Turn Your TV into a Media Center using the Nintendo Wii

Categories: Wii Console Hack.

Want a media center PC? If you have a Wii all you need is some software.

“Wow Wii — All your media on your TV
To ensure you have the best MyCasting experience, we have developed some simple guidelines and tips. Be sure and check back to this page for updates and enhancements to Orb and Nintendo Wii. Also, please feel free to post comments on the Orb Forums page.

Download Orb today

The software and the service are FREE. And there’s no additional hardware to buy or install. To download Orb onto your home PC:

1. Download Orb onto your Windows home PC and follow the instructions for setting up your account.
2. Plug your Wii into your TV.
3. Go to the SHOP channel on your Wii and download the free Opera browser. When the download is complete, the Internet Channel will be visible on the main Wii menu so you can access the Internet from your Wii remote.
4. Select the Internet Channel from the main Wii menu. Type in mycast.orb.com into the Opera Browser, and enter your Orb login and password.
5. Be sure to leave the PC turned on in order to access the photos, music and other media stored there.

That’s it – Now anytime you want, you can turn on the TV from your couch, fire up your Wii to the Internet channel and use Orb to unlock your digital content on your PC!”

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7 comments.

orbitron

Comment on April 12th, 2007.

Yes Orb works and it’s free! There are a few problems with it though. The stream is at too low of a bit rate and the sound quality is greatly diminished by the time it gets to your Wii. I have also tried to limit the access to data on my computer, like “My Documents” and I can still access them after I erased the shortcut. Can anyone say security risk?

admin

Comment on April 12th, 2007.

Sounds like there are still some things to be worked out then… :(

ali

Comment on April 24th, 2007.

so how to you get a username / password???

admin

Comment on April 30th, 2007.

OF COURSE NOSPILLET

John

Comment on July 17th, 2007.

Whoever these ORB folks are, they can completely look at every file in your PC once their software is installed and running. It be prudent to only install the software on a secondary “media only” PC, not the primary home PC that may contain private or personal information.

Kadiblov

Comment on July 26th, 2007.

Indeed. Can be a nice application in a near future, but lacks minimum acceptable security meanwhile… Besides, streaming quality sucks… Not even on feet of my old Xbox homebrewed with XBMC (Xbox Media Center)

cigraphics

Comment on January 4th, 2008.

the best solution is to install apache on your computer to make it a http server then you can view some videos and you cand make a player with flash

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