[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox as FE

Robert Anderson riznob at gmail.com
Sun Oct 23 05:17:51 UTC 2005


On 10/22/05, Vladan Bato <vbato at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> Robert Anderson wrote:
> > Question: Should the genuine Micro$oft remote work after these changes
> > are made? If you think so, send me the updated xir.o and xpad.o files
> > and I will include them in the dist. Even if they don't work with the MS
> > remote, I could include them in the dist so that users who need them
> > could easily install them and use an aftermarket remote.
>
> Yes, the microsoft remote (and every other device that has a valid
> device id) should work just fine.
>
> What will not work, are some chinese joypads that have the same invalid
> id. The probelm is that all USB devices with the same id are handled by
> the same driver. So all of these devices with the same invalid id must
> be handled either by the xpad or xir driver (i.e. they are either all
> treated as joypads or all treated as remotes).
>
> Since everyone with an xbox probably has at least one original joypad,
> it would be better to use the modified drivers by default (especially if
> you buy a used xbox for the sole purpose of using it as a mythtv
> frontend and you need a cheap remote :).
>
> I'll send you the files as soon as I get back to my Xbox (probably
> wednesday).
>
> --
> Vladan Bato
> vbato at ieee.org
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Using the modified drivers by default sounds reasonable. I will include them
in the next release of this distribution. Thanks.

--
Rob Anderson
riznob at gmail.com
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