Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope Definitely NOT a samurai Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Location: Wherever the wind leads me Posts: 5,347	Recording off a DS Hey NPF, I want to do some video's on some DS Games and I was wondering if there was anyway to record game footage from a DS onto your computer, without using a Videocamera? __________________ Lost in the Music ~ On Hiatus Tales of a Torn World ~ World Building

06-12-2009, 03:32 AM	#2
PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	Well, there were these lovely things that could export the DS's screen to a TV, made by a Taiwon-ese company named Q-mark, but I can't seem to find 'em anymore. Most DS gameplay thingies are done with professional hardware and junk (in the case of professional gameplay videos that advertise the game), or some skill with a camera or two. The best advice I can give is to at least search Ebay, the rest is to try and get a webcam, some cardboard, some tape, set the brightness to a decent setting and play a game that only requires you to look for the most part at one screen. __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!

06-12-2009, 09:56 AM	#4
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	I'd not recommend the camera route, either. Without the use of an emulator and typical capture software on a computer, you're looking at a camera and your DS. __________________ Find love.

06-12-2009, 01:04 PM	#5
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	I've seen some pretty sweet get-ups with a camera and DS involving showboxes with lighting. Just having that is probably more impressive than saying "yeah I plugged this wire into my PC" despite the probable quality costs.