If you're hankering for more homebrew joy, then the wellspring of homebrew that is the NeoFlash Spring Coding Competition is here to sate your thirst. Movie functionality, programming/debugging, and some guitar-based malarkey is what's in store for you in this update, so better get your flashcarts ready. All the details in the full article.

We're letting the readers know that developer Chishm has recently released Tuna-viDS, a homebrew app that will enable your handheld to play AVI-format videos. Further details on this new video player solution for your portable system are available in the full article.

Download: Tuna-viDSv1.0

The developments keep on coming for the previously discontinued Lick's Media Player. Now taken over by Lucas, The iPod-looking DS media player has moved out of alpha and into version 1.02.

While there currently isn't a changelog for 1.02, we did manage to find some information on the 1.01 release, though it isn't much:

It's just a small bugfix with handling non-ASCII chars from RC3.

I uploaded 1.01 which fixes a bug with EZFlash.

But I promise I'll post detailed changelogs from now on.

You'll have to remember to DLDI patch the application if you want it to work, by the way. In any case, just stick the appropriate file into your flash card and run the app to get it to work. Don't hesitate to show it to your friends though, so they can be awed by the fact that you have a DS and an iPod in one neat package.

Download: Lick's Media Player -ng (LMP-ng) v1.02

Well, Lick has all but completely discontinued the Lick's Media Player that he developed for the DS. That, however, doesn't mean that we still can't enjoy some Media Player goodness.

In trying to come up with a way to finish Lick's Media Player, a GBAdev user named Lucas apparently managed to rewrite it from scratch through C, rather than the C++ it was originally written in. As he mentions on the their boards,

In the end, it became a complete rewrite. No more C++, only pure C. At this time, I only have some basic functionality, WAV playback (files must end in .wav) and libmad playback (files must end in .mp3).

I need some feedback, if you can try, just download at http://www.cecm.usp.br/~lucas/lmp-ng/. Theres two versions, a .nds and a .ds.gba. Both are compiled with libfat DLDI, so you can patch if your flashcart does not work out of the box. The source is also in the same page.

He also notes that this is his first homebrew, so there are bound to be bugs. Still, it looks (and sounds) okay to us, so what's not to like? Maybe we can help him improve upon what Lick originally started, eh?

Download: [Precompiled LMP-ng alpha4 for slot-1 flashcard users]
Download: [Precompiled LMP-ng alpha4 for slot-2 flashcard users]

A new firmware update has been released for the DSLinker flash cart, a storage, homebrew, and media player flash cart compatible with all DS Lite and original DS handheld consoles. This update, which bumps the firmware up to 122N, includes various fixes and a new plugin. Read on for the changelog:

• Fixed the problem of Pocket Master black screen when enter underground world.
• Adjusted the icon of 3D menu speed.
• Fixed the "goto Menu" problem.
• Fixed some FAT file system problem, so DSLinker need to be formatted after upgrade.
• Now, hold SELECT can pass through to 3D menu when DSLinker Writer is in slot 2. (for USB 2.0 Writer only)
• With this new function, NDS console can be a USB pad with DSPAD program. This USB pad can work with all PC game.(for USB 2.0 Writer only)
• Added /DSYSTEM/AUTORUN.BIN file, it's a USB plug-in, use hold SELECT pass through to 3D menu, system will run AUTORUN.BIN automatic.(for USB 2.0 Writer only)

For instructions on how to update your DSLinker, please refer to the readme file included in the download.

Download: [DSLinker Firmware 122N]

Yes, one of the pillars of Nintendo DS homebrew is back with updates on his most exposed creation. Infantile Paralysiser's here with the latest update of his famous media player, MoonShell. It was only two days ago when this guy came up with the first Beta for v1.6, and here he is again with his bag of updates.

Well, Beta 4's changelog isn't as beefy as the last release, but a step forward no matter how small is still welcome news. What the dev did in this release is build the driver of M3Simply/R4 and EZ5. Beta 3 tend to the MSPV50 (Sound effects) plug-in, while Beta 2 took care of the bug that causes memory access violation.

As always, Infantile Paralysiser did a great job! Kudos to him and we hope to hear more updates about MoonShell. For now, the download link is right down there, go ahead and have fun with it!

Download: [MoonShell 1.6 beta 4]

Another new feature has been announced for what is being billed as the definitive DS homebrew flashcart, and this one is sure to make music junkies happy. Yes folks, the DS-Xtreme will have music playback capabilities straight out of the box.

While there are a lot of excellent homebrew apps out there that let you play music on your DS, this makes it easier for DS owners who are not quite so familiar with the whole DS homebrew scene. The DS-X dev team spent quite some time thinking about whether or not to include the music playback feature, and it will no doubt be one of the reasons that  people will pick up a DS-Xtreme.

According to Leto, a member  of the DS-Xtreme dev team, the flashcart's built-in music player will "scan the filesytem for music files, and automatically organize them into a music library for you, by artist, album, genre etc. From that music library you can either pick an artist, genre, song, album etc. and play it immediately, or you can queue it up into an on-the-fly playlist."

DS-Xtreme will also have full shuffle capabilities and repeat functionality, as well as a skinning engine that will allow users to create some fantastic media player skins. There is also one other feature that has not been made public yet, and the DS-Xtreme dev team says that a video of it will soon be made available. All this news is really making us even more hyped for DS-Xtreme's October 12 release date.

Our previous coverage told you about the latest upgrade to Max Media Player from Datel. With 1.2, MMP allowed for video playback support. 1.22 fixes some issues with the 1.2 to improve your mp3 and video playback experience.

As always, just grab the bootme.ds from the file, and move the file into your DS's boot directory, through whatever means you usually use to move stuff from the comp to the DS. Afterwards, restarting the DS will start up 1.22. Simple, no?

Here's the changelog for 1.22.

• Full native video and MP3 playback through Max Media Player
  
• Version 1.22 is a minor revision to 1.21 that fixes a bug with stereo MP3s being played back in mono. Use 1.22 to extend the functionality of the built in MP3 player to now support video playback, natively from within Max Media Player
• Updates in this version:
• Fixed stereo sound problem in 1.21
  
• All previous updates

Thanks a lot, badam for the tip!

Download: [Max Media Player 1.22]

After some changes to the source code and with support from MisterSentient, developer Brumi got a version of DSDoom running with Max Media Player on a Max Media Dock (CF-Card). It's still in beta version though and the Moonshell Team implemented the MMD FAT code.

DSDoom is a port of PrBoom to the Nintendo DS. PrBoom is a version of Id Software's classic 3D PC shooter game, Doom.

To get DSDoom running, first download the DSDoom file then follow the installation instructions. Then grab the modified nds-file. Place all the files in the root-directory of your cf-card (including your wad-file). It's important to rename the "dsdoom_mmds.nds" to "bootme.nds", otherwise, you won't be able to run the game.

Download: [DSDoom 1.0.0]

It was a little difficult to extract much information on the purely Japanese website, but when there's a great application, there's a way right? MP3Play by SaTa is a media player for your Nintendo DS that allows you to play your favorite music from your flash cart. Expect playback time and time indication of the mp3 file, ID3 tag interpretation and Japanese file name indication correspondence (UNICODE).

SaTa is also the author of  other great applications like Rein and MP3Bench.

Changelog:

M3 professional miniSD (the projection it is not temporary correspondence
Improving the recognition order of the device.
WORK GBAMP (CF), M3-SD, M3-miniSD, SC-miniSD and SC-CF
UNTESTED M3-CF, SC-SD, EFA2 and MK2/MK3.

Download: [MP3Play r12]