On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Michael C. Robinson < [email protected]> wrote:
> Needing a client computer for accessing video rips off of a Linux > server. How about that $150 Wii? Has anyone figured out the server > side software and the tricks needed to do this? I'm wondering if the > Wii has to be damaged with a root kit or not? > No rootkit needed but you will have to install a internet download onto a sd card installed in the Wii. > > The problems with a micro btx Pentium 4 are three fold. Problem area 1, > the computer is still awfully big. Problem area 2, no remote control. > Problem area 3, I have yet to figure out how to make Linux look decent > on a projection HDTV. > > If the Wii is happy with the Linux server and sees the lan as the > Internet without modifying it... The Wii is set up for the television, > no guess work. The Wii address the remote control issue. The Wii is > already there and is considerably smaller. The downside of the Wii is > that we don't have the Internet package, didn't want to go there. I > know nothing about hooking the Wii up to an ethernet network. > > So gurus, what do you think? > Haven't tried it but I do have the Wii ethernet device which is needed to get this running. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Stream-Video-to-your-Wii/ > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
