playing movies on usb hd

[thewizardofodds]

done the usb hd mod last night on mates wii. Read that I can play movies through the homebrew channel and was wondering if its possible to put the movies on the external and play from there and if so any guides around?
cheers

[ck-ok]

hi you need mplayer ce 0.75 put that in apps folder and run through homebrew channel.MPlayer CE cIOS Installer put that in apps folder run through hb channel , internet connection needed for this.MPlayer CE Forwarder channel put in wad folder and install with wad manager,and you should be up and running,all files are posted in wii downloads good luck

[thewizardofodds]

hi you need mplayer ce 0.75 put that in apps folder and run through homebrew channel.MPlayer CE cIOS Installer put that in apps folder run through hb channel , internet connection needed for this.MPlayer CE Forwarder channel put in wad folder and install with wad manager,and you should be up and running,all files are posted in wii downloads good luck

cheers but will this allow me to play files off usb hd? If so how do i get them on the hd along with the games.

[ck-ok]

try this Loading and Playing Wii Backup Games from USB HDD (http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/27305-loading-playing-wii-backup-games-usb-hdd.html) hope this helps

[thewizardofodds]

try this Loading and Playing Wii Backup Games from USB HDD (http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-faqs-guides-tutorials-only/27305-loading-playing-wii-backup-games-usb-hdd.html) hope this helps

already done the hard drive and have games on it and know how to use it but want to know if I can put movies like divx etc on the hdd and watch on wii?

[ck-ok]

yeah xvid divx mp3s just about any media,put files on your fat32 partition and play through mplayer

[thewizardofodds]

yeah xvid divx mp3s just about any media,put files on your fat32 partition and play through mplayer


So partition the external drive with one part for the games and another fat32 partition with movies, music etc and mplayer will read them from the fat32?

[ck-ok]

yeah or put them with games

[thewizardofodds]

cheers mate will have a go tomoz

[jtorreda]

Can we play .avi format movies?

[ck-ok]

yeah avi is divx/xvid

[daluxe]

I will try it :)

[Zackery]

Can someone help me please.
i have taken out a 2.5 laptop hard drive and put it in a usb caddy.
down loaded some films/movies but i cant seem to play them on my samsung tv which has a usb connection the hard drive works fine on pc's you can watch films etc but when you connect it to a tv it just makes noises like its going round but not reading it . what do i need to put on tyhe hhd to be able to watch films on the tv? thanks

[gmb45]

i had a similar prob with my sony tv when trying to play films from a external hdd, i found that the tv wouldnt read ntfs, i had to format the hdd to fat32, it could be that the format of the films you have downloaded cant be read by the tv, look in your tv user manual to see what format of films your tv will read, my tv will only play certain formats of films.