[mythtv-users] Xbox 360 Controller

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Allen Edwards
<allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM, David Meixner <dpmeixner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just recently got my wireless Xbox 360 controller working as a remote in
>> MythTV and thought I'd share.  It was pretty straightforward:
>>
>> First, if you want to use a wireless controller, you need the Xbox
>> wireless gaming receiver, which is about $20.  At the time NewEgg has free
>> shippping.
>>
>> Next, the guide here does a good job of explaining how to install the
>> driver.  It mentions Ubuntu 7.10, but it also worked for me in Fedora 10.
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825464
>> The driver needs to start up before the mythfrontend, so I put the
>> following lines in my /etc/init.d file:
>>
>> /sbin/modprobe uinput
>> /sbin/modprobe joydev
>> /sbin/rmmod xpad
>> /usr/local/bin/xboxdrv --wid 0 &
>>
>> Finally, the MythTV wiki has an article on how to set up a joystick as a
>> remote:
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Joystick_Control
>>
>> Regards,
>> David
>>
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>
> Why do you want to use an X-Box controller to control myth?
> Can you share some benefits?
> Allen

I suspect the answer is "because I can"

Seriously though there are lots of buttons, its wireless, and a
joystick can be a quite intuitive way to control both menus and video.