Play MP3 files from your PC on your Wii for free

I found a nice way to access the media (music, photos and even videos) on my PC through the web browser in the Wii. It’s a really simple process, and all you require is some free windows software. Here’s a quick guide:

1) Install winamp (great media player - you need at least v5.3.2) and winamp remote which you can download by clicking on the “winamp remote” link in the media library of winamp.

2) Set up a free winamp remote account.

3) Right click on the winamp remote system tray icon and choose configuration. Now add the directories containing the music, videos, photos etc that you want to make available through winamp remote.

And you’re done. Now just browse to http://www.orb.com/winamp/ in your Wii browser and login and you can access your music.

Notes:

  • The video streaming didn’t seem to work (slumlordkuype says it does, but it worked on and off for me) and photos are a small, but audio was fine
  • The fonts are all a little small - I don’t know if the interface can be skinned
  • It would be nice to stream the audio over the local network without going through orb.com for better performance. If anyone knows a freeware way to do this then let us know in the comments
  • You can control winamp on your PC remotely through the Wii browser with the nice free winamp plugin axajamp

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