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WiiStream Installation Guide

Introduction

This guide details the steps for installing WiiStream on your Nintendo Wii. Follow each step closely for a successful setup.

Prerequisites

  • A Nintendo Wii matching one of the model numbers here
  • An SD card
  • A PC with internet access (here I'll be using Windows but macOS and Linux will work too)
  • A USB keyboard

Installation Steps

1. Homebrew Your Wii

2. Prepare the SD Card

  • Download Wii-Linux-ngx from this link and extract the file.
  • Insert the SD card into your PC.

On Windows:

  • Open Rufus available here.
    • Select your SD card under 'Device'.
    • Under 'Boot selection', click 'SELECT' and choose the extracted "wii-jessie-sd.img" file.
    • Click 'START' and accept the warning prompt.
    • Click 'CLOSE' when it shows 'READY'.
  • Open Paragon Partition Manager.
    • Select the partition named "WII-LINUX-NGX" (usually the middle partition).
    • Click 'Expand', follow the prompts, select 'Expand Now', and wait for completion.
      • Ignore the prompt about 'reinit your bootloader'.
    • Remove the SD card from your PC.

3. Wii Setup

  • Connect a USB keyboard to the back of the Wii, using the USB port at the bottom when the Wii is horizontal.
  • Insert the SD card into the Wii and turn it on.
  • Wait for the Gumboot menu to boot into the first option (wii-linux-ngx) after 30 seconds.
  • Wait for wii-linux-ngx to boot up.
  • Log in with 'root' as both the username and password.

4. Configure Network on Wii

  • At the prompt, enter ./whiite-ez-wifi-config and follow the instructions for WiFi setup.
    • Ensure you use 'WPA-PSK' as your WLAN Security Mode.
    • Select 'Yes' when prompted to bring up your WiFi connection.
    • Select 'No' after it fails to bring the connection up.
  • Edit network interfaces with nano /etc/network/interfaces.
    • Change all instances of 'wlan0' to 'wlan1'.
    • Save and exit (Ctrl-X, Y, Enter).
  • Activate the new interface by typing ifup wlan1.
  • Type in nano /etc/apt/sources.list and change the first line to 'archive.debian.org...' instead of 'httpredir.debian.org...'

5. Remote Access Setup

  • Modify SSH settings with nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
    • In the file, change 'PermitRootLogin without-password' to 'PermitRootLogin yes'.
  • Reboot the Wii by typing reboot, then log back in.
  • Type ifconfig to find the Wii's IP address (noted under 'wlan1 inet addr').

6. Access Wii from Another Computer

  • On another computer, access the Wii via a terminal:
    • Type in ssh root@<Wii's IP address>.
    • The password is 'root' (input is invisible).

7. Create Swap File

  • Execute the following commands to create a swap file. The first command may take a while: 
    dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=5120
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
nano /etc/fstab
    • Add /swapfile none swap sw 0 0 to the end of the file and save.

8. Install Mopidy and Dependencies

  • Run apt update.
  • Install required packages: 
    apt-get install python curl python-dev python-pip gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio python-gst0.10 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-tools pulseaudio python-pykka python-gi
  • Install Mopidy and related components: 
    curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python get-pip.py
pip install Mopidy==0.19.0
pip install Mopidy-MusicBox-Webclient==2.0.0 Mopidy-TuneIn==0.1.3 Mopidy-Podcast-iTunes==1.0.0 --no-deps

9. Configure Mopidy

  • Create and configure the Mopidy service file with nano /etc/init.d/c_mopidy.
    • Paste the provided script, save and exit.
    #!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          mopidy
# Required-Start:    $network $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:     $network $remote_fs
# Should-Start:      $named alsa-utils avahi dbus
# Should-Stop:       $named alsa-utils avahi dbus
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Mopidy music server
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/var/log
DESC="Mopidy music server"
NAME=mopidy
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/mopidy
DAEMON_USER=mopidy
DAEMON_GROUP=audio
CONFIG_FILES="/usr/share/mopidy/conf.d:/etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf"
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
. /lib/init/vars.sh

# Define LSB log_* functions.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

start_pulseaudio() {
      # Start pulseaudio in system-wide mode
      /usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --daemonize >> /var$
      sleep 5  # Give pulseaudio 5 seconds to initialize
}

do_start()
{
    start_pulseaudio # Ensure pulseaudio is running before starting mopidy

    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --name $NAME --pidfile $PIDFILE \
        --startas $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
        || return 1
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --name $NAME --pidfile $PIDFILE \
        --chuid $DAEMON_USER:$DAEMON_GROUP --background --make-pidfile \
        --startas $DAEMON -- --quiet --config $CONFIG_FILES \
        >> /var/log/mopidy.log 2>&1 \
        || return 2
    sleep 5
}

do_stop()
{
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --name $NAME --pidfile $PIDFILE \
        --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5
    RETVAL="$?"
    [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
    # Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
    # and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.
    # This typically happens with pulseaudio.
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --user $DAEMON_USER \
        --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5
    [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
    rm -f $PIDFILE
    return "$RETVAL"
}

# Remove the action from $@ before it is used by the run action
action=$1
[ "$action" != "" ] && shift

case "$action" in
    start)
        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC " "$NAME"
        do_start
        case "$?" in
            0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
            2)   [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
        esac
        ;;
    stop)
        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_stop
        case "$?" in
            0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
            2)   [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
        esac
        ;;
    status)
        status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
        ;;
    restart|force-reload)
        log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_stop
        case "$?" in
            0|1)
                do_start
                case "$?" in
                    0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
                    1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
                    *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
                esac
                ;;
            *)
                # Failed to stop
                log_end_msg 1
                ;;
        esac
        ;;
    run)
        echo -n "\"service mopidy run\" is deprecated. " 1>&2
        echo "Use \"mopidyctl\" instead." 1>&2
        /usr/sbin/mopidyctl $@
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload|run}" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
esac
:
    • Make it executable with chmod +x /etc/init.d/c_mopidy and enable defaults with update-rc.d c_mopidy defaults.
  • Create the 'mopidy' user and configure permissions:
  • Use any password. Leave the remaining fields blank during this step. 
    adduser mopidy

    usermod -a -G audio mopidy
usermod -a -G audio pulse
  • Configure PulseAudio:
    • Edit nano /etc/pulse/system.pa.
    • Add load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1 auth-anonymous=1 at the end.

10. Final Steps

  • Create Mopidy configuration directory and file: 
    mkdir /etc/mopidy
nano /etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf
    • Paste the provided configuration, save and exit:
    [local]
enabled = true
data_dir = /var/lib/mopidy/local
media_dir = /var/lib/mopidy/media
playlists_dir = /var/lib/mopidy/playlists

[audio]
output = pulsesink server=127.0.0.1

[stream]
enabled = true
protocols =
    http
    https
    mms
    rtmp
    rtmps
    rtsp
timeout = 5000
metadata_blacklist =

[mpd]
enabled = true
hostname = 0.0.0.0
port = 6600

[http]
enabled = true
hostname = 0.0.0.0
port = 6680
[tunein]
timeout = 5000

[podcast-itunes]
enabled = true
# iTunes Store base URL
base_url = http://itunes.apple.com/

# user-friendly name for browsing the iTunes Store
root_name = iTunes Store

# format string for genre results; field names: id, name, url
genre_format = {name}

# format string for podcast results; field names: collectionId,
# collectionName, country, kind, trackCount
podcast_format = {collectionName}

# format string for episode results; field names: collectionId,
# collectionName, country, episodeContentType, episodeFileExtension,
# episodeGuid, kind, releaseDate, trackId, trackName
episode_format = {trackName} [{collectionName}]

# charts to display when browsing; possible values: "Podcasts",
# "AudioPodcasts", "VideoPodcasts"
charts = AudioPodcasts

# directory name to display for browsing charts of a genre/category
# with subgenres; field names as for 'genre_format'
charts_format = All {name}

# ISO country code for the iTunes Store you want to use
country = US

# whether you want to include explicit content in your search
# results; possible values: "Yes", "No", or store default (blank)
explicit = 

# HTTP request timeout in seconds
timeout = 10
  • Allow the Reset button on the Wii to shut it down.
  • In nano /etc/inittab:
    • Change the line starting with 'ca:12345:ctrlaltdel' from:
      ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
    to 
      ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -h now
  • Reboot the Wii to apply changes by typing reboot.

Starting Mopidy

Power on the Wii to start the Mopidy music server. Connect to Mopidy in a browser on another device via the Wii's IP address over port 6680, e.g. http://192.168.30.10:6680

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