Use Your Wii As A Dvd Player

For some reson Nintendo decided not to include the dvd play-back function into the wii.

But it is now possible thanks to some amazing work by Team Twiizers

You Will Need:

A Wii (Duh!)
A Sd Card
A Way For You Wii To run Homebrew

If your wii is not ready to run homebrew yet i recomend this instructable by btop

http://www.instructables.com/id/Wii-Homebrew---Twilight-Hack/

Disclaimer at Last step, Please Read before attemping this instuctable,

Please also bear in Mind this is my first instuctable (:

Step 1 Downloading The Files

If you have followed btop's instuctable and installed the homebrew channel this should all be pretty easy.

You will need to download 2 sets of files

"libdi" and "mplayer", both can be found here :
http://hackmii.com/2008/08/libdi-and-the-dvdx-installer/

If you have a modchip you will need the other file on that page, "pactchmii_core"

Comments

[tjacobs5]

never worked on my softmodded PAL 4.3E

tried all instructo's it just doesnt read dvd movies

[GummiBear]

tht is sooo cool

[knexinglemon]

your legend you have super mario 64!!!

[pjrpumpken]

U r responsible

[Admiral Puffinfresh]

Lol smart. Put the disclaimer in the BACK of the instructable. That makes sense. =]

[pjrpumpken]

I argree with u

[daviddd]

Well, if you were smart you'd read the whole thing before trying it, get off your high horse.

[Admiral Puffinfresh]

Or, if you were smarter than that, you would've done what every other company in the history of ANYTHING had done and put the disclaimer at the beginning. Also, I'm on no high horse. The internet just takes any plain old comment and turns it into a cruel and incendiary insult that absolutely must be corrected by fine, upstanding gentlemen such as yourself.

[fwjs28]

your both right, so stop bickering like little children!

[WhiteTigerTails]

I see what you did there.

[fwjs28]

*innocent look* I did what where?

[oshapley]

(Sarcastic) Oh, ha ha, nice sarcasm.

[jpm411]

im sorry ,i was not trying to be sarcastic ,i apologize if thats how it came off......but any way have fun and god bless

[Doctor What]

I'm sure this'll work, but I had some trouble. Everything went well until the very last step. I turned it on, ran the program, and put in my dvd. It froze... It freezes every time I try to run a dvd.

[StefanT]

It can't run dvd's... Only files.... www(dot)wiibrew(dot)(com)

[skipster2]

you might need an update

[LAM83RT]

No, it does play dvd videos, the mplayer software allows you to play the films

[merseyless]

your both right, so stop bickering like little children!

[kingofgames]

well, if you were smart you would just get the wii media player

[sapc]

g2 sapc.webs.com

[michiel123456789]

If you have a mochip: you need "patchmii_core". And do you still need "libdi" and "mplayer" then? Or , when you have a modchip, only "patchmii_core"?

[RedFlash]

Mine says "Error 2011 - installing DVD stub ticket" I cannot get around this error. Please, Please help me

[Peekadosies]

it happens to me too.
im pretty sure you cant install this with 3.6 and up
try downgrading?

[RedFlash]

It's ok now... I downloaded the DVD thingy from another website, put it on my SD card and it's working fine...

[sk83r22]

Ummmmm......................................

[aznnotorious]

i do rename the file to "boot.dol" and place it in a folder in the "apps" folder on you Sd Card. but is won't run the set up..

[z400100500]

if you have updated to system 3.4, you're screwed. The DVDx player is for everything BUT 3.4. I know the things. I've been doing homebrew for years.

[jpm411]

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS I FIGURED IT OUT........I SCREWED UP MY WII WITH A WIIKEY .THEN BOUGHT A NEW DVD DRIVE......INSTALLED IT ON VIOLA EMUS,B/U'S..AND NOW DVD'S...(without a modchip)SOMEONE PINCH ME PLEASE....SUPURB DOCS ONLINE......i usually dont type in caps but i was excited to reveal this discovery on this fantastically great web page....god bless

[blueberrypieisgood]

my wii freezes after like 3 to 5 seconds of playing the movie.

[blueberrypieisgood]

nevermind. i fixed it. but now when i get too the title screen i don't know how to press play, or setup, or senes, etc. can someone post controls while watching the movie?

[ikoda]

If you find out it's not a myth let us know. d=

[threecheersfornick]

It ain't no myth.

[LAM83RT]

The thing is, some of the best hackers in the wii scene have said they believe its a myth, I.e bushing, because,as far as i can tell, the commands to run the dvd's where already programmed into the system, its just that for one reason or another nintendo decided not to have it as an active function, so these hackers have activated these functions and now they have been added to the mplayer application. but i thought that i best include the myth just in case

[Doctor What]

Why would they already have the commands? Sounds a little fishy to me. Maybe they were wanting people to buy a specific channel?

[merseyless]

theirs a slight frame rate problem with playback and it was probably wise to let the dvd function slide before they where overrun with feedback about how bad the dvd playback was.

[Doctor What]

Or they could have developed it to its full potential and fixed the frame rate problems and included the DVD function before release.

If you are selling a large-selling, mass produced product, it should at least include what is considered "the standard" in a game console.  One of which is DVD play.

[Hegpetz]

I'm not entirely sure I would consider DVD part of any "standard" in a game console. A device trying to be an all-in-one for whatever reasons would do quite well with a DVD playback feature, but a device to play video games has no real need to also play movies. Unless you are playing something like Metal Gear Solid, the two are completely separate paradigms - one a directed narrative, and one where the user(s) direct the narrative.

Not trying to nitpick or attack you or anything, just trying to say that getting DVD playback is a wonderful additive feature, but it's icing on the cake, not what you are really paying money for when you purchase a game console. If you want perfect playback of DVDs, get a dedicated DVD player.

That being said, I would have loved the US getting a DVD-enabled Wii too. I enjoyed the PS2's playback for the most part and am highly considering enabling this on my Wii after I look more into whether or not it can work on an up-to-date system and more feedback on how well playback actually is.

[Hegpetz]

Just to follow up, here is probably the best resource for installing homebrew, even on 4.3: http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_setup

^_^

[hassannaeem101]

lucky my sister wants super mario 64 but we dont have a gamecube controller

[nEmoGrinder]

Actually, the reason why the wii does not work as a dvd player is the same reason the gamecube wasn't a dvd player (at least in north america, I hear that there was a version in other regions built with philips that could play dvds) is because to be able to play DVDs, you need to pay royalties to the copyright holder of DVD. This is why you see the little DVD logo on most DVD drives/players. To cut costs and keep the system cheap, Nintendo decided to not put DVD playback into the wii. If the instructions really are already built in I would not be surprised if they made the user pay for the royalty fee in the form of a new channel at some point.