WiiFin

WiiFin is an experimental homebrew client for Jellyfin, built specifically for the Nintendo Wii. It provides a lightweight, console-friendly media browsing and playback experience, written in C++ using GRRLIB and MPlayer CE.

What works:

• Authentication: login with username/password or via QuickConnect (approve on another device)
• Saved profiles: multiple accounts stored securely (access token only, no password stored)
• Library browsing: movies, TV shows, music libraries with cover art loaded from the server
• Detail view: synopsis, rating, genres, cast, director, audio/subtitle track selection
• Continue Watching and Next Up rows
• TV shows: season and episode navigation
• Video playback: server-side transcoding streamed through the integrated MPlayer CE engine
• Music playback: audio libraries, album/track navigation
• Player overlay: seek bar, volume control, next/prev episode, audio & subtitle track switching, intro skip
• Playback reporting: progress sent back to the Jellyfin server (resume where you left off)
• HTTPS: TLS connections via mbedTLS (self-signed certificates supported)
• Wiimote IR pointer and virtual on-screen keyboard
• Background music on menus
• Ships as a ready-to-use .dol and installable .wad (Wii / vWii)

Known limitations:

• Direct-play is not supported; all video is transcoded by the server
• No 5.1 multi-channel audio (stereo only via transcoding)
• Subtitle rendering relies on the server embedding them into the video stream