Hi all,

First off i've tried searching but the info is spread about and patchy at best or i just missed it.

What I would like to achieve is the ability to play video files that wont work on the wii (i have a large custom wmv file in mind first off that wont play on the wii) via streaming from my pc.

What i have:

Wii: 4.1E with all the trimmings - mplayer, mplayerce, geexbox, all ios's trucharized 2+ 202 222 223 249 etc (basically fully modded and working great!)

PC: Windows 7 with anything needed although was looking at streaming with either winamp or VLC but i can get whatever is best.

What i would like:

I would love a bit of advice on which media player to use on both pc and wii and some help setting it up (im not bad at this stuff but this particular task is new to me).
I would be greatful as would my misses

Many thanks,

Lee.

 

I'm not 100% sure about Windows 7, but I've had the SMB Share playing function in MPlayerCE with XP, Vista and my Slackware 12.2 box.

 

Windows 7 RTM build 7600 32-bit works fine with SMB for any Wii apps I tried (MPlayer CE, Wiixplorer and GUI WAD Manager)

 

you don't seem to be the only one with the smb freezing issue. take a look at the mplayer ce thread maybe you'll find a solution together.

am using win7 rc built 7127 x64 with smb shares and mplayer ce to stream my files over wifi and it's working like a charm.

 

There's no way you can stream a file of 4GB (what bitrate have you encoded it too, is it HD?), the wii's wifi is not that fast.

The only video files you can be sure will stream is the standard 700MB or 1400MB properly encoded divx/xvid files.

I suppose if not HD, it could be buffered prior to playing, but I don't think the wii has enough internal memory for that?

 

Just had a little play around with Playon Media Centre.

Basically it's a bit like orb, but has been "Optimized" for games consoles.

...and guess what it now is wii compatible! (well sort of lol)

It allows you to stream movies/music from your PC.

Again you use the wii's internet channel to access it...it's better than orb, but still a little laggy for my liking! It does a little decoding on the PC side, so I guess that's why it's a little bit faster.

It's not free though

http://www.themediamall.com/

It's funny, you're looking at ways to stream from the pc -> wii and I'm looking for ways to stream from the wii > pc

*edit* It's $40! That's bit much methinks. You can get $10 off btw if you use coupon code AUG10OFF, but only until the end of August.