If you have a wired 360 controller (the wireless ones use the USB "Play and Charge" cable to charge only) brains-N-brawn has written a MediaCenter AddIn which "provides a seamless experience whether the controller is connected to an XBox 360 console being used as an extender or directly to an MCE PC."XInput, the new DirectX API for the 360 controller, can control the force feedback, return button and joystick data, and even use the headphone and microphone functionality. Unfortunately, since this only applies to the wired model, its usefulness is limited. If only Microsoft would release a PC (or Mac) adaptor so we can use the wireless models with our computers.
Source code is available at the bottom of the page.
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11-28-2005 @ 7:57PM
AJay17 said...
This is awesome. If only i had WMC.
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11-28-2005 @ 9:55PM
Brian said...
You dont ned WMC... you need a MCE PC (media center)
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11-28-2005 @ 10:57PM
mechdrew said...
"You dont ned WMC... you need a MCE PC (media center)"
What's the differnece? All I did was install Windows Media Center onto my regular PC, thus it is now a MCE PC.
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11-29-2005 @ 9:16AM
jc said...
I am using this controller with Windows XP pro and it rocks. Mind you I am using it for games and not as a media center controller.
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