<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Allen Edwards<br>
<<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com">allen.p.edwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM, David Meixner <<a href="mailto:dpmeixner@gmail.com">dpmeixner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> I just recently got my wireless Xbox 360 controller working as a remote in<br>
>> MythTV and thought I'd share. It was pretty straightforward:<br>
>><br>
>> First, if you want to use a wireless controller, you need the Xbox<br>
>> wireless gaming receiver, which is about $20. At the time NewEgg has free<br>
>> shippping.<br>
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>> Next, the guide here does a good job of explaining how to install the<br>
>> driver. It mentions Ubuntu 7.10, but it also worked for me in Fedora 10.<br>
>> <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825464" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825464</a><br>
>> The driver needs to start up before the mythfrontend, so I put the<br>
>> following lines in my /etc/init.d file:<br>
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>> /sbin/modprobe uinput<br>
>> /sbin/modprobe joydev<br>
>> /sbin/rmmod xpad<br>
>> /usr/local/bin/xboxdrv --wid 0 &<br>
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>> Finally, the MythTV wiki has an article on how to set up a joystick as a<br>
>> remote:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Joystick_Control" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Joystick_Control</a><br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> David<br>
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> Why do you want to use an X-Box controller to control myth?<br>
> Can you share some benefits?<br>
> Allen<br>
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</div></div>I suspect the answer is "because I can"<br>
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Seriously though there are lots of buttons, its wireless, and a<br>
joystick can be a quite intuitive way to control both menus and video.<br>
</blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>I am being serious in my question. I am always looking for a new good way to to control myth. I bought an air mouse which I can say is not a good way. I really asked because I wanted to hear the answer.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div> </div>