Version 1.1.3 has been released and primarily fixes the major issues found in 1.1.2. It also includes experimental USB DVD support added by clava. Your mileage may vary with this feature! Full changelog:

• Synced to MPlayer r32866
• Fixed crash for some USB drives
• Added option to change screensaver delay
• Fixed incorrect warning about picture sizes being > 6MB
• Improved network initialization routines
• Improved subtitle scaling calculations
• Improved shutdown – if WiiMC fails to shut down within 5 seconds, shutdown will be forced
• Experimental USB DVD drive support (thanks clava!)
• Other minor optimizations and improvements

Version 1.1.2 has been released along with an updated WiiMC Channel that has better USB compatibility. This release is primarily a patch release, but does have one notable new feature – ext2 support! Full changelog:

• Synced to MPlayer r32815
• Fixed broken audio/subtitle switching
• Fixed “Exception (Alignment)” crash
• Changed from mpg123 to ffmp3 (fixes some audio-related problems)
• Added ext 2/3/4 support
• USB compatibility improvements
• Improved performance (enabled 64-byte fetch mode for the L2 cache)
• Large file (> 4GB) support
• Fixed relative playlist paths
• Paired-singles enhancements (thanks Extrems!)
• Added IOS whitelist – a warning will now appear if you are not using IOS58 or IOS61
• Disable dvdnav over SMB (it’s too slow!)
• Added Tamil translation (thanks dpandian!)
• Other minor optimizations and bug fixes

Ever since WiiMC was first released, there have been people having issues getting their USB devices working. We would try to address these on a case-by-case basis, but sometimes this would in fact result in one person’s drive starting working and another person’s drive stopping working. Without going into all the history: I would like to state that the USB code WiiMC uses is actually a part of libogc, not WiiMC itself, and that this code is shared by all Wii homebrew applications. It is also worth noting that this code was not written by the WiiMC Team.

Rodries has been working to improve USB device recognition in libogc, and now he needs your help. To start with, he has written a small tester application that runs through 7 tests and writes the results to your SD card to a file named log_usb.txt. Please run the tests if you can and upload the results to this forum thread. Everyone’s logs (especially those with non-working devices) will help rodries sort out the compatibility issues.

Version 1.7 released with more debug info.
Version 1.8 released with another test.
Version 1.9 released with another test and wake up test fixed.
Version 1.10 released. Internal changes
Version 1.11 released. Internal changes

Version 1.1.1 has been released along with an updated WiiMC Channel that has better USB compatibility. This release contains quite a few bugfixes but also has some nice new features, including ISO/IFO support (with DVD menus!), playlist support in the Videos/Music areas, and image resizing via the Wiimote. Happy Holidays! Full changelog:

• Synced to MPlayer r32709
• Fixed image stuttering and audio sync issues
• Fixed pointer alignment on DVD menus
• Added ISO/IFO DVD playback, with DVD menu support
• Added screen resizing while watching a video via the Wiimote. Just hold down B and use the arrow keys (thanks clava!)
• Performance optimizations using paired singles (thanks Extrems!)
• Improved USB compatibility
• Added support for playlist files in the Videos and Music areas
• Enable negative subtitle delay values
• Replace libmp3 with libmpg123. Fixes a number of MP3 audio bugs
• Added a setting to change the starting area
• New JPG scaler for the Picture Viewer (thanks puddles!)
• Display artist and song on separate lines for SHOUTcast (thanks jhb50!)
• Added settings for YouTube quality and caching for online media
• Subtitle autoscaling
• Added a delay on startup so those with slow USB drives are not bumped back to the main browser list
• Shifted all GUI elements inwards to fix left/right cropping occuring on 16:9 for some people
• Fixed a Picture Viewer crash
• Fixed lowercase bug for NTFS
• Many other minor fixes and improvements

Version 1.1.0 has been released along with an updated WiiMC Channel. If you are using an older channel, you must upgrade or WiiMC may hang. The changelog may not seem overly long but this release represents a huge amount of time invested into improving the stability and performance of WiiMC. Full changelog:

• Synced to MPlayer r32341
• Fixed a crash that happened if your router was turned off
• Fixed “blank listing” issue for SMB
• Improved memory management, resulting in improved performance
• Improved USB compatibility and speed
• USB bug fixes
• NTFS bug fixes
• Fixed audio sync regression from 1.0.9
• Change YouTube default to 480p
• Fixed “vanishing pointer” issue when watching CPU-intensive videos
• Improved shuffle for music
• Channel updated (improved USB compatibility)
• Other miscellaneous bug fixes/improvements

Another day, another release? Hopefully this doesn’t become a trend. Version 1.0.9 has been released to fix the bug with USB drives not showing up. If you’re using the channel, you must be sure to have the latest channel (1.4) installed for this to work.

I’m not guaranteeing this works for everyone. If you have problems, discuss them on the forum or go back to an older version. This will be the last update for awhile.

Version 1.0.8 has been released along with an updated WiiMC Channel as a quick fix for those experiencing issues loading WiiMC from the channel. It also fixes the freeze-on-home-button issue some were having. Full changelog:

• Improved USB mounting and updated channel. Should hopefully help those who are receiving the “Could not find a valid SD or USB device” message
• Improved network initialization

Version 1.0.7 has been released along with an updated WiiMC Channel (no longer uses IOS202 and no longer requires a trucha-bugged IOS for installation), and brings with it many changes and improvements. Most notably, IOS202 support has been removed in favor of IOS58, YouTube support was added (this release will overwrite your onlinemedia.xml, just like 1.0.6 did), and playback of MKVs has been fixed. Full changelog:

• IOS 202 support removed
• USB 2.0 support via IOS 58 added – requires that IOS58 be pre-installed
• WiiMC channel updated – requires IOS58 and does NOT require a cIOS to install. Thanks to megazig and svpe for help with this
• DVD support via AHBPROT – requires latest HBC or latest WiiMC channel
• Synced to MPlayer r31961
• YouTube support (thanks to lukegb and ataraxis for some help)
• Picture zoom, rotate, pan, auto-rotate via exif data (thanks ataraxis!)
• Fixed seeking for local FLV files
• Fixed black-screen video issue with videos having widths over 1024
• Fixed playback of MKV files
• New YUV->RGB conversion in TEV for videos up to 720p (thanks sepp256!)
• Restrict video loading to 720p (1280×720)
• Enable caching of DVD CSS keys. They are written to the ‘css’ folder (created automatically).
• Fixed playback of files with mono sound
• Fixed issue with HTTP over-buffering
• Other minor improvements/corrections

Version 1.0.6 has been released to (hopefully) resolve some of the issues people were having with 1.0.5. This release reverts the USB 2.0 change that allowed both ports to be used. Full changelog:

• Reverted USB2 changes
• Synced to MPlayer r31761
• Fixed display of radio stream information
• Other minor changes

Edit: There’s been some major issues reported with 1.0.5. If you have any, downgrade to 1.0.4 and wait patiently for a fix.

Version 1.0.5 has been released, bringing with it some changes under the hood and some nice new features, including UTF8 support for SMB and the ability to use either USB port. You must install the new IOS202 to use USB! The Channel Installer has also been updated to support the new IOS202. Full changelog:

• Synced to MPlayer r31641
• Added volume control in Music area
• Added option to hide DVD functionality from the UI
• UTF-8 SMB support
• Ability to use both USB ports (requires updated IOS 202 – WARNING: older versions of IOS 202 are NO LONGER supported)
• Increase max SMB shares to 9
• Fixed sleep timer
• Added “Now Playing” to screensaver
• Disable screensaver while slideshow is active
• Increased video auto-play limit from 20 to 50
• MMS support (thanks denper!)
• Improved online stream display (thanks gazstone!)
• New SHOUTcast support (WARNING: updating will overwrite your onlinemedia.xml to install new links – backup your old links if necessary)
• Audio language setting
• Jump to and highlight folder when going up one level
• Highlight file when returning to menu
• Save settings when power button is used
• Added option to use static folder locations
• Display parent directory beside Up One Level
• Improved restore points behavior
• Other miscellaneous improvements/corrections
• Language updates