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Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:33 pm**

my homebrew channel will load up just fine with all the emulators just fine..but when try to choose one and load it up, the loading bar pops up and will not load anymore...i let it load for 1 hour and it still was at 0%
someone know the solution?

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:27 pm**

cilcor wrote:my homebrew channel will load up just fine with all the emulators just fine..but when try to choose one and load it up, the loading bar pops up and will not load anymore...i let it load for 1 hour and it still was at 0%
someone know the solution?

Any updates on this? I am having the same issue.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:33 pm**

Do you get the error with a particular emulator, or basically all of them? This could be an issue with your SD card having been corrupted before using the packgen. My suggestion would be to uninstall The Homebrew Channel via the Channel Manager (found in data management), and then make a fresh pack. When you make your pack this time, be sure to select the Windows Executable option (formatility just to be safe). Now, before you extract to your SD card, reformat it (this is key), and make sure you use FAT. After that, extract the Pack to the root of your SD card, re run the twilight hack, and hopefully you should be good to go.

If this doesnt fix it let me know and I'll look into it further (for now I cant because im at work).

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:55 pm**

I got the issue with everything I tried. Only way out was to hold the power button. Ok trying now with another SD card in fact. Would these be common while running the .exe? Possibly due to the .txt file inside being too small?

Extracting boot.elf
Extracting private/wii/title/rzde/data.bin
Extracting APPS/FCEU/boot.dol
Extracting APPS/FCEU/meta.xml
Extracting FCEU/roms/put roms here.txt
FCEU/roms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting FCEU/saves/put saves here.txt
FCEU/saves/put saves here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting APPS/genplus/boot.dol
Extracting APPS/genplus/genplus.pdf
Extracting APPS/genplus/history.txt
Extracting APPS/genplus/icon.png
Extracting APPS/genplus/license.txt
Extracting APPS/genplus/meta.xml
Extracting APPS/Hugo/boot.dol
Extracting APPS/Hugo/icon.png
Extracting APPS/Hugo/meta.xml
Extracting hugo/roms/put roms here.txt
hugo/roms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting hugo/saves/put saves here.txt
hugo/saves/put saves here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting mameroms/put roms here.txt
mameroms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/boot.elf
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/config.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/license.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/mame.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/newvideo.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/windows.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/3wonders.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/default.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/empty.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/mslug.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/nvram/mslug.nv
Extracting snes9x/roms/put roms here.txt
snes9x/roms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting snes9x/saves/put saves here.txt
snes9x/saves/put saves here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting APPS/snes9x/boot.elf
Extracting APPS/snes9x/icon.png
Extracting APPS/snes9x/meta.xml

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:57 pm**

slaveunit wrote:Ok trying now with another SD card in fact. Would these be common while running the .exe? Possibly due to the .txt file inside being too small?

Extracting boot.elf
Extracting private/wii/title/rzde/data.bin
Extracting APPS/FCEU/boot.dol
Extracting APPS/FCEU/meta.xml
Extracting FCEU/roms/put roms here.txt
FCEU/roms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting FCEU/saves/put saves here.txt
FCEU/saves/put saves here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting APPS/genplus/boot.dol
Extracting APPS/genplus/genplus.pdf
Extracting APPS/genplus/history.txt
Extracting APPS/genplus/icon.png
Extracting APPS/genplus/license.txt
Extracting APPS/genplus/meta.xml
Extracting APPS/Hugo/boot.dol
Extracting APPS/Hugo/icon.png
Extracting APPS/Hugo/meta.xml
Extracting hugo/roms/put roms here.txt
hugo/roms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting hugo/saves/put saves here.txt
hugo/saves/put saves here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting mameroms/put roms here.txt
mameroms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/boot.elf
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/config.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/license.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/mame.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/newvideo.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/docs/windows.txt
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/3wonders.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/default.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/empty.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/cfg/mslug.cfg
Extracting APPS/sdlmame/mame/nvram/mslug.nv
Extracting snes9x/roms/put roms here.txt
snes9x/roms/put roms here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting snes9x/saves/put saves here.txt
snes9x/saves/put saves here.txt
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Extracting APPS/snes9x/boot.elf
Extracting APPS/snes9x/icon.png
Extracting APPS/snes9x/meta.xml

All those messages are accepted. For some reason it says that files with spaces are corrupt, but it copies them to the memory stick regardless. I tried using the .exe myself and got the same messages, but everything worked fine and dandy.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:08 pm**

Ok just tried again with another card and the same thing. Looks like the new channel installs correctly. I can see all the APPS I put on the card. But it just sits at 0% when I hit A to load one. Doesnt matter is its Simon, Missle Command or an EMU.

I checked and erased the channel and the old save that was copied from the SD card before just ot make sure.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:22 pm**

Did you verify that the SD Card is formatted for FAT or FAT16? If that is the case I will look into this further, but I still need to get out of work.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:25 pm**

Yes formatted at FAT(FAT16) as listed by windowsxp. Is there anyway I could have screwed thing up permanently by using the .zip instead of the .exe the first time? If so then this is my fault for being in a rush to do things without reading the instructions fully.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:33 pm**

Just for more info I have 3.1U on the wii system. A wiikey and I think a D2B chip.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:34 pm**

I doubt that is possible. Did you run an actual reformat when you tried it again, or did you just delete the files? Make sure you run an actual format, because what I'm thinking is somewhere on your SD card there is corrupted data that causes the Homebrew Channel to fail to read your content.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:36 pm**

Yeah I definately reformatted the card. I tried reformatting 2 different cards. Seems like an odd issue. Both cards are 1 gb so the HDCP issue isnt in effect.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:51 pm**

Also once Im in the Homebrew channel, if I try to exit to go back to the "boring" menu page the system locks up on a black screen.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:46 pm**

slaveunit wrote:Just for more info I have 3.1U on the wii system. A wiikey and I think a D2B chip.

Hmm, Im beginning to think it might have something to do with the fact that you have the wiikey and d2b chip. Later tonight, brentbizzle will be on and he can help you more in those regards. I'm really running out of ideas on what this could be.

Posted: **Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:13 am**

christohai wrote:i've spent the last 4 hours trying to figure out why my homebrew channel won't load any of the games on the SD card.
my specs:

2GB SD card
3.3 firmware

I tried both manually installing and the pre-made package (nice idea by the way! ^^) and neither have worked for me. I've also reinstalled it a 3rd time with a different package set-up and in the win.exe format. If anyone has an idea on what to do, i'd greatly appreciate it.

(oh, and i've tried both the locked and the unlocked positions for all the different times so that's out as well...)

Thank you.

So you are getting the same error and have a modchip, too? This must be a compatability issue with the Homebrew Channel and modchips. Unfortunately I'm really not too intelligent in those regards , so hopefully brentbizzle has time to hop on soon and shed some light on this situation.

Posted: **Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:07 am**

"So you are getting the same error and have a modchip, too? This must be a compatability issue with the Homebrew Channel and modchips. Unfortunately I'm really not too intelligent in those regards , so hopefully brentbizzle has time to hop on soon and shed some light on this situation."

I have the same problem too. I updated my Wii last night. Then I applied the Twilight hack. I have the homebrew channel and the homebrew shows up, it just won't load. Like the OP, my Wii just sits there at 0%.

My Specs:
- Using a 2GB (probably overkill?) Sandisk micro SD card in an SD adapter shell.
- My Wii does not have a modchip in it.
- Before I started on a Vista machine, I right clicked and selected "Properties". My computer said the card was formated as "FAT".
- I've not tried reinstalling. It was late and I went to bed.
- I initially selected the "0" save file in Zelda. My system just hung. My version needed the "2" save file. After I rebooted the Wii, and selected the "2" save file, installation proceeded fine.
- I'm not sure what else to tell you, I'm a noob at this but I'm good at following directions. :-)

Now that I've said that, I'm certain someone will point out something simple that I've missed/overlooked. :-P

Thanks for any help you all can offer.

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