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Title: how to play movies through a wii
Post by: relluf on 16 November 2010, 18:31:57

Hi , right as above for all you techno guys , (which i am not ).
 i have been gifted a wii and am trying to figure a way of playing movies direct from a 1tb ext hard drive using the aforementioned device to show on the tv, or failing that an easy way of getting them onto the tv screen, the pc is at the other end of the room and tv has no hdmi socket. Any ideas anyone?

Title: Re: HOW TO PLAY MOVIES THROUGH A WII
Post by: Plomien on 16 November 2010, 18:34:51

what model is the tv?
easy way is burn them to dvd if its home movies and play in the wii, I am assuming this is for legal downloads such as love films download service?
some tvs have a pc in link and the cables can be easily bought, you can get various adapters to do it as well

Title: Re: how to play movies through a wii
Post by: Gaffers on 16 November 2010, 18:53:54

i might be proved wrong but i thought the wii couldnt play dvds/mpegs/dvix :-/

Title: Re: how to play movies through a wii
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 November 2010, 18:58:01

They are locked down - not really suitable as media hubs

Title: Re: how to play movies through a wii
Post by: CaptainZok on 16 November 2010, 19:06:36

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i might be proved wrong but i thought the wii couldnt play dvds/mpegs/dvix :-/

There are ways but I'd expect the discussion would quickly fall foul of forum policy.
Google homebrew channel and it should give you some ideas.

Title: Re: how to play movies through a wii
Post by: relluf on 16 November 2010, 19:13:13

Ok forum police not need be alerted !! thanks for your pointers guys.

Title: Re: how to play movies through a wii
Post by: TheBoy on 16 November 2010, 20:34:09

There is no legal way, and that makes any discussion of ways unsuitable for this site...

Locking, sorry.