[macuquinho]

I believe it is multi-region. The Wii itself does not have hardware to run DVD (the decoder chip, which limits the region of the DVD). As everything is left to the WiiMC (or rather, mplayer), the program includes a software decoder (wich is region free).

But i’m not sure about the NTSC / PAL issue. If you use a component video cable (the one with 3 outputs video and 2 audio), the color system of the DVD will not matter. The problem is when using a composite video. I don’t know if mplayer respects the Wii default output (converting the color system of the videos to the correct output), or if it outputs the video color system (and resulting in a black and white image…).

I have an european Wii and can watch PAL (european) and NTSC (american) DVD videos, using component cables, on the correct color.

If you rip your DVDs, will be even better, protecting the DVD drive on wii (because you wil run videos from USB or SMB) and solving the NTSC/PAL problem.

[macuquinho]

The advantage of using this adapter is to avoid interference with component-video cable. With the HDMI output, the signal is digital and interference-free (or at least more protected). I am unaware of any extraordinary gain in quality when using this adapter, as the final quality can not be greater than what the Wii can do himself. That is, the adapter enables bring the highest quality possible, but no additional gain. The result may be similar to using Wiimode on WiiU. While on Wii mode, many users describe a sharper picture and richer colors than the original Wii, a result of the digital output.

Perhaps (but only perhaps) there is a decrease in lag in LCD TVs. With the digital signal, television can display the image directly, with less post-processing (and without upscaling). However, on the other hand, the adapter itself may bring some amount of lag.

[macuquinho]

Try other extensions, like mp4, mpeg, flv, etc…
Some avi files are realy problematics

[macuquinho]

I downloaded the MP4 file, but running through the SMB WiiMC was often in ‘buffering’. Maybe my router can not reach full speed (54MB / s), so the buffering happens. USB did not work out.

But the 720p file ran flawlessly, both via SMB when USB. Even that’s amazing.

[macuquinho]

What is the error message that Wiimc displays when trying to open the file?

I do not think there’s some sort of restriction. Whenever I tried different formats and resolutions recommended the Wiimc always tried to display. The most that happened was a drop in frame rate or crash. Maybe your USB flash drive is actually 1.1? Other videos usually run via usb?

But it is surprising that the Wii can do 1080p downscaling. You can provide the link to this video? I want to try as well.

[macuquinho]

What formats do you usually use? What is the resolution of the videos? Have you tried watching a video from the memory card, to isolate all the factors?

[macuquinho]

Unfortunately what Wii needs to play movies in HD is a faster processor and a video output that supports resolutions higher than 480p.

I think the amount of memory available to WiiMC is the smallest of limitations.

[macuquinho]

To switch audio track, press ‘down’ on D-pad.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiMC#Usage

[macuquinho]

Newer versions of Wii hardware only support DVD ‘original’, ie, no DVD-R, DVD-RW, or other formats.

Furthermore, it is recomendable to watch videos from a pendrive, SD card or via SMB. Although the DVD is supported, I avoid this feature to not reduce the life of the drive (which is already quite required to run games).

[macuquinho]

If you try to watch videos in other formats (and resolutions!), and another source (such as SD card) it will be easier to find the source of the problem.

you use component cables? 480p mode in the wii settings? Have you tried on another TV?

[macuquinho]

@jhb50 wrote:

I’ve never had a crash.. just press the home button to stop the bad playback.
BTW, I see the next version of WIIMC will have the hi/low option so you won’t have to compile it.
You might want to take a look at my You-Tube Guide http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=829 to see why I prefer WIIMC rather than the Internet Channel.

This is the problem. When this problem occurs, wiimc does not respond to the Wii Remote. That’s why I need to do the hard shutdown or just wait (a eternity, because the video runs “frame by frame’).

I am happy to know that the next version will include the option to choose the quality. I prefer to wait the release, and continue using internet channel. I tooke a look in your guide. Interesting 🙂 Nice job. When the youtube video playback is stable on my wii and connection, i’ll put it into practice. Internet channel is nice because we can use directly our saved playlist, but unfortunately flash player is very slow.

[macuquinho]

Thanks for the information.
In this case, i think is better watch youtube videos with Internet Channel. I’m noob with compiling, then I will wait some fix in a future release of WIIMC.

But, just to know, there is some way to stop playback and return to wiimc menu in safe, when this “bug” occurs? The only problem with these ‘crashes’ is that I always need to take the ‘hard shutdown’. (or wait the video ends, what is annoying).

Thanks again for help.

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