Wii decryption tool released

[FAST6191]

Did some more work, nothing terribly definitive yet although I will say if you are familiar with DS files it looks like the wii will follow.
Some menu stuff viewed with a GBA viewer (why it looks awful, if I have time in the morning I will see if I can get the spec down).
I also found some arc files which at first glance appear similar to the NARC files the DS uses (not exactly but close enough to raise eyebrows). TGA files with references to them being textures were there (whether these are standard TGA (TARGA) images remains to be seen but it is not unheard of.
Images:

I poked around the pop3wii.bf file, it reminds me of the DS sound files (what I guess to be an offset list followed by a large list of names: do a string search for ASCII and unicode and you will pick it up).

Extract from the soundwii.fat (a small file alongside the considerably larger soundwii.big). I am not sure what sb7 is but I saw a string along the lines of soundstream.ss7, ss7 is a broadcast format (http://www.gl.com/ss7.html rare though and I call coincidence)
CODE0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 186D 0500 0000 0000 .........m......
0000010 0E00 0000 736F 756E 642F 3030 312E 7362 ....sound/001.sb
0000020 3700 2200 0000 186D 0500 E425 0100 0000 7."....m...%....
0000030 0000 0E00 0000 736F 756E 642F 3030 332E ......sound/003.
0000040 7362 3700 4400 0000 FC92 0600 7C23 0100 sb7.D.......|#..
0000050 0000 0000 0E00 0000 736F 756E 642F 3030 ........sound/00
0000060 342E 7362 3700 6600 0000 78B6 0700 AC23 4.sb7.f...x....#
0000070 0100 0000 0000 0E00 0000 736F 756E 642F ..........sound/
0000080 3030 352E 7362 3700 8800 0000 24DA 0800 005.sb7.....$...
0000090 1423 0100 0000 0000 0E00 0000 736F 756E .#..........soun
00000A0 642F 3030 362E 7362 3700 AA00 0000 38FD d/006.sb7.....8.
00000B0 0900 542D 0100 0000 0000 0E00 0000 736F ..T-..........so
00000C0 756E 642F 3030 372E 7362 3700 CC00 0000 und/007.sb7.....
00000D0 8C2A 0B00 4C2E 0100 0000 0000 0E00 0000 .*..L...........
00000E0 736F 756E 642F 3030 382E 7362 3700 EE00 sound/008.sb7...
00000F0 0000 D858 0C00 9407 0100 0000 0000 0E00 ...X............



I also started to look at the apploader.img from the deconstruction of PP_0.bin, if I had time it looks like some interesting things could be pulled from it (it contains a bunch of error messages and dev stuff (file system talk) in ASCII) and the files that it comes with. It looks like it will be one of the check several hundred isos including same game different region before something nice appears. It appears the devs are as lax as ever when it comes to cleaning stuff from the image (one of the main things that led to the DS sound format being reverse engineered was the accidental inclusion of a map of the SDAT from the nitro dev kit in Zoids)

Also if someone knows of a nice (preferably freeware) powerPC disassembler that would be great. RAW mode (blind disassembly) is pretty essential.

Hopefully next time I can forgo the "kid in a candy shop" approach and actually get down to some real hacking rather than my current speculate a lot approach.

 

[dsbomb]

I'm sure it follows along the lines of the gamecube. Popping "gamecube disassembler" into Google, I found this command-line disassembler. You may want to check out TehSkeen and GCDev for slightly bigger development communities, too.

I've only slightly gotten into GC coding, so I don't know much about the file formats and such.

 

[DarkLG]

can someon explain to me how to install and use this becuase when i try opening it it doesnt open and i downloaded all the programs i needed to run this plz help?

 

[James B.]

Also if someone knows of a nice (preferably freeware) powerPC disassembler that would be great. RAW mode (blind disassembly) is pretty essential.

http://www.backerstreet.com/rec/rec.htm

Not sure if that's what you wanted :].

I love the progress we're making.. I'm about to try this with Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles.

Oh, and yaoluislg, go to Run > command and run the exe through the command prompt.

 

[Heran Bago]

FAST6191, are the ARC files similar to those used by gamecube games? All the gamecube Zeldas use .arc archives.

As for a disassembler, IDA Pro? I know you said freeware but come on, we're already talking Wii ISOs.

 

[DarkLG]

run exe.?do you mean the program name.exe?explain more

 

[GexX2]

run exe.?do you mean the program name.exe?explain more

Don't bother running it. If you don't know what exe to use, then the program is self is probably useless to you anyway.

 

[DarkLG]

can someone plz tell me what to do plz?

 

[webyugioh]

can someone plz tell me what to do in detal plz?

make sure the Key.bin file is in the same folder as WiiED.exe and WiiSO.exe

Anyway, what I did was to run it through the command prompt, Start->Run->'cmd'->Enter.

Browse to its folder. Type things like: WiiED "x:\dir\file.iso". And then: WiiSO "x:\dir\MG_0.bin".
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Also, i found out some funny things.
I tested this out with SMG NTSC.
I found out that out of the ~4GB of space, the movies take 2.23GB of it.
And for all those who want to know how to play thp movie files. Use thpplay!
Another thing i found out was that almost everything was in .arc format, whatever that is.
Also, does anyone know how to play the .ast audio files.
I would love to listen to some SMG music.

Also, does a thp to .avi converter or something similar to that exist?
While i am asking question, is there any way to convert .ast files

Thank you all and i can't wait to see what the future has in store.

Also i will be uploading all of the videos i rip on to my website sooner or later for you guys to watch.
For those too lazy to rip the games them selfs.

 

[DarkLG]

ok um where do i get the key.bin file and also i have the wiiso and wiiEd in the wiitools folder inside the wiitools folder on my desktop so what would i type?

 

[Sonicandtails]

ok um where do i get the key.bin file and also i have the wiiso and wiiEd in the wiitools folder inside the wiitools folder on my desktop so what would i type?

Usenet.

 

[DarkLG]

um im not a member

 

[Sonicandtails]

um im not a member

If you do not know what Usenet is (It's not something you are a member of really) and you don't know why the .exe is closing when you open it and you don't know how to follow basic instructions, then you obviously are not ready to even step foot in the world of hackery.

 

[DarkLG]

plz tell me how because i have wii games on my pc and in my room plz tell me im a complete noob at this but it shouldnt be that hard plz tell and explain

 

[webyugioh]

ok um where do i get the key.bin file and also i have the wiiso and wiiEd in the wiitools folder inside the wiitools folder on my desktop so what would i type?

Wiitools
Key.bin
DLL

That should be everything you need to get it working.
Just make sure everything is in the same folder.
Then start up the command prompt (if you don't know how to work the command prompt then stop now)
Then go to the folder, type in what i said before and wait.
Before you know it you too will be watching wii video.

if you have any more questions i will try to help you.

 

[dsbomb]

While i am asking question, is there any way to convert .ast files

Brakken at TehSkeen has just come to the rescue with this plugin for Winamp (and compatible players).

 

[iritegood]

plz tell me how because i have wii games on my pc and in my room plz tell me im a complete noob at this but it shouldnt be that hard plz tell and explain

If you can't understand such simple concepts. Why do you even need to run this at all? Just leave it to the hackers, and mere mortals like us can reap the rewards.

Also: Typing coherently and in a way that doesn't make you sound like a douche would probably get you more help.

 

[webyugioh]

While i am asking question, is there any way to convert .ast files
Brakken at TehSkeen has just come to the rescue with this plugin for Winamp (and compatible players).

could you please tell me some video players that are compatible with Winamp plug-in's.
I personally don't like winamp and don't want to install it just for this.
Do winamp plugins work with MPC, or the likes.

Thank you

 

[DarkLG]

hey webyugioh i downloaded everything you said then i start run and type cmd and then i put where i have the files so i would type WiiED c:\documents and Settings\Hp_Administrator\Desktop\Wiitools\wiitols\file.iso and then WiiSo
then the place where the game is right?

 

[SirDrake]

this is a nice step forward for the wii scene.

makes it easier to replace updates ofc we need a tool to re-encrypt the contents

maybe even custom firmware now