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The News and Forecast channels download data packages from Nintendo servers via plain http connection.
[[Category:Nintendo software]]


Some examples:
{{stub}}
{{Infobox channel
| title      = News Channel
| image      = [[File:Newschannel.png|200px]]
| desc        = News information
| id          = HAGA, HAGx
| source      = update
| type        = General channel
| version    = 0.7 (7)
| peripherals = {{Wiimote1}} {{Internet}}
| wc24        = 1
}}


http://weather.wapp.wii.com/1/076/short.bin
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


Nowadays, it seems the news file has moved:
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].
 
http://news.wapp.wii.com/v2/1/076/news.bin.00
 
...
 
http://news.wapp.wii.com/v2/1/076/news.bin.23
 
http://news.wapp.wii.com/ displays a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Test Page
 
File structure:
 
<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
 
[[Category:Software]][[Category:Wii channel]]

Latest revision as of 18:53, 24 May 2022


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News Channel
Version0.7 (7)
Title IDHAGA, HAGx
TypeGeneral channel
Installed fromSystem Update
Peripherals Internet

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.

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.

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