Topic: Photo Channel Question

[WuTangTurtle]

I haven't noticed anyone mention this so here's my question:

I recently got a SD card and a SD reader, I attempted to put some videos on it and watch em but the Wii gives me an "?" saying it isn't supported.

I made sure the video files i used where A) Quicktime, And B) 840x480 res or less.  So why did they not work?  Some weren't even recognized whatsoever, others just had a "?" mark.  Did i miss something?

My photos work out fine, and my music works in the photochannel and in ExciteTruck in case anyone was wondering.

[D_MaN87]

Search google for Wii Video 9.  

[Striderprime00]

They should have made the photo channel support all video formats without the need of a converter.  This would make Wii a better value.  

[BranDonk Kong]

The photo channel doesn't really support video, well ok it does. It only supports JPEG motion video though, which is typically used by digital still cameras that can also take short videos. That's why you have to convert your videos. I'm sure there will probably be a new channel for watching videos one day though. The biggest problem with the video support (or lack thereof) is that since these files are basically a bunch of JPEG files thrown together (with sound - I think sound works), the file sizes are huge. I have a 4 minute 11 second WMV that's 13MB, when I converted it, it became 106MB - and it's only 320x240.  

[ryancoke]

Try making a puzzle out of a movie. It's freakin hard!!

[Caliban]

I converted with WiiVideo9 a full Eyeshield 21 episode with the highest bitrate possible, it became 1.50GB or so, it played well on the photo channel, but it only played for 15 minutes, the episode is more or less 23 minutes, so I'm betting that at the moment there is playback limit when it comes to movies, hopefully they fix this in the near future.

[WuTangTurtle]

thanks, i was starting to suspect that video was playback was going to be a future update thing like the Opera Browser.

[IceCold]

DivX compatibility would be great, but would it cost much to license it?

[BranDonk Kong]

It can't be that much, since the DiVX player itself is free (for the most part). Standalone DiVX players are pretty cheap as well. My guess though - ain't gonna happen, since the MPAA hates DiVX, and would probably try to make it not happen somehow.