Southern Patriot Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Just got the e-mail about my disc shipping a few minutes ago, but had to find a link for more info: http://www.fierceonlinevideo.com/story/netflix-says-wii-streaming-video-launch-near/2010-03-25 What I'm curious to find out is if I will be able to install it to the hard drive I have hooked up to my Wii and lauch it via USB Loader GX like any other game. I guess I'll find out tomorrow afternoon when my disc arrives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Just got my e-mail confirming that I will receive my Netflix streaming disc on Friday. I signed up as soon as they became available. Snipped from E-mail "Your free instant streaming disc for Wii should arrive by Friday, Mar 26, 2010. Meanwhile, add movies & TV episodes to your instant Queue now so you're ready to watch instantly when your instant streaming disc arrives. -Your friends at Netflix" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Wow. 48 views and NO comments? Surely someone here other than me finds this news interesting?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphi Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I haven't received an e-mail, yet. Looking forward to see how this will turn out on the Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedstr3789 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 waiting for my disk also. Said it would be here on the 27th. Not in any hurry to activate it if it screws up my homebrew. I'm mostly worried about it wanting to do some type of update before being able to use it. If that's the case, then I WON'T BE USING IT UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS A WORKAROUND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 waiting for my disk also. Said it would be here on the 27th. Not in any hurry to activate it if it screws up my homebrew. I'm mostly worried about it wanting to do some type of update before being able to use it. If that's the case, then I WON'T BE USING IT UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS A WORKAROUND I really doubt that it will do any update. My Wii is already on 4.2, so I'm covered there anyway. I should have my disc in a couple of hours when my mail runs, so I'll post back here any information I can gather about how it works. As I stated earlier, I'm hoping that it is treated like any other game so i can simply install it to my Wii's hard drive and not need the disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedstr3789 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Wii disk came early. Popped it into my wii player and the first thing it wants me to do is a system update.. Not happening. I'll stick to my original plan and hook up a used computer to my tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Hmm.. this could possibly open up new ways for sceners to get around anti-piracy methods.. not to mention the fact you could rip them to a HDD :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertimber2008 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Got my email wed/thurs and got my disc today :) Time to test it methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 I already started a thread about this in BPN yesterday. I got my disc a few minutes ago, and it works great. I was even able to install it to my Wii's external hard drive and load it via USB Loader GX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Wii disk came early. Popped it into my wii player and the first thing it wants me to do is a system update.. Not happening. I'll stick to my original plan and hook up a used computer to my tv Mine didn't need a system update (probably because I'm already on 4.2). It works fine from the hard drive using USB Loader GX. By the way, is there a specific reason you don't want to do the system update? It's not difficult to unlock an updated Wii (my Wii was already on 4.2 when I got it, and it too me a relatively short amount of time to softmod it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedstr3789 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I'm already on 4.2. But when it says "system update" I tend to hesitate. I tried ripping it to a usb stick via usb loader but I get a dump error and it reboots to homebrew menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 I'm already on 4.2. But when it says "system update" I tend to hesitate. I tried ripping it to a usb stick via usb loader but I get a dump error and it reboots to homebrew menu. Hmmm, I didn't have any problem with it on USB Loader GX (latest version) ripping it to my hard drive. I also never tried running the disc directly either though. Of course, there isn't a cover for it available yet, so I spent a few minutes and made one myself. It looks far better on the TV than it does on the computer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Here's the thread in BPN: https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/886618-netflix-instant-streaming-discs-for-wii-shipping-now/ For anyone who needs it for USB Loader GX, I put together a quick cover art image for it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 OK, so an unnamed mod merged the threads, but of course, the thread I started yesterday got merged into this thread instead of the other way around. Now things look really odd here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 I spent a little more time cleaning up the image. If anyone else can help make this look a little better, please feel free to contribute! I just noticed that Neowin changes the filename on the image I posted, the correct name is SNTEXN.png. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kondrath Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I'm already on 4.2. But when it says "system update" I tend to hesitate. I tried ripping it to a usb stick via usb loader but I get a dump error and it reboots to homebrew menu. Just disable check for disc updates with starpatch, priiloader, or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Just disable check for disc updates with starpatch, priiloader, or something similar. Yeah, that's probably why mine didn't ask for the update, I already have that disabled in priiloader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedstr3789 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 yep. Didn't have it loaded in priiloader. Now it works with usb stick. go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedstr3789 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Got it all working thru USB Loader Nice cover you got but I had to make my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 Got it all working thru USB Loader Nice cover you got but I had to make my own. Cool cover! Thanks. The one someone finally posted on WiiTDB is lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 OK, so an unnamed mod merged the threads, but of course, the thread I started yesterday got merged into this thread instead of the other way around. Now things look really odd here. Merges go by date posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 Merges go by date posted. Then this thread should have been merged into mine since my thread was posted before this one (note that my post came first in the merged thread). It's no big deal, but it was also slightly annoying trying to find the thread (I had mine bookmarked) after it was merged, since there was no notice posted that the thread had been merged. Wasn't it previously standard practice for whichever mod merges a thread to send a PM to the thread starters (not to mention making a post in the thread stating that it was merged)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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