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WiiFin – Jellyfin Client for Nintendo Wii

WiiFin is an experimental homebrew client that brings the Jellyfin media experience to the Nintendo Wii, featuring a console-friendly UI and Wiimote support.

Jellyfin client for the Nintendo Wii

WiiFin is an experimental homebrew client for Jellyfin, built specifically for the Nintendo Wii. It provides a lightweight, console-friendly media browsing and playback experience, written in C++ using GRRLIB and MPlayer CE.

🚧 Experimental– functional but still under active development. Expect rough edges on real hardware.

Authentication: login with username/password or via QuickConnect (approve on another device) Saved profiles: multiple accounts stored securely (access token only, no password stored) Library browsing: movies, TV shows, music libraries with cover art loaded from the server Detail view: synopsis, rating, genres, cast, director, audio/subtitle track selection Continue Watching and Next Up rows TV shows: season and episode navigation Video playback: server-side transcoding streamed through the integrated MPlayer CE engine Music playback: audio libraries, album/track navigation Player overlay: seek bar, volume control, next/prev episode, audio & subtitle track switching, intro skip Playback reporting: progress sent back to the Jellyfin server (resume where you left off) HTTPS: TLS connections via mbedTLS (self-signed certificates supported) Wiimote IR pointer and virtual on-screen keyboard Background music on menus

Ships as a ready-to-use .dol and installable .wad (Wii / vWii)
Direct-play is not supported; all video is transcoded by the server
No 5.1 multi-channel audio (stereo only via transcoding)
Subtitle rendering relies on the server embedding them into the video stream

Installation: On Dolphin Emulator: dolphin-emu -e WiiFin.dol On real Wii hardware: copy WiiFin.dol to SD:/apps/WiiFin/boot.dol, or install WiiFin.wad using a WAD manager (works on vWii too).

Source: Hacker News

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