[mythtv-users] Wiimote usage in MythTV frontend

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 05 September 2009 12:32:16 Michel Meyers wrote:
> Brian Long wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:04 AM, xavier hervy
> > <xavier.hervy at bluebottle.com <mailto:xavier.hervy at bluebottle.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Matthew Zimmerman wrote:
> >
> >         Have any of you used a wiimote to control the frontend?  I'm
> >         currently
> >         using an Xbox (original) joystick, but having the wire there is
> >         getting annoying and old.
>
> Slightly O/T: You could also use a wireless Xbox 360 controller with the
> Wireless Gaming Receiver. That's what I run here and it's working very
> well. (I happened to have the controller, so I just had to shell out a
> few bucks for the USB receiver)

Gaming controllers are not very satisactory for controlling media viewing 
(besides looking silly).

Radio Shack sells a $20 "Gamer Pro" remote that will control the media and 
other related functions of an Xbox-360, PSx or a media PC. The ergonomics are 
not that great, but it does work, and it can learn other control codes for 
other devices.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org