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There are so many hacks and modifications out there with the Wiimote that I'm beginning to wonder if people actually use the device for what it's intended to do. You know, like play the Wii. The latest is this XMMS MP3 player modification that Mr. Walter Schreppers made with the Wiimote. Here's how the controls work:

Up: previous song in playlist
Down: next song in playlist
Left: reverse song
Right: forward song

A: Toggle Shuffle
B: Toggle play/pause

1: Left mouse button -> yes pointing also works if you make a sensor bar with some plain IR-leds
2: Right mouse button

Home: exit xmms-wii application

And the best part: shake the remote!
Shake a little bit and it skips to next song. Shake it a lot and it skips more songs at a time. 

If you want to learn more about this, then visit Walter's site here








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nightmareci's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2006 18:08
nightmareci
Well it's good to see that it's possible to interface the Wii remote in Linux now. I'll check this crap out once I get my Wii, I'm dealing with all three major operating systems here.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2006 19:16
bhive01
I work in science, and I think it would be great to take the Wiimote to the meeting and use it as a pointer during presentations. Especially if you could get the pointer to act like the pointer on the Wii Home screen. The only downside is that it would require a sensor bar and you to face away from the audience. But, a lot of people would be really surprised to see a wiimote in your hand as you talk about senescence and the like. Cooler than a laser pointer anyway.
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/28/2006 22:22
Pepillou2
When I was reading I thought the music would come out of the remote's speaker
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