What I Think » Wii http://www.paulmc.org/whatithink Yes. I'm back. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:23:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Streaming Media for the Wii http://www.paulmc.org/whatithink/2007/08/26/streaming-media-for-the-wii/ http://www.paulmc.org/whatithink/2007/08/26/streaming-media-for-the-wii/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:14:47 +0000 Paul http://www.paulmc.org/whatithink/2007/08/26/streaming-media-for-the-wii/ While the Wii has become the gaming sensation of the year, it hasn’t been without it’s detractors. One of the problems frequently levelled at the Wii is that it doesn’t play DVD’s, or any other media. A company called Orb has come up with a solution to the problem.

The process is fairly straightforward:

  1. Download the Orb software to your Windows PC,
  2. Follow on the on-screen instructions and install the Orb program,
  3. Set up a login account,
  4. Start the Internet Channel on your Wii and go to mycast.orb.com,
  5. Login to your Orb account,
  6. Browse for the audio, video or photos that you want to play.

In order to get the best from Orb, you do need a broadband connection, and your Wii needs to be connected to the Internet. Although it does work, I found that watching videos through the Orb interface is patchy, but that is more than likely down to the fact that my upload connection is terrible. Another thing – at the moment the Orb software is Windows only, but apparently they will be releasing beta versions of the platform for Mac OS and Linux next year.

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