[mythtv-users] Do you have to have a remote control to use Xbox MythTV?

[Joe Votour]

Well, it depends on how you're installing it.

I was using the XBox installer from
http://bit.blkbk.com/.  Once the system came up, I was
actually able to SSH into the XBox and do the
installation from there.  However, the XBox had to fit
into your existing network, since it used a static IP
in the beginning.  (It was an ncurses-based installer,
so no problems over SSH - other distributions/install
methods may not be the same).

-- Joe

--- Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The XBox port of MythTV requires either the remote
> > control/dongle, or a keyboard hooked up to the
> XBox.
> > I have both, from when I was using the XBox as a
> > front-end, but don't use it anymore.
> > 
> > MythTV ignores the mouse, so there's no pointer on
> the
> > screen that you could use to click on the buttons
> and
> > such.
> > 
> > If you get the Microsoft DVD dongle, then you
> don't
> > have to use the Microsoft remote, I successfully
> used
> > an One For All URC-6131 universal remote control
> with
> > it, which gave me many more buttons to use (with
> some
> > hacking of the lircd.conf file).
> > 
> > If you're interested in the keyboard route, I
> bought a
> > keyboard that was designed for the XBox.  I think
> it's
> > called the SharkBoard, and it works with the PS2,
> > GameCube, XBox and PC.  The XBox connector is a
> > regular USB adaptor that plugs into the XBox
> > controllers memory card slot.  Cost was $20.
> 
> Thanks. I was asssuming that I'd _have_ to go down
> the keyboard route
> anyway because I won't be able to install and config
> a linux distro on
> the Xbox without a keyboard. Is that correct?
> 
> Regards,
> Phill
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