Disc Channel

Disc Channel
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 Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

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.

r0

r7598

3.5-268

4.0-1953

5.0-2449

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5.0-20560 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This channel has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
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

Different Disc Channel intros (Wii Menu) on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator

Disc Channel 5.0-14197