Well we have a great release here. Dev AlienMind has given the world a YouTube video client for the Nintendo Wii. This is based on the popular open source multimedia player MPlayer. This application will either let you watch streams from the site or let you download them first then watch them. Obviously as this is the first release, it is a bit slow so it's best to save the video's to play them. to use WiiTube, you must configure "mplayerwii.conf" file located in the archive. Here is an example of a playlist. Notice that the youtube_cache is set to "1" which will download the video first before playing.
All I can say is what a great release. I will be sure to keep everyone updated on further releases and updates of this. To use this dump the contents of the zip straight to the root of your SD card.
Well its finally here, Erant has released a DVD access Library for the wii. All you will need to do is run the installer.dol found in the libdi.zip, and follow the onscreen instructions. Then, you can use mplayer which I have alo encluded, to play thoose DVD's.
If you have a modchip, you also need patchmii, in addition to the DVDX stub installer.
For all of those Wii owners that are waiting for the release of TNA iMPACT, I have bad news. TNA iMPACT for the Wii will arrive on store shelves a month after the other versions of the game arrives which means that it has been delayed. The PS3, PS2, and 360 versions of the game are still set to release on September 10th, but however, the Wii version of the game might not arrive until the end of the month or even in October. No one knows why this version of the game was delayed, but the media is still yet to see the Wii version of the game. So hopefully this version of the game won't get canceled and eventually arrive sometime before Christmas.
Well we have seen how the wii homebrew scene is ever growing, now PaulWagener has released a Google Maps. This is a browser similar to Google Earth, but for the Nintendo Wii. To use this you will need an Internet connection so that you can download the data necessary to display the satellite imagery. Paul has also thought of some questions you might want to ask, and answered them. However, this doesn't look like a promising project for the future. Here's what ha has said.
Here is the video, and download below. Just extract the contents of the zip to the root of your SD card.
Marcan, a member of Team Twiizers has given a a new update to his very useful app, Menuloader. Well this is only a small update, which disables updates and adds a patch to fix extra region check, but it certainly is a handy one.
Here is how the application look now
All you guys will need to do is place the contents of the zip on the root of your SD and run this from the homebrew channel. Remember though, that this is not permanent so you will need to run the dol every time you switch your wii on to get this working.
Coder, DragonMinded has just given us a new update to Dragon Media Player. This version of the music player for the nintendo wii brings us up to v0.15. The good thing about this app is that it can load your music files from either the Front SD card slot or via a USB Mass Storage device which means you can have a heck of a lot of songs!
This is whats new
And here are the formats which are supported
As always, just drop the contents of the zip to the root of your SD card.
I saw these images over Yanko Design. The concept belongs to T3 Magazine. As you can see, the controllers were redesigned to an ergonomic and streamlined form. And yes, that headset is a controller that uses your brainwaves.
Crediar has released his Nintendo Wii System Menu hack which allows your Wii to boot region free games as in all region encoding for GameCube, Wii games and Wii channels and also virtual console titles. What it also does is remove the health warning at startup and the background music (you can view the walkthrough of the patch in the video below). Installation requires the Homebrew Channel. If you don't have homebrew on your Wii yet, check out the Wii Pack Generator.
Mega Man 9 is planned to be released in September, and Capcom is celebrating by giving you the chance to play the original NES version of the Mega Man game which will be available on the Virtual Console this Monday, August 4, 2008. This will allow you to brush up on your old school skills and prepare for some cool contests they have in store. View the gallery here.
For all of those Wii owners who haven't tried out Wii homebrew, the folks at Wii brew have made it a lot easier than before by introducing the Wii Pack Generator.
The Wii Pack Generator lets you create your own custom homebrew pack! It's a web-based utility that allows you to select from the most recent, up to date, and high quality homebrew for your Nintendo Wii and create a custom pack.
If this is your first time running homebrew on your Wii, you will first have to install the Twilight Hack and have the Homebrew Channel. If you don't know how to install the Twilight Hack, watch this video tutorial. You can get the Homebrew Channel when you create your own custom homebrew pack!
About a week ago, I posted about Bushing finding the ISO exploit that would allow back-up games to be played on unmodded Wii's. Bushing emailed Nintendo, but it appears that they were not overly interested in Bushing's findings and he did not recieve much of a response from Nintendo. Bushing has made the decision to go public with his ISO loading DVD loading exploit. Essentially, this means that all users, including those without a modchip, will now be able to access files stored on their own DVD-R. This opens up a lot of useful possibilities to the Wii, but means we will be seeing pirated games surfacing all over the place. Here's what has been said over at HackMii:
Waninkoko, has certainly been very busy. He has brought out a new cIOS making this v3, a cIOS uninstaller making it up to 1.1 and a firmware downgrader. All of these are extremly handy, so go ahead and hit the download link. Here is what waninkoko has add in his new releases.
You will need IOS37-64-v2070.wad, but please do not ask for it here. I nor anyone else will be providing illeagal files. Enjoy the releases.:)
