Hello people, this guide will teach you how to convert videos and play them on your Wii Console.
Note: I didn't make this guide. Am just csharing the knowledge :thumbup:
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Software you'll need (freeware):
http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/wiivideo9/download/index.php
Hardware you'll need:
Nintendo Wii console
SD memory card (2GB or less, the larger and faster the better)
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Instructions:
Install Wii Video 9. Click on the "Settings" button, go to the "Devices" section and select the "Wii" sub-section. If your SD media card is connected, you can specify it's location using the "Device Folder" option. Otherwise, note the MJPEG videos output directory - this is where all your converted videos will be placed.
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_device_settings.png
Click on the "Convert" button at the top to go to the "Current Conversion" screen.
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_current_conversion.png
Click on the "Convert Video" button and load in the video you want to convert to the Wii format. Most of the common file formats are supported, including AVI, MPEG, WMV, VOB, MOV and TivoToGo. You can also use Avisynth to basically load up any other file format, although this is not covered by this guide (hint: for basic Avisynth script creation, have a look at the "AviSynth Script Creator" section of our MeGUI conversion guide).
Select "Wii" for the "Device" setting and then select an encoding profile. The Wii only natively support the MJPEG codec, but through the Wii's Opera browser channel, you can also play back Flash video files (FLV) - you will need to install additional software for this, a separate guide on how to do this will be available soon. As mentioned previously 2048kbps will give you marginally acceptable video, with the file size (video portion only) being around 15 MB per minute. The big problem is the audio, being uncompressed, is around 10 MB per minute.
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_conversion_queue.png
Optional: you can click on the "Encoding Profiles" tab to change and create your own encoding profiles. The most obvious thing you might change is the Bitrate, increasing it will improve quality, but beware of the file size - to calculate the file size in MB terms, simply take the kbps value and then divide by 8192 (eg. 2048kbps / 8192 = 0.25 MB/s).
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_video_settings.png
You can now press the "Start" button and encoding will start immediately. When conversion has finished, check the output folder for your converted video file. Copy the file to your SD memory card, insert the card into the Wii and use the "Photo Channel" to view the video.
And you are done! :thumbup1:
Note: I didn't make this guide. Am just csharing the knowledge :thumbup:
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Software you'll need (freeware):
http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/wiivideo9/download/index.php
Hardware you'll need:
Nintendo Wii console
SD memory card (2GB or less, the larger and faster the better)
-------------------------------
Instructions:
Install Wii Video 9. Click on the "Settings" button, go to the "Devices" section and select the "Wii" sub-section. If your SD media card is connected, you can specify it's location using the "Device Folder" option. Otherwise, note the MJPEG videos output directory - this is where all your converted videos will be placed.
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_device_settings.png
Click on the "Convert" button at the top to go to the "Current Conversion" screen.
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_current_conversion.png
Click on the "Convert Video" button and load in the video you want to convert to the Wii format. Most of the common file formats are supported, including AVI, MPEG, WMV, VOB, MOV and TivoToGo. You can also use Avisynth to basically load up any other file format, although this is not covered by this guide (hint: for basic Avisynth script creation, have a look at the "AviSynth Script Creator" section of our MeGUI conversion guide).
Select "Wii" for the "Device" setting and then select an encoding profile. The Wii only natively support the MJPEG codec, but through the Wii's Opera browser channel, you can also play back Flash video files (FLV) - you will need to install additional software for this, a separate guide on how to do this will be available soon. As mentioned previously 2048kbps will give you marginally acceptable video, with the file size (video portion only) being around 15 MB per minute. The big problem is the audio, being uncompressed, is around 10 MB per minute.
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_conversion_queue.png
Optional: you can click on the "Encoding Profiles" tab to change and create your own encoding profiles. The most obvious thing you might change is the Bitrate, increasing it will improve quality, but beware of the file size - to calculate the file size in MB terms, simply take the kbps value and then divide by 8192 (eg. 2048kbps / 8192 = 0.25 MB/s).
http://www.digital-digest.com/images/articleimages/wii_video/wii_video_9_video_settings.png
You can now press the "Start" button and encoding will start immediately. When conversion has finished, check the output folder for your converted video file. Copy the file to your SD memory card, insert the card into the Wii and use the "Photo Channel" to view the video.
And you are done! :thumbup1:
