Wii output is fixed. Hooray!

[erster_schlumpf]

Could someone please help me....I really dont understand how to combine evwiiu an boot2vwii.

 

[CheatFreak47]

I'm sorry to write to you directly, but unfortunately no one at GBATemp is answering me and I'm a bit lost. Here (https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-output-is-fixed-hooray.628514/post-10113726) you discussed the following settings need to be made to produce the "best" vWii output:

evWii: TV Viewport Width/Height to 704x480

boot vWii via boot2vWii with 720p/1080p

USBLoader: eflicker set to Off (Extended) and Video Width set to Auto

My Questions are:

Did I understand these settings right?

to 2. Why should I force 720p or 1080p (this is the standard upscaling) - Couldn't I then simply do without boot2vwii?

to 2. What is better: 720p or 1080p?

to 2. How exactly do you do this?

Many thanks for your help (if you do).

Replying to the DM you sent me publicly instead for formatting.

to 2. Why should I force 720p or 1080p (this is the standard upscaling) - Couldn't I then simply do without boot2vwii?

For whatever reason I found color-bleeding was worse when booting the vWii Menu and navigating to USB Loader GX manually than when opening it with the boot2vwii forwarder. Why is anyone's guess. It just seemed to be the case.

to 2. What is better: 720p or 1080p?

Both are equally meh. 1080p probably a tad better but the reason not 480p is that Wii U's 480p output over HDMI looks way softer than a real Wii does.

to 2. How exactly do you do this?

1. Set up USB Loader GX and ensure it is working.
2. Install the vWii compatible UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder wad in vWii using a vWii wad manager like Some YAWMM Mod
3. Compile Boot2vwii with to forward to the UNEO forwarder you installed on vWii, and place the wuhb file in wiiu/apps on the SD card. I do not bother forcing a video mode since my Wii U mode is always outputting in 1080p by default anyway, but if you wanted to force a video mode, you could by changing the make flags.

I posted some image assets you can use for the icon and splash screen when compiling on the boot2vwii thread somewhere (page 5 or so?). If you can't be bothered to compile, here is my own old personal wuhb compiles here (see attachment to the post. You still need to install the UNEO USB Loader GX vWii forwarder.)

 

[erster_schlumpf]

Thank you very much, you are awesome! But I du have three more questions:
1) Surely boot2vwii only offers the ability to force 720p, npt 1080p (or is "None" to force 1080p)?
2) You are talking about "video mode" - you must mean 720p, right?
3) If you are not forcing "video mode", does that mean you are forcing "None" or that you are not forcing anything?

To summarise:
1) Install USB Loader GX on the vWii
1a) Set to Off (Advanced) and Video Width to Auto
2) Install UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder wad in vWii
3) Compile boot2vwii to redirect to the wad (see boot2vwii questions above)
4) evWii: TV viewport width/height to 704x480

And then I have a great vWii picture, right?

 

[CheatFreak47]

Thank you very much, you are awesome! But I du have three more questions:
1) Surely boot2vwii only offers the ability to force 720p, npt 1080p (or is "None" to force 1080p)?
2) You are talking about "video mode" - you must mean 720p, right?
3) If you are not forcing "video mode", does that mean you are forcing "None" or that you are not forcing anything?

To summarise:
1) Install USB Loader GX on the vWii
1a) Set to Off (Advanced) and Video Width to Auto
2) Install UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder wad in vWii
3) Compile boot2vwii to redirect to the wad (see boot2vwii questions above)
4) evWii: TV viewport width/height to 704x480

And then I have a great vWii picture, right?

Boot2vWii offers the option to force P480, P720, NONE as compile time flags. See the readme.md on the repo for details. The build I posted earlier on the boot2vwii thread was compiled as NONE. When the Wii U itself is set to 1080p, results in no video mode change, most people run their Wii U at 1080p as you would imagine. And yes, in USB Loader GX, Deflicker should be set to Off (Advanced) and Video Width to Auto. This will yield the best looking results from my testing from my recollection, and is how I generally play Wii games on my Wii U, on the occasion I decide to do so.

 

[lightwo]

This is such a nuisance... I tried both framebuffer width at DMCU 640x480 and auto width at DMCU 704x480. Both of them seem to result in perfect image quality only sometimes.

The one workaround I found was to pull the plug and then go back into vWii with ULGX Boot2vWii forwarder. This is bizarre. It reminds me of PS2's mechacon being powered on even during standby, which begs the question; if true, why would DMCU be powered on during standby...?

Furthermore, I found that Mario Kart Wii looks perfect, whereas New Super Mario Bros. Wii has very slight chroma shift. On previously posted screenshots, NSMBWii had no chroma shift. Is it possible to shift image by 1 pixel like it is in Nintendont? That indeed fixed it for me, as suggested in a previous post, so I'm wondering if it can be done on Wii games too.

 

[lightwo]

Okay, I settled for a compromise: it does seem that Auto with DMCU 704x480 looks most accurate for some games, but for the aforementioned NSMBW chroma shift issue that happens no matter what with these settings, I decided to keep the same DMCU resolution, and force Framebuffer width only for that game.

The results (not 100% representative as my capture card has its own chroma shift problem...):

Wii component through Portta component to HDMI converter:

Wii U HDMI w/ DMCU 704x480 and Framebuffer width:

Ever so slightly squished, but I guess that's better than having to manually swap between DMCU resolutions depending on the game to play.

Also, unrelated, but I can't recommend the Portta converter as I got 2 (1 free replacement), and both have unsteady video, one more so than the other.

 

[azy77]

Can someone please give some advice for my vwii.

I only use VC Wii games so do not have USB Loader GX. My Wii U is set to 1080p andI installed the evwii plugin for Aroma and did notice sharper picture on Wii games. Is that all I have to do or do I have to mess with some settings to optimise it?

Edit: After further looking into it I have realised there's no messing about involved yay.