Wii disc

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Wii Disc

Disc Format

The first 0x400 bytes are like the GameCube disc header format.

offset size description
0x0000000000 1 Disctype R = Revoltion/Wii, G = GameCube, U = Utility disc(?) GameCube
0x0000000001 2 Gamecode
0x0000000003 1 Region, E = USA, P = PAL, J = JAP
0x0000000004 2 Maker Code
0x0000000006 1 Disc ID
0x0000000007 1 Version
0x0000000008 1 Audio Streaming
0x0000000009 1 Streaming Buffersize
0x000000000A 14 zero, unused?
0x0000000018 4 magicword, 0x5D1C9EA3
0x0000000020 0x400 Complete Gametitle


The Wii disc format uses parititions, mostly one is used for updates (the 1st) and the 2nd for the game.

offset size description
0x0000040000 4 Total partitions in the disc
0x0000040003 4 Partition info table offset, Address is (value << 2)


Partition table entry
offset size description
0x0000000000 4 Partition offset, Address is (value << 2)
0x0000000003 4 Partitions to follow ?, partition type ? It's always 1 for the first entry


Partition data entry
offset size description
0x00000000 ~0x1000 certifications
0x00008000 ~0x5DC encrypted block, unknown
0x00020000 x Start of the encrypted partition data


--Crediar 17:12, 4 January 2008 (MST)