Wii Transfer 2.5.2 and Leopard
Happy Halloween! Wii Transfer 2.5.2 is now available. This is probably one of the most difficult bug fix releases I've done. Full changes are in the release notes, but the biggest stuff includes fixed Leopard UI glitches and a new 2-pass encoding that should result in much more consistent movie streaming quality. Along the way I touched most of the corners of the product, including many hours of trial-and-error debugging the Flash FLV player component.
While testing Wii Transfer on my TV the other day I had a moment to reflect on how this product has evolved. What started as a one-weekend hack has grown into something quite a bit more complex. It has a few rough edges, sure, but I'm proud of this little app and how I've been able to put a simple UI on all these different technologies (embedded web server, HTML/JavaScript/Flash UI, MP3 and FLV conversion, iLife integration, etc). I have a few new features planned and in various stages of development, but I think the just-released 2.5.2 is going to start a trend of refinement; there's a lot I could do to improve the movie conversion and streaming experience before introducing anything radically new.
So, Leopard. I had originally planned to just wipe my old Leopard seed partition on the MacBook and test the GM, but at the last minute I dove full in and did an upgrade install on my primary machine, the Mac Pro. I have nightly SuperDuper clones just in case, but the upgrade was completely smooth. It's a great OS foundation and I can't wait to see what other developers have been working on.
October 31, 2007 10:54 PM [link] -
