Wad Studio v0.0.0.2b14 is a Windows application from Wilsoff, aimed at helping the user edit animated WADs (Banner and Icon). What it does is to automate the extraction of images from a WAD file provided by the user. It then converts these images to TGA format, and from there you can edit it in Photoshop or GIMP 2.0.

Download: Wad Studio v0.0.0.2b14
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An unofficial version of GeeXboX has been released by Wiibrew developer Tulkas. GeeXboX is a port of the popular media player program for the Wii, and can play all audio and video files that MPlayer can. This new version adds support for even more file system types. Details after the link.

Download: GeeXboX v0.1 Alpha 04 (Unofficial release)

Howdy folks, It's that time. Time to announce the winner of the Neruos OSD contest we started up a few days ago. Did you win? Have you got a chance? Of course you have... providing you left a comment for the contest and have deemed it fit to sacrifice and devour a rather large, orange bird to the gods of luck this fine day.

Read on to find out whether you're a winner!

Here's an update on farter's media player for the Wii, GeeXboX. You guys will probably want to update to this one as it now supports optional mounting of NRG and ISO image files. More details after the link.

Download: GeeXboX v0.1alpha4

Here's a useful application for those who like to play on their mobile phones. Introducing the mobiPad, a homebrew application that lets you use the Wiimote to control your mobile phone. Use it as a controller for your games or as a remote for your media player. More after the link.

Download: mobiPad v1.0 (UIQ)
Download: mobiPad v1.0 (S60)

Wiibrew developer rOn has released a quick update for MPlayerWii, the Wii port of the MPlayer media player. Check out the full article for MPLayerWii v0.07's changelog.


Download: MPlayerWii v0.07

MPlayer seems to be the name of the game this week in the Wiibrew community. Not long after the latest release of GeeXboX, developer fcorbier has released a new version of his media player for the Wii, MPlayerWii. This version gets a speed boost on reading USB devices, and added support for the classic controller.

Download: MPlayerWii v0.06

Wiibrew developer farter has released a major update to GeeXboX, a media player for the Wii that supports all audio and video formats that MPlayer does (even rmvb!). This new version has several new features, including on-the-fly changing of aspect ratios, and extended subtitle support. More after the link!

Download: GeeXboX v0.1alpha3

Developer Erant at Hackmii have announced that the DVD access library they've been working on, called libdi, is now available for developers to try out on the Nintendo Wii. But before you go downloading, you must know that this release can't be run on all consoles without a hitch. Get to the full story for more on libdi and the included DVDX installer.

Download: libdi and DVDX Installer
Download: Patchmii

Wiibrew developer farter has released a new update to his popular Wii media player, GeeXboX. This update offers several refinements to the program, including some improvements added to Wiimote controls and connection. Details in the full article.

Download: GeeXboX v0.1alpha2