Homebrew Snickerstream - Unified NTR and HzMod streaming client for the 3DS

[RattletraPM]

Version 0.85b is here! Here's what has been added or changed:

Spoiler: v0.85b changelog

• Snickerstream now supports Direct2D as its rendering library.
  • Direct2D is hardware accelerated if your GPU supports it (if not, it uses to software mode). This means much less CPU usage, more constant RAM usage, less tearing and less dropped frames due to slow hardware, while still requiring no external DLLs and being Wine-friendly.
  • Thanks to it, Snickerstream now works on many more hardware configurations and fullscreen works properly (it isn't an experimental feature anymore!)
  • This means that, as both now support hardware acceleration, Snickerstream should perform at just as good as NTRViewer!
  • In order to use Direct2D in hardware accelerated mode you need a GPU that supports at least Direct3D feature level 9 and has WDDM 1.1 drivers (read: any GPU made during or past 2006 should support it).
  • The minimum requirements to use Direct2D rendering are Windows Vista SP2 (or later) and a graphics card with 128 MB of VRAM (256+ recommended).
• Although it's not recommended (because Direct2D is better than it in basically every way), it's possible to choose between Direct2D and GDI+ rendering.
  
  
• Pressing ENTER will now go back to the connection window.
  
  
• The Init Remoteplay and Connect buttons have been merged togheter. Snickerstream will automatically detect if Remoteplay has been started and send the appropriate packet if it isn't. In case you want to edit how much time it will wait before sending the packet, you can edit the WaitRemoteplayInit value in the INI (in milliseconds)
  
  
• NFC patching has been added for firmwares <=11.3 and >=11.4.
  
  
• Presets have been added. There are a total of 7 presets ranging from best quality to best performance.
  
  
• Packet errors will now be logged at loglevel 2, making this loglevel a bit more useful without producing giant logfiles.
  
  
• CPU model and frequency, GPU model and OS version are now logged at loglevel 3.
  
  
• (Bugfix) Key presses are only recieved if the GUI is active.
  
  
• (Bugfix) The GUI buttons get disabled when one of them gets clicked on to avoid function calling related bugs.

You can also find an updated tutorial (also covers NFC patching) in the readme and a list of FAQ here.
As usual, you can download this version from the GitHub releases page.
I hope you all like it!

 

[Bluespheal]

Seems running it on wine is broken, the following error pops out:

Line 13854, Error: Variables used without being declared.

 

[John2022]

Seems running it on wine is broken, the following error pops out:

Line 13854, Error: Variables used without being declared.

The most basic error

 

[RattletraPM]

Seems running it on wine is broken, the following error pops out:

Line 13854, Error: Variables used without being declared.

I've given that a quick look and it looks like one of the UDFs I used requires a function that's stubbed in the latest versions of Wine (that's why you're getting the undeclared variable error even if I re-checked everything - including the offending libraries - in SciTE and they pass the syntax check). You could try some past Wine versions to see if it was only recently stubbed, but if that doesn't work sadly there's not much I can do, not even building a version that has MustDeclareVars off would help

 

[Real.96]

Great apps! Stream works greatly! Glad to see that this work is from a guy of my country I wrote 2 issues in the github, one is a bug and the second is a request. Thanks a lot for this!

 

[Bluespheal]

I've given that a quick look and it looks like one of the UDFs I used requires a function that's stubbed in the latest versions of Wine (that's why you're getting the undeclared variable error even if I re-checked everything - including the offending libraries - in SciTE and they pass the syntax check). You could try some past Wine versions to see if it was only recently stubbed, but if that doesn't work sadly there's not much I can do, not even building a version that has MustDeclareVars off would help

No problem man, I'll see if any wine version works and let you know, if not I'll use my other PC, no biggie

 

[AlternativeZero]

Just tested v0.85b and it works a lot better than v0.75b, a lot of the remoteplay connection issues I had previously are gone and performance from looking at the fps is on par with kit-kat.

My only request is individual screen resizing since my setup with kit-kat had the top screen large with a small bottom screen to make the most of the available screen instead of just having a tiny box in the middle with both screens being the same size.

I did notice something weird though, I allowed the program to access my network through the firewall however it doesn't function unless I turn off the firewall otherwise it's stuck on a black screen, I don't know if there is something else running but I'm unable to run this despite allowing it to access my network without turning off my firewall.

 

[RattletraPM]

Great apps! Stream works greatly! Glad to see that this work is from a guy of my country I wrote 2 issues in the github, one is a bug and the second is a request. Thanks a lot for this!

Ao, grazie pe' er feedback!
I've replied to your GitHub issuse, by the way

My only request is individual screen resizing since my setup with kit-kat had the top screen large with a small bottom screen to make the most of the available screen instead of just having a tiny box in the middle with both screens being the same size.

Right now I want to take a break from coding (I've released two major updates for this tool in a small period of time!) but that's in the todo list already because, as the readme says, Snickerstream is aiming to be a complete NTRViewer repliacement. (Also, another user already requested it in this thread )

I did notice something weird though, I allowed the program to access my network through the firewall however it doesn't function unless I turn off the firewall otherwise it's stuck on a black screen, I don't know if there is something else running but I'm unable to run this despite allowing it to access my network without turning off my firewall.

No idea why it's doing that... Keep in mind that, even if it shouldn't be needed for this, Snickerstream uses port 8000 (TCP) to connect to NTR's built in debugger and 8001 (UDP) to recieve the individual frames.

 

[JakeK0202]

No problem man, I'll see if any wine version works and let you know, if not I'll use my other PC, no biggie

Any luck with any other versions of Wine? I'm trying to do the same thing and was wondering if you found what version, if any, works with Snickerstream

 

[Bluespheal]

Any luck with any other versions of Wine? I'm trying to do the same thing and was wondering if you found what version, if any, works with Snickerstream

I haven't done that much research yet, I've only tried Wine 1.6 and 2.2, neither has worked for me so far.

 

[AlternativeZero]

Right now I want to take a break from coding (I've released two major updates for this tool in a small period of time!) but that's in the todo list already because, as the readme says, Snickerstream is aiming to be a complete NTRViewer repliacement. (Also, another user already requested it in this thread )

Take your time, it's already a great replacement for NTRViewer in such a short time as well and I guess I was too late with that suggestion

No idea why it's doing that... Keep in mind that, even if it shouldn't be needed for this, Snickerstream uses port 8000 (TCP) to connect to NTR's built in debugger and 8001 (UDP) to recieve the individual frames.

I have no idea either since it shouldn't have an issue since I made an exception for it, kit-kat seems to work fine though.

If it makes a difference, I use Windows Firewall Control and currently on a Win7 machine.

 

[Deleted User]

damn no affordable situation for streaming on o3dsxl

 

[John2022]

Eh, I don't think it will benefit that much to have ping instead of a dropped frames counter. That's because both devices are on the same network, so unless you're streaming your screens over the internet (which by the way, it is possible but I DO NOT recommend for both latency and safety reasons) is going to be very low under most circumstances.

EDIT: I also want to mention that you don't have to open the ports on your router at if you're streaming on the local network. If you do then not only your stream will be visible to the rest of the internet as long as they know your IP (unless you edit PCIpAddr on the INI to the local IP of your computer) but, as NTR Remoteplay frames are RAW JPEG files being sent in different packets, a malicious user could potentially disrupt your stream by sending invalid or modified packets - which is one of the reasons why I advised against port forwarding above!

I understand. It was just a idea. I'm not a coder nor a network specialist, sorry if I've annoyed you.
No more problems connexion (thanks for the word about firewall port forwarding etc). I've changed Wifi's channel and it's a little bit better. There's somes already but I used to live with problems ^^

Last build is cool. Better render with DirectX 2D. Congrats !

Hope you'll add a real time network quality icon soon.

You deserve your rest dude.

 

[Deleted User]

Can you fix the bug where I cannot X out NTRViewer window? I end up manually terminating this process with taskmgr to force close it.

Nice work btw.

 

[RattletraPM]

Can you fix the bug where I cannot X out NTRViewer window? I end up manually terminating this process with taskmgr force close it.

Nice work btw.

See this GitHub issue.

I've already coded in three different ways to close it without using Task Manager, by the way.

 

[Deleted User]

See this GitHub issue.

I've already coded in three different ways to close it without using Task Manager, by the way.

I understand.

 

[Bluespheal]

Hey there, I've tried multiple versions of wine (1.3,.5,.6,.7 and 2.20) with no luck maybe someone can request whatever is missing to be included in new releases of wine, I'm not to savvy on how to do this, nor what exactly is missing to make the report myself.

 

[conradchee]

Looks like it need high network data usage

My home didn't have wifi so I can only use hotspot

I find out it use 4mpbs-6mpbs internet speed while streaming

Also,I can close it properly when I click X button,I need to go task manager and end task

 

[RattletraPM]

Looks like it need high network data usage

My home didn't have wifi so I can only use hotspot

I find out it use 4mpbs-6mpbs internet speed while streaming

NTR data usage is highly dependent on quality and the priority value, but yes - if you want to stream screens correctly you want to have a good connection.

Also,I can close it properly when I click X button,I need to go task manager and end task

Read the Readme, FAQ or this GitHub issue. You DO NOT have to use Task Manager to close it.

 

[Demnyx]

Hello, thanks for your app
But when i try to stream , sometimes it goes on 37 fps and is greatly streaming but it doesn't last long and then it goes on 3-10 fps
Any ideas ?