Disc Drive emulation: Difference between revisions

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*[[Dolphin]] has support for GameCube Game Disc dumps and disc images. Most regular optical drives for PCs are unable to read GameCube & Wii discs. However, you can use some out-of-print models of DVD drives that may read GC and Wii discs but they are rare and primarily used for dumping the game data into an disc image file, and you need a compatible software tool to dump it. There is no passthrough support.

=== Wii Optical Disc ===

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs#Wii_Optical_Disc Wii Optical Disc (RVL-006)] is the physical game medium for the Wii, created by Panasonic. Nintendo extended its proprietary technology to use a full size 12 cm, 4.7/8.54 GB DVD-based disc, retaining the benefits of the GameCube Game Disc, and adding the standard capacity of a double-layer DVD-ROM. Wii Discs always include a partition with files to update the Wii system software, which are installed before starting the game if needed. This ensures that systems that can't connect to the Internet are still updated. For the same reasons as the GameCube, the Wii can't play DVD-Videos or CDs. However, earlier Wiis (typically those with serial numbers starting with LU64 or lower, or older RVL-CPU-30 boards) have hardware physically capable of reading DVD-ROMs, Nintendo never officially enabled this feature to avoid paying licensing fees. Those ones can play DVD-Video using [[Homebrew and ROM hacks|homebrew]] such as WiiMC.

* Dolphin has support for Wii Optical Disc dumps/[[Save disk space for ISOs#GameCube .2F Wii|images]]. Most regular optical drives for PCs are unable to read GameCube & Wii discs. However, you can use some out-of-print models of DVD drives that may read GC and Wii discs but they are rare and primarily used for dumping the game data into an disc image file, and you need a compatible software tool to dump it. There is no passthrough support. See [[Ripping_games]] page for more information. On top of that, there is no support for DVD-Video if you plan to use Dolphin with WiiMC [[Homebrew and ROM hacks|homebrew]] software for DVD-Video.

* Virtual Wii has support for Wii Optical Disc ({{YouTubeVideo|4iaq_mKn7mE|demonstration}}). It can't play DVD-Videos though, but we don't know if it is possible to play DVD-Videos using Virtual Wii and [[Homebrew and ROM hacks|homebrew]] software (similarly to earlier Wii models as mentioned above). According to some user reports, it is possible with using [https://gbatemp.net/threads/full-dvd-playback-on-wiiu-vwii-wiimc-lg-drive.500189/ external optical drive].

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 *[[Dolphin]] has support for GameCube Game Disc dumps and disc images. Most regular optical drives for PCs are unable to read GameCube & Wii discs. However, you can use some out-of-print models of DVD drives that may read GC and Wii discs but they are rare and primarily used for dumping the game data into an disc image file, and you need a compatible software tool to dump it. There is no passthrough support.
+=== Wii Optical Disc ===
+The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs#Wii_Optical_Disc Wii Optical Disc (RVL-006)] is the physical game medium for the Wii, created by Panasonic. Nintendo extended its proprietary technology to use a full size 12 cm, 4.7/8.54 GB DVD-based disc, retaining the benefits of the GameCube Game Disc, and adding the standard capacity of a double-layer DVD-ROM. Wii Discs always include a partition with files to update the Wii system software, which are installed before starting the game if needed. This ensures that systems that can't connect to the Internet are still updated. For the same reasons as the GameCube, the Wii can't play DVD-Videos or CDs. However, earlier Wiis (typically those with serial numbers starting with LU64 or lower, or older RVL-CPU-30 boards) have hardware physically capable of reading DVD-ROMs, Nintendo never officially enabled this feature to avoid paying licensing fees. Those ones can play DVD-Video using [[Homebrew and ROM hacks|homebrew]] such as WiiMC.
+* Dolphin has support for Wii Optical Disc dumps/[[Save disk space for ISOs#GameCube .2F Wii|images]]. Most regular optical drives for PCs are unable to read GameCube & Wii discs. However, you can use some out-of-print models of DVD drives that may read GC and Wii discs but they are rare and primarily used for dumping the game data into an disc image file, and you need a compatible software tool to dump it. There is no passthrough support. See [[Ripping_games]] page for more information. On top of that, there is no support for DVD-Video if you plan to use Dolphin with WiiMC [[Homebrew and ROM hacks|homebrew]] software for DVD-Video.
+* Virtual Wii has support for Wii Optical Disc ({{YouTubeVideo|4iaq_mKn7mE|demonstration}}). It can't play DVD-Videos though, but we don't know if it is possible to play DVD-Videos using Virtual Wii and [[Homebrew and ROM hacks|homebrew]] software (similarly to earlier Wii models as mentioned above). According to some user reports, it is possible with using [https://gbatemp.net/threads/full-dvd-playback-on-wiiu-vwii-wiimc-lg-drive.500189/ external optical drive].
 [[Category:FAQs]]
 [[Category:Preservation]]
 [[Category:Various emulation]]