MPlayerWii

MPlayerWii
General
Author(s)	rOn
Type	Media
Links
[[v0.07|Download]]
[[ronwarez|Website]]
[[Google Code Repository|Source]]
Peripherals

MPlayerWii is an audio/video player. It is a native port of the MPlayer media player. It will play almost any kind of audio file but still needs improvement on video playback.

Controls

Menu

Button	Action
/	Highlight File
	Play Highlighted File / Open Folder
	Go Back

Playback

Button	Action
	Skip Backward
	Skip Forward
	Volume Up
	Volume Down
	Pause/Unpause
	Return to File Selection

Video Manipulation

With the Nunchuck:

	Action
	Move Video Position
+	Stretch Video
	Reset Position and Dimensions

Or with the Classic Controller:

	Action
X axis	Stretch Video Left
Y axis	Stretch Video Up
X axis	Stretch Video Right
Y axis	Stretch Video Down
+ any other button	Reset Dimensions

File formats tested

• Containers: AVI, WMV, MKV, OGM, MP3, FLV (Flash Video), MP4, M4V, QuickTime, 3GP
• Video codecs: Xvid, DivX, Windows Media, MPEG 1/2, H.264
• Audio codecs: MP1/2/3, Windows Media, AAC

It should also work with other formats.

USB Storage Support

MplayerWii uses the USB mass storage support written by svpe. It is not compatible with all devices (blame the manufacturers for not meeting standards). If you are having trouble with your device, first be sure that it is supported by testing it with the USB mass storage device tester. DRIVES MUST BE FORMATTED IN FAT12, FAT16, OR FAT32!

Bug Reporting

Please report bugs at the project page.

Changelog

v0.07

• fixed screen color depth/banding issues (uses code from dhewg's mplayer port)
• added progress bar osd display during seek/volume on videos

v0.06

• huge speedup on USB devices (thanks to rodries and Hermes)
• added classic controller support to position and scale the video display

v0.05

• added file folders support
• added fix for PAL widescreen users (set the correct setting in mplayerwii.conf)
• much faster USB reading speed (huge thanks to rodries)

v0.04

• mount/unmount the SD card and/or USB drive so you can swap them out without reloading MPlayerWii
• added USB read-ahead cache
• added preliminary samba network share support
• fixed startup crash when a usblan or usb keyboard is attached
• added network streaming cache
• added video scaling with the nunchuk (use joystick to move, Z button to stretch and C to reset)
• added configuration file (put in the SD root folder)
• new ascii logo by sensah

v0.03

• added USB storage support (USB reading is dead slow unfortunately, only good for MP3 files)
• added volume controls (Up/Down buttons on the wiimote)
• added wiimote buttons repeat during playback
• added preliminary test network streaming (shoutcast and mms)
• longer filename display in the file selection screen
• fix for widescreen aspect ratio (uses the Wii display settings)
• more audio playback fixes

v0.02

• added svenp's libfat patches (better read speed on SD cards)
• added pause button (A button on the wiimote)
• disabled MPlayer's error/status text during video playback
• file list now displays 20 files instead of 10
• improved audio playback code

v0.01

• Initial release. Full of bugs, audio sync code is awful and will probably crash often. Also, there's room for lots of speed improvements.

Credits

MPlayerWii was ported by rOn (aka fcorbier).

Website

• Official site
• Forum

Unofficial Versions

mplayerwii v0.07 with sdhc support

Simple recompile using the latest libogc by sanderevers. Now supports

Download: [1] or [2].

mplayerwii v0.05 with YouTube support

by alienmind

video, playlist and search result supported [3]

mplayerwii v0.03 widescreen fix

Vader347's version of mplayerwii v0.03 fixes the widescreen bug. Vader347 claims that the only real change is one chunk of code (as recommended by Pepsiman):

...

rmode = VIDEO_GetPreferredMode(NULL);

if( CONF_GetAspectRatio() )
{
	rmode->viWidth = 678;
	rmode->viXOrigin = (VI_MAX_WIDTH_PAL - 678)/2;
}

...

Note: Starting with v0.5, you could use that fix by setting the "palwsfix" var to 1 in the mplayerwii.conf configuration file.