What is DSVideo?
DSVideo is a video player for the Nintendo DS console. An entire movie can be compressed into around 400MB.
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“ Yes, I can’t see any reference to DS Linker on the DLDI page , but there does seem to be someth... ”
“ the linker “DSlinker” is not supported :s ”
→ Limit on number of dsv/files in one folder?
“ Erm, that’s quite a lot of files. Would it not be easier to create some directories and put a s... ”
→ DSVideo Encoder GUI (RC4), batch processing
“ every time i press encode it says ‘dsvideo’ is not recognized as an external or internal com... ”
“ What I’ve been generally recommending is that you transcode the original source material into a... ”
“ I cant convert an avi file because the program keeps saying somthing about the bitrate sample bei... ”
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Credits
- Dominic Ludlam - Architecture, Wavelet codec, UI, encoder, decoder
- Nick Ludlam - Additional graphics, website, intro video, testing and general monkeying
- Denise Wilton - User Interface theme
Additional thanks
- James Tubbritt (Sharp) - Intro video music. See fxhome for more information
Downloads
NDS Player binaries
Unzip the contents onto your DS memory card, and patch with DLDI if necessary. If you have a Supercard (Lite) or R4 homebrew card, you can use the pre-patched versions provided.
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dsvideo-1.01.zip - Includes sample video and .nds files - Released 14/02/08
Command-line encoder binaries
Unzip these, then run Start/Accessories/Command Prompt (for Windows users) or Applications/Utilities/Terminal (for Mac OS X users) or your favorite terminal application (Linux users) and use the dsvideo command-line tool provided.
- dsvideo-linux-1.01.tar.gz for GNU/Linux - Released 14/02/08
- dsvideo-macosx-1.01.zip for Mac OS X (intel) - Released 14/02/08
- dsvideo-win-1.01.zip for Windows - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is also required - Released 14/02/08
Source code
The source includes build instructions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
- dsvideo-source-1.01.tar.bz2 - Released 14/02/08
DLDI ARM7 patches
DLDI patches for DSVideo need to link to the ARM7, instead of the ARM9. We have compiled a number of patches for popular cards below. NOTE: You must also ensure that your homebrew card does not try to autopatch the DSVideo player.
Tested and working
- R4 v2 - Works for R4, M3 Simply and M3 DS Real - Original source
- EZ 5 - Original source
- M3 SD Card - Original source
- DS-X Card - Original source
- SuperCard DS One SDHC - Original source