#145062 - HyperHacker - Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:39 am
I've been thinking about getting these for a while now and since my GBAMP just died I'd like to get at least one ASAP. Anyone have any complaints or praise about these cards? I'm particularly worried about durability and speed (music, videos, and GBA homebrew are among things I intend to use). Are they delicate? Can they stand very cold weather? ;-)
Also does the 3in1 stick out of the Lite? And am I correct in understanding that the Acekard has either 4GB or 8GB (depending on model) of flash ROM built in, that I can just put files on and use like any other card?
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#145071 - tepples - Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:41 am
EZ-Flash V 3-in-1 sits flush inside a DS Lite, and every GBA homebrew program that I've tried on it runs fine.
Dev-Scene says Acekard doesn't use FAT, so programs that read and write files will have problems. But then its GnM description is out of date by at least four months.
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#145076 - HyperHacker - Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:25 am
Hm, would a DLDI driver not be able to create and access a FAT32 filesystem in the flash ROM?
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#145077 - tepples - Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:45 am
| HyperHacker wrote: |
| Hm, would a DLDI driver not be able to create and access a FAT32 filesystem in the flash ROM? |
As I understand that page, the Acekard file system is not FAT in the same way that ISO 9660, UDF, NTFS, Ext2/3, NitroFS, and Reiser4 are not FAT.
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#145087 - NorQue - Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:07 pm
There was an update to Acekard+ for Acekard, which allows cards being formatted in proprietary AKFS as well as FAT (at least that's what the changlog says on that yarr-page, anyways). Its DLDI allows reading and writing according to chisms DLDI page.
But isn't HyperHacker referring to AceKard RPG? At least that's what I would get nowadays. Can't go wrong with a card that offers "open source" firmware and a USB port...
#145099 - HyperHacker - Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:15 pm
Ah, yes the RPG. I didn't realize there were other products by that name. So it's only 1GB of flash ROM? In that case I probably won't be using it much anyway. My 4GB CF is nearly full as it is, having most of my music collection on it. :-p
Max card size is 4GB? Odd. Any reason it couldn't support more? If it can do more than 2GB then it must support SDHC, right? O_o
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#145111 - tepples - Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:31 pm
There exist some non-conforming SD cards that are 3.8 or so GiB, just under the 4 GiB limit. Some SD devices can use them; others can't.
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#145112 - tepples - Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:33 pm
| HyperHacker wrote: |
| My 4GB CF is nearly full as it is, having most of my music collection on it. :-p |
What bitrate do you use? Through the DS's cheap DAC, I can't really hear a difference between Vorbis at quality 2 and at, say, quality 4. And you can carry more than one card, you know ;-)
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#145154 - HyperHacker - Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:45 am
Depends on the file, anything from 128kbps to 320kbps MP3, and equivalent for OGG. I don't re-encode for the DS because I'm impatient and some of these files were never in a lossless format. You have a good point about carrying multiple cards though. One for homebrew and music I actually listen to, another for the rest of the music. ;-)
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#145221 - josath - Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:31 pm
in my opinion, buying a slot-1 flashcart plus a slot-2 ram card is dumb. just buy a slot-2 cart that does both things, probably save a few $$, and you can keep legend of zelda in your slot-1 :P
#145223 - tepples - Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:38 pm
| josath wrote: |
| in my opinion, buying a slot-1 flashcart plus a slot-2 ram card is dumb. just buy a slot-2 cart that does both things |
You'll still need a NoPass card to install FlashMe, and you can get a cheap SLOT-1 flash card for the same price as a typical NoPass.
- Games n' Music: $20; EZFlash V 3-in-1: $20; microSD writer: included with GnM
- SuperCard miniSD or Lite with SuperKey: $60; SD writer: $10 or more
But I will add that a SLOT-2 SD adapter allows easier backup of DS saved games.
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#145246 - HyperHacker - Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:41 am
I can't install FlashMe at all. It just won't write anything. So I need a slot-1 card anyway, may as well get a good one. I can wait until I have more money to get the slot-2 card.
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