Still interested in using the Nintendo Wii as a media center? Really? For the Mac lovers and Wii owners looking for another way to stream video to their television, Riverfold has released an updated version of Wii Transfer. In version 2.5, the developers have added drag-and-drop video streaming, background music for slideshows and the ability to use Firefox / Safari bookmarks via the Wii browser.
The program also lets you share pictures, music (as MP3 or unprotected AAC) and iTunes playlists. Sister site TUAW conducted an interview with creator Manton Reese. Wii Transfer 2.5.1 (Mac only) is now available for trial and $19 for license.
Reader Comments (28)
Posted: Sep 25th 2007 10:25PM (Unverified) said
What?? This is not about Halo 3? What's happening with teh worldz?
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:53PM (Unverified) said
And as a note, what about Red Kawa's Wii Media Center X.
Its free and for windows.
http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/wiimediacenterx/
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Its free and for windows.
http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/wiimediacenterx/
Posted: Sep 25th 2007 10:34PM (Unverified) said
Ive been using something similar to that for around 6 month now on a device called a PS3.
What I'm suprised to learn is that the Wii actualy have LAN capabilities.
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What I'm suprised to learn is that the Wii actualy have LAN capabilities.
Posted: Sep 25th 2007 10:56PM (Unverified) said
Whoa, Wii news!? I guess you had to dig pretty deep to find something that wasn't about Halo, eh?
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Posted: Sep 26th 2007 12:13AM (Unverified) said
For the first 3 weeks in my new apartment, I ate everything with a spoon. We had 10 spoons and 1 fork and I never wanted to wash it. What's your point?
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Posted: Sep 25th 2007 11:10PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
Not interested, but I gotta admit I'm impressed by how crafty some folks are.
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Posted: Sep 25th 2007 11:59PM (Unverified) said
an HTPC should let you browse your itunes library on your tv ... using xp media center?
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Posted: Sep 26th 2007 12:48AM samfish said
I don't use Windows Media Center, though. It kinda sucked, too, I thought.
If I had that kind of disposable income, I'd buy a Mac Mini and a Media Center program called Media Central, since it does damn near everything and supports lots of video codecs and such.
http://www.equinux.com/us/products/mediacentral/index.html
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If I had that kind of disposable income, I'd buy a Mac Mini and a Media Center program called Media Central, since it does damn near everything and supports lots of video codecs and such.
http://www.equinux.com/us/products/mediacentral/index.html
Posted: Sep 26th 2007 4:38AM (Unverified) said
i was under the impression that with an HTPC, you could run windows on your tv with whatever codecs, itunes library, etc.; basically anything that'll run, runs.
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Posted: Sep 26th 2007 4:41AM (Unverified) said
cool program, but i swore an oath against mac when my dad lost our family wealth on them in the early 90's. but that fanboy war is neither here nor there.
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Posted: Sep 25th 2007 11:35PM SpacePenguinBot said
I've been using an old Xbox as my media player for a few years now. I'm pretty sure it's better than anything this gen has to offer. Console makers aren't free to make a media center that most people would want. A console has to be thoroughly hacked before it can be a good media player.
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Posted: Sep 26th 2007 12:54AM D3m0sthenes said
I have a mac(book Pro) and a Wii(ner?), I'll definately check this out, thanks!
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Posted: Sep 26th 2007 12:56AM (Unverified) said
Cool app, but I usually plug my laptop to my HDTV and do all the media from there.
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Posted: Sep 26th 2007 3:26AM (Unverified) said
If you're a Mac owner, you should know that VLC streams media over networks, plays anything, and is free. It just doesn't have the processor intensive FrontRow-like GUI that's so prone to locking up on big files.
And as a side rant, every (absurdly expensive) mac should be able to play flac and xvid out of the box; owners shouldn't have to illegally "hack" a product just in order to get their money's worth.
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And as a side rant, every (absurdly expensive) mac should be able to play flac and xvid out of the box; owners shouldn't have to illegally "hack" a product just in order to get their money's worth.
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