TVersity looks to be one of the best solutions I’ve seen (so far) for streaming audio and video to your TV, from your PC, over a LAN via your Nintendo Wii. The TVersity website boasts that the software will convert video to Flash 7 on the fly so you can watch streamed video through the Wii.
TVersity have also suggested that they will be bringing out Mac and Linux version soon too. Download TVerstity.
Finetune, an online music service that enables you to create and share personalized Internet radio stations has a Wii friendly version of the website. If you point your Wii Opera Browser to http://finetune.com/wii/ you’ll be listening to streaming internet music in no time.
Although this service was pretty cool, the streaming quality was average, as to be expected. What we’re aiming for here at Wii Media Center is a high(ish) quality solution to streaming media from another computer in the house, to the Nintendo Wii and into your TV, and we won’t rest until we’ve found the best a solution.
Orb is a web based streaming media services which gives you the ability to stream video, audio and pictures from your Windows PC via the internet to the Nintendo Wii through the Opera web browser on the Wii. Depending on the speed of your internet connection it can be a little slow and choppy and the video and sound quality is a bit average.
From the Orb website, here are the steps you need to take to stream media from you PC to the Wii:
That’s it. If you try this at home, please post your comments here so others can learn from your experiences.
Another bookmark for your Wii browser is StumbleVideo. This is another Wii friendly video site StumbleUpon style. Make sure you check out the channels feature.
Viewii is a pretty cool Wii optimized site for watching YouTube Videos through the Wii’s Opera browser. This is one to definitely bookmark your Wii browser. Check out Viewii.
Wii Media Center X is a free multimedia server developed by Red Kawa that gives you ability to stream pictures, music, and videos from your computer to your Nintendo Wii. It runs on most major operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. So stream videos, it requires you to convert all your video files to FLV’s (flash video 9). To read more and download, check out the Red Kawa Wii Media Center x website.
Like thousands of Wii fans everywhere, I”m always wanting to do more from my Nintendo Wii. This blog will explore the ability to use the Wii as a media center to stream audio and video from the web and from a home PC or Mac.
