WiiRadio

WiiRadio
General
Author	scanff
Type	Media Players
Version	0.7
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2011/05/03
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WiiRadio is a streaming audio player for the Nintendo Wii that supports both SHOUTcast and ICECast. It also offers the ability to play music files stored locally and features a dynamic visualization system that includes ProjectM. With its simple interface and powerful capabilities, WiiRadio makes it easy to enjoy your favorite music on your Wii console.

Features

• Stream Ripping (0.7). Will save music to SD:\apps\radiow\wr_music_rip.
• ProjectM Visuals (0.7). This is not a full port of ProjectM, textured visuals are not supported and some of the filtering is also incorrect.
• Album Art (0.7). Only works on local files if the file has an APIC or the album art is located in the folder.
• Skins (0.7). Only the new WRBlue skin allows you to select local playback. The older skins will be updated in time but still work well if you just want stream playback.
• Ability to change your language (0.5). Note that however the current language packs are incomplete and maybe incorrect.

Installation

Copy the "radiow" directory to your SD or USB Drive under /apps. Do not rename "radiow" directory.

Copy the playlist file to "/apps/radiow/pls" on your SD card. Saving playlists from WiiRadio will create a *.pls file under "/apps/radiow/pls".

Note: WiiRadio requires free space on the SD card for caching stations and playlists. 10MB free recommended.

User guide

Pressing the "+" button will add the playing station to the Playlists.

For better internet connection, make sure you're getting a decent wireless connection on your Wii.

Controls

In Browser:

Aim - Move cursor

Power - (Hold) Exit to loader

A - Select

Plus - Saves current playing stream to Playlists

Home - Options Screen

D-Pad Left/RIght - Back/Next (Playlists/Browser/Genre)

D-Pad Up/Down - Volume Up/Down

Minus - Mute

2 - Show Visualizer

1 - Show Stream Information

B - Show Browser

In Visualizer:

Power - (Hold) Exit to loader

D-Pad Up/Down - Volume Up/Down

D-Pad Left/Right - Back/Forward a visual (single mode)

Minus - Mute

1 - Toggle mix and single mode

2 - Back To Browser

Media

WiiRadio Version 0.7 Early Preview (devscanff)

WiiRadio - Audio Music WAD Injects Release (RedFire Studios (mrt84))

Compatibility

Tested on PAL 3.2 - works fine.

Tested on NTSC 3.3v2, 4.0 - works great.

Changelog

Version 0.7

• Stream searching is now working again.
• Stream ripping.
• Basic local playback (SD/USB) of mp3 files ** Currently only FAT partitions.
• Album Art if the local file has it.
• Clean up of visuals and a new mix mode.
• ProjectM Visuals.
• New skin and skin design allowing lua scripting
• And more.

Version 0.6

• More Visuals.
• Added Icecast Support.
• Search on stations.
• Connection to a stream address.
• Booting from USB support.
• Widescreen setting.
• Added ability for user to select visual mix mode or single mode.
• Bug Fixes.

Version 0.5

• Skins.
• Languages.
• Genre Searching.
• New visual system.
• Bug Fixes.

Version 0.4

• Added support for M3U files/format.
• Added three more visuals.
• Dynamic buffering based on stream bitrate.
• Added a couple of options (more will come).
• Mute Icon for mute state.
• Added stream information screen press button Wiimote1Button}}.
• Ton of bug fixes.

Version 0.3

• Whole new GUI thanks to TiMeBoMb.
• Added a visualizer and black screen that acts as a burn reducer.
• Loading streams from a playlist have been changed and bugs fixed.
• Added a playlist delete option.
• Hovering over stations or playlists now scroll giving you all the information.
• Added Volume controls.
• Added dynamic buffering (if your signal is weak).
• Fixed a crashing bug when parsing the ICY data.
• Added more controls from the WiiMote (see above).
• Created a cache per genre so if the SHOUTcast DB does not respond you can play streams. If it does respond it will refresh your cache.
• Caches up to 1,000 stations per genre. No more waiting when you click next or previous.
• Now using the new SDL port which improves the look and performance.
• Text no longer uses a bitmap, it uses SDL-TTF.
• Added informational pop-up's.
• Lots of bug fixes.

Version 0.2

• Changed logo (Thank You TiMeBoMb for the new logo).
• Added support for loading Playlist files (*.pls) from the SD card.
• Fixed a few minor bugs.
• Increased pre-buffer size (this seems to help streaming on the Wii).

Version 0.1 (Preview version)

• First version.

Credits

Thanks to:

• TiMeBoMb - For all the graphics work, ideas, feedback, support and testing.
• Tantric - For SDL Wii Project. The use of libgui images.
• ProjectM - An awesome music visualizer.
• The Demo Effects Collection.

External links

• Author's website - http://www.scanff.com/ (archived)
• GitHub - https://github.com/scanff/wiiradio
• Google Code - https://code.google.com/archive/p/wiiradio
• WiiBrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiRadio