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The Wii finally gets DVD playback -- no thanks to Nintendo
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 16:00
by News Reader
The Wii finally gets DVD playback -- no thanks to Nintendo
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Carrying on the rich hacker tradition of picking up the slack for companies that are unwilling or unable to provide the functionality users need, a team of Wii coders have given the console what Nintendo
could not: DVD playback. By installing a small, hidden channel on a system, this package blesses the console with a libdi file (DVD access library), and allows you to watch your favorite videos with the MPlayer application, an open source media player. The install file will run on modded and unmodded systems, and the software is also capable of playing media from SD cards (though it's experimental right now). Finally Wii owners can join the ranks of, well... pretty much everyone else.
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Author: Joshua Topolsky
Category: dvddvd playbackDvdPlaybackhackhackerslibdimodmoddersmplayernintendowii
Publish Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:39:00 EST
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Source: Engadget
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Posted: August 13th, 2008, 16:03
by Dr. kitteny berk
Finally, a use for a Wii.
Might have to buy an SD card for this.
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 18:21
by FatherJack
The Nintendo channel thing looks quite interesting as well - using wireless to put games on your DS, but I haven't tried it out yet.
Quite good stuff seems to be quietly happening on it, but nobody notices because the PS3 and XBox are all like RAR RAR RAR WE HAVE A NEW MENU SYSTEM ONE ELEVENTY RAR.
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 18:55
by spoodie
Lostwinds, a download only game, is supposed to be good as well. I haven't turned my Wii on for months.
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 18:56
by Stoat
spoodie wrote:Lostwinds, a download only game, is supposed to be good as well.
It is. Beautiful. Soothing. Short, though, and replay value seems a little low.
Is the DVD licence fee not what was holding it back, in order to keep the Wii as cheap as possible? If it is I wonder how they'll play the update- whether it'll be a paid-for channel download like the Internet Channel or if Nintendo will consume the price and add it in for free.
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 18:57
by Dog Pants
spoodie wrote:I haven't turned my Wii on for months.
You must be bursting.
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 20:14
by Mr. Johnson
can we sticky this somewhere? it might be handy in the future...
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 20:16
by Dr. kitteny berk
Moved it to gaming, bookmark it
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 20:38
by Mr. Johnson
will do when fixin' time is near.