--- title: GitHub - fabienmillet/WiiFin: Jellyfin Client for Wii description: WiiFin is an experimental open-source homebrew Jellyfin client for the Nintendo Wii, written in C++ using GRRLIB and MPlayer CE. It supports authentication,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github---fabienmillet-wiifin-jellyfin-client-for-wii-6883awqqn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub - fabienmillet/WiiFin: Jellyfin Client for Wii | daily.dev og:description: WiiFin is an experimental open-source homebrew Jellyfin client for the Nintendo Wii, written in C++ using GRRLIB and MPlayer CE. It supports authentication,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github---fabienmillet-wiifin-jellyfin-client-for-wii-6883awqqn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6883awQqN.png og:image:alt: GitHub - fabienmillet/WiiFin: Jellyfin Client for Wii og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub - fabienmillet/WiiFin: Jellyfin Client for Wii **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 57 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary WiiFin is an experimental open-source homebrew Jellyfin client for the Nintendo Wii, written in C++ using GRRLIB and MPlayer CE. It supports authentication, library browsing (movies, TV, music), video/audio playback via server-side transcoding, HTTPS via mbedTLS, Wiimote IR input, and playback progress reporting. Ships as a ready-to-use .dol and installable .wad file. Build requires devkitPro with devkitPPC. Direct-play is not supported and audio is stereo-only. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ahorts** · 4 upvotes > Never expected this. Let's goo **@nanomicon** · 1 upvotes > Lmao I didn’t expect this combination to exist ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [This Jellyfin app made me ditch every other streaming client](https://daily.dev/posts/this-jellyfin-app-made-me-ditch-every-other-streaming-client-w3fyn8q7j) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I turned Jellyfin into the Spotify alternative I've always wanted with this app](https://daily.dev/posts/i-turned-jellyfin-into-the-spotify-alternative-i-ve-always-wanted-with-this-app-uliqahzra) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#c](https://daily.dev/tags/c), [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++), [#jellyfin](https://daily.dev/tags/jellyfin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/github---fabienmillet-wiifin-jellyfin-client-for-wii-6883awqqn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GitHub - fabienmillet/WiiFin: Jellyfin Client for Wii","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/github---fabienmillet-wiifin-jellyfin-client-for-wii-6883awqqn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/github---fabienmillet-wiifin-jellyfin-client-for-wii-6883awqqn"},"datePublished":"2026-04-14T03:45:39.375Z","dateModified":"2026-07-02T02:12:42.867Z","description":"WiiFin is an experimental open-source homebrew Jellyfin client for the Nintendo Wii, written in C++ using GRRLIB and MPlayer CE. 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