Carrying on the rich hacker tradition of picking up the slack for companies that are unwilling or unable to provide the functionality users need, a team of Wii coders have given the console what Nintendo could not: DVD playback. By installing a small, hidden channel on a system, this package blesses the console with a libdi file (DVD access library), and allows you to watch your favorite videos with the MPlayer application, an open source media player. The install file will run on modded and unmodded systems, and the software is also capable of playing media from SD cards (though it's experimental right now). Finally Wii owners can join the ranks of, well... pretty much everyone else.
thats pretty cool. funny thing, though, i actually prefer my Wii to not play DVD's. i know it's just an added bonus for a console to have DVD playback, but look at the success of the Wii compared to the other 2 with DVD.
Sure, nintendo's library's not the bestr, but they do stick to one thing, and one thing only ... games!
Yes, thats what they always say in pulse article in NP when people ask about nintendo expanding into other things. "Nintendo will and should stick with the thing they do best: Gaming!"
QUOTE (DSFAN121 @ August 17, 2008 09:15 pm) I heard of this before. Really smart idea. Although wasn't Nintendo planning on making an DVD add-on for the Wii?
I think they were but dropped the idea since they wanted to make a gaming system.
QUOTE (The Reaper @ August 18, 2008 02:32 pm) yeah just wait till there next system, but i already have 4 different thing to play dvd's at my house back in the states, i dont need another.
it's going to be hard for nintendo to top the Wii.
