Benzin Wii

Benzin
Benzin
General
Author	SquidMan, trap15, megazig, booto, Matt_P, Yossi, comex, CheatFreak47
Type	PC utilities
Version	1.9.1 Beta
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2016/09/28
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Benzin is an application for the PC that is intended as an open source alternative to Alameda (About A Wii Channel banner creator and simulator). It was created by SquidMan, comex, megazig, and Yossi.

Note: Some antivirus programs might flag Benzin as a virus. This is a false positive.

Features

Banner simulation (Started, completely unusable).
Banner layout editing and animations.
XML <-> BRLYT (Complete).
XML <-> BRLAN (Complete).
Image <-> TPL (Complete Zetsubou).
An API. (Being worked on, see Laichzeit).

User guide

The tool is operated from the command line.

benzin r brlytfilename.brlyt xmlytfilename.xmlyt
benzin m xmlytfilename.xmlyt brlytfilename.brlyt
benzin r brlytfilename.brlan xmlytfilename.xmlan
benzin m brlytfilename.xmlan xmlytfilename.brlan

At the moment the only active "versions" of Benzin is the C version which has:

Complete BRLAN parsing. All banners tested worked. (202)
Complete BRLAN writing. All banners tested worked. (202)
Complete BRLYT parsing. All banners tested worked. (30)
Complete BRLYT writing. All banners tested worked. (30)

Other versions

A simplified version EZ-Benzin was release by CheatFreak47 which be found on the release thread, which allows you to drag and drop the files instead of using command line (please note that some antivirus programs might flag this as a virus).

A newer version is available here (Win/Linux). The Linux version is compiled by the Wiidatabase Team on Xubuntu 18.04 64-bit, to use you may have to make this executable beforehand with "chmod +x benzin".

Media

[MKWii] Everything you need to know about .brlyt files (Emil 595)

Credits

trap15 - Original Coder, Leader.
megazig - Epic Hacker, Epic Coder, Second-in-Command.
booto - Epic Hacker, PowerPC Master.
Matt_P - Epic Hacker, Bytecode Genius.
Yossi - Does some python stuff.
comex - Did lots of python stuff back in the day.

External links

GitHub - https://github.com/HACKERCHANNEL/benzin
WiiBrew - https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Benzin
GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/mini-release-ez-benzin.443295/
Wiidatabase - https://wiidatabase.de/downloads/pc-tools/benzin/