MPlayerWii - Native MPlayer port for the Wii

**fcorbier** · July 6th, 2008, 01:50

I just released MPlayerWii which is a native port of the MPlayer media player for the wii.

http://ronwarez.com/mplayerwii

formats tested
Containers: AVI, WMV, MKV, MP3, FLV (Flash Video), MP4, M4V, QuickTime
Video codecs: Xvid, DivX, Windows Media, MPEG 1/2, H264
Audio codecs: MPEG 1/2/3, Windows Media, AAC

Update 10/03/08:

v0.07
-fixed screen color depth/banding issues (uses code from dhewg's mplayer port)
-added progress bar osd display during seek/volume on videos

v0.06:
-huge speedup on USB devices (thanks to rodries and Hermes)
-added classic controller support to position and scale the video display

v0.05:
-added file folders support
-added fix for PAL widescreen users (set the correct setting in mplayerwii.conf)
-much faster USB reading speed (huge thanks to rodries)

v0.04:
-mount/unmount the SD card and/or USB drive so you can swap them out without reloading MPlayerWii (thanks to rodries)
-added USB read-ahead cache (thanks to rodries)
-added preliminary samba network share support (thanks to scip)
-fixed startup crash when a usblan or usb keyboard is attached
-added network streaming cache
-added video scaling with the nunchuk (use joystick to move, Z button to stretch and C to reset)
-added configuration file (put in the SD root folder)
-new ascii logo by sensah

v0.03:
-happy french bastille day!
-added USB storage support (USB reading is dead slow unfortunately, only good for MP3 files)
-added volume controls (Up/Down buttons on the wiimote)
-added wiimote buttons repeat during playback
-added preliminary test network streaming (shoutcast and mms)
-longer filename display in the file selection screen
-fix for widescreen aspect ratio (uses the Wii display settings)
-more audio playback fixes

v0.02:
-added svenp's libfat patches (better read speed on SD cards)
-added pause button (A button on the wiimote)
-disabled MPlayer's error/status text during video playback
-file list now displays 20 files instead of 10
-improved audio playback code

installation
- unzip the package into the "apps" folder on your SD card.
- place video and audio files on the root folder of your SD card.
- launch MPlayerWii through the Homebrew Channel.

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**____anders____** · July 6th, 2008, 12:52

yay!
video playback

thanks

**vicious1988** · July 6th, 2008, 18:13

Wait, uncompressed AVI or divx/xvid?

**fcorbier** · July 6th, 2008, 18:24

divx/xvid AVI files will play just fine. I haven't really tried H264 playback yet but that *should* work as well.

WMV files have been reported to play too.

**whYeNQue** · July 6th, 2008, 22:58

nice.
hope to see CD/DVD support soon.

is there AC3 support?

well i hope to see support for the codecs in CCCP, I will be very happy.

Good Luck!

**PeyeRate420** · July 7th, 2008, 05:21

i just played a high quality 700MB avi with this and it played without a single flaw from start to finish. I would just like to say this is a blessing to the end user and thank you for such an amazing application (I am very impressed!)

the good:
amazing quality and supports many formats that all play with ease couldnt ask for a smoother media solution

The things that could make this better:
naturally a GUI that goes without say (yet i say it doh...lol) and i was thinking what if you could hook up a USB based external HDD to play your media from! imagine that would fill the void/lack of media on the wii!

(they sell cheap at bestbuy 90$ for a 300 GB western digital external hard drive i use one for my 360's media actually)

all in all i would be happy if this were the only release! this application is just an amazing contribution to a ever growing wii homebrew scene gr8 work i will be watching this close as it matures!

**Shapyi** · July 7th, 2008, 06:14

Great work. Getting a direct port of MPlayer is just one step towards getting XBMC on Wii one day. I hope you continue this project

**ciper** · July 7th, 2008, 09:12

I'm going to be one of those annoying people who asks for new features while the product is still young -

CIFS support would be extremely useful!

**m_jay** · July 7th, 2008, 09:22

Man, thanks for the contribution to the scene! I'd like to say that subtitle fucntion is the most desired feature I'd like to see in the next realse. I just can't wait for it!