Hacking Homebrew Get rid of the annoying Shutter Sound with "Shut The Cam Up"!

[T3hFridg3]

ShutTheCamUp

Removes the camera shutter and high-pitched beep sound from the Nintendo 3DS (works on all 3ds apps that use the camera)


Github Link: https://github.com/TehFridge/ShutTheCamUp/

DISCLAIMER
I do not condone any misuses of this patch for malicious purposes or whatever.


Why tho?

Imagine you are playing your 3ds in a cafe or smt, you need to use the camera feature in some game (for example. Face Raiders) and suddenly the shutter sound bursts out of the speakers and people look at you weirdly, we wouldnt want that.

Also like... phones don't do that sort of thing (well maybe in japan, china cause there the law demands that anything with a camera has to have a shutter sound)

I mostly created this patch cause i like the vibe of vlogging with a 3ds. It has its charm you know.


How is it possible?!

The shutter sound was embedded in some system process, we just discovered it now lol. So i just decided to null the bytes with audio data, and it worked!


Does it work on Old and New 3DS?

Yup. there are two seperate patches individually for the new and old model of the console.

 

[kuro0628neko]

So do you just rename the file to the proper number.ips? Because I put it in the proper directory for my N3DS and it isn't working. Unless you don't rename it?

 

[T3hFridg3]

So do you just rename the file to the proper number.ips? Because I put it in the proper directory for my N3DS and it isn't working. Unless you don't rename it?

Yes.
edit: for anyone looking on how to install this dont follow these instructions down below, follow what is on the github page
Copied from the github page:

Installation​

For users that are below Luma3DS v13:​

Put the .ips file like this:

Old3DS: /luma/titles/0004013000001602/code.ips

New3DS: /luma/titles/0004013020001602/code.ips

For users that are on Luma3DS v13 or higher:​

Put the .ips file like this:

Old3DS: /luma/sysmodules/0004013000001602.ips

New3DS: /luma/sysmodules/0004013020001602.ips

 

[kuro0628neko]

I followed the instructions, but I still have a shutter sound. Just to be sure, I even tried both sets (as if I had the lower Luma version and the higher one). I have an N3DS, for context. No idea what I've done wrong :/

 

[T3hFridg3]

I followed the instructions, but I still have a shutter sound. Just to be sure, I even tried both sets (as if I had the lower Luma version and the higher one). I have an N3DS, for context. No idea what I've done wrong :/

hey can you like uhhh show me where did you put the .ips file
discord: tehfridge_temporary

Post automatically merged: Aug 23, 2023

hey can you like uhhh show me where did you put the .ips file
discord: tehfridge_temporary

also make sure you enabled game patching in luma

 

[kuro0628neko]

Thanks for the help on Discord!

 

[T3hFridg3]

Thanks for the help on Discord!

no problem!

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

[Found out the problem, IT WILL STILL MAKE NOISE IF YOU HAVE YOUR ATTENTION SOUND SET FROM SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN NONE]

 

[T3hFridg3]

[Found out the problem, IT WILL STILL MAKE NOISE IF YOU HAVE YOUR ATTENTION SOUND SET FROM SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN NONE]

Yea, i would need to make an another patch just for this lol. Cause the attention sounds are in the 3ds camera app itself. More specifically - the romFS.
And the shutter sound + video recording sound are in some system process.

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

Yea, i would need to make an another patch just for this lol. Cause the attention sounds are in the 3ds camera app itself. More specifically - the romFS.
And the shutter sound + video recording sound are in some system process.

I accidentally had it on (It wasn't making noise before because of my *corrupted SD card*) and you would imagine my surprise when this thing that I just installed that nulls out the bytes (Thought it was garbage sound/data) suddenly made it work (I actually just never took a picture after I fixed my SD card)

 

[T3hFridg3]

I accidentally had it on (It wasn't making noise before because of my *corrupted SD card*) and you would imagine my surprise when this thing that I just installed that nulls out the bytes (Thought it was garbage sound/data) suddenly made it work (I actually just never took a picture after I fixed my SD card)

That's an interesting case of a patch suddenly fixing something it was not supposed to lmao.
Glad to help i guess.

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

That's an interesting case of a patch suddenly fixing something it was not supposed to lmao.
Glad to help i guess.

The patch wasn't it, me fixing the SD card was.
It was just a coincidence that the first time I took a picture since fixing my SD card was when I installed this.

 

[E1ite007]

Funny how this kind of app took almost a decade to exist. Neat job fam. I tested on a New 3DS and it works.

 

[T3hFridg3]

Funny how this kind of app took almost a decade to exist. Neat job fam. I tested on a New 3DS and it works.

Yea. It is literally a 2 minute job to patch this but it took almost a decade. Thanks for trying it!

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how hard would it be to make a *custom* sound with a patch instead? Obviously nulling out the bytes is easier, but still..

 

[T3hFridg3]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how hard would it be to make a *custom* sound with a patch instead? Obviously nulling out the bytes is easier, but still..

Since the sounds are embedded in code.bin i could try swapping them out. But tbh i dont know if that would work

Post automatically merged: Aug 25, 2023

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how hard would it be to make a *custom* sound with a patch instead? Obviously nulling out the bytes is easier, but still..

yep its possible (recording by milesthecreator)

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

Since the sounds are embedded in code.bin i could try swapping them out. But tbh i dont know if that would work

Post automatically merged: Aug 25, 2023

yep its possible (recording by milesthecreator)

holy shit

 

[J-Will]

This is what I've been waiting for! Thank you so much Th3Fridg3!

 

[T3hFridg3]

This is what I've been waiting for! Thank you so much Th3Fridg3!

You're welcome!

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

Since the sounds are embedded in code.bin i could try swapping them out. But tbh i dont know if that would work

Post automatically merged: Aug 25, 2023

yep its possible (recording by milesthecreator)

how to do custom sounds