> Your Wii can now play DivX files

Hooray for homebrew! The recently released Wii Video 9 allows you to convert your video files (mpeg, divx, avi, etc.) into a playable format for your Wii. By converting the files into the MJPEG format and then transferring them to your SD Card, you can watch video through the picture channel on your Wii. The clip above is from Siliconera and demonstrates the final outcome.

The player (made by Red Kawa) is free, but you're going to want to spring for a bigger SD Card to take advantage of the program. Apparently, the conversion process increases the file size quite a bit. I haven't been able to try this out myself since I don't have a Wii, so go try it on your own and let me know how it works out. Please don't tell me what type of files you converted, though. I doubt that most of you will be using this function to watch old episodes of Buffy on the tv.

More info:
Wii Video 9 - Wii Video Converter
Your Wii can now play DivX files: The pr0n floodgates have opened :: DESTRUCTOID :: Hardcore gaming blog

the title is itself wrong .. According to the article , Wii Video 9 converts video files into Wii playable formats . Wii still can't directly play them

Even my PS2 can play Divx files

The Wii converts the video to some moving picture format and plays it through a damn image viewer?!

yeah that's some feat, but really, won't be useful at all. Ps2 and Xbox can play pure Divx files off the cd.

hey , through a hack ??? firmware update? nothing at all ?

The Ps2 plays Divx through a software called 'PS2Reality' - if that was your question....don't know about Xbox though.

Xbox plays it through xbmc and a couple of other apps provided you have a moded xbox.