[Wii] Wii love to hack our console

Looking at some WiiBrew modifications, it seems that Action Replay is just the beginning for the Wii. Listed here is a plethora of useful things you can do with your Wii remote, the console, or other things related to the system and modifying it. Please note that any changes to your system or hardware may or may not be safe and that some of these methods have not be thoughroughly tested.

Although many of these are just novelties, trying some of them out may be useful! If you have any other modifications, hacks, or utilities, feel free to discuss and/or post them here and I'll try to maintain the list! Props to those at http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Main_Page for their work.

Updated 2-7-07:

Fine Tune
Located at: www.finetune.com/wii
Purpose: Live music streamer

Very simple and designed for the Wii console. Worst best for listening simply to a single genre.


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Running homebrew on the Wii
http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=R...rew_on_the_Wii
Note: This only gets the Wii running in Gamecube mode and, pending further hacking, Wii functionality cannot be used. This will only work on non-european consoles.

WiiTunes
http://www.dottunes.net/wii.html
Allows you to stream your iTunes through your Wii browser.

Wii Media Center X
http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/wiimediacenterx/

Quote:

Wii Media Center X is a free multimedia server developed by Red Kawa. It allows you to stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your computer (where the server running) to your Nintendo Wii. It runs on most major operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

WiiCR
http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=WiiCR

Quote:

WiiCR is a media player solution for the Nintendo Wii. It acts as a streaming media server and is capable of transcoding nearly any video file to a suitable flv for an embedded flash player. It allows browsing of the remote filesystem to view: videos (avi/xvid/divx/mpeg/wmv/etc), text files, jpg's and play mp3s.

Utilities and Libraries
Mii Mega-Mall - The Mii Mega-Mall provides a single access-point, with a unified, consistent interface for sharing and retrieving Mii over the Internet. Everything that you need to download Mii's from the net and upload them to your Wiimote via Bluetooth is included.

Download Windows Wii Remote Driver
http://carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie_download

Working Bluetooth Devices

* Swann USB Bluetooth adapter (1.1). Comes with old version of BlueSoleil drivers, can download new version. Both old and new versions work fine, except both reboot computer if you try to read wiimote serial (Serial number is disabled in GlovePIE 0.24 for this reason).

* All internal Bluetooth Cards in Apple computers (MacBook, Mac Mini, iMac, etc.)

* CompUSA brand USB dongle using BlueTooth version 1.2 and using the default Toshiba stack.

* IOGear USB dongle model GBU211 using default stack (BlueTooth version 1.2) (2.0 doesn't work with Blue Soleil, and does not work with the default stack)

* IOGear Model GBU221 (NOT to be confused with GBU211) BT version 2.0 (GBU211 is version 1.2) using default MS stack, and will not connect to BlueSoleil. Works in GlovePIE 0.26 with the "TroubleShooter > Bluetooth Fix" menu. Works in MiiTransfer.

* MSI Star Key 2.0 USB Bluetooth 2.0 Transceiver (BlueTooth 2.0, using widcomm bluetooth stack, available on msi's web page)

* MSI BToes Bluetooth 1.2 using BlueSoleil

* MSI pc2pc using BlueSoleil (VID : 0A5C / PID : 200A)

* D-Link DBT-120 (B4) using BlueSoleil stack.

* Dell TrueMobile Bluetooth Modules (Standard issue included with many Dell Laptops) Latitude D820 has onboard module that works best with BlueSoleil

* Targus USB Bluetooth adapter (BlueTooth 2.0, Widcomm bluetooth stack)

* Tecom USB Dongle "Bluetooth USB EDR Dongle BT3034" (BT v. 2.0 ) (after days and days of work and reconfig. i managed to get it to work fully. will update with exact stack etc..but its the widcomm drivers..)

* Zoom 4320AF using BlueSoleil stack.

* Delock USB Bluetooth adapter (Uses widcomm bluetooth stack)

* SiteCom cn502 stack Widcomm and cn521 stack Toshiba

* Kensington Bluetooth dongle (model 33348) using WIDCOMM stack - (see Discussion page for troubleshooting)

* Trust Bluetooth 2.0 EDR USB Adapter BT-2200Tp (using both WIDCOMM and BlueSoleil)

* Belkin Bluetooth USB Adaptor F8T001 v2 (using BlueSoleil, WIDCOMM untested)

* Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter F8T009

* Bus 001 Device 048: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)

* Silicon Wave Internal Bluetooth (Toshiba stack)

* JustCom 1.1/1.2/2.0 BTD1-6300E, VID: 057E, PID: 0306, Cambridge Silicon Radio, comes with Toshiba stack (works with Microsoft and Toshiba)

* Sony Vaio SZ2, TX2 internal Bluetooth (Toshiba)

* BlueSynchrOne COM ONE 1 Bluetooth Dongle USB

* ISSC Bluetooth Device with included BlueSoleil 1.6 drivers

* Motorola MPT 3.0 BT USB - Works with latest Bluesoleil. Not tested with included BT stack.

* Mikomi Bluetooth v1.2 Adapter BC03RUT1-01. Works with the included Bluesoleil 1.6 Stack.

* Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Mouse/Keyboard combo (dongle m/n:c-uv35) - WIDCOMM

* TrendNet TBW-101UB (BlueSoleil)

* Dell Bluetooth USB Reciever Mouse/Keyboard combo (same as Logitech Mouse/Keyboard above)

* Kensington 33085CA with included Widcomm driver. Working with WIDCOMM tutorial above.

* Hewlett-Packard BT450 with included Widcomm driver. Working with WIDCOMM tutorial above.

* Cables Unlimited Bluetooth Adapter with BlueSoleil driver.

* Integrated System Solution Corp. KY-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter USB2.0 (Debian-Kernel 2.6.18/bluez, WMD)

RoombaWii
http://spazout.com/roomba/
Video showing the use of the Wii Remote to control a Roomba. The creator also posted the source code if you would like to do it, too!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Grawl

I don't get the point of listening to music on the Wii, when you computer has to be the server. Might as well plug in some speakers into the computer and listen it that way.

Like I said, most of us will see it as a novelty, but some people have a better sound system in their TV and might see this as a nice way to play music.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by pofcorn

Nice, though it seems that all of the media streaming solutions are browser based. I wonder when the homebrew scene will be mature enough to allow a full fledged media center application to be running on the Wii, like Xbox Media Center. Probably not for a long while.

There are some complications as addressed by the gentleman in this video, but considering how much has been done in the 1 1/2 months the console has been out, I doubt it will take long.

YouTube Video

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Elixir

For the amount of time the Wii has been out this is fucking amazing progress. Nintendo are terrible at security.

It's funny though because the Action Replay and Freeloader seem to be widely sold and Nintendo has no issues with this.

They're not going to be assholes like Sony was with Lik-Sang.

Originally Posted by Forsakenzoul

wow sweet, hey do they have the next part of it when they talk about the PS3 from the looks of it at the end?

Go to the youtube page and try to follow the tracks there.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

New find via IGN:

Fine Tune
Located at: www.finetune.com/wii
Purpose: Live music streamer

I was speaking idiomatically.