Pre-modded chips make it possible for DVD playback by inserting the necessary code into the Wii DVD drive’s firmware that forces it to read discs other than the Wii game discs and GameCube format discs. Other advanced options have more wires that need to work correctly and may even require additional switches for proper updating and various other functions. The simplest options for DVD playback require at least 4 wires to be soldered into place. The process can be complicated and requires many wires to solder into place. Mod Chips are a special type of chip that must be installed onto the actual Wii hardware via soldering. Turning the Wii into a working DVD player is relatively simple and requires little technical work with the Wii depending on the method used to unlock the DVD functionality. Unlocking the Wii’s DVD functionality is possible through various methods. Once again, thanks to TheSilenceOfNoOne for the tip.The onboard Wii Hardware reads DVDs, DVD-R, DVD-RW discs, Wii game discs, and Nintendo GameCube formatted mini-DVDs.

More updates on the homebrew scene as we come across them. Developers are encouraged to practice with the library, using the DVDX extension as a way to read data from standard format DVDs.įor example, developer dhewg has come up with a sample homebrew app based on libdi – a full-featured media player. Now there’s still a way to get DVDX to install on modified systems, but you’ll have to get the patchmii as well before the DVDX Installer.

You may however need one, depending on your system. It is not an installer for a patched IOS. The DVDX installer instead will install a small, hidden, channel on your Wii that allows you to read DVDs on an unmodified system. We had some problems getting it out to release because of the difficulties we encountered while writing the second part of this topic. Erant of Hackmii, the author, says,Īs you all know, IÂ’ve been working on libdi (or the DVD Access library) for a while now. Thanks to QJ.NET Forums member TheSilenceOfNoOne, we’ve been tipped to the recent release of libdi, the Wii homebrew community‘s new DVD access library, and the DVDX installer from Wii homebrew source Hackmii. Get to the full story for more on libdi and the included DVDX installer. But before you go downloading, you must know that this release can’t be run on all consoles without a hitch. Developer Erant at Hackmii have announced that the DVD access library they’ve been working on, called libdi, is now available for developers to try out on the Nintendo Wii.

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