Wii output is fixed. Hooray!

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I'm sorry to write to you directly, but unfortunately no one at GBATemp is answering me and I'm a bit lost. Here (https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-output-is-fixed-hooray.628514/post-10113726) you discussed the following settings need to be made to produce the "best" vWii output:

evWii: TV Viewport Width/Height to 704x480

boot vWii via boot2vWii with 720p/1080p

USBLoader: eflicker set to Off (Extended) and Video Width set to Auto

My Questions are:

Did I understand these settings right?

to 2. Why should I force 720p or 1080p (this is the standard upscaling) - Couldn't I then simply do without boot2vwii?

to 2. What is better: 720p or 1080p?

to 2. How exactly do you do this?

Many thanks for your help (if you do).
Replying to the DM you sent me publicly instead for formatting.

to 2. Why should I force 720p or 1080p (this is the standard upscaling) - Couldn't I then simply do without boot2vwii?

For whatever reason I found color-bleeding was worse when booting the vWii Menu and navigating to USB Loader GX manually than when opening it with the boot2vwii forwarder. Why is anyone's guess. It just seemed to be the case.

to 2. What is better: 720p or 1080p?

Both are equally meh. 1080p probably a tad better but the reason not 480p is that Wii U's 480p output over HDMI looks way softer than a real Wii does.

to 2. How exactly do you do this?

1. Set up USB Loader GX and ensure it is working.
2. Install the vWii compatible UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder wad in vWii using a vWii wad manager like Some YAWMM Mod
3. Compile Boot2vwii with to forward to the UNEO forwarder you installed on vWii, and place the wuhb file in wiiu/apps on the SD card. I do not bother forcing a video mode since my Wii U mode is always outputting in 1080p by default anyway, but if you wanted to force a video mode, you could by changing the make flags.

I posted some image assets you can use for the icon and splash screen when compiling on the boot2vwii thread somewhere (page 5 or so?). If you can't be bothered to compile, here is my own old personal wuhb compiles here (see attachment to the post. You still need to install the UNEO USB Loader GX vWii forwarder.)
 
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Thank you very much, you are awesome! But I du have three more questions:
1) Surely boot2vwii only offers the ability to force 720p, npt 1080p (or is "None" to force 1080p)?
2) You are talking about "video mode" - you must mean 720p, right?
3) If you are not forcing "video mode", does that mean you are forcing "None" or that you are not forcing anything?

To summarise:
1) Install USB Loader GX on the vWii
1a) Set to Off (Advanced) and Video Width to Auto
2) Install UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder wad in vWii
3) Compile boot2vwii to redirect to the wad (see boot2vwii questions above)
4) evWii: TV viewport width/height to 704x480

And then I have a great vWii picture, right?
 

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Thank you very much, you are awesome! But I du have three more questions:
1) Surely boot2vwii only offers the ability to force 720p, npt 1080p (or is "None" to force 1080p)?
2) You are talking about "video mode" - you must mean 720p, right?
3) If you are not forcing "video mode", does that mean you are forcing "None" or that you are not forcing anything?

To summarise:
1) Install USB Loader GX on the vWii
1a) Set to Off (Advanced) and Video Width to Auto
2) Install UNEO USB Loader GX Forwarder wad in vWii
3) Compile boot2vwii to redirect to the wad (see boot2vwii questions above)
4) evWii: TV viewport width/height to 704x480

And then I have a great vWii picture, right?
Boot2vWii offers the option to force P480, P720, NONE as compile time flags. See the readme.md on the repo for details. The build I posted earlier on the boot2vwii thread was compiled as NONE. When the Wii U itself is set to 1080p, results in no video mode change, most people run their Wii U at 1080p as you would imagine. And yes, in USB Loader GX, Deflicker should be set to Off (Advanced) and Video Width to Auto. This will yield the best looking results from my testing from my recollection, and is how I generally play Wii games on my Wii U, on the occasion I decide to do so.
 
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