Wii Homebrew Channel Video

[icec]

Wow. Looks awesome!

Maybe Wii will someday reach Xbox1 levels of homebrew development...

[joshysquashy]

all we need is a website we can visit in opera to 'jailbreak' the wii for us

Sounds like a distinct possibility! Also, could they force an opera update upon us?

They can probably update the core frameworks for opera though. This would be a nice alternative to Zelda, and a lot easier for newbies!

[jonas18z]

This means that we don't need to use the zelda exploit to load HB?
He don't use it in the video or?

[Peppers]

It appears to be running pretty stable. I wonder what parts still need work.

edit:

Originally Posted by dhewg

// May 5, 2008 at 7:20 am

thanks for the video bushing!

some answers and infos:
we will add wiimote code as soon as its stable. shagkur is working hard on that part, so you have to be patient

each app you see on the SD browser consists of 3 parts:
- boot.elf
- icon.png
- meta.xml

we used the RGBA GX format for the whole interface. full alpha channels from .png files are supported (like on the “Path Mii” icon, also check the bubbles as they hit the top banner (opacity))

and yes, we use libexpat to parse the meta.xml files

there are still many things we want to integrate in the channel. a public beta will be released when we think its in a good enough shape.

sorry, no ETA

[ISOHaven]

Just wanted to add my own...THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!! Good job on the GUI!!!

[phrasius]

Want



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[Stu L Tissimus]

This is a major development. Holy crap.

To the developers: you've got a lot of power. You're going to shape the future of Wii homebrew. So, I have a request: do it elegantly. What do I mean, elegantly?

1) For the three files - the icon, the metadata and the ELF - put them into App bundles / App directories a la ROX Desktop and Mac OS X. Basically, what you do is you treat directories that end with ".app" (or maybe ".wiiapp") differently from a normal directory. Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundle_(NEXTSTEP)
2) Wii homebrew developers should standardize the location of things in the filesystem. One of my major pet peeves about DS homebrew is that programs with config files just save the config files to wherever they damn well want. We should push developers to save their configs and such to, let's say, /Config/Appname/. Think /etc/ in Unix.

Godspeed, homebrew channel team. Godspeed.

[shadowz]

This makes owning a Wii justified, imo. Its amazing.

[ccfman2004]

This looks like a professional commercial Wii Channel.

I do have a question, will the problem of having to resync the Wii Remotes every time you launch the channel be fixed so that it is syncd automatically so you don't have to press 1 + 2 buttons.

I find that sometimes I have to wait about a minute before I can even try to sync the wii remotes since it seems the Wii turns the remote off when you launch a homebrew channel like Wii Homebrew Launcher.

Keep up to great work.

[Spadge]

can this channel be detected as the pirated VC games can? Does this produce a ticket for nintendo to even track?