BootOpera Wii

bootOpera
File:Bootoperawii.jpg
General
Author	Gannon
Type	Utilities
Version	0.4
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2009/11/08
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bootOpera is a tool that allows users to launch the Opera channel on their Wii without exiting their loader. The source code can also be modified to launch other installed channels. Additionally, it allows users to specify a specific webpage to open upon launch.

Media

Opera (Wii) Demonstration - (Nintendo Life)

Here are a couple of examples that have been tested and are known to work

Flash games....

If you enjoy playing flash games, such as Defend Your Castle, you can access the game's source code by visiting the webpage (e.g. http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/castle) and searching for ".swf" using the "Ctrl+F" function.

This will reveal the location of the game file (e.g. http://www.xgenstudios.com/castle/castlexgen.swf) which you can then add to the config file for this app. This will allow you to play the game in full screen mode, and save progress to the Wii's temp internet files. Keep in mind that not all flash games will be compatible with the Wii's controls.

Saving time....

Go get yourself a free web hosting account somewhere EG: www.110mb.com Make yourself 1 page that hold ALL your favourites, make this a channel. You can add things like search boxes etc, I have a few torrent searches, google, youtube etc so I just tick a box, type in my search and hit go.

Do more at once....

This is only for those that know html/php and JS. Either use an online freeby host like 110mb, or install apache etc. Make a page that has frames (trust me I know they are outdated). Now if you want to listen to music while you browse on the Wii you can. (not gonna write a massive guide for this, you either know or you don't.) My current frames page allows me to switch between iplayer, radio and browsing, and each page can continue while I use the others. Tabs are easily added with JS.

Yeah I know this is very basic to some, but still a few ideas that are tested and working and none take more than a few minutes to setup.

Boot To URL

To boot to a specific page, place a file in the directory you are loading bootOpera from titled "url.cfg" with the URL you wish to load written in it.

Changelog

0.4

• Quick bugfix that caused the program to crash if a url.cfg file wasn't present. Also added a blank url.cfg file as I noticed some blogs telling people to put it in the root directory, which is only true if loading from a loader that doesn't pass the filepath as an argument, or of course if you are using wiiload.

0.3

• Added support for booting straight to a given URL. Thanks to Yossi for the idea and SifJar for letting me know about the Nintendo Channel.

0.2

• First release

External links

• wiibrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/BootOpera
• Gbatemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/boot-opera.189804/