Because I will get my M3 DS Simply in some days and I am really felt in love with all the great homebrew that was released the days. I thought it would be helpful to have a nice tool to patch this apps for my M3. Chrishm build a great way to give the homebrew developers the opportunity to distribute their apps for as many homebrew devices a possible. He released the Dynamically Linkable Disc Interface that allows people to patch new interfaces for their disc devices into existing applications, provided they were built with DLDI support. dlditool is a command-line-tool to patch the homebrew-apps with the needed device support.
I don’t like to use the terminal for every homebrew I want to test so I decided to develop a little droplet application for Mac OS that could sit in your Dock or your Finder toolbar. You drop the homebrew on it and get a list of devices to patch the homebrew for, choose one and done. You could copy the patched app to your card.
So I build an small Xcode-Applescript project. I did some applescript, compiled dlditool 1.23 as an Universal build and included it. I also included the devices patches and I done a nice icon and now here is “DLDI Drop”. Have fun!
Download: DLDI Drop 1.5.2
Screenshots Version 1.5
Changelog:
Version 1.5.2
- add device support for Datel Games n’ Music
Version 1.5.1
- small bufix for PowerPC users
Version 1.5
- add preferences
- possibility to choose a standard device that should be patched
- choose if DLDI Drop should auto quit after patching
- add nds to the know extentions
- add a nice nds file icon
- added Neo MK5 to the supported devices
Version 1.04
- add support for new devices:
- Ninjapass X9
- DS-X
Version 1.03
- add Acekard and DS-Xtreme to the supported devices
PS: I want thank Chrishm to let me included dlditool and the patches into my app.
The new version of DPG Converter is a great improvement. I have now converted 3 avi’s and the output is playable without any colour problems. As a test I ran the same files through the old version and all have the funny colour syndrome!
Paul
Hey, i figured out how to use the DPG converter, but i have a problem.
When i convert with video:better and sound:better, i get the video perfect, except the colors are messed up.
when i convert with video:best and audio:best, i get the colors right, but the video and sound are WAY off from each other. (like 20 seconds off)
someone please help me!! i would like to be able to watch the videos without lag and with the normal colors.
my email is joeosims@gmail.com , or you could just repost here.
thank you!
i love dldi drop, its a great program.
can someone help me out with DPG Converter though?
my email is joeosims@gmail.com and my AIM is OMGIZZLEZ
Hello, i started using DPG converter yesterday and got the new version today.
It is a very nice program, but i have a issue.
When i convert a .avi file with Video:Best and Audio:Best, it plays SLOW SLOW SLOW when watched on my DS.
Right now im running the new version that Anon posted a link too. Please can someone help me?
eMac , OSX, 10.3.9, 1ghZ, 364mb of RAM.
my email is: joeosims@gmail.com
I AM SO SORRY FOR SPAMMING!!
lol sorry i didnt think the comments posted :[
please dont get mad
Hi, just found this app but unfortunately I have a card that it doesn’t support (since there was no DLDI support for it at the time).
I don’t suppose it could be updated to support the Ninjapass X9 could it, DLDI file can be found here:
http://ninjapass.com/
If possible then thanks, it would be much appreciated by me.
I updated DLDI Drop to support Ninjapass X9 and DS-X.
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Cool app!!!!
I wonder if it works for my DSlinker (http://www.dslinker.com/)
apparently it works with the MK5 DLDI, but i don’t see it on the list of devises, why?
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This is great, but I have one feature request.
i have and EZV flash cart, but homebrew compatibility is not great. PC users tell me that that’s because I need to patch the header of NDS files to work properly with EZV. Is this patching something that could be built in to your great app?
It’s so nice that Mac users aren’t being left in the DLDI ghetto. Cheers!
Hi
I’ve got a Ewin2 Micro SD card and the SD DLDI doesn’t seem to work – any idea if there is another driver for the micro card?
Cheers
Simon
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Thanx for this :-D
Unfortunately, it only works sometimes :-(
I use a powerbook g4, and have only managed to patch FrodoDS and DSLiveWeather so far
QuakeDS, DSdoom, DSftp and OKIWI all do not work.
Also, would it be possible to add a simple dialogue box pop-up in a future release that says something like “nds file patched OK”, please…..otherwise, it’s difficult to figure out whether this is doing anything at all.
Thanks and keep up the good work :-)
EDIT: sorry, forgot to mention, I use an R4DS card :-)
I wonder why this doesn’t work for me? This does support Intel macs, yes? I’m on 10.4.9… I open the app, and it opens, but no window…??
The app don’t have a window but you could simply drop a file on it on it will work. Did you drop something on it?
I agree with Gaffer’s comment; it’d be nice if it told us the result of the drag-n-drop.
By the way, your tool has worked perfectly for me with all DLDI apps I’ve patched. Thanks! (I have an R4DS.)
With regard to the Mac DPG Converter, I’ve tried all quality settings, but not matter what my audio gets way ahead of my video.
Luckily I have a Windows XP PC, so I’ll try BatchDPG on there.
Hi,
I don’t get it.. I drag and drop the video file on the DLDI and choose M3 SD.. nothing happened.. it just closes the program..
@_@
Does anyone know how to install the Moonshell 1.71???
Please help anyone..
email me at richiethe@yahoo.com
Thanks!!!
someone pleaseeee teach me how to use thisssss!!!!
richiethe@yahoo.com
DLDI Drop is NOT a video encoder for NDS. It patches Flashcard support into homebrew apps or games for NDS.
Hi, yea I’d like to know how I can patch Moonshell v1.71 for M3 DS Simply. Thanks
This is awesome news!
But I was wondering, it patches “SuperCard Lite (SD card)”. Does this mean I can also patch for the “SuperCard Lite Rumble”. Seems like there are no “Rumble” in the list.
Thanx in advance
It works great, but is there any way to add new devices like the Games n Music Patcher?
Will you be updateing this with the new Games n’ Music. DLDI? It can be found at: http://dldi.drunkencoders.com/.....tel_Games_‘n’Music(microSD)
Plz e-mail me if you make a new ver.
mr.macmaster@gmail.com
thank you btw
Making this work with the games n music would be great, because it is a mass market Homebrew device, you can just go to a walmart and buy them.
this app is super useful!
but since now my my m3 supports auto dldi now, its kind of useless.
to the dpg guys-
you need to convert your files with ffmpeg to avi, 256×192 128kbits 15fps then pop it into the dpg converter.
Hi! I’m having a bit of a problem. I drop a file onto the app, which opens and then closes a few seconds later. No new file is produced and the ‘time modified’ stamps show that file has not been altered. Am I doing something wrong?
I’m running on a desktop G5 PowerPC, OSX 10.4.9 and trying to patch to a SuperCard DS Slot-1
Any help appreciated
Hey JohnyAlpha.
same things happened to me. Let me know if you have the solution.
is there a dpg converter for windows xp???
Hi Richie
I have managed to find and successfully use the command line version of the patcher. The OSX command line software and dldi’s can be found here http://chishm.drunkencoders.com/DLDI/. It’s a bit of a hassle but it works. I patched the lastest version of DSOrganise to work with my cart.
Hey JohnyAlpha..
I still dont get how this works. u mind explaining it to me in a simpler way?
Where should I keep the dldi tool-mac folder?
my email richiethe@yahoo.com
Thanks
Mac dpg
I have the same audio issues.
There is a suggestions to try at
http://gbatmw.net/index.php?topic=4759.0
I will try it to night.
Clayton.handley@gmail
Hi !
Thx for your work !
When i try to patch the dldi_tester.nds from drunkencoders dldi part
it doesn’t work ( Initing FAT … fail — STOP — ) like SnesDS which say DLDI driver is missing.
any idea ?
ibook G4 PowerPC / R4DS / DLDI Drop v.1.5.2
( maybe i have to try the v.1.5.1 ?)
thank you !
I need some help with the dpg converter. I have version 2.0 of the Mac DPG Converter posted here previously and when I convert it then play it on my DS (with an R4) the video is behind the audio. Is this a problem with the conveter or with Moonshell, and how do I fix it? Please post a reply here, so others with the same problem can see it too and thank you for any advice or help you can offer. Please also make it easy to understand because I’m not a technology guy. I have a mac and and am running on a PPC 10.4.9 if that is relevant.
Everything i convert plays in slow motion!
im using the recent converter and the sound plays normal but the video is in slow motion.
someone plz help
Alex, what I do is I use the old version of the converter. Most of the time the color will be messed up a little, but on four of my videos came out with normal color and the sound/video was in perfect sync. So until somebody who knows how to fix the problem can fix it, you basically just have a choice between the colors being off but everything else is fine or having the video play really slow. Sorry if this isn’t much help but I don’t know anything about programming or whatever.
yeah since i mostley have music videos off color would be better than slo mo
what settings do u use when u convert (on the good better best selections)
I don’t know if it actually matters but I just have them both set on better. On the off color subject it really is off color. In a family guy video Stewie’s overalls, which are usually red were blue. Water in a fountain was orange and the people’s skin was blue. But on the other hand my Seinfeld videos all came out in perfect color and sound. I don’t know if it is just luck of the draw or what. But I download all of these videos off of youtube by the way using vixy.net, which allows you to download movies off of youtube and youtube like websites into multiple movie formats like .mov, which will play on quicktime but it doesn’t really matter which format you use if your just going to convert it to dpg again (dpg isn’t an option on vixy.net to convert unfortunately). Hope this is helpful.
All PPC users please redownload DLDI Drop!
1.5.1 and 1.5.2 still dont work on PPC im using a G5 tower and a powerbook G4 at home and nothing happens when you drag the nds file into dldi drop
Hi, thank you for developing DLDI Drop. I’m sure I will love it when I learn how to use it.
I’m currently confused about exactly which files I need to drag into the application. I’m trying to get DSOrganize to run on my R4, and I’m running OS X v. 10.4.10 on my MacBook.
When I drag:
*all the DSOrganize files in the unzipped folder I downloaded from their location on the MacBook, not the card
*just the .nds files
*all the files in the unzipped folder plus the DLDItf file I downloaded separately
into the app– the program starts up but it doesn’t look like anything else is happening. I don’t see any new files appearing, and when I tried copying the files I do see to my micro SD card and R4 (thinking they were maybe overwritten with patched files that have the same name as the old ones) DSOrganize still gives me the error message that says it needs to be patched.
Questions:
Do you know what I’m doing wrong?
Am I only supposed to drag one of the .nds files?
Where do I put the DLDItf.dldi patch file?
Do I use DLDI Drop with the files in the folder I originally downloaded them to, or should I put the files on my micro SD card first and then patch them?
Where should I be looking for new patched files, and is there a file naming scheme I would recognize to know that they were new patched files?
Hey!
I’m having the same problem as I see most ppl have when using the dgp converter for the mac. That is that the video is playing in slowmotion whilst the sound is perfect.
I’ve upgraded to the moonshell 1.7 version but it hasn’t helped.
I’m able to convert via a PC using batchDPG 1.2 but on a friends computer, but it would be nice to convert at home…
Anybody have a solution, like u ppl who had the same problems earlier??
I don’t know if this is used for this program or not. but i just got my M3 DS Simply and i’m having trouble figuring out how to install the firmware onto the card with my mac. i’m not sure if this program will help me with that and i’m not sure exactly what it does. any help would be much appreciated, you can email me at rgullotti@yahoo.com
thanks again,
ryan
Thanks for the awesome app! I’m running 10.3.9 and it works perfectly. Also thanks Bouyoul for the DPG converter link.
Does any know where the DLDI driver for SnesDS is? I have been looknig for it for a long time, if somone can give me a link to a download I would be verry thankfull.
It really works:
First you use the program ffmpeg to convert your files withto avi (you also need mpeg2enc, mencoder and mplayer)
Use the following settings on ffmpeg:
Video Codec: MPEG4 (.AVI) (mencoder) 256×192 128kbits 15fps
Then:
Drag the new file on the DPG Converter.
Use the following settings on DPG Converter:
Video: Better, Audio: Better
Now you can play the video in sync with the audio on your Nintendo DS