HomebrewFilter Wii

HomebrewFilter
File:Homebrewfilterwii.jpg
General
Author	Nano
Type	Loader
Version	rev47
License	GNU GPL v2
Last Updated	2016/08/17
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The HomebrewFilter is an drop-in replacement for the Homebrew Channel Wii - it allows Homebrew applications to be loaded and sorted, among other more outstanding opportunities.

Compared to the Homebrew Channel, the HomebrewFilter features the following additional functionality:

• boot GameCube Homebrew (device:/gc_apps/)
• boot into external loaders (Uniiloader, Priiloader, Neek2o, BootMii)
• load Homebrew from SD, USB, DVD, SD-Gecko Slot A, SD-Gecko Slot B or All
• load Homebrew from FAT, NTFS or EXT2/3/4 formatted devices
• categorize Homebrew (without the need to change directories)
• download additional content directly from within The HomebrewFilter
  • Fonts
  • Translations
  • Themes
• on-the-fly updates via network connectivity
• child-lock mode
• screen adjustment options
• edit meta.xml from within the HomebrewFilter
• debugging using USB Gecko, WiFi and SD-Card (SD:/config/HBF/debug.txt)

Installation

Run the Installer from any Loader (HBC, whatever). Requirements: HW_AHBPROT access or IOS236.

For the standalone Version install the Forwarder using a WAD Manager and place the app-folder in SD/USB:/apps/

Flavours

Starting with rev42 the HBF comes in 4 flavours:

• Wii Installer: installs the fullchannel for Wii (Path: /apps/HomebrewFilter/)
• Wii Standalone: standalone boot.dol with forwarderchannel for Wii (Path: /apps/HomebrewFilter.Standalone/)
• vWii Installer: installs fullchannel for vWii (Path: /apps/HomebrewFilter.vWii/)
• vWii Standalone: standalone boot.dol with forwarderchannel for vWii (Path: /apps/HomebrewFilter.vWii.Standalone/)

All versions are updatable via online-update. Don’t change paths – will result in non-working updates/forwarders.

Don’t install vWii version on Wii and vice versa (channels won’t load else).

ChangeLog

//rev47:

• build against libruntimeiospatch 1.5.3
• rename "SD Gecko" to "SD Card Debug Log" in Settings
• rename "Wifi Gecko" to "Wifi Debug Log" in Settings
• only scan list of available IOS once per session
• disable 'SD Card Gecko' by default (debug log on SD Card), because it's causing a MASSIVE slow down when opening an app's details dialog the first time in a session, when using a shitty class 2 or whatever SD Card.
• fixed that newly build vWii forwarder accidently was the same than the Wii forwarder
• fixup BootMii (IOS) detection on Wii
• fixup showing device icon for apps
• add ISO0 (any version) to list of known stub IOS (it's a custom IOS installed by several old apps)
• update german translation

External links

• Official Website - https://nanolx.org/wiihomebrew/homebrewfilter/
• Gitlab - https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/homebrewfilter