Using an USB joystick or gamepad in XBMC on Ubuntu

Now I have those cheap USB gamepads, XBMC running, the ROM collection browser addon and MAME all set up. Awesome! But why can’t I navigate XBMC with my joystick to select games and adjust the volume etc?! Here’s how to solve that problem… 1. Prequisites First of all you need joystick support and some tools.Continue reading “Using an USB joystick or gamepad in XBMC on Ubuntu”

Setting up an Arduino + LPD8806 ambilight using boblight with XBMC on Ubuntu

An Ambilight is a great thing – if it works. I want to write about some of the hoops I had to jump through to make it work. This is very Linux-specific, but you might take away something for other configurations too… Here is the original adalight tutorial, which I used to get this workingContinue reading “Setting up an Arduino + LPD8806 ambilight using boblight with XBMC on Ubuntu”

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