[mythtv-users] Xbox 360 Controller

[David Meixner]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Allen Edwards
>> <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:51 AM, David Meixner <dpmeixner at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >> 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
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>> I suspect the answer is "because I can"
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>> Seriously though there are lots of buttons, its wireless, and a
>> joystick can be a quite intuitive way to control both menus and video.
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> 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.
>
> Allen
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> 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.

I'll try and find some time later this week to create a wiki.

David
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