Disc Channel
Disc Channel | |
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Type | Pre-installed |
Developer(s) | Nintendo |
Platform(s) | Wii Channels |
Release date(s) | NA November 19, 2006 JP December 2, 2006 AUS December 7, 2006 EU December 8, 2006 |
Genre(s) | Utility |
Input methods | Wii Remote |
Compatibility | 5![]() ![]() Perfect |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
This channel allows the user to launch Wii or GameCube games from the disc drive of the Wii.
Emulation Information
"Insert" a Disc with ISO
You can "insert" (or change) a disc with File > Change Disc or by right-clicking a game in the game list and change to it. For disc to be inserted on startup, right-click a game in the game list and select Set as default ISO (or set it in Config > Paths > Default ISO).
Problems
Cheats, Savestates Not Working
Dolphin only recognizes the first thing loaded as the game that is being played. For example, if Super Smash Bros. Brawl is loaded from the Game List, and use the home menu to go to the Wii Menu, then change disc and load Xenoblade Chronicles, the game cheats, and even any savestates made will be for Brawl and not Xenoblade.
Fixed in 5.0-2712, which introduces proper title tracking. Savestates, screenshots, cheats, custom textures, etc. should all work.
GameCube Games Do Not Load
Disc Channel can recognize GameCube games but launching them with the Disc Channel is not possible at this time due to the complexities of the Starlet coprocessor and the Wii's GameCube Mode (MIOS). Fixed in 5.0-2449.
Persistent Game Settings (GameINI) on Next Game Load
Because of the state of Dolphin's current config system, GameINI will not reload on next game load. This will be solved in the future with the new config system. Fixed in 5.0-4896.
Configuration
This channel does not need non-default settings to run properly.
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Disc Channel since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This channel has been tested on the environments listed below:
Test Entries | |||||
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
r7598 | Windows 7 | Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8 GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Launching any game results in the following error: IOCTL_ES_LAUNCH: Game tried to reload ios or a title that is not available in your nand dump TitleID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Dolphin will likely hang now. | SephirothFanatic |
3.0 | Windows 7 | Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8 GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Launching any game results in the following error: IOCTL_ES_LAUNCH: Game tried to reload ios or a title that is not available in your nand dump TitleID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Dolphin will likely hang now. | SephirothFanatic |
3.0-376 | Windows 7 | Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8 GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Launching any game results in the following error: IOCTL_ES_LAUNCH: Game tried to reload ios or a title that is not available in your nand dump TitleID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Dolphin will likely hang now. | SephirothFanatic |
3.5-268 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.7 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 | ES_Launch merger. Thanks to the fixing of ES_Launch and other improvements, the disc channel no longer has any errors even with panic handlers. But it is still unable to load games. | MayImilae |
4.0.2 | Windows 7 | AMD A4-5300B @ 3.4 GHz | AMD Radeon HD 7480D | All games, even Wii games, refuse to load. It just freezes on a black screen | 71.229.35.236 |
4.0-1977 | Windows 7 | Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz | AMD Radeon HD 5450 | The Disc Channel can now launch Wii games without problems, but it cannot load GameCube games yet. | Lukeee123 |
5.0-14197 | Windows 10 | Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.6 GHz | Intel HD Graphics 4400 | Perfect, now it can load both GameCube and Wii games. | Jack |
Gameplay Videos
- Nintendo (Developer)
- North America (Release region)
- Japan (Release region)
- Australia (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- 2006 (Initial release year)
- Utility (Genre)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- 5 stars (Rating)
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): ATI
- Tested
- Tested On (Release): 3.0
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Tested On (Release): 4.0.2
- Tested On (CPU): AMD
- Tested On (GPU): AMD
- Tested On (Release): 4.0
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Tested On (GPU): Intel
- Untested for 2500+ revisions
- Wii Channels