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{{Infobox VG
{{Infobox VG
|image    = [[File:Wii-Disc_Channel.png|300px]]
|channeltype = Pre-installed
|developer = Nintendo
|developer = Nintendo
|genre = Utility
|released = {{vgrelease|NA=November 19, 2006}}{{vgrelease|JP=December 2, 2006}}{{vgrelease|AUS=December 7, 2006}}{{vgrelease|EU=December 8, 2006}}
|released = {{vgrelease|NA=November 19, 2006}}{{vgrelease|JP=December 2, 2006}}{{vgrelease|AUS=December 7, 2006}}{{vgrelease|EU=December 8, 2006}}
|genre    = Utility
|channeltype = Pre-installed
|input    = Wii Remote
|image = [[File:Wii-Disc_Channel.png|300px]]
|forumlink = http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-wii-channel-disc-channel
|forumlink = http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-wii-channel-disc-channel
}}
}}


This channel allows the user to launch [[Wii]] or [[Gamecube]] games from the disk drive of the Wii. Ideally, the functionality of this channel, inside Dolphin, would include: The launching of any Wii or Gamecube game without the "Unknown Pointer" or "Unable to read the disc" errors appearing. As of {{revision|3.0-376}}, functionality is reduced to viewing the currently "inserted" disc by setting the Default ISO path: Options => Configure... => Paths, and changing the currently "inserted" disc by using the "Change Disc..." option: File => Change Disc....
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 ==
== Problems ==
=== Unable To Read Disc ===
{{Problems|type=channel|{{#vardefineecho:problems|
Opening an ISO: File => Open..., pressing the Home button, selecting "Wii Menu" and selecting "Yes" to the "Return to Wii Menu?" dialog works correctly; provided a Wii System Menu is currently installed. Although some revisions, before release version {{revision|3.0}}, may give the following error if the "Use Panic Handlers" are on: "Unknown pointer 0xffffffff Continue?". However, Dolphin doesn't fully emulate the Device_ES functions, so the Disc Channel will show the message below if a GameCube ISO is set as the default ISO in Dolphin settings, or if you start the Wii Menu and use the "Change Disc" option under the File menu in Dolphin to select a Wii ISO whose region does not match the installed Wii System Menu.
=== <s>Cheats, Savestates Not Working</s> ===
[[File:Disc_Channel_unknown.png|200px|thumb|left|In some situations ISO files are unknown on Disc Channel]]
<!-- Shared problem with [[GameCube Main Menu#Cheats, Savestates Not Working]] and [[Wii Menu#Cheats, Savestates Not Working]] -->
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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 {{revision|5.0-2712}}, which introduces proper title tracking. Savestates, screenshots, cheats, custom textures, etc. should all work.
 
=== <s>GameCube Games Do Not Load</s> ===
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 {{revision|5.0-2449}}.
 
=== <s>Persistent Game Settings (GameINI) on Next Game Load</s> ===
<!-- Shared problem with [[GameCube Main Menu#Persistent Game Settings (GameINI) on Next Game Load]] and [[Wii Menu#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 {{revision|5.0-4896}}.
}}}}


== Configuration ==
== Configuration ==
{{Config
{{Config
|type = channel
}}
}}


== Version Compatibility ==
== Version Compatibility ==
{{VersionCompatibility}}
{{VersionCompatibility}}
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{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|7598|***}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|0|**|ES_Launch required}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|7598|***|}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|3.5-268|***|ES_Launch merge}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-1953|****|Wii disc load fix}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|5.0-2449|*****|GameCube disc load fix}}
{{VersionCompatibilityClose}}
{{VersionCompatibilityClose}}


== Testing ==
== Testing ==
{{testing/start|type=channel}}
{{testing/start}}
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{{testing/entry|revision=7598|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz|GPU=ATI Radeon HD 5770|result=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.|tester=SephirothFanatic}}
{{testing/entry|revision=7598|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz|GPU=ATI Radeon HD 5770|result=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.|tester=SephirothFanatic}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.0|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz|GPU=ATI Radeon HD 5770|result=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.|tester=SephirothFanatic}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.0|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz|GPU=ATI Radeon HD 5770|result=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.|tester=SephirothFanatic}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.0-376|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz|GPU=ATI Radeon HD 5770|result=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.|tester=SephirothFanatic}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.0-376|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz|GPU=ATI Radeon HD 5770|result=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.|tester=SephirothFanatic}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.5-268|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.7GHz|GPU=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275|result=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.|tester=MayImilae}}
{{testing/entry|revision=4.0.2|OS=Windows 7|CPU=AMD A4-5300B @ 3.4GHz|GPU=AMD Radeon HD 7480D|result=All games, even Wii games, refuse to load. It just freezes on a black screen|tester=71.229.35.236}}
{{testing/entry|revision=4.0-1977|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1GHz|GPU=AMD Radeon HD 5450|result=The Disc Channel can now launch Wii games without problems, but it cannot load GameCube games yet.|tester=Lukeee123}}
{{testing/end}}
{{testing/end}}


== Gameplay Videos ==
== Gameplay Videos ==
{{YouTube|e5zzpVQp9Bk|Different Disc Channel intros (Wii System Menu) on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator|br}}
{{VideoGallery
 
|vid1=e5zzpVQp9Bk|cap1=Different Disc Channel intros (Wii Menu) on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator
}}
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[[Category:Wii Channels]]
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