Want to watch DVDs on your Wii? Let us show you how!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-13-2008 @ 5:30PM
Mr Khan said...
Thing is, i'm going to wait a few weeks to see if the speculation about long-term damage to the disc-drives amounts to anything
Since Wii isn't meant to read discs in that manner, like others have said, the drive may be up to it short-term (since i've seen it work like a dog loading scenes from Radiant Dawn), but where does that leave you aways down the road?
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8-13-2008 @ 7:26PM
JohnnyW said...
http://hackmii.com/2008/08/libdi-and-the-dvdx-installer/
Please go to post 35
The Wii's Disc drive is a fairly standard DVD drive,with a standard DVD laser. Standard DVD lasers do not deteriorate reading DVD's.
8-13-2008 @ 7:36PM
Mr Khan said...
Thank you for directing me to that
I'd get on this immediately, except that my free time has been at a premium since i started actually working this summer
8-13-2008 @ 5:35PM
steve said...
won't this be bad for the laser?
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8-13-2008 @ 7:55PM
CalcProgrammer1 said...
MYTH BUSTED like a long time ago. The Wii DVD laser is an ordinary disc drive laser. These things don't just go bad for no reason. It's pretty much an advanced LED anyways, and laser diodes have very long lifespans. The mechanical parts shouldn't wear out playing DVD's, in fact, the read head mechanism probably gets more wear from seeking back and forth across game discs than the linear one-track path it has to take to read a DVD. The only thing that runs longer is the spinning motor (which I'm thinking runs all the time, as you can hear the Wii spinning even when games have finished loading or aren't doing anything) and the laser diode.
8-13-2008 @ 8:08PM
steve said...
good to know. might have to give this a try
8-13-2008 @ 5:39PM
SyN DracuL said...
now that this has been done on Homebrew, I wonder how long it will take Nintendo to issue an update making it possible...or if they will
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8-13-2008 @ 6:00PM
Tim Parsons said...
i'll stick to watching videos(movies/shows) on my PS3 upscaled to 1080 stored on my 500GB USB External HDD
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8-14-2008 @ 5:10AM
James Madley said...
No problem, I'll just watch my movies off SD and DVD (and HDD eventually) upscaled to 1080p on my Wii.
8-13-2008 @ 6:07PM
coast19 said...
Ah yes, if there is anything the ps3 is good for it's good for upscaling movies from a external HDD and Dvd's.
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8-13-2008 @ 7:14PM
ryan said...
But why not just... use a DVD player? Or one of the PS systems that support DVDs?
I think that the idea of this is way cooler than the practice. It's fascinating that this team has been able to unlock and program so many interesting apps that the community really responds to.
It's equally interesting that the big N doesn't make any moves to respond to (or, hello, officially integrate?) any of this Twilight Hack business. The only response that we've seen so far is that one half-assed attempt at a patch that lasted like thirty seconds. Doesn't anybody else find that weird?
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8-13-2008 @ 7:36PM
NutMac said...
I guess watching DVDs via Wii is sufficient for casual viewers (e.g., bedroom/kitchen), but I would like to have better usability (remote optimized for DVD viewing), discrete digital surround sound, and 1080p scaling. So I will pass.
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8-13-2008 @ 7:45PM
lonesomefolly said...
cool as this might be, I keep my wii on top of my dvd player :P
and wouldn't this screw up the reader over time?
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8-13-2008 @ 8:00PM
CalcProgrammer1 said...
>.<
The Wii uses an ordinary DVD mechanism, just like any other DVD reading device. The only real difference is the controller chip that can read the embedded barcode on Wii discs and the fact that it is slot loading.
I'd actually think that playing game discs wears out the mechanical parts more than DVD. While a DVD runs the laser longer, games constantly seek the head back and forth over the disc, reading and re-reading things at the beginning, seeking to the location of a map or model, seeking to game code, seeking back to other things. The head goes back and forth a lot when playing games. On a DVD, it simply starts at the inner part of the disc and slowly advances to the outer edge (assuming you watch the movie from start to finish). It might move back to the start halfway (on a dual layer disc when it switches layers) but at most it will move the full distance twice in a movie, compared to the many many times it will during a game.
8-13-2008 @ 7:53PM
aneurysmi said...
BGFTW.
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8-13-2008 @ 8:09PM
TheOverlord#2 can has Animals Crossing? said...
Although my set-up in my room is:
Nunchuck&CC-Wii-wiimote Charger
VCR
DVD Player,
I'll probably get the homebrew channel tomorrow and with the other apps I chose include the DVD Player...just to see how it's like.
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8-13-2008 @ 9:15PM
1UPMASTER said...
i keep getting an error message. i get everything working up to the point where i run backwards. when it loads, i get a message saying "No code .elf found, hanging" or something to that degree. how do i overcome this?
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8-13-2008 @ 9:17PM
1UPMASTER said...
i need help. after i run backwards, i get a message saying "No code found, hanging" or something to that degree. how do i fix this?
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8-14-2008 @ 11:13AM
sn1per said...
There's a bit of a problem with the twilight hack, in that it doesn't like all SD cards for some reason. Make sure your card is formatted in FAT16, and if that doesn't work, try a different SD card.
8-13-2008 @ 10:09PM
Gareth said...
BSG :D
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8-13-2008 @ 10:58PM
SImpression said...
It works perfectly for me, I'm watching HP5 :P
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8-13-2008 @ 11:17PM
chris webster said...
works like a charm
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8-13-2008 @ 11:22PM
taylor said...
done. takes forever to read them though
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8-14-2008 @ 12:18AM
sp2vwj said...
@1UPMASTER
You need to copy over all the files from the sd to the wii save area and also keep the boot.elf file in the main folder of your sd card.
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8-14-2008 @ 12:41AM
MasterWolf said...
I used it to play Batman Begins, it worked pretty well, just waited a while for it to load the movie, but I could not figure out how to go into the menu, or if you can.
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8-14-2008 @ 1:54PM
jackass1 said...
Found a potential problem with this hack. The cooling fan is NOT running during DVD play. My Wii was running EXTREMELY hot after an hour watching a full movie, then I looked at the back and found that the fan was on idle, similar to when you're running a VC game or Internet Channel.
I recommend getting one of those external cooling fans that connects to the USB, just in case your Wii fails due to overheating. I guess there's finally a reason to get one of those things.
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8-14-2008 @ 1:58PM
jackass1 said...
Found a potential problem with this hack. The cooling fan is NOT running during DVD play. My Wii was running EXTREMELY hot after an hour watching a full movie, then I looked at the back and found that the fan was on idle, similar to when you're running a VC game or Internet Channel.
I recommend getting one of those external cooling fans that connects to the USB, just in case your Wii fails due to overheating. I guess there's finally a reason to get one of those things.
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8-14-2008 @ 2:14PM
Arex said...
Works like a charm. It even plays some back ups I made that inexplicably won't play in my standalone DVD player or PS3.
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8-15-2008 @ 7:28AM
Morphix said...
For some reason when i transfer all the files to my SD card, ithe save file doesnt show up in the Wii menu... any ideas?
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8-20-2008 @ 5:23AM
Dalboz said...
It doesn't pass the Green Wing acid test :-(
And where's the DVD Menu support?
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8-27-2008 @ 10:26AM
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11-11-2008 @ 3:09AM
Terrence Newton said...
watching dvds on your wii is retarded. just don't do it
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