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|Name= Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows
|Image= XBox360WirelessController.jpg
|Description= The [http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=090 Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows], which is sold by Microsoft with a separate receiver, works with XBMC on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and with Standard Microsoft Drivers. For Linux there are  Userspace drivers available here:
[http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/xboxdrv/ Homepage and Binaries] or [https://github.com/Grumbel/xboxdrv/ Git-Source].


In order to use it properly, you should setup a [[Keymap.xml]] accordingly. This will work under Windows and Linux.
== Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows ==
[[File:XBox360WirelessController.jpg|thumb]]


For Windows however there is the possibility to use an Eventclient. This Client will send the button-presses to your XBMC. There are disadvantages to this method however:
The [http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=090 Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows], which is sold by Microsoft with a separate receiver, works with Kodi on Windows XP, Vista, and 7 using standard Microsoft Drivers. The controller, along with the wired edition controller, should be plug-and-play on Windows (tested with Windows 7. Awaiting confirmation on Vista and XP) since Kodi 12 Frodo.
* You have to run the EventClient every time you want to use your XBMC
 
* It is a console-application with a window, that can disturb your experience
Many other unofficial 360 controller models have been reported as compatible with Kodi and added to the device list. If you run into one that does not work automatically, please use the instructions in the forum thread linked below to report the device name and make it work.
* The button-presses will be sent to XBMC even though it might not be in the focus (So - if you play a game for instance with your controller, the button-presses will still be sent to XBMC as well)
 
The EventClient can be compiled via the XBMC-Source ([https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/tree/master/tools/EventClients/Clients/Xbox360%20Controller EventClient on Github]) or the binary '''Xbox360EventClient.exe''' is available from this [http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=426397&postcount=11 Forum-Post] [http://ul.to/4p5n3t Mirror] (MD5: 4B69791B1DC2DA4400B5912CFF9EFED0).
For Linux, there are two options: the built-in Xpad kernel drivers bundled with most Linux distributions or the Xboxdrv userspace drivers package, available here: [http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/xboxdrv/ Homepage and Binaries] or [https://github.com/Grumbel/xboxdrv/ Git-Source] (or use your package manager). Xpad should work out of the box with no configuration. However, Xboxdrv doesn't map the same way or use the same device name, so if you want to use it with XBMC, use the --mimic-xpad argument. This will cause it to use the same mappings and device names as Xpad, the only currently supported method.
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[[Category:Microsoft]]
Work is still progressing on Linux support. In particular, use of the 360 triggers in Linux can cause some axes of the thumbsticks to fail until Kodi is restarted. See the Forum link below for more information.
 
The following gallery shows the function of each button when navigating menus and during video playback.
<gallery widths=350px heights=290px>
File:Xbox-360-controller-menu.jpg|Menus
File:Xbox-360-controller-video_202.jpg|Video playback
</gallery>
 
 
{{forum link2|See [[forum:135871|Fix Xbox 360]] controller support (keymap xbox 360 controller) forum discussion}}
 
[[Category:Hardware-Archived]]

Latest revision as of 07:18, 14 July 2020

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows

XBox360WirelessController.jpg

The Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows, which is sold by Microsoft with a separate receiver, works with Kodi on Windows XP, Vista, and 7 using standard Microsoft Drivers. The controller, along with the wired edition controller, should be plug-and-play on Windows (tested with Windows 7. Awaiting confirmation on Vista and XP) since Kodi 12 Frodo.

Many other unofficial 360 controller models have been reported as compatible with Kodi and added to the device list. If you run into one that does not work automatically, please use the instructions in the forum thread linked below to report the device name and make it work.

For Linux, there are two options: the built-in Xpad kernel drivers bundled with most Linux distributions or the Xboxdrv userspace drivers package, available here: Homepage and Binaries or Git-Source (or use your package manager). Xpad should work out of the box with no configuration. However, Xboxdrv doesn't map the same way or use the same device name, so if you want to use it with XBMC, use the --mimic-xpad argument. This will cause it to use the same mappings and device names as Xpad, the only currently supported method.

Work is still progressing on Linux support. In particular, use of the 360 triggers in Linux can cause some axes of the thumbsticks to fail until Kodi is restarted. See the Forum link below for more information.

The following gallery shows the function of each button when navigating menus and during video playback.

  • Menus

    Menus

  • Video playback

    Video playback


Attention talk.png See Fix Xbox 360 controller support (keymap xbox 360 controller) forum discussion
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