Today's mini project is a victory
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Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:replied to Drew DeVault last edited by@drewdevault is it actually new thing or that old thing that doesn't work properly with actual wii lightbar?
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Drew DeVaultreplied to Den Datafag Trollmann :flag: last edited by
@hj this is being driven by the gyro, not the sensor bar; the sensor bar also works but I prefer the gyro
This is based on moltengamepad
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This is based on moltengamepad:
AllMeatball / MoltenGamepad · GitLab
Flexible Linux input device translator, geared for gamepads
GitLab (gitlab.com)
The project is not particularly well maintained anymore and getting it working is a project in and of itself but once it's up and running and you have it configured properly it works well
I first tried this with an aftermarket wiimote and got nowhere, I suggest finding an OEM wiimote if you want to replicate my setup
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Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:replied to Drew DeVault last edited by@drewdevault there are numerous gyro mice combined with remote/mini keyboards. I always felt like lightbar is more appropriate for cursors and precise aim
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This is the latest of many steps to make the "drive my TV with a dedicated Linux PC" experience pleasant. The outcome is pretty comfy. This box is a decent gaming PC for steam big picture mode with some wireless xbox one controllers to drive that, runs a few emulators pretty well (ryujinx, dolphin, pcsx2), it's a seedbox running Kodi and Jellyfin -- Kodi is the least reliable part of this setup. Bluetooth keyboard and wiimote mouse are the latest updates and it's pretty comfy
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Drew DeVaultreplied to Den Datafag Trollmann :flag: last edited by
@hj IME gyros are more precise than IR. The wiimote has really solid gyros, this one is with wiimotion+
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@drewdevault Does it use the infrared for pointing or is it based on accel/gyro?
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@doragasu both work but I preferred gyro after experimentation
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Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:replied to Drew DeVault last edited by@drewdevault well yeah motion+ really just an additional gyro+acceleerometers, so you get two gyros
either way gyro needs calibration and zero reset, can't be used for absolute positioning, meanwhile IR is pretty much always precise, but only works while pointed towards "anchor points". -
@drewdevault looks nice, but i wonder weather you can precisely point the mouse with it?
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@fossdd very fine movement is more difficult but I can reliably hit most targets that I'm aiming for
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Drew DeVaultreplied to Den Datafag Trollmann :flag: last edited by
@hj bruh why are you mansplaining this to me, I literally have the device in my hand and have been experimenting with all of these things for a few hours now and I can tell you that IR is less precise in my test environment
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@hj sure, IR is absolute and gyro is relative, but IR is also super noisy and it requires better fine motor skills to precisely target something in the narrow part of your FOV that contains the IR emitters
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Den Datafag Trollmann :flag:replied to Drew DeVault last edited by@drewdevault gyro is also noisy :vanShrug:
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Drew DeVaultreplied to Den Datafag Trollmann :flag: last edited by
@hj not nearly as noisy as IR was during my testing
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@fossdd it's also significantly easier than the wireless touchpad I had tried first /shrug
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@drewdevault I'm kinda disappointed that KDE Big Plasma has stalled, haven't seen any real commits for a while (last I checked). I've been running Ubuntu with a seriously hacked theme for a while. Today I'm actually going to format it to fedora.
Kodi is also the least reliable part of my setup, well between that and vaapi randomly breaking for a few weeks.
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@drewdevault the second gripe is widevine. With kodi you can get 1080p. But not really with anything else. And no possibility of 4k. Which is a drm is evil problem, but it would really be nice if that wasn't an issue