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

[hottroc]

Same here

[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...

[hottroc]

And the website is...? (same problem here)

[hottroc]

The download link for the DVDX installer on the page you link to in Step 1 does not work (not currently anyway)! Can you link to the file somewhere else or host it yourself please? Without it this instructable is effectively useless.
Thanks.

[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.

[Project D]

And if you were REALLY smart, you wouldn't need the disclaimer at all. You'd know that anything you do outside of normal operation carries risk and you wouldn't whine like a child if it blows up in your face and blame the OP.

Not *YOU* you, but the general state of humanity. You're cool.

[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

[PoisonMondo]

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"?

[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]

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[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.