Homebrew Official Wii Youtube Channel will soon no longer be supported, is there a Hombrew App to replace it?

HangmanHorror · Jul 25, 2017

dAVID_ said:
When was the last update?

The last update of what ? Something like late 2016 for Not64, it's still in progress. some more recent progress for Snesxgx and emgba, but you're missing the point.
My advice would be for you to go "trolling" elsewhere, we dont need this kind of bullshit here right now. Your statement doesn't mean anything and isn't needed, go elsewhere please

dAVID_ · Jul 25, 2017

HangmanHorror said:
The last update of what ? Something like late 2016 for Not64, it's still in progress. some more recent progress for Snesxgx and emgba, but you're missing the point.
My advice would be for you to go "trolling" elsewhere, we dont need this kind of bullshit here right now. Your statement doesn't mean anything and isn't needed, go elsewhere please

Woah, calm tf down. I haven't seen any updates here, that's why I assumed this. You're right, my mistake, but please calm down.

DarthDub · Jul 25, 2017

dAVID_ said:
Woah, calm tf down. I haven't seen any updates here, that's why I assumed this. You're right, my mistake, but please calm down.

Nintendont still gets updated every so often.

Winter-Knight · Jul 25, 2017

HangmanHorror said:
By the way did you try to decipher the way that youtube used to work on wiimc previously ?
The wiimc site used to host "youtube.php" but not anymore, it gives an error.

Yeah, I reverse engineered how WiiMC interprets search responses. I've considered putting it on my project's wiki. It accepts text files, one result per line. It prints everything after the first "/", and if selected, it will submit the entire line in a GET request. It also accepts video files, which it plays after it buffers a certain amount. I've tested with the video/mp4 files that Youtube shares.

HangmanHorror said:
i don't know much about php and stuff, but wouldn't it be easier to try and implement a new "youtube.php" on another site ?

That is what I did, except instead of PHP I used Python, because I'm more familiar with it and just generally like it better.

I've decided to share my server with you guys. It's at http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py . I have a cheap plan, with 128MB, 12GB disk space, and 500GB bandwidth per month. I don't know how long the bandwidth will last, especially since whatever videos it uploads it has to download first, I assume I get dinged double for that. I set up a script to shut off my web server if it gets close to my limit.

So even without a web server, you guys can try out WiiMC + Youtube right now if you edit the Youtube lines of onlinemedia.xml files to read as follows:

<link name="YouTube" type="search" addr="http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py?watch=" />
<link name="YouTube - Search" type="search" addr="http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py?query=" />

PrincessLillie · Jul 25, 2017

dAVID_ said:
When was the last update?

If I remember correctly, MKWii CTGP Revolution gets updated every now and then and RiiConnect24 is apparently working on getting the Everybody Votes Channel up again. (Hype!)

incidentallyscribble · Jul 25, 2017

Winter-Knight said:
Yeah, I reverse engineered how WiiMC interprets search responses. I've considered putting it on my project's wiki. It accepts text files, one result per line. It prints everything after the first "/", and if selected, it will submit the entire line in a GET request. It also accepts video files, which it plays after it buffers a certain amount. I've tested with the video/mp4 files that Youtube shares.

That is what I did, except instead of PHP I used Python, because I'm more familiar with it and just generally like it better.

I've decided to share my server with you guys. It's at http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py . I have a cheap plan, with 128MB, 12GB disk space, and 500GB bandwidth per month. I don't know how long the bandwidth will last, especially since whatever videos it uploads it has to download first, I assume I get dinged double for that. I set up a script to shut off my web server if it gets close to my limit.

So even without a web server, you guys can try out WiiMC + Youtube right now if you edit the Youtube lines of onlinemedia.xml files to read as follows:

<link name="YouTube" type="search" addr="http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py?watch=" />
<link name="YouTube - Search" type="search" addr="http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py?query=" />

Nice! Mind if I make a custom version of wiimc using this and upload it here? If you don't want me to, thats ok, thanks again!

Winter-Knight · Jul 26, 2017

Sounds good.

Sticksandstones · Jul 26, 2017

Winter-Knight said:
I've decided to share my server with you guys. It's at http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py . I have a cheap plan, with 128MB, 12GB disk space, and 500GB bandwidth per month. I don't know how long the bandwidth will last, especially since whatever videos it uploads it has to download first, I assume I get dinged double for that. I set up a script to shut off my web server if it gets close to my limit.

This is great! Thanks a lot for this. You've done an awesome thing for those who miss YouTube on Wii and I really appreciate it. I'll use this until I can learn how to successfully use IIS manager or something to figure out a way to set it all up on my own, which I have zero experience with doing.

Winter-Knight · Jul 26, 2017

@Sticksandstones, why IIS? Would you be installing a web server on your home computer or using a shared host or VPS?

Sticksandstones · Jul 26, 2017

Winter-Knight said:
@Sticksandstones, why IIS? Would you be installing a web server on your home computer or using a shared host or VPS?

What I'm trying to do is set up a server to make it possible to play YouTube videos on WiiMC with the Wiis in my own house, by directing WiiMC to a localhost via onlinemedia.xml, but to answer your question--because I don't know any better.

GreyWolf · Jul 26, 2017

Local IIS should work fine. It supports PHP and Python.

HangmanHorror · Jul 26, 2017

Winter-Knight said:
I've decided to share my server with you guys. It's at http://107.191.118.141/cgi-bin/youtube.py

Man, that's freaking awesome ! thanks alot, i'm really grateful.
I wish i could try it now, but i'll have to wait 2 more weeks till i'm home.

Anybody could take some pictures of it to make me drool ? haha

btw videos still have the thumbnails like they used to on Wiimc ? wouldn't be too much of a problem if they dont, tho

Sticksandstones · Jul 26, 2017

GreyWolf said:
Local IIS should work fine. It supports PHP and Python.

I would think so, but it's proving rather difficult. I've gotten as far as to access the .py, but if I add a ?query=[value], unlike his mine just prints the .py file in the form of its text code, while his produces usable results that work properly with WiiMC. I'm pretty sure I've set the server up correctly since I can access the .py externally, it's just not working the same way his is, even though I seem to have followed the instructions to the T.

Winter-Knight · Jul 26, 2017

Yeah, IIS on a local network will work. I asked mainly because it would be a serious limiter if you were looking for a web host with IIS.

Even for Windows, I'd recommend Apache or NGINX over IIS. IIS is really big, complicated, and difficult, and overkill for running a few scripts and serving a few files.

HangmanHorror said:
btw videos still have the thumbnails like they used to on Wiimc ?

I hadn't seen WiiMC while Youtube was still supported. I suspected thumbnails were possible, but I haven't figured out how to use them.

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Sticksandstones said:
I've gotten as far as to access the .py, but if I add a ?query=[value], unlike his mine just prints the .py file in the form of its text code

Sounds like you're almost there. I tried looking on the internet for a solution, but was not able to find anyone else with this particular problem. Good luck.

Sticksandstones · Jul 26, 2017

I think I'm going to say screw IIS. I've read that for stuff like this, it is indeed unreliable and shoddy, and also quite vulnerable. I'm going to try an Apache with EasyPHP when I get home.

GreyWolf · Jul 27, 2017

Use what you wish but there's nothing wrong with IIS.

incidentallyscribble · Jul 27, 2017

RELEASE
WiiMC+YT (end-user edition!)

This is basically just WiiiMC with the addition of YouTube support (thanks @Winter-Knight !)
It's still in early beta and stuff, but at least now it exists!
It's made as simple as possible, just download, move to SD Card, and run!
.zip File Linked Below - Enjoy!
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Credits: @Winter-Knight
Creators of WiiMC
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DOWNLOAD

HugaTheFox · Jul 27, 2017

Larsenv said:
You can probably use the Internet Channel to view YouTube, but that uses Flash so I don't think it'd work. Maybe some website will work and will play them.

Many other devices have YouTube on them, so I guess you could get something like a Roku, Chromecast or Apple TV to watch YouTube and other things in HD...

Flash will be dead one 2020 comes

ENDvy · Aug 27, 2017

So i've copied the wiimc+yt to my sd, how do i use it?

incidentallyscribble · Aug 29, 2017

ENDvy said:
So i've copied the wiimc+yt to my sd, how do i use it?

1. Rename it to "WiiMC"
2. Install the forwarder (can be found on official wiimc site)
3. Open through channel and select youtube

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