Difference between revisions of "News Channel"

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News / Weather channel downloads data packages from Nintendo servers via plain http connection.
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[[Category:Nintendo software]]
  
Some examples:
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{{stub}}
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{{Infobox channel
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| title      = News Channel
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| image      = [[File:Newschannel.png|200px]]
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| desc        = News information
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| id          = HAGA, HAGx
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| source      = update
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| type        = General channel
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| version    = 0.7 (7)
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| peripherals = {{Wiimote1}} {{Internet}}
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| wc24        = 1
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}}
  
http://weather.wapp.wii.com/1/076/short.bin
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The '''News Channel''' downloads data packages from Nintendo servers via plain HTTP connection. The official servers for the News Channel were discontinued on June 28, 2013; however, [[RiiConnect24]] has since restored its functionality.
http://weather.wapp.wii.com/1/076/forecast.bin
 
http://news.wapp.wii.com/1/076/news.bin.08
 
  
File structure:
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The data files are RSA-2048-SHA1 signed, and the LZ10 compressed content begins at 0x140. A Kaitai file documenting the file structure can be found [https://github.com/RiiConnect24/Kaitai-Files/blob/master/Kaitais/news_file.ksy here], and code used by RiiConnect24 to download news data and generate files is available [https://github.com/RiiConnect24/File-Maker/tree/master/Channels/News_Channel here].
 
 
<pre>
 
$0000 - $003F: padding (00)
 
$0040 - $013F: rsa encrypted sha-1 signature of rest of the file
 
$0140 - $....: compressed data
 
</pre>
 
 
 
Data compression method is still unknown. If you calculate entropy of the data, you will notice that it is definitely not encrypted. Probably it uses a modified version of propieritary Nintendo compression method described here: http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1469892
 

Latest revision as of 18:53, 24 May 2022


The News Channel downloads data packages from Nintendo servers via plain HTTP connection. The official servers for the News Channel were discontinued on June 28, 2013; however, RiiConnect24 has since restored its functionality.

News Channel
Newschannel.png
Version0.7 (7)
Title IDHAGA, HAGx
TypeGeneral channel
Installed fromSystem Update
PeripheralsWiimote1.svg Internet

The data files are RSA-2048-SHA1 signed, and the LZ10 compressed content begins at 0x140. A Kaitai file documenting the file structure can be found here, and code used by RiiConnect24 to download news data and generate files is available here.