Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal? I want to know so I can possibly make ones that aren't...http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5732#msg-5732Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:09:57 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5769#msg-5769 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5769#msg-5769
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icefire
The currently available "banner-making software" is just replacing the TPL files and repacking....so can you make a homebrew channel (just one) then "inject" the new banner (I mean like making a completely homebrew channel but with the same specifications as the ones used in the current banner-making software)?

There's more to banner files than just the TPL textures. Granted not much more. There's the audio, and there's the animation data. Technically I suppose if you had your own banner tools you could "replicate" the animations, and same can be said about "replicating" the layout and style of your banners. Audio would be a bit harder to justify

Most of the illegal side comes with distributing copyright code, such as the NAND loader, and if you've done a ROM injection, the emulator bound to the channel, and the ROM, obviously.]]> whodares Homebrew GeneralWed, 24 Dec 2008 00:03:17 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5766#msg-5766 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5766#msg-5766 Arikado Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 23:44:33 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5764#msg-5764 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5764#msg-5764
Edit: Arikado: I'm not sure what you mean, I mean the like "Homebrew Browser Channel" and such floating around, not 'Injected' VC games.]]> icefire Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 23:38:09 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5758#msg-5758 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5758#msg-5758
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icefire
The currently available "banner-making software" is just replacing the TPL files and repacking....so can you make a homebrew channel (just one) then "inject" the new banner (I mean like making a completely homebrew channel but with the same specifications as the ones used in the current banner-making software)?
No, the banner making software uses copyrighted code.]]> Arikado Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 22:39:00 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5750#msg-5750 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5750#msg-5750 icefire Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 22:08:32 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5749#msg-5749 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5749#msg-5749
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whodares
I guess that depends on the license Team Twiizers provide :-)

? I thought HBC was freeware..

oh, wait, nevermind.. that is where the issue with homebreware and wiiunlocker ect... were having problems.. free but licensed software...

so, Team twiizers, could we spread "gutted" HBCs?]]> DrLucky Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 22:00:14 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5748#msg-5748 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5748#msg-5748 whodares Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 21:55:48 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5745#msg-5745 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5745#msg-5745 DrLucky Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 21:44:13 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5736#msg-5736 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5736#msg-5736
In order to make a legal channel you need the following -

1. A banner creator (you can't rip an existing one)
2. A NAND loader (not the Nintendo one)
3. Wii homebrew application/game

Source code for my banner creator has been released, however, it is massively unfinished, and serves only to disassemble existing banners, and provide a code framework for creating new ones.

Marcan has written a NAND loader, but as far as I am aware, there has been no public release.

The trouble is, most people who talk about channels aren't actually building them from scratch (otherwise we'd see a couple of banner tools and NAND loaders public), and that is why they are frowned upon here

Here are my channel creation threads:
[forum.wiibrew.org]
[forum.wiibrew.org]]]> whodares Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 21:21:40 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5734#msg-5734 Re: Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5734#msg-5734
The homebrew channel on the other hand, is created from scratch using brand new code that is not inside any other channel. Which is why it is a legal channel.

So you can't make legal channels. Beacause all of tools out there only let you use the "gut and relpace" method. Also reffered to as "creating an injected channel".]]> Arikado Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 21:13:19 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5732#msg-5732 Can someone remind me why custom channels besides HBC are illegal?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?21,5732,5732#msg-5732 icefire Homebrew GeneralTue, 23 Dec 2008 20:41:35 +0100