[mythtv-users] Joystick usage with mythtv & PC games

Steve Hodge stevehodge at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 04:44:08 UTC 2006


On 2/9/06, Nathan A. Smith <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Could someone point me in the direction of docs/howto's on using
> joysticks with mythtv?  I have googled the subject and it seems
> possible, but the exactly how seems hard to come by.

Do a search for joystickmenurc (either Google or the mailing list
archives). That's the file that you need to get set up.

> Also, I would like to use the joystick with...games; yes, I know it
> strange.  I figure I would have to configure the joystick for each
> game...  Let me know if that's wrong.  Or can I set it up like an
> additional mouse?

xmame has default settings so you can set those for your joystick and
then override them for any game that requires special handling. Not
sure about other systems.

Steve


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