WiiRadio

WiiRadio
General
Author(s)	Scanff
Contributor(s)	TiMeBoMb
Type	Media player
Version	0.4
License	GPL
Links
Download
Website
Discussion
Source
Downloadable via the Homebrew Browser
Peripherals

WiiRadio is a SHOUTcast stream player. It can read from thousands of Internet radio streams and play them back on the Wii.

Updates

07/12/2009 - Version 0.4 Released!
05/16/2009 - Version 0.3 Released!
03/15/2009 - Version 0.2 Released!

Controls

In Browser

Button	Action
	Move cursor
	(Hold) Exit to loader
	Select
	Saves current playing stream to Playlists
	Options Screen
	Playlists/Browser/Genre Back
	Playlists/Browser/Genre Next
	Volume Up
	Volume Down
	Mute
	Show Visualizer
	Show Stream Information
	Show Browser

In Visualizer

Button	Action
	(Hold) Exit to loader
	Previous Visual
	Next Visual
	Volume Up
	Volume Down
	Mute
	Back To Browser

Install/Usage

Installing The Application

Copy the "radiow" directory to your SD under /apps

NOTE: DO NOT rename "radiow" directory.

Tested on PAL 3.2 - works fine.

Tested on NTSC 3.3v2, 4.0 - works great!

Playlists

Copy the playlist file to "/apps/radiow/pls" on your SD card. Saving playlists from WiiRadio will create a *.pls file under "/apps/radiow/pls". Pressing the "+" button will add the playing station to the Playlists.

Internet Connection

Make sure you're getting a decent wireless connection on your Wii for better performance.

Free Space Requirements

WiiRadio requires free space on the SD card for caching. 10MB free recommended.

Skinning Reference

A W.I.P. document for the skinning engine can be found at - http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiRadio/Skinning_Ref

I've also released a Windows version of WiiRaio to aid in skinning. you can find it here http://wiiradio.googlecode.com/files/windows_v4.something.zip. Please do not report bugs against this as it's just a tool.

• Note this feature is currenly not in WiiRadio and will be added in V0.5

Change Log

Version 0.4

• Added support for M3U files/format
• Added three more visuals
• Dynamic buffering based on stream bitrate
• Added a couple of options (more will come)
• Mute Icon for mute state
• Added stream information screen press button
• Ton of bug fixes

Version 0.3

• Whole new GUI thanks to TiMeBoMb
• Added a visualizer and black screen that acts as a burn reducer
• Loading streams from a playlist have been changed and bugs fixed
• Added a playlist delete option
• Hovering over stations or playlists now scroll giving you all the information
• Added Volume controls
• Added dynamic buffering (if your signal is weak)
• Fixed a crashing bug when parsing the ICY data
• Added more controls from the WiiMote (see above)
• Created a cache per genre so if the SHOUTcast DB does not respond you can play streams. If it does respond it will refresh your cache.
• Caches up to 1,000 stations per genre. No more waiting when you click next or previous
• Now using the new SDL port which improves the look and performance
• Text no longer uses a bitmap, it uses SDL-TTF
• Added informational pop-up's
• Lots of bug fixes

Version 0.2

• Changed logo - (Thank You TiMeBoMb for the new logo!)
• Added support for loading Playlist files (*.pls) from the SD card
• Fixed a few minor bugs
• Increased pre-buffer size (this seems to help streaming on the Wii)

Version 0.1 (Preview version)

• First version!

Screenshots

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  Main Interface (v0.3)

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  Playlist Deletion (v0.3)

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  Some Genres (v0.3)

Bug Reporting/Feature Requests

Please use the issue tool on Google SVN for reporting bugs or feature requests - http://code.google.com/p/wiiradio/issues/entry

Thanks To

• TiMeBoMb - For all the graphics work, ideas, feedback, support and testing.
• Tantric - For the new SDL Wii Project.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this project please contact Scanff