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 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.

r7598

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5.0-21383 (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 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.	MaJoR

Gameplay Videos

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