DVDX is a homebrew application that installs a hidden “channel” which can be used by other homebrew applications to access home burned and factory pressed DVD content without the need for a modchip. This does not modify any IOS in any way, making it very safe.

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A recent Wii Firmware Update has stopped homebrew from working apparently. The update added a few small things to the Japanese Wii Shop Channel, mainly renaming Wii Points to Nintendo Points, and didn’t really do too much elsewhere. But now we know that it had a hidden agenda. If you already have the Homebrew Channel installed on your Wii, you should be fine, but if anyone wants to take part in homebrew now, they won’t be able to. Having said that, workarounds have been created for past updates, so it’s possible that something will be figured out to allow homebrew once again.

[Via Engadget]

IOS51 & Updated all IOSes except IOS30, IOS31 and IOS37 (these were already updated, see below)

Released: 23rd October 2008

• This blocks new installations of anything fakesigned, that is, Homebrew Channel (both new installs and updates), unofficial wads (legal and illegal), Starfall, cIOS, BootMii, anything that installs IOSes secretly like AnyRegion Changer or AnyTitle Deleter, xyzzy and DVDX (used for apps which have DVD support). However, if you already have cIOS installed, you can still install wads with WAD Manager. This list is not exhaustive, but please add to it if you think of anything else.
• This also blocks access to /dev/flash in all IOSes but IOS30, IOS31 and IOS37. This means raw nand dumping utilities, for example Yet Another Wii NAND Dumper, no longer work, since by default homebrew uses IOS35
• If something is already installed then it isn’t affected, like Homebrew Channel, etc.
• The homebrew developers are already planning how to work around this update.
• You currently need this update to access the Wii Shop Channel, but this can now be worked around with Wii Shop and IOS51 installer.
• If you already have the Homebrew Channel and DVDX, and aren’t planning to install anything big that will affect your Wii, then you are most likely unaffected. Normal everyday apps such as Homebrew Browser are completely unaffected as long as you already have the Homebrew Channel.
• It updates all IOSes with the fakesigning bug, and adds IOS51.

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MPlayerWii is an audio/video player. It is a native port of the MPlayer media player. It will play almost any kind of audio file but still needs improvement on video playback.

File Formats Tested

• Containers: AVI, WMV, MKV, MP3, FLV (Flash Video), MP4, M4V, QuickTime
• Video codecs: Xvid, DivX, Windows Media, MPEG 1/2, H.264
• Audio codecs: MP1/2/3, Windows Media, AAC

This now has faster USB read times for USB storage.  Widescreen support, video scaling with the nunchuk.

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 Source: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps/MPlayerWii

The Wasabi Team have released their promised upgrade for their line of drive based modification chips for the Nintendo Wii. These chips allow you to boot unsigned code including homebrew and legitimate game backups. As promised this new firmware includes D2E support. The Wasabi modchip supports DMS, D2B, D2C, D2C2 and D2E drives.

What’s New?

• Added D2E support (Wasabi rev.2 only)
• Fixed slow reset-to-spinning time problem that existed on some rare installs
• Various drivecode improvements for all drive versions (DMS, D2B, D2C, D2C2)

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The Homebrew Browser allows you to download the latest homebrew applications and games all through your Wii. You don’t need to take your SD card out. You don’t even need a computer! You can also delete homebrew you no longer want.

No more dead links, no more extracting files, no more finding out that the homebrew application doesn’t include an icon.png and meta.xml in the zip file!

Note: Not all applications/games are included yet. They will be added over time.

• One click download and install for each homebrew application
• One click deletion of homebrew applications
• One click update for homebrew apps
• Auto updating when your Homebrew Browser version is out of date

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This new version of the Twilight Hack is compatible with version 3.3 of the Wii System Menu, using the workarounds explained in previous posts. Thanks to everyone on IRC who contributed to the search for the bugs, and to tmbinc and tehpola for finding the two bugs that make this possible.

Changelog for this release:

• The Twilight Hack is now compatible with version 3.3 of the Wii System Menu.
• Improvements in video configuration. The entire console should now be visible in all video modes, and scrolling has been improved.
• For the USA version, the two variants of the hack have been packed into one save file. Just select the save slot that corresponds to your version of Twilight Pricess when you start the game.
• New savegame icons by drmr. The new icons now show which region that version of the hack is for.
• This version now tries to load boot.dol, and falls back to boot.elf if boot.dol is not found.
• ???????
• Many, many bug fixes.

Download it here. Head over to Wiibrew for more information and updates. See the included README for installation and usage instructions.

Source: www.hackmii.com

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A Windows program and menu that installs everything you need to start running homebrew on you wii!  This will require Legend of Zelda, and it is unknown if this will work with the latest Wii 3.3 firmware update. 

1. Formats your SD Card for the Wii
2. Installs the correct Twilight Hack files onto SD card with correct folders
3. Installs the Homebrew Channel beta 8 onto SD card
4. Installs homebrew apps that can be launched from the Homebrew Channel
5. Includes instructions and a how to video built right into the installer program

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Find the latest updates and more information here:  http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Brew_SD_Installer

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Another alternative to the higher price of the USB Gecko, is the SD Gecko. An SD Gecko, or Clone can be had for around $20 on ebay. They are identical to our previous instructional post on how to create your own! The only difference is these are on a nice pcb board with sd card spring loader.

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