If you would like to watch your Blu-ray movies on Wii, rip Bluray movies on Wii, so that you can leverage the computing resources of the gaming console and use it as a standalone media player too, there are a couple of things that need to be done for that. This requires some installations apart from software to rip Blu-ray to Wii converter, but also the media player that can play these files on Wii, which further has requirements like adding a homebrew channel and so on.

What is Wii?

The Nintendo Wii, unlike the Sony PS3, doesn't support Blu-ray discs natively. To play Blu-rays on the Wii, you'll need an external Blu-ray drive and conversion software like DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper or Leawo Blu-ray Ripper. Since the Wii can't read Blu-ray files directly, you must convert them to compatible formats like MP4 or AVI. This is a safer option than modifying the console's software, which could risk bricking it. DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper offers presets for various devices, and if the Wii U isn't listed, you can convert to a compatible base format.

How to Convert Blu-rays on Playing on Wii/Wii U 

DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper

DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper is a professional program that can rip any Blu-ray to MKV files without quality loss on Windows and Mac. Its exclusive Cloud Decryption Service helps you unlock any Blu-ray copy mechanisms and ensures a seamless Blu-ray conversion.

Detailed Steps of Rip Blu-ray on Wii

There is no preprogrammed Wii file in the profile library of DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper, but you can choose a video format supported by Wii to rip Blu-ray to video that can be played by Wii. Such as MP4 and AVI.

Step 1: Download and install DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper, click on the "Ripper" module and upload Blu-ray disc, ISO image file, or folder.

Step 2: On the main interface, you can choose the titles, chapters, audio tracks, and subtitles your to convert. You can also add external subtitles.

Step 3: Click "Choose Other Profile" to select your desired MP4 profile.

Step 4: Edit and customize the output video via "Advanced Settings" and "Video Edit".

Click "Advanced Settings" (the wrench button) and then you can set the parameters about the video, audio, and subtitles, or change them in terms of codec, resolution, encoding method, video quality, frame rate, audio channels, volume, bit rate, just name a few.

Using the video editor, you can trim the video for your favorite part, crop the video frame for a favorite display part, rotate or merge videos, add watermark (text or image), adjust video color, change subtitles, and more.

Step 5: In the end, select an output directory and hit the "Start" button to start the ripping.

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper is another program that supports to rip Bluray movies on Wii at ease, in just 3 simple steps. First, you need to download this blu-ray ripper mac, and launch the program. This gets you to the menu from where you can browse to the Blu-ray player where the disc is inserted. Moreover, it allows you to load ISO, IFO, and files in DVD folders as well. The Wii AVI or Wii MOV presets can be chosen as the output type from Devices, tab.

The good thing is that there is a small preview option on the right as well that allows you to preview the movie in real-time. The idea of choosing presets is that you as an end-user do not have to worry about things like brightness, resolution, frames per second, bit rate, audio and many more things that go into the video conversion process, from one to another. In order to rip Blu-ray movies on Wii, these things are taken care of by the software itself. So, all you have to do is hit the “Convert” button, and the program will create a file in the hard disc or the desired output location at any time.

Now, this time is of great importance which is why when ripping large movies of sizes like 50 GB, one wishes to use a program that is more advanced, faster than others, makes efficient use of computer resources and so on. This also means that you need to have a modern computer with stuff like GPU, multi-core processors. These days, even smartphones come with 8 cores, so it is only wise to choose programs that support such architecture.

There may be online options for these as well since the cloud is taking everything by storm. In these cases, all the data handling is done via a large optical fiber high-speed internet connection. The files have to be either uploaded or sent to the file Blu-ray to Wii converter via the cloud's URL link. These then can be converted via powerful computers or workstations sitting somewhere.

Conclusion

This article shows you how to Blu-ray movies to Wii, but if you want to you can play Blu-rays on your laptop with a Blu-ray player software. Can the Wii play DVDs? Please follow us to have a look at these Blu-ray players for Win/Mac.