Add compatibility with external DVD readers.

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I talked about this with oggzee in the past, but he definitely isn't interested 
in adding compatibility with this kind of devices. Maybe I should have asked 
you (FIX94) personally through PMs before opening this 'more-of-an-enhancement' 
issue, but whatever...

As of today, the only loader compatible with USB-DVD readers is uLoader, and we 
already know how it ended after Hermes left the 'Scene'. Its last official 
update was made on August 2010, meaning that the loader probably has serious 
compatibility issues with newer games and titles.

Yes, I know you're asking yourselves 'why should I add compatibility with these 
readers?'. Let me get my points straight:

1. First of all, because it is a feature not available in the other 'modern' 
loaders, as far as I know. The more the merrier, I think.
2. Second, they're cheaper than an external HDD. You can even use a normal 
IDE/SATA DVD reader with an USB adaptor with the Wii (tested with WiiMC and 
uLoader itself).
3. And in case someone still uses backups and the Wii drive gets damaged (like 
my case, for example), it's a better and faster solution than having to dump 
the entire game library to a new HDD using a PC.

Considering the uLoader source code is available to the public, the necessary 
changes can be made to the CFG USB Loader code, in order to add compatibility 
with these readers. That way, I guess you can bring back this method of loading 
games with an obviously improved compatibility, compared to the old uLoader.

I'm not saying I don't have an external HDD; I fact, I do (it's a 500GB Lacie 
Rikiki Go). My point is that it would be nice to have more loading options and 
not just limit to the already available (and typical) 3: DVD (only for old 
consoles), SD and USB.

And if you need help with this feature, I'm willing to help with the test 
procedures. Remember what I told you in #DML before, right?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pabloacurielz@gmail.com on 14 Mar 2012 at 1:54

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Original comment by softwiiv2 on 20 Mar 2012 at 11:26

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Oh, I forgot to mention that WiiMC also has code to read data from these 
external DVD readers. Maybe that code is more polished and updated than the 
uLoader one.

Original comment by pabloacurielz@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2012 at 4:39