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HOW to backup WII GAMES.(guide)
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tai927
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16. January 2008 @ 01:43 |
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anyone know if LG H62N works to back up games?
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kingryry
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16. January 2008 @ 06:42 |
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Yeah the £6 a month I pay is for unlimited downloads, so you can download as much as you want un-capped. The other thing you need to look at is the retention rates.
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For news servers provided by Internet Service Providers (ISP's) as part of a user's subscription package, typical retention rates are usually only 2-4 days.
For premium news servers, this is normally aroud 3 months
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Fireman4u
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16. January 2008 @ 08:39 |
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Originally posted by westaj:
Quick question.
I put a DVD into my Wii expecting it to play and it didn't. (It's not modded yet.)
After I add the D2C modchip will it allow me to play DVD Movies as well?
That's kind of dumb it doesn't do it already. Even PS2 plays movies. And it's not like it doesn't have a DVD drive built into it.
Not sure if Wii will play movies.
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kingryry
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16. January 2008 @ 09:05 |
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wii's do not play dvd's as of yet.
but the new ones will
http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6161611.html
I think its a bit of redemption for the poor new guys who have to fork out 100 quid for a DC2KEY modchip.
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dahawaiin
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16. January 2008 @ 10:40 |
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So does anyone know if the new units have the DVD support yet? This link says second half of 2007, and it's now 2008. Can anyone confirm that DVD's now play in the new Wii's?
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kingryry
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16. January 2008 @ 11:02 |
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DVD playback has only been released in japan thus far but will be released over here later in the year.
If you have a modded Wii, (which I assume you have otherwise you wouldnt be in here) Team symbiote have released a hack that will allow you to play dvds on your wii.
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=19907
its a little long winded i belive as you have to load the cd up everytime you wanna play one, (a bit like the old swap magic disks for the ps2)and to be honest, I dont know why you dont just buy a dvd palyer for a fiver off ebay.
I belive there is a new mod chip out too that allows you to play them without the disk the "WiiXT" but havent seen any about so dont even know if theyre available yet
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16. January 2008 @ 11:06 |
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Yes I can, and No they do NOT support DVD playback. You can however get your Wii Modded to support DVD playback, almost all ModChips do. But most people have a DVD player anyways, why spend $80+ on a modchip plus installation when you can go out to any wallmart/radioshack(the source) and pick up a DVD+DivX player for $19.95
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kingryry
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16. January 2008 @ 11:15 |
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Don't think there are many people in the "HOW TO BACK UP WII GAMES" forum without a modchip though, as you cant play backups without 1, but anyway, the current wii's are best kept for Wii games, and dvd players for dvds, as disk swaps tend to f*** up the laser
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frust8ed
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16. January 2008 @ 15:18 |
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I have a wiikey installed and was just wondering what the latest firmware update was and where to get it. I am in the US so just want to make sure I am putting the right files in place!
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westaj
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16. January 2008 @ 17:18 |
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Originally posted by kingryry:
DVD playback has only been released in japan thus far but will be released over here later in the year.
If you have a modded Wii, (which I assume you have otherwise you wouldnt be in here) Team symbiote have released a hack that will allow you to play dvds on your wii.
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=19907
its a little long winded i belive as you have to load the cd up everytime you wanna play one, (a bit like the old swap magic disks for the ps2)and to be honest, I dont know why you dont just buy a dvd palyer for a fiver off ebay.
I belive there is a new mod chip out too that allows you to play them without the disk the "WiiXT" but havent seen any about so dont even know if theyre available yet
Alright, sorry I'm still having trouble understanding. If I do not have a modded Wii, I cannot play DVDs. If I have a D2C chip modded Wii, I cannot play DVDs unless I mod the firmware?
Or does it just work with the D2C chip and that firmware thing you linked is just for people without a mod-chip?
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frust8ed
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16. January 2008 @ 19:34 |
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Ok for some reason I have installed the wiikey and all the firmware up to the 1.9b all that went well but at best only a few out of everything I have backed have played and only intermittently if anyone could be nice enough to send me a known good back up it would be greatly appreciated I just need to know if it is something I am doing wrong or what. Wii Sports would be fine and safe since that is what comes with the we can't get nailed of not having it.
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bigd1234
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16. January 2008 @ 20:25 |
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Originally posted by frust8ed:
Ok for some reason I have installed the wiikey and all the firmware up to the 1.9b all that went well but at best only a few out of everything I have backed have played and only intermittently if anyone could be nice enough to send me a known good back up it would be greatly appreciated I just need to know if it is something I am doing wrong or what. Wii Sports would be fine and safe since that is what comes with the we can't get nailed of not having it.
If you have a backup, and the Wii reads it as a backup, you Wii and chip are OK......you will want to try and burn onto different media.
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frust8ed
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16. January 2008 @ 20:35 |
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what I am trying to say is it recognized and update with the firmware disks but when it comes to backups even the ones that did work only worked every now and then not all the time. So what I was looking for was someone with a known good Backup that I could try. I don't need anything special just something to test with.
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kingryry
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17. January 2008 @ 03:49 |
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Westaj, let me try to re-word.
You need a modchip in your wii otherwise your wii will not read anything other than an original nintendo wii games.
if you have a modchip, then you can consider downloading that homebrew application from the link I sent you, once downloaded, burn the iso file with nero. Pop it in your wii, wait for it to load up, press the Z button, take the disk out, put your dvd in, and watch it.
Alternatively you could wait for the newer model wii to come out which will have dvd playback.
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kingryry
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17. January 2008 @ 05:04 |
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frust8ed,
Sounds lik ethe problem your having is due to a bad copy disk, or it could also be a problem with your laser. What speed did you burn the disks at? try to burn them at a really low speed (2X), and with high quality media such as verbatims. If they still dont work then its defo a laser problem unfortunately.
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westaj
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17. January 2008 @ 06:45 |
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Originally posted by kingryry:
Westaj, let me try to re-word.
You need a modchip in your wii otherwise your wii will not read anything other than an original nintendo wii games.
if you have a modchip, then you can consider downloading that homebrew application from the link I sent you, once downloaded, burn the iso file with nero. Pop it in your wii, wait for it to load up, press the Z button, take the disk out, put your dvd in, and watch it.
Alternatively you could wait for the newer model wii to come out which will have dvd playback.
Excellent, thanks for your help.
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maxvista1
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17. January 2008 @ 13:31 |
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sleekmeek
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18. January 2008 @ 10:23 |
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Yo,
Iv been backing up Wii games for almost a year now and some of my backups have stopped working!? Some of them work fine, some of them the Wii recognises as the correct game but during the load up it displays the error "please insert _______ Game Disk" and then wont read it at all, and for others the Wii doesnt recognise them as a Wii disk at all. I could understand it being a poor copy but all of the games have played at least 10 times absolutely fine, and have randomly decided to stop!? I use Verbs 16x (but burn at 2x), does anyone have any ideas whats happening to the discs? Some of them have some very fine scratches on them, but Iv had PS2 backups work fine scratched 10times more!
Cheers
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sleekmeek
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18. January 2008 @ 10:43 |
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Appologies for the double thread but I forgot to say I have a wiinja chip (PAL).
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Davii
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18. January 2008 @ 12:55 |
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Hi all i know this question has already been asked but i just wanna make sure i get every thing right i have one of the new wii,s iv ordered a dc2key chip and flexpcb from eurasia and a lg 8164b internal dvd rom drive from ebay as i only have a laptop i will need an enclosure i was thinking of getting this one http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull...ode=MMEV930295#
will this be ok
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Colten
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18. January 2008 @ 16:54 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18. January 2008 @ 17:22
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18. January 2008 @ 17:46 |
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@Colten
Can't help you much in soldering department - I'm a total noob there :)
But I can offer 2 suggestions on the burning piece.
The media you are using is made by CMC - not the best by far. Switch to something better like Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim or made in Japan Sony, Fuji or Maxell.
Update the firmware of the drive - you're on 1.02 - the latest is 1.03.
Your settings in Nero are good to go.
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Colten
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18. January 2008 @ 18:05 |
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Originally posted by binkie7:
@Colten
Can't help you much in soldering department - I'm a total noob there :)
But I can offer 2 suggestions on the burning piece.
The media you are using is made by CMC - not the best by far. Switch to something better like Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim or made in Japan Sony, Fuji or Maxell.
Update the firmware of the drive - you're on 1.02 - the latest is 1.03.
Your settings in Nero are good to go.
I burnt with Nero, didn't work =(
So I guess it was soldered wrong? It still plays Wii originals.
EDIT: Ok I updated to 1.03, if I'm using Nero, would it be possible that the reason it didn't work for my Wii was because my drive was 1.02?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18. January 2008 @ 20:56
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tai927
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19. January 2008 @ 02:29 |
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i have DVD+R plain discs
can i burn wii games onto them? or do i have to have a specific DVD disc
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deanox
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19. January 2008 @ 05:20 |
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Gday guys,
i've been checking out these threads for a little bit and recently got myself a drive and external case etc, finally got it set up and today tried to make my first back up of one of my wii games. what i noticed is that the link in bunny_c's initial tutorial for the winrar file comes up with a forbidden 404 messsage. now im not a computer guy and i dont know what that means. but i couldnt work out what that bit of software was actually for, so i went ahead and attempted the back up without it.
the backup worked fine no worries. i checked it in the wii its all good it works. i am just wondering why it is in there if we don't need it, and thought i'd bring the broken link to your attentions.
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