GeexBox 0.1alpha2

[wraggster]

Farter has once again updated the Media Player for the Wii, heres the full details:

GeeXboX is a media player software. It can play videos, play music (with visualization) and display photo slideshows.

Major new features: bluetooth (remote control, obex file push, networking and audio partially working), USB storage, USB Ethernet, http/telnet/ftp server, netstreaming, image viewer, goom visuals for audio playback, .... Most of the new features are fully or partially tested, some are not, yet.

20080808: 0.1alpha2. Feature improvement release.

Simplified wiimote connection and reconnection
Auto-repeat wiimote commands when buttons are held down
Kernel patch update
Update to MPlayer svn snapshot 20080806.

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[davidw89]

Does networking work now??

[soldierblade2k5]

Wireless isnt working yet, but if im reading the readme correctly wired does work via the usb adapter. The problem with that is that the wii's usb ports are 1.1 so streaming probably wont be very nice. I managed to get bluetooth obex working with my smartphone though and thats an awesome feature. I nmoticed a few video playback problems. It seems to crash when i try to play 3gp or mkv contained videos. It plays the crap out of avis though! :thumbup: This is one kick ass alpha... cant wait to see how it evolves. Damn nice work!!!

[rybqdt]

This is indeed great homebrew

btw, is it normal for only the D-Pad on the wiimote to work? Or am I doing something wrong? I pressed every button to check. Also, while the D-pad works, the lights aren't on (I'm not sure if that's normal)

I got the keyboard to work, though.

Thanks for any help.

[Starscream]

Same for me, D-Pad only. Isn't really a problem though.

MKV support might depend on the codecs used. I tried a file containing AAC and h264, but it was damn slow.
I extracted the video and subtitles and converted the audio to Mp3, and the resulting avi played fine.

[davidw89]

Yeah well if the usb lan adaptor works how come theres no instruction on HOW to get it working?

[justinswood]

This version does not work with my USB hard drive so I have had to go back to the previous version (which works fine)