[mythtv-users] Wiimote usage in MythTV frontend

[Brian Long]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:04 AM, xavier hervy <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.  I'm a previous XBMC user on the Xbox, so
>> using the joystick to control MythTV is very favorable.
>>
>> There's an article on the wiki about doing it, but how well does it
>> work?  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Controlling_MythTV_using_a_Wii_remote
>> Essentially, I'm always going to be having the script run when my
>> frontend/backend combo is up, so what happens when I want to play Wii?
>>  How does the wiimote choose which to associate with?  Does it decide
>> based on how I turn on the wiimote? (1 + 2 or?)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt Z
>>
>>
>
> My personal experience with the wiimote + mythfrontend is very positive.
> It is very responsive.
> If the wii is turned on, 1+2 will sync with the wii. otherwise (stand-by or
> off) 1+2 will sync with mythforntend.
> So the only potential problem is when the wii is on,  there is no way to
> associat the wiimote with mythfrontend.
> BTW I am using MythPyWii.
>

I'm also looking into this and I just found out AtRPMS has mythpywii in
their stable repo for Fedora & CentOS.

/Brian/
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