you create 2 folders on the sd card one called system where you put the system files in and one called NDS where you put nds games in
Yeah you're doing it right(files are in the right place with the SYSTEM and NDS folder don't know what tech guys on about but its also worth noting gba games go in a GBA folder and all the folders on the root(the first screen) but if the contacts are straght and clean and you get the DS home screen then send it back and get it replaced.
I'm pretty new to the Nintendo DS homebrew scene. I just got my M3 DS Real and put the V3.0 software from www.handheldsources.com onto my DS. I am confused about the media player. Is the media player called Media Extend? And is this player different (better or worse) than Moonshell? I've been reading the forums and I keep hearing about Moonshell and was wondering if I need to install that software somewhere on my SD card? Is it typical for the M3 to flicker when loading to the Systems Menu? I mean none of my DS games do that when loading, but the M3 does. How do I get PDADS to work? I tried downloading it from handheldsources again, but when I try to unzip the .rar file, it says an error has occurred. I tried to use DSOrganize since I didn't get PDADS to work. I copied and pasted the DS Organize folder to my root directory. Do I need to do anything else? When I click on the PDA option on the Systems Menu of the M3 nothing gets loaded. Is there a built-in Internet Browser with the M3? I thought I read there was one. Or do I need to load DS Organize or some other program to have internet connectivity? I keep seeing Opera on this forum, but I am not sure if I need to install that browser somehow. Lastly, what is the Trim Tool? I see that on the handheldsources download site and I am not sure what it does since there is no description. THANKS!
Media Extend is the M3s media player, it is basically a modified version of Moonshell. Yes it is normal, do not worry about it. Sounds like the download is failing (it is a big file), see if you can locate the file from elsewhere, unfortunately handheldsources is not great for downloading big files. You cannot load DSorganize through the PDA icon, instead go to "My Card" (third icon along the top) and load the file from there. The M3 itself does not have one, DSorganize has a basic browser (to use it you need to load DSorganize first), or depending what M3 bundle you bought you may be able to use the Nintendo Internet Browser (aka Opera) however this requires a RAM pack, so like I said it depends what M3 bundle you purchased. It removes excess data from your games to make them smaller.
To use the Opera browser you need the GBA expansion pak( came in the perfect bundle) or another ram pak(google EZ-FLASH 3-in-1). Also for new pdads files http://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/ it's a good download site.
Hi folks looking for a bit of help. I recently bought the m3 ds real (perfect bundle)for my daughters nds lite. I put the system folder on it. It runs the roms which i have downloaded. So thats grand. To save the games which button do you use on the console? I also copied moonshell onto it which i downloaded from the handheld link. I downloaded the full setup with the converter. I converted a file and it will play on it when i go through moonshell. When moonshell is loading the top screen is in english but the bottom screen flashes up in chinese. It plays on the top screen and if i press select it will change to the bottom screen but it has a screen with details sitting in front of the video (the details are half in english half in chinese). Is it possible to play it on the bottom screen? if not then thats ok. The screen with the details have an x in the top corner but when you click on it the bottom screen closes and it goes back to playing on the top.also when the film stops it goes back to the screen where the movie is listed but i cant exit out i have to reboot the ds. Does this happen for anyone else? also if i click into media on the main screen it brings me tru to a screen with gbalpha when i click on my video and select the video nothing happens. Just stays in the same menu and then if i go back to the gbalpha menu with my videos music etc icant get back to the (GM manager)main menu screen with nds have to reboot it. Should i not bother trying to play it this way and just use moonshell? These are just a few small problems im having with it, wondering if anyone ellse is having the same ones. Overall though im more than happy with it, the games i downloaded play fine the movie plays (after i learnt how to convert them) the mp3s play and it has an 8gb sdhc card. So there is loads of space. Hope someone can help thanks.
Well first of all is saving: upon booting a rom for the first time it should say no save file found creating new one, then every time after(unless you delete the file, the file will be in the nds folder or the folder with the games in which is I assume the nds one)then whilst playing the game just save as you would if it was a real game for example on MySims just press start and save, next time you boot it will load the save file for the game and boot then you choose the load option if there is one. Moonshell plays .dpg files and because the program is made by a chinese person the program is chinese and hasn't been converted as far as I know. Also (this is as far as I know and I have tried a lot of things) you cannot remove the pop-ups on the bottom screen it must play on top, also dont bother skipping through movies using the bar that appears on the bottom screen because that seemes very difficult. Hold A and press Left or Right to Fastforward or rewind slightly quicker. GBAlpha AKA MediaExtend is the default built in to M3R and cannot be changed(not unless they release new firmware) but the reason this wont play your movies is because this doesn't support the same file-type (.dpg is moonshell) this instead uses .dsm . A converter was released but it doesn't work because it wont accept any file that I have tried or as far as I know anyone else has tried. If you get the converter to work good luck( It is easy to find on google) but here is a link anyway http://www.handheldsources.com/M3DS/Download_M3DSR.html and another is http://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/ this one is quite good. To get back to GM press B a couple times until you are at the GBAlpha home screen and there should be an icon of some tools and pressing a on this opens a Menu of which two options are 'reboot' and 'turn off'. hope this helped. And as always I recommend DSOrganise it's like PDADS but alot better (like moonshell it must be run through MYCARD and needs a system folder of its own and must be on the root but after the first use it is dldi patched and can be put anywhere just remember where so you can navigate through mycard) btw im 16
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Hi im a new member ive just got a m3 real and im am difficulties working it. Ive read through your guide and it makes no sense to me because on mine there is no game folder there is only "Myfiles". Ive downloaded the software from www.m3adapter.com and the menu comes up and i can play music however i can not play ds games. I have downloaded ds roms from www.romsite.com. When i put it on the micro sd card the icon goes up but when i select it nothing happens i have tried downloading different software doesnt work and ive tried downloading different roms from different sites. Nothing seems to work. please help im tearing my hair out about it
right click create new folder rename nds move to sd card and put the games in there. to insainty. in short you need to make the games folder yourself and name it nds for nds games and gba for gba games for the one asking where to buy \i bought two off amazon and they came fine ( not any problems like damage that others have gotten) make sure the buyer has a positive rating.
Thanks for the tip but ive tried and it didnt work ive tried dragging a file named "nds" with to roms in it and they both come up when i put them in the m3 on the ds witht the little picture howver that is it nothing more wheni push a nothing happens nor when i use the stylus. It maybe nothing but on the bottom right hand corner it says media when ive selected the rom? please help
press A it should bring a new window saying select file...(ignore this till you know what its for) cheat switch etc. then press A to launch. step by step: power on,press A, press A, press A.
Thank you for the help but i have clicked on every file and nothing is happening when i selecting nothing happens nothing comes up the i con is there which says to me that something right has happened. the only ting i get a respone from is the g6. do i have to download somemore software? please help
Are you using G6 software on an M3Real? If you are add my msn and Ill send you everything on my SD videos moonshell,DSOrganise,lots of games music ebooks and things to test(videos only work in moonshell)
all it says is create mini in the system folder and then it goe to a screen saying saved file not found creating on and in the background its got m3 g6. I got the software from m3adapter.com went products selected m3 real and down the bottom its got english version.
Add my MSN Ill send you my files(see above I edited as you posted) its unacquainted@hotmail.co.uk then you can check. btw if your card is full you cant create the save file. how big is the card?
Give me a sec to compress...so Im cutting the files down to purely test out ask if you want more after.
