Filed under: Fun, Utilities, Macintosh, Shareware
Convert movies for viewing on your Wii
by Ted Wallingford Sep 25th 2007 at 2:30PM
Nintendo's affable Wii gaming console hasn't really been positioned as a home media hub, but it makes a great alternative to Apple TV just the same. But before you can start using your Wii as a media streaming station, you'll need to convert your movies (and pictures) into a format the Wii can deal with. Enter Riverfold Software with their Mac-based Wii Transfer utility. This app does the video and audio conversion necessary to experience movies, photos, and music on your Wii, streamed from your Mac. Wii Transfer will also make your Firefox and Safari bookmarks browseable on the Wii, and copy a virtually unlimited number of Wii save-game files to your Mac for backup.
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tone said 9:51AM on 9-27-2007
There is an alternative coming soon to the PC user to create a Wii Media Station.
http://buy-wii.net/2007/09/24/media-center-for-wii/
No conversion necessary.
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