Professor E. Gadd
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I was a heavy user of WiiMC on the original Wii (as well as XBMC on the original Xbox), and I have a feeling that I'm going to retire my Wii soon and replace it with a Wii U. Have people been able to get WiiMC to work on the Wii U? Have people been able to get any homebrew to work on the Wii U for that matter?
For those who aren't familiar with this app, WiiMC is a homebrew media player for the Wii based on an open-source media player called mplayer, which was also originally used as the core player behind XBMC. WiiMC allows you to watch any movie file you want through your Wii and control playback with the Wii Remote. I have countless TV episodes saved on a hard drive which is connected to my Wii, and that's how I watch all my TV shows, as well as movies.
One reason I want to switch to Wii U is to watch all my video content in HD at 1080p, since Wii maxed out at 480p. Yeah, pretty sad state of affairs when you're still stuck watching your movies in standard definition.
For those who aren't familiar with this app, WiiMC is a homebrew media player for the Wii based on an open-source media player called mplayer, which was also originally used as the core player behind XBMC. WiiMC allows you to watch any movie file you want through your Wii and control playback with the Wii Remote. I have countless TV episodes saved on a hard drive which is connected to my Wii, and that's how I watch all my TV shows, as well as movies.
One reason I want to switch to Wii U is to watch all my video content in HD at 1080p, since Wii maxed out at 480p. Yeah, pretty sad state of affairs when you're still stuck watching your movies in standard definition.