Guides

Guides, DIY, and How-to’s
Welcome to the guides section of our blog. This catagory is reserved for a lot of the technical things of what we love doing throughout our day to day existence. Some of these deal with some DIY projects we’ve done while others is just our own experience with certain pieces of hardware. Feel free to browse around as there may be something of interest to you.
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As a kind note: Many of these guides are based around the personal experiences of those who run s-config.com and may not reflect the correct way of doing something. If you have any problems with what you are reading you can drop a comment in the article or contact us for any modifications or corrections.

China Xbox 360 receiver Raspberry Pi – xboxdrv

April 20, 2022October 4, 2014 by S-Config

Xbox Receiver on the Raspberry Pi or Banana Pi with xboxdrv

Raspberry / Banana Pi with xboxdrv

I got you covered on this as well with the help of xboxdrv! Although a little late to the party the Rasbian image initially did not have the xboxdrv library like Ubuntu users were so used to. As a result, Raspberry Pi users had to go through the headaches of compiling it themselves or simply find an alternative such as a genetic joystick or Bluetooth based joystick control provided they have a Bluetooth style receiver.

Note: This blog entry is a child blog off of the chinese xbox 360 receiver entry. If you stumbled upon this page first and have no idea what the hardware is be sure and check out that blog by clicking here.

There is no drag and drop style method for any version of Linux, you'll have to be typing some commands to get it working.

MiniDLNA Server and Raspberry Pi

November 1, 2019October 3, 2014 by S-Config

DNLA NAS server with the help of MiniDLNA for your Raspberry Pi.

MiniDLNA is another one of those articles where I had to go bouncing around between various sites to truly get all of the details about how to setup and maintain MiniDLNA properly. For those who do not know what it is. DLNA stands for "Digital Network Living Alliance" and it's a protocol used in many consoles, smartTV's even phones as a standardized protocol that they can all communicate on (depending on video and encoder). The Raspberry Pi is perfect for such a project as it's low power and can put out an 'okay' level of bandwidth can can handle most 720p videos and even some 1080p videos that are encoded well. This is also great if you want to have a constant library of music and pictures that you would like to share with your entire LAN for anyone in your house to view or play.

Xbox 360 receiver install for Windows 7

December 25, 2024August 8, 2014 by S-Config

X-Box Receiver install for windows 7 - Title

Archived for the Xbox 360 receiver for those who are running older OS such as ourselves(at one point).

Note: If you came to this blog first and have a Windows 10 operating system please click here to read the original blog article which will give you fresh screenshots and video tutorials on how to install the Chinese receiver onto your Windows 10 device. For those who are running Windows 7 and earlier operating systems continue reading!

Archived – Xposed installer for Ouya v2.1.4

June 8, 2023July 4, 2014 by S-Config

This post is here to archive the old procedure of Xposed for Ouya 2.1.4

If you have stumbled onto this page because the Xposed framework is what you need to root your Ouya and this page is here only for historical reasons. Click here for the updated documentation on rooting your Ouya.

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Root the Ouya – Then add Google Play!

October 20, 2024May 22, 2014 by S-Config

Root the Ouya: A step-by-step tutorial with all of the data in one place. Initially, I thought this was covered very well and that my input was simply not necessary. However, the issue with the website and especially forums is as they get older they tend to get harder to read. Links break down and ... Read more

Xbox 360 Receiver – Manual Install.

June 8, 2023April 26, 2014 by S-Config

Manual installation of Xbox 360 Receiver Drivers.

There have been several complaints about the error in my blog stating that installing the Xbox 360 receiver drivers just by launching the executable does nothing or that users do not have a "Microsoft Controller" class that they are capable of choosing from. This addendum documentation is to provide a manual install of how to install the Xbox 360 receiver drivers without ever having to install them onto your computer.

Chinese Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver Driver setup

January 19, 2025April 20, 2014 by S-Config

The wireless Receiver for the Xbox 360 from China has arrived.

The wireless Receiver for my Xbox 360 controller (Sometimes referred to as a wireless dongle) from China is one of those tools that has become more and more relevant in the gaming industry with console ports and couch co-ops. Unlike other types of electronics from China; Where it was inferior or simply nothing more than a piece of plastic or an identifier chip saying what it was but it did nothing at all. This adapter from China does work! But it needs the right drivers!

Archived – Mono 3.x basic installation and the problems of 3.x

November 2, 2019February 20, 2014 by S-Config

Mono basic installation for older Linux kernels will now be archived.

This entry is apart of the OpenSim installation tutorial dealing with how to install a utility named MONO. It explains how to get the various programs required for running a virtual world within your arm based processor. These notes are only here for archival reasons and are stripped away from the primary tutorial to avoid version confusion for anyone new to installing OpenSim onto your Raspberry, Banana, Orange Pi ARM systems. Continue reading if you want to see more.

Samba filesharing on the Ouya – For windows users

June 8, 2023January 2, 2014 by S-Config

Welcome, Ouya to the Samba Windows network community!

To most people who own an Android or an Ouya. There's a multitude of methods of installing data to it be it music, pictures, videos, or Side-Loading APK's:

Screen capture with Ouya.

September 25, 2024December 29, 2013 by S-Config

Let's begin Screen Capture with the Ouya!:

This entry explains quickly how I do a screen capture for my Ouya articles so that I could show you certain key features and configurations that I have run across over the short while I have been playing with this unit. screen capture from the Ouya requires no special software beyond the Android development kits which are easily downloadable. And in a few commands, you'll be capturing your favorite screenshots from your Ouya console in no time!