Homebrew Channel beta9 works with latest system update

by David Hinkle { Oct 27th 2008 at 2:29PM }

Well, that was fast. That recent update that wouldn't allow users to install the Homebrew Channel? It's been bested, as the Homebrew Channel beta9 has been released. Among working with the latest update, beta9 also brings the following fixes to the table:

Installer / updater now works with the October 23 update
SDHC support
REALLY fixed the memcard bug
Installer now picks newest sane IOS, fixes some beta8 regressions
Added a reload button (for SD card changes)
Return to system menu skips warning
Fixed some graphical glitches
Saner XML load code
Many fixes to underlying stuff in the newer libogc

[Via /.]

The homebrew community is doing nifty things with the Wii. Have you learned how to play DVDs on your console yet? Or read about the app that lets you play games from other regions? What about getting Goldeneye to run on Wii? Alternatively, you could just use homebrew to get your cheat on.

Tags: beta9, homebrew, homebrew-channel, system-update, systemupdate, update

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr Khan @ Oct 27th 2008 2:44PM

Question:

Can its SD compatibility allow me to play my legally owned VC titles directly off of the SD, making it's own storage solution?

Kenji @ Oct 27th 2008 3:00PM

I'm guessing not:

http://nintendo.joystiq.com/2008/10/02/nintendos-storage-solution-load-items-direct-from-the-sd-slot/#c14652106

AngelusMortalis @ Oct 27th 2008 2:48PM

I'm still completely baffled as to how SDHC support was made possible.

If all it takes is code--not hardware--to give the Wii SDHC support, what's keeping Nintendo from official support of this hardware?

Mr Khan @ Oct 27th 2008 3:02PM

Formatting problems, or so they would claim. One of the disclaimers about using SD Cards is that if you have more stuff on the SD Card, there's a higher shot of it getting corrupted, or just taking much longer to read and write back and forth

Of course, with the coming fix in their memory coding, it may become a non-issue, but i still doubt they'll implement it.

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Oct 27th 2008 3:34PM

My guess why Nintendo doesn't implement it:

"The SDHC trademark is licensed to ensure compatibility."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#SDHC

If they did enable it, they'd have to pay for the SDHC trademark. Only a guess, though.

Josh @ Oct 27th 2008 3:51PM

I think I heard something about that before. Not directly from Nintendo themselves, but someone else somewhere brought up licensing costs as being the issue.

Really, I wouldn't put it past them (Nintendo).

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Oct 27th 2008 2:47PM

SDHC support? Is that new or did it already have that, because that is pretty damn cool.

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Oct 27th 2008 2:56PM

Ahh, just read the source, SDHC support is in fact a new feature.

Kenji @ Oct 27th 2008 3:02PM

If I already have the HBC installed, do I want to update? If so, how do I do that? (sorry -- not a master hacker)

Tim Parsons @ Oct 27th 2008 3:05PM

No Dont update yet.

Half if not more then half of your HBC apps will not work, The Homebrew channel works sure, for me the previous one worked but even with beta9 more then half my apps like GeckoOS no longer fuction i get the message not a valid Wii app. I also updated the Homebrew browser and re-downloaded many of them and no difference

Thanatos @ Oct 27th 2008 4:11PM

Well it only breaks apps that are .ELF files instead of .DOL.

Kenji @ Oct 28th 2008 9:19AM

Sorry, what I meant was, do I want to update the HBC. I installed it in August and am wondering how to get the new version onto my Wii.

Randy @ Oct 27th 2008 3:34PM

I haven't installed the Homebrew Channel. I want to. but I'm not sure what I'd do with it. How do I use it?

Josh @ Oct 27th 2008 3:52PM

Ah yes, this is cool. I love watching these battles unfold.

sp2vwj @ Oct 27th 2008 4:57PM

The main reason why ninety don't like like us to have a large capacity sdhc card is the reason why they took on the NDS r4 rom loaders which are based on large capacity sdhc card's. They don't want to allow any piracy of there games, which is stupid, there will always be piracy, when there's a will, there's a way. If the ps2, which was rampant with game piracy [if you didn't own a backup copy of any of the ps2 games, I think you either didn't owned a ps2, hated the ps2, or just couldn't or didn't have the know how to do it] had been like the gamcube and made there dvd's burn in reverse and half the size of the typical dvd, there would of been way less hardware sold. Because when it comes down to it, it's not the cost of the console hardware that ultimately affects your to buy or not decision, it's the cost of each game on the console. Also remember that the gamecube had better graphics then the ps2, yet it sold more. Why you ask, since I owned a gamecube and mulitple versions of the ps2, I'll tell you why; one, there were pc emulators for the ps2 early on in it's life cycle; two, you could easily copy a ps2 game disc; three, there was software to play the copies of game discs on the ps2; four, it was so easy to get backup copies of ps2 games, and five, the gamecube was saddled with the same proven stupid idea as the n64, the anti-piracy cartridge idea but in a new anti-piracy cd based form, by that I mean the pain in the ass size of the gamecube disc's, which I might add didn't hold the total capacity as the ps2's normal dvd's.

bug frawg @ Oct 27th 2008 5:12PM

So all ps2 owners who knew how to pirate games did? yeah right.
I think you have a love affair with "free" games and just assume everyone else does too. whatever helps you sleep at night buddy.

KaBob799 @ Oct 27th 2008 7:26PM

The main reason ps2 sold more is not piracy, I think it's one of the least important reasons

sp2vwj @ Oct 27th 2008 6:00PM

LOL, good "holier then thou" attitude bug frawg, I guess you're living in a fantasy world where people don't do bad things just because they can. I know that all ps2 owners do, even though they may claim they don't, which isn't anything new, people have claimed since they beginning of history to not do things that are against the law, immoral or things that are considered by other people to be bad, but guess what people still do anyways. Have you wondered why there is the old saying, "Do as I say and Not as I do"? People when confronted by others for their actions or behavior, will of course say that they didn't mean to or didn't know any better. And of course if you hadn't seen the whole Caltholic Church Molestation scandal or the Larry Craig.
Senior Republican Senator from Idaho, who had been arrested for homosexual lewd conduct in the men's bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on June 11, 2007, then of course all those ps2 owners would never, ever pirate any game that they could easily pay 50 bucks a pop for, just so that they can do the right thing. Bug frawg, do you buy for pre-owned games? All over the world, over and over again, people buy pre-owned games all the time at drastically lowed prices, like at gamestop. The of course profits never reach the original makers of the games, yet I don't see them saying to themselves, "awh, the pre-owned games that I buy from gamestop aren't going to help out the people who make the games, and the pre-owned games I buy will only go to help gamestop bottom line, so I should just buy the new full priced game, instead of the pre-owned games that are so much cheaper and still as good, yes I'm going to buy the new game, that came out xx amount of time ago, because I care enough for the game makers to pay full price for a game that came out xx amount of time ago, because I'm a good person and with the bad economy those game makers need more help more then ever."? Ignorance is bliss I hear.

bug frawg @ Oct 28th 2008 5:31AM

Although there is such a thing as being too trusting, assuming the worst of everyone is wrong.

AlgusUnderdunk @ Oct 27th 2008 7:21PM

Honestly the whole Homebrew channel delights me. Being able to play imported games has opened up a big arena of games I'm looking to purchase from Nintendo (Captain Rainbow and Tatsunoko vs Capcom both spring to mind) and should they ever up the capability so it can handle GCN region free as well, then there's quite a few more in the pile...

It also feels so nice to play McKids on a Nintendo console again... You found a card to Birdie's Treehouse!!! *Interracial high-five of AWESOME*

hellhammer @ Oct 28th 2008 5:34PM

Gecko OS supports Wii as well as GC imports. Except that it's completely killed by the new update.

I wish the Wii were region free, it'd save me all this trouble.

AlgusUnderdunk @ Oct 29th 2008 12:50PM

Aaah, it supports GCN as well you say? Even better.

Hopefully either a new update will undead it (brains), or a Gecko OS update will pop up that accounts for this problem.

...So many strange games to purchase....

Crazylink @ Oct 27th 2008 8:00PM

If SDHC now works, does that mean I can buy a 32GB SD card from Newegg and use it?

broody @ Oct 27th 2008 9:40PM

Probably the wii's system won't recognize the SDHC though. For now only homebrew channel supports it, so it means that you won't be able to use it for anything but putting the homebrew apps on it. And also those apps don't support SDHC yet, so if you have the SNES emulator or ScummVM, you still won't be able to use it for the roms. But probably they will all support it in time to come (except Nintendo, that is)

Crazylink @ Oct 27th 2008 9:45PM

As long as Mplayer can support it, I wouldn't care.

sp2vwj @ Oct 27th 2008 8:28PM

Crazylink, I think so, but you will need to install the homebrew channel 1st, using an ordinary sd card, and then you can use the new sdhc suport once you have installed the homebrew channel.

To get more info go to:
http://hackmii.com/2008/10/the-homebrew-channel-beta9/

read the all the posts, but marcan's posts will answer the sdhc support question, since hackmii is her/his site.

sp2vwj @ Oct 27th 2008 8:52PM

On a separate note, the day when u can run linux [this includes the mac versions] or windows might be closier now with Bootmii.

To get the information from the person her/his self, go here:
http://hackmii.com/2008/10/bootmii-the-beginning/

Also, if you happen to brick your Wii, the savemii dongle may save you some hefty repair bills or a new wii purchase.

"SaveMii is a small dongle that is plugged into a Wii's Gamecube memory card slot. It mimicks a test interface that is believed to be used in Nintendo's own facilities (dubbed “Waikiki” by Nintendo)." Quote taken from:
http://savemii.net/

To get the information from the person her/his self, go here:
http://hackmii.com/2008/09/the-future-of-savemii/

Q-Kid-Kyle @ Oct 28th 2008 2:34PM

so, how do i update my current homebrew channel? i dont know if i still have the twilight hack, but i have the hbc. i already updated the shop channel (didnt read the fine print, too early in the morning and nothing was known at the time), so none of my hbc apps work, so i find no harm in updating the hbc. so, how can i do it?