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Chapter 8: Media Manager Working with Images
Introduction and Overview
Your Wii is ideal for showing off your digital pictures in the comfort of your living room, so why not use the Media Manager to copy them
from your PC to your Wii Memory Card?
The Wii requires your images to be in JPG format (native format for most digital cameras).
Copy Options
Before you click the COPY button, choose which (if any) of the Media Managers re-sampling options you would like to apply to your
images. These options automatically resize your images to get the best picture quality in the smallest file size (which also makes them
quicker to load on the Wii).
Straight Copy: This will leave your original image as it is. Using this option, if the image you copy is larger than your TV screen, you can use
the Wii to zoom in on the image to see additional detail. File sizes may be large using this setting, and loading times slow.
Copy and Strech to 16:9: This option stretches your image so that it’s the same aspect ratio a widescreen television. This option avoids
wasted space at the edge of the screen, but causes distortion in your images as they’re stretched to fit.
Copy and Limit Size 800x600: If your images are considerably bigger than your TV screen, you can use these options to reduce the size to a
more appropriate level. Not only does this save space on your Memory Card, it also means you can display the whole image on the screen
without shrinkage, making loading faster. An 800x600 ratio is ideal for small TVs.
Copy and Limit Size 1600x1200: As above, but a size setting of 1600x1200 for larger TV screens.
Transferring your Images
Click ‘Add new media to library’ to open a file browse dialogue box which allows you to browse your computer for image files. You can also
open a ‘My Computer’ window and use that to drag-and-drop files into the PC Media View from where they can be added to your Wii’s
Memory Card.
Highlight one or more files in the PC Media View (use CTRL+ click to highlight multiple files) and then click the ‘Copy’ button to transfer
them to your card.
Keep an eye on the Capacity Meter underneath the Wii Contents window to see how much space you have free for adding images to your
card. If you want more space for images, try deleting other files from your Wii’s Memory Card like videos, game-saves or MP3s.
Deleting Images
Highlight files in the Wii Contents window and click the Delete button to remove them from your Memory Card and free up more space for
other images or files like game-saves or videos.