Movie Playback On Wii

While homebrewers already managed to get DVD-playback on their modified Wii's, the big crowd had to wait. Now X-OOM throws in movie-playback from the memory card slot.

X-OOM Software, a leading publisher of digital media software for mobile devices, has launched X-OOM Movies on Wii. Nintendo fans will breathe a sigh of relief as movies and TV shows can now be converted for playback on their TV via the Wii.

X-OOM's latest software, supporting the MJPEG codec, allows for perfect quality playback. Simply run the DVD on a PC and save the file using "Movies on Wii" to the appropriate format; once this is complete, transfer the file to the Wii using an SD memory card.

With a number of editing options including an "Expert Mode", you can also cut and back up individual scenes and whole movies as you wish. With help from X-OOM's Fit-To-Stick technology, movies can be automatically loaded onto the memory card in a short, simple process using only the space that is available. X-OOM Movies on Wii offers extensive support of video formats including DivX, XviD, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV and more.

X-OOM Movies on Wii will be available for a price of £19.99 (about 30 euro's).

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  Heard about it, but Wii update version 3 will render the Wii with WiiKey installed unusable. Back a long time ago Nintendo already announced they will release a new version of Wii with DVD playback build-in, but I haven't heard any follow up ever since.

  LeSomeGuy, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  I prefer to wait the Wii enhanced version with DVD playback promised by Reggie.

  Olpus Bonzo, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Wasn't that one Japan-only?

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Since Wii's photo channel has the ability to play a certain format of AVI and MP3 files, a DVD playback channel shouldn't be that difficult to write. As the matter of fact, the Opera has the ability to play FLV files, so in theory, a user can compile any video into flash format (for those of you don't know what I am talking about, YouTube video format) and play them from SD card.

  LeSomeGuy, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  That is, if Opera can access the SD card.

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00