libdrc abandoned?

[Trololol Trolol]

Is this awesome project abandoned, or is there someone still developing it? If so, id love to help

[Raziel]

Hello.

I found this project recently. Don't tell me it's abandoned. The WiiU gamepad is very useful, not just to play, but as a tool for presentations and teaching, among other things.

Can you help me?

Thanks.

Cheers!

[cam spr]

Hey Raziel, 

I'm a fellow member of the libdrc email chain and I hate to break it to you but libdrc is long discontinued. I feel the same way about it, but what's done is done and you can't change that. Hope you continue using your Wii U, though. It is certainly a great piece of technology that has aged well.

Thanks,

Cameron S.

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[thefloppydriver]

I'm currently developing libdrc and a project to make use of it. It's called pc2drc and you can clone it here: https://github.com/thefloppydriver/pc2drc

pc2drc contains the fork of libdrc that I'm working on, which I'll publish as a separate repository once I'm finished ironing out some major bugs with libdrc.

pc2drc:

  1) Downloads, extracts, patches, installs the patched 5.11.22 linux kernel, then reconfigures grub and links the default "Ubuntu" option to the patched 5.11.22,

  2) Downloads and installs all dependencies, including drc-x264, drc-hostap, libdrc, drcvncclient, libvncserver, and openssl 1.0.1u which it builds and installs locally to the project folder which keeps it from conflicting with newer versions,

  3) Pairs with the WiiU and WiiU gamepad automatically and configures wpa_supplicant and hostapd accordingly, using a linear python script to go back and forth with the user, asking them to choose a wireless interface, turn on the WiiU, enter the symbol code shown on the WiiU during pairing, excepting errors and giving solutions to the user, etc,

  4) Starts a VNC server with a gnome-desktop, sets the desktop size to the gamepad's native resolution (854x480), starts wpa_supplicant and hostapd, instructs user when to power gamepad on, netboots gamepad, starts drcvncclient, and then sets up a uinput feeder that allows other linux apps to recognize the gamepad as a controller,  with no user input besides choosing a wireless interface at the beginning of the script.

  5) Creates a startup script that does step 4 that the user can run anytime.

pc2drc doesn't need the user to do anything besides run the scripts. The best part, it works without a hitch on a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but doesn't require a clean install.

Any contributions are welcome. 

Repo link: https://github.com/thefloppydriver/pc2drc/

Feel free to email me at theflop...@gmail.com

[cam spr]

Well i’ll be darned! If you need any testing done im here for ya. Good luck on getting the bugs all fixed 😄

-Cameron S. 

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On Feb 21, 2022, at 11:43 AM, thefloppydriver <theflop...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm currently developing libdrc and a project to make use of it. It's called pc2drc and you can clone it here: https://github.com/thefloppydriver/pc2drc

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[FleshyOverlord]

Are you having any video quality problems with the gamepad?