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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Allen Edwards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com">allen.p.edwards@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<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" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Allen Edwards<br><<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com" target="_blank">allen.p.edwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM, David Meixner <<a href="mailto:dpmeixner@gmail.com" target="_blank">dpmeixner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> 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>>><br>>> 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>
>><br>>> /sbin/modprobe uinput<br>>> /sbin/modprobe joydev<br>>> /sbin/rmmod xpad<br>>> /usr/local/bin/xboxdrv --wid 0 &<br>>><br>>> 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>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" target="_blank">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>
>><br>><br>><br>> Why do you want to use an X-Box controller to control myth?<br>> Can you share some benefits?<br>> Allen<br><br></div></div>I suspect the answer is "because I can"<br><br>Seriously though there are lots of buttons, its wireless, and a<br>
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<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>
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<div>I originally set up the Xbox 360 controller to use with Mythgame, and then found out it's pretty nice for controlling the entire frontend. Like the previous post said, lots of buttons, intuitive, etc. It's also not IR so you don't need line-of-sight. The only thing I've found missing that a standard remote has is a number pad for channel changing, but I don't watch live TV too much, so that's not a big deal for me. I also haven't been able to get it to work well with mplayer (or work at all with xine or vlc). I'll explore this a little more and see if I can find a solution.</div>
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<div>I'll try and find some time later this week to create a wiki.</div>
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