MPlayerWii v0.02 – faster SD reading, optimized audio playback

Okay, so maybe the wait for multi-capable video playback on your Wii is taking a lot longer than you could take. Luckily the homebrew community around the Nintendo Wii has enough projects going around to provide enough of a selection for homebrew users out there. For media players, we’ve seen DragonMedia Player and GeeXboX, but did you know there’s something out there for video buffs who don’t want to go through Linux? Take for instance, rOn’s MPlayerWii.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.02

MPlayerWii version 0.02 is still in very early build stages, but if you’re looking for a Wii-native media player for your video files, this would probably be your first pick. Not only does this Wii port of MPlayer already have decoder support in place for six formats, it can also read these video formats from eight different movie file types.

Homebrew developer rOn’s (aka fcorbier) latest release patches some of the bugs from the first release of MPlayerWii, and now it incorporates svenp’s libfat library for faster reading from the SD card.

In addition, the player’s audio engine has been optimized for better playback, and there’s a in-control pause button (button [A]). Other changes include:

disabled MPlayer’s error/status text during video playback
file list now displays 20 files instead of 10

Time to let loose the juice then, people! But be reminded that the version 0.02’s code is still early (being as it was just ported over to the Wii by Christophe Thibault), and it may exhibit hitches with certain movie files.

Also, you must have Homebrew Channel installed for this application to work – nothing like an in-house homebrew launcher to handle the menial tasks for you anyway.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.02

Via rOn

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