Wii Transfer Release Notes

Versions 2.7.2 (8/14/2011)

Updated movie quality conversion settings for smooth streaming to the Wii. There is now a default "recommended" choice that produces better playback of feature-length movies to the Wii, and more options for customizing the quality. You will need to reconvert any movies to see the changes.
Updated support for more movie formats when processing audio.
Added a setting for controlling shared bookmarks, or turning them off for all browsers.
Removed the "Convert for SD card" feature, which was not consistently reliable on the Wii.
Plus bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Fixed many Mii issues such as aborted sessions, unending and slow renders without an error, better status messages, and problems copying Miis a second time.
Save Mii data to Miis.plist file in Application Support folder. This file can be dragged to Wii Transfer's app icon to render later without Bluetooth.
Increment music play count in iTunes when playing a song from the Wii.
Fixed memory errors in picture slideshow with new implementation (for playing with no background music only).
Removed small picture number buttons in slideshow, and removed some slideshow preferences (always uses fade).
Cached movies pane is updated on startup to reflect movie files that were deleted elsewhere.
Fixed progress bar when finishing streaming movie processing.
Improved Wii screens to include breadcrumb-style navigation, full width lists, remember movies thumbnails or list view, and fixed scrolling on player lists.
Fixed SD card export if cancelled, and improved SD card error messages.
Reorganized preferences window into tabs and added preference for iTunes and iPhoto XML files for when Wii Transfer cannot find the correct iTunes or iPhoto libraries.
Upgraded Perian and FFMPEG to latest versions with bug fixes and better movie format support, used internally for some conversion.

Copy Miis to your Mac and save them as JPEG images.
Added support for even more movie formats, including most MOV, AVI, MPEG4, H.264, and DivX.
New movie conversion interface for easily finding movies in iTunes, iPhoto, and your Movies folder.
Settings to restrict music and photos to specific iTunes playlists and iPhoto albums.
Improved movie playback including skipping directly to any point on the timeline.
Batch conversion for processing multiple movies for streaming.
Preference to change the cache location for converted movies, and ability to delete unused movies.
Many bug fixes and usability improvements.

Improved movie conversion to use 2-pass encoding for more consistent performance.
Updated movie streaming quality settings for better audio.
Movie controller now auto-hides when no Wii remote activity.
Fixed case-sensitivity when filtering MP3 and AAC file extensions.
Added log file to help troubleshoot conversion errors.
Fixed help showing blank page.
Fixed UI glitches on Leopard.
Additional minor improvements and bug fixes.

Movie streaming with drag-and-drop Flash video conversion.
Set background music for picture sharing.
Browse Safari and Firefox bookmarks on your Wii.
Revised user interface and more options.
Much more efficient saved game backups algorithm.
Search your music from the Wii.
Use the Wiimote control pad up/down arrows to navigate sharing interface. Right arrow to follow a link.
iLife '08 compatibility.
Other bug fixes and minor improvements.

Fixed broken "Require password" preference.
Fixed missing images when not using iPhoto's "Copy files to iPhoto" preference.
Added new "Bubbles" transition choice to picture sharing.
Movie conversion uses less memory while processing files.
Improved compatibility with connecting to Wii Transfer from outside the local network.
Improved reliability of finding album cover artwork.
New bookmark link and instructions for registered users.
Increased maximum photos per iPhoto album to 2000.
Additional bug fixes and minor improvements.

Fixed AAC files from being cut off the first time they are played.
Start playing music before a song has finished loading.
Fixed up-button on Wii remote for playlists screen, corrected remaining seconds display, and other minor UI improvements.
...plus AAC support and the redesigned Wii interface from version 2.3.

Support for unprotected AAC files, including iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes Music Store.
Use the Nintendo Wii remote control buttons to navigate to the next song without pointing at the television.
Improved music player interface.
Shuffle the contents of iTunes playlists.

Fixed broken playback of some MP3s with cover album art.
Fixed missing album cover artwork for non-English versions of iTunes.
Updated latest list of game codes so that correct titles will show in backup pane.
Minor improvements to layout on Wii when playing music.
Fixed fast auto-scrolling of track list.
Changed bookmark location to use wiitransfer.com domain. Existing favorites will still work.

iTunes playlist support! Wii Transfer automatically finds your playlists that contain MP3s.
Added preference to control whether images are cropped to fit the full television screen or shown in full but with black bars.
Now choose between image transition effects for picture sharing.
Added music browsing by album.
Redesigned music player controls with larger buttons and text.
Now looks for videos marked as podcasts in iTunes rather than rely on genre.
Added preference to control automatic letterboxing for widescreen movies.
Album cover artwork now has reflections, and playlists get collage of cover images.
Fixed conflict with other applications such as Slim Server that use port 9000, and allow changing the port number.
Fixed display of unicode characters in sharing interface on Wii.
Fixed problem using aliases to the iTunes Music and iPhoto folders.