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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 disk drive of the Wii. Currently, Dolphin cannot launch games with it. All it can do in Dolphin is display the currently "inserted" disc, as set in the Default ISO path: Options => Configure... => Paths, or by using "Change Disc...": File => Change Disc...


== Problems ==
== Problems ==
=== Unable To Read Disc ===
=== Hang on Loading Disc ===
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.
Previous versions of Dolphin gave an error when attempted to load a game with the disc channel. Now that it better emulates Wii Menu functions, the emulated Disc Channel is able to read the discs, and will even try to launch the game, but it will hang, stuck on a black screen unable to load the game.
[[File:Disc_Channel_unknown.png|200px|thumb|left|In some situations ISO files are unknown on Disc Channel]]
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== Configuration ==
== Configuration ==
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{{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 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 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 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=3.5-268|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.7ghz|GPU=Nvidia Geforce GTX275|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=MaJoR}}
{{testing/end}}
{{testing/end}}



Revision as of 11:30, 17 January 2013

Disc Channel
Wii-Disc Channel.png
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
Compatibility 5Stars5.pngEdit rating: Disc Channel
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This channel allows the user to launch Wii or Gamecube games from the disk drive of the Wii. Currently, Dolphin cannot launch games with it. All it can do in Dolphin is display the currently "inserted" disc, as set in the Default ISO path: Options => Configure... => Paths, or by using "Change Disc...": File => Change Disc...

Problems

Hang on Loading Disc

Previous versions of Dolphin gave an error when attempted to load a game with the disc channel. Now that it better emulates Wii Menu functions, the emulated Disc Channel is able to read the discs, and will even try to launch the game, but it will hang, stuck on a black screen unable to load the game.

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.

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5.0-21270 (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 x64 Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz 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 x64 Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz 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 x64 Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz 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 x64 Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.7ghz Nvidia Geforce GTX275 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. MaJoR

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