Would it be possible to port Xbox homebrew to Wii?

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  1. riahc3
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    Would it be possible to port Xbox homebrew to Wii? I mean applications that more or less generally work for both such as XBMC....


    All (if not most) Xbox homebrew is open-source.
     
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    there was a mug who claimed he was doing it called wiimiidia player i think but it was fake.......
     
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    It would be possible, but xbox doesn't use PowerPC so it'd be easier to port linux/mac apps, I guess?
     
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    One problem would be the APIs. Xbox homebrew mostly uses the official Xbox SDK based on DirectX, which wouldn't easily translate to the Wii. Xbox homebrew using SDL would have a better chance. I don't think the PPC versus Intel issue is a problem as most code is in processor-neutral C/C++ anyway.
     
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