Okay, so maybe the wait for multi-capable video playback on your Wii is taking a lot longer than you could take. Luckily the homebrew community around the Nintendo Wii has enough projects going around to provide enough of a selection for homebrew users out there. For media players, we've seen DragonMedia Player and GeeXboX, but did you know there's something out there for video buffs who don't want to go through Linux? Take for instance, rOn's MPlayerWii.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.02

It might be in its early stages, but you can't deny that the direction the app wants the Wii to follow is certainly a good one. Christophe Thibault is attempting to port MPlayer to the Wii, calling it MPlayerWii v0.01 in the process. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.01

Fire International has done it again. After releasing various Xploder applications for the Xbox 360 and recently for the PS3 - not to mention for the DS and PSP - the media management provider has announced another one headed for the Nintendo Wii. Unlike the previous releases though, this one here is an all-in-one package.

In case you're wondering what all-in-one package are we talking about here, just take a look at these features:

• Access cheatsaves for the very latest Wii titles
• Access to extensive collection of NES, SNES and N64 cheats
• Create back-up Virtual Console games to your PC via an SD card
• Add Wii, N64, SNES and NES gamesaves to the Xploder Community Database and share them with others
• Home movies and many other movie file types (including DVD VOB*, MKV, Xvid, DivX, MPEG 1 & 2, M1P, M2P, MP4, TS, WMV, ASF, and AVI) can be converted to MJPEG and transferred to SD for Wii playback
• Manage JPEG photo and image files to create fantastic slideshows
• Convert CDs to MP3 with auto album, artist, and track naming then add them to Wii slideshows

There. Did Xploder miss anything? We haven't tried this one (it's not yet available) but we think almost everything is pretty much covered. In case you're interested, the Xploder Cheat Saves with Movie Player and Media Manager for Wii will hit retail stores on March 1 with a price tag of £ 19.99 or US$ 39.

But to those who want an early start, the application can be downloaded from Xploder's official site (www.xploder.net) for US$ 29 beginning February 23.