MFE-Wii port using wii-linux

**guyhebert** · April 8th, 2008, 17:11

Thanks for this release. I've been dying for a way to reliably play video on the Wii.

I can't seem to get any avi video working. I've tried videos of 11mb, 50mb, and 700mb, and each video plays the first few frames, then dumps me back to the main menu.

Also, the menu controls are reversed (up on the d-pad moves down, and down on the d-pad moves up).

Anyone else having these issues, or is it just me? (NTSC Wii, btw)

**TheFoil** · April 8th, 2008, 21:09

Originally Posted by guyhebert

Also, the menu controls are reversed (up on the d-pad moves down, and down on the d-pad moves up).

Anyone else having these issues, or is it just me? (NTSC Wii, btw)

Yep I get the same reversed-up-down controls bug as well.

Also the old bug (although I guess I wouldn't really call it a bug, more of a missing feature) of stopping after after a song has played rather than moving on to the next track. Makes it hard to listen to albums.

AVI's work fine for me however. One file which didn't work for me also didn't work on the PS2 SMS media player, so I figure its something wrong with that particular AVI file.

**TheFoil** · April 8th, 2008, 21:48

Oh I should also add that, similar to the original MFE, it also doesn't work using a component cable on my PAL Wii.

An updated MFE version (for gamecube mode) fixed this problem a while back though, so I'm guessing this wouldn't be too hard to fix?

**misticknight** · April 8th, 2008, 22:25

what exactly is this?

**Gliz9** · April 8th, 2008, 22:41

This is basically a media player, although not a very good one from my experience.

**Mr.Guy** · April 8th, 2008, 22:42

Yep no avi works even after restarting the wii. I get the same problem except there is no image. I put like 40 mp3s on it and only 1 doesn't work. So is there something wrong with the program?

**DimensionT** · April 8th, 2008, 22:43

The AVI issues are most likely due to slow SD reading speeds. If it can't read from the card fast enough, it's not gonna be able to play the video.

**Gliz9** · April 8th, 2008, 22:53

Originally Posted by DimensionT

The AVI issues are most likely due to slow SD reading speeds. If it can't read from the card fast enough, it's not gonna be able to play the video.

yep, thats whats happening to me. I can play mpg4 but its slow and the audio is horrible.

**DimensionT** · April 8th, 2008, 22:58

Try re-encoding a few videos with lower settings (lower bitrate, smaller resolution, mono sound). If these run better, then it's your card... As other people are saying they have no problems.