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Netflix for Wii - mini review
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16. April 2010 @ 12:35 |
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Worked fine, but wouldn't dump to my HDD using Configurable USB loader. After the first 50% of the dump, I started getting error -2.
I used the DVD to stream a cartoon for my son, and it worked quite well.
I did get the "System Files are corrupted error" after exiting to the menu, but as you may have seen from my other thread, this has been occurring with other titles.
I do not have a wired cable connection where the TV is (It's primarily for the Wii), so I consider this an added bonus.
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16. April 2010 @ 14:31 |
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Sorry to ask people these five questions, having done so little research, but sciatica has me frozen at the moment; and my granddaughter is bouncing about in anticipation. I've found most Wii people aren't interested in such trivial questions on the forum. It's more likely those reading 'dailun's post have already answered these.
GRANDDAUGHTER
Our instant streaming disc, for streaming Netflix through a Wii, came a couple of days ago. My granddaughter is in the 1st grade, and has both cousins in a nearby town and friends at school she would like to play Wii games against. She was also given an SGi XL, which is at school with its docs. (I'm introducing her to golf & billiard games using the Wii, but Debian Jr has, IMO, more educational use. If she could compete interactively with her friends, though, she might find the word games on her Nintendos more interesting. I find their sports programming amazingly creative & bug free.)
SECRET NETFLIX DISC
While at school, I can stream ancient Dr Whos through the Wii disc's MS DRM. ('The Frog that Ate Tokyo' makes great white noise for my research.) I don't mean to pump 'dailun' for information, but perhaps someone else who has both WiiConnect24 (or similar) and Netflix streaming over the Wii can offer some suggestions.
lOOK IT UP YOURSELF
While I've been ill, all my Apple discs were taken (by our cat, my wife tells me). So, until Fang's lair if found, I'm running Debian Gnu/Linux on whatever toaster I can find. I trust that streaming Netflix over the Wii requires a LAN & computer.
1. Wii's 'Endless Ocean' was fairly well gouged by someone, probably by placing it in the Wii while a disc was already present. I can place a flat object under a soft towel containing a bit of fine grey rubbing powder, then one containing red polishing rouge and hope to remove the gouges. (Kits would be hopeless.) Anyone try this, or is the professional polishing of optical media a local service one can find?
2. SD memory cards are a mystery to me. (The only USB flash drive I bought, to boot a GNU/Linux, had an unadvertised, irremovable partition of Windows spyware that ate the MBR.) Are Wii games sold on CDs or DVDs? (How large are games?) To run copies of discs, is it most economical to buy SD, SDHC, miniSD, microSD. Does one buy a single miniSD adapter and MicroSD adapter? Scores aren't as important as code & cost to me. What do most people use?
3. My granddaughter just got a Nintendo SDi XL. It communicates using WiFi. (She has the docs at school at the moment.) Because of 'Fang', my network is in shambles. Was thinking of temporarily connecting a brick-shaped 'Airport Extreme' to my ISP by DSL, connecting the Wii to it by ethernet cable and a Frankenstein-produced GNU/Linux computer to the router by shielded ethernet cable. I've already bought a component cable (modern me) to connect the Wii to our digital TV. This way, Bluetooth connects the remotes to the Wii and WiFi (IEEE 802.11g, WPA is minimal security for me) connects the SGi XL to the Wii. Is this normal?
4. I see, to do this, Nintendo 'sells separately' the 'Wii LAN adapter'. Is this just the standard 1000 GB/sec USB Ethernet Adapter (dongling bridge), of which a couple are lying about?
5. It's time to ask my local ISP to bump my 150 Mbps DSL to ... what? Netflix advertised 300 Mbps for 'DVD' quality (Wii analog VHS quality), which high-resolution displays interpolate beautifully for my poor vision. My ISP's streaming rate is independent of time of day, and doubling the speed is an extra US$10 a month. It has a maximal data download: I'll do some calculations. (Should I multiply bps by 10/8 for TCP/ip?) Was Netflix being conservative, or shall I first try 300 Mbps?
Thanks to anyone who has encountered the same questions. or has a blog or website that might answer these five! Many seem necessary for streaming Netflix over the Wii to one's TV.
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16. April 2010 @ 15:40 |
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1. Wii's 'Endless Ocean' was fairly well gouged by someone, probably by placing it in the Wii while a disc was already present. I can place a flat object under a soft towel containing a bit of fine grey rubbing powder, then one containing red polishing rouge and hope to remove the gouges. (Kits would be hopeless.) Anyone try this, or is the professional polishing of optical media a local service one can find?
JMHO, but I'll bet if you contact the publisher they's provide a replacement at a nominal price.
2. SD memory cards are a mystery to me. (The only USB flash drive I bought, to boot a GNU/Linux, had an unadvertised, irremovable partition of Windows spyware that ate the MBR.) Are Wii games sold on CDs or DVDs? (How large are games?) To run copies of discs, is it most economical to buy SD, SDHC, miniSD, microSD. Does one buy a single miniSD adapter and MicroSD adapter? Scores aren't as important as code & cost to me. What do most people use?
Wii games - DVD, Games occupy the full capacity of a 4.7 or 9.4 GB due to padding, but the actual size is 350MB to full capacity. IMHO If you're going to go to all of the trouble to softmod your Wii to run games from "alternate nedia, an external HDD provides the lowest cost per game.
3. My granddaughter just got a Nintendo SDi XL. It communicates using WiFi. (She has the docs at school at the moment.) Because of 'Fang', my network is in shambles. Was thinking of temporarily connecting a brick-shaped 'Airport Extreme' to my ISP by DSL, connecting the Wii to it by ethernet cable and a Frankenstein-produced GNU/Linux computer to the router by shielded ethernet cable. I've already bought a component cable (modern me) to connect the Wii to our digital TV. This way, Bluetooth connects the remotes to the Wii and WiFi (IEEE 802.11g, WPA is minimal security for me) connects the SGi XL to the Wii. Is this normal?
The wii has no native wired Ethernet interface. 802.11 b/g (I forget which) with WPA is possible with the Wii. I do not know about the DSiXL, but NDS use 802.11b WEP to connect to the internet and a proprietary method for connecting to the Wii.
4. I see, to do this, Nintendo 'sells separately' the 'Wii LAN adapter'. Is this just the standard 1000 GB/sec USB Ethernet Adapter (dongling bridge), of which a couple are lying about?
I believe that the Wii LAN adapter has been discontinued. It is specific to the Wii. there are anecdotal reports of generic adapters working.
5. It's time to ask my local ISP to bump my 150 Mbps DSL to ... what? Netflix advertised 300 Mbps for 'DVD' quality (Wii analog VHS quality), which high-resolution displays interpolate beautifully for my poor vision. My ISP's streaming rate is independent of time of day, and doubling the speed is an extra US$10 a month. It has a maximal data download: I'll do some calculations. (Should I multiply bps by 10/8 for TCP/ip?) Was Netflix being conservative, or shall I first try 300 Mbps?
Can't comment, I have a cable modem.
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16. April 2010 @ 17:33 |
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Thanks very mch! Sorry about posting here, but I'm glad a did: I see great problems. One should never have a WEP encrypted device attached to a LAN; there is no NIC, and it would take about six Wi-Fi connections to provide the bandwidth suggested by Netflix. I'll work on it ... then probably buy a used Mac. :-( Thanks you very kindly, though! (I've found, through experience, that when one has few resources available, one really hasn't any at all.)
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16. April 2010 @ 18:25 |
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Clarification:
WEP is only required for Legacy Nintendo DS/DSL. DSi DSiXL suport WPA and the DS to Wii connection is proprietary and local.
re: "it would take about six Wi-Fi connections to provide the bandwidth suggested by Netflix" - ???????
Wireless router to Wii is adequate for video (802.11g) which is 54/108Mbps). the question is whether or not your DSL connection is fast enough to serve it up to your router.
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