Comments on: Top 5 Things You Might Not Know About Your Wii http://www.lockergnome.com/game/2008/03/06/top-5-things-you-might-not-know-about-your-wii/ Have joystick, will travel! For Action and Adventure, Classic and Retro, RPG, Sports, Strategy and Simulation - we'll provide you with the latest releases, tips, updates, and advice for the PC and console gaming world. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:15:43 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/?v=2.6.1 By: Eric http://www.lockergnome.com/game/2008/03/06/top-5-things-you-might-not-know-about-your-wii/#comment-137546 Eric Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:18:09 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/game/2008/03/06/top-5-things-you-might-not-know-about-your-wii/#comment-137546 The Wii can play .avi's, yes, but unless they've updated it through firmware, they need to be converted to MJPEG format before being played, so you can't just drop a divx file on your SD card and go to town. Wii Video 9 (Google will turn it up, I'm sure) is a freeware option to convert videos to a Wii-friendly format, but be aware that the size increases A LOT. A file that's a few megs can end up over 40, and a full TV episode length file could easily be larger than a gigabyte when all is said and done. Seeing as the photo channel also has no capability to rewind or even pause video, I find the whole thing to be too much hassle to be worth it, personally. :-( The Wii can play .avi’s, yes, but unless they’ve updated it through firmware, they need to be converted to MJPEG format before being played, so you can’t just drop a divx file on your SD card and go to town.

Wii Video 9 (Google will turn it up, I’m sure) is a freeware option to convert videos to a Wii-friendly format, but be aware that the size increases A LOT. A file that’s a few megs can end up over 40, and a full TV episode length file could easily be larger than a gigabyte when all is said and done.

Seeing as the photo channel also has no capability to rewind or even pause video, I find the whole thing to be too much hassle to be worth it, personally. :-(

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