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:
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.
Accuracy and update CRC.
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.
Screen capture with Ouya.
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!
SuperTux on Ouya – How to Configure it.
SuperTux on the Ouya
SuperTux has been a long standing game on the linux which emulated a classic nintendo game "Super Mario Brothers" and gave it it's own open source images and control system. With the help of the libsdl port for android. SuperTux can now be played on the Ouya as well!
AirPlay on my Raspberry Pi
AirPlay audio only on the Raspberry Pi
Airplay (or in previous revisions from apple this protocol was called "AirTunes") audio is the ability to transmit audio from your smartphone device (The Apple I-phone does this natively and android users can actually download a plugin protocol for this) to another device which is hooked to a home stereo system. I know there are countless articles talking about how it's done. But since this is my blog I sometimes use my blog as just a random dump on how I get things going so in case I forget with my countless other projects I don't have to look for a particular site to show me how to get it working again. It's just annoying to find a site that talks about it just to have it disappear on you. So! Without further delay, my short little guide on how it is done.
OpenSIM + Raspberry Pi + Rasbian Hard-Float= WORKs!
OpenSim + Raspian hard-float = What was once broken now works!
A while ago we decided to go on a journey with OpenSim. For those who are new to metaverse software; OpenSim (Or OpenSimulator) is a program that emulates the back-end resources of a commercial metaverse known as "Second Life". The client or front-end that connects to OpenSim are third-party clients such as firestorm and Singularity. We liked working offline from SecondLife and keeping a backup of my stuff. What better way to do this than to keep it on something low-powered like a Raspberry Pi? Read on to learn more.
Better “DDR / Stepmania” Mat Controller I-PAC.
Stepmania + Pads + I-PAC = solid response times!
StepMania love coming at you! This is a quasi blog and guide on how we got our dance pads to work well with StepMania thanks to the I-PAC. Just keep in mind that my solution is not the cheapest in the world. We were going for a solid solution when I moved my pads from PC to PC.
Let's Begin!
Reverse Engineering StepMania Characters
Stepmania - Reverse Engineering Existing characters!
It appears that some people were interested more in how to extract characters from StepMania in order to understand how the process works. I should note that you should only do this if you want to get a better understanding for how StepMania characters are designed and how the program re-assembles the data structure once it was received. So this is an add-on tutorial explaining how to take a character that you may have downloaded from this site. and then how to view it in MilkShape and even have it animate right before your eyes!
A Guide for transferring 3-d models into StepMania.
Welcome to the 3-d model tutorial guide for Stepmania Characters!
This is a guide for transferring a model from a 3d program and make it into a completely usable character inside of StepMania. Included are all example files.
Install StepMania Characters FAQ.
Install all of those dancing characters in StepMania 5.x!
When it comes to Stepmania and the characters that we've made. It's a modder obligation to provide adequate instructions in how to install this so just about any person can follow throw and have dancing characters to go with their favorite game of rhythm. In this blog entry, you will find how to install not just our StepMania characters but practically almost any StepMania character that you so happen to find on the net. So without further delay let's begin!