Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:55:13 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= <decke@bluelife.at> To: Bryce Edwards <bryce@bryce.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hdhomerun & dvr - prefer tvheadend Message-ID: <CAE-m3X0PY5Grz-QpqMa46kqAy2RBAmnmKC0BNBqH3UYYuYunFA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAO_ZHU9FRS8q2GoNBi0xtH_Lgx7M9mgt34-%2BvfEjRR-AxNB-aA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAO_ZHU-v%2B=-q03izV6EdCsn81teNkj9irgeBJDAYGZNdg-TZcQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X3DRhnQe1Qa-jNTdMuHHd-Hq=WTNNBWfCv0sg41mO5HLw@mail.gmail.com> <CAO_ZHU-jrCEvHCHUR=OhkdoAu061Bai097bVw7rxmiPTG1n8KQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X1q40aQGziCWJn=u9dvWYq9drVMhmfZFn6u1qjuUKKaAA@mail.gmail.com> <CAO_ZHU9FRS8q2GoNBi0xtH_Lgx7M9mgt34-%2BvfEjRR-AxNB-aA@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 04.02.2014 20:47 schrieb "Bryce Edwards" <bryce@bryce.net>: > > > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich <decke@bluelife.at> wro= te: >> >> >> Am 04.02.2014 20:04 schrieb "Bryce Edwards" <bryce@bryce.net>: >> > >> > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich <decke@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Bryce Edwards <bryce@bryce.net> wrote= : >> >> > Hello, >> >> > >> >> > I'm running FreeBSD 10 and need to setup a DVR (timeshift capability a >> >> > big plus). Tvheadend would be my preference, but I'll take anythin= g >> >> > that Just Works(TM). I got a hdhomerun as the ATSC tuner (dual >> >> > actually) so that drivers were not a problem but I see that the >> >> > approach tvheadend takes for that tuner is linux specific with the DVB >> >> > kernel driver approach. Please give me suggestions to get this up = & >> >> > running or point me to good alternatives. >> >> >> >> Sorry, but there is no way to get that setup running on FreeBSD. As you >> >> have already seen the hdhomerun "wrapper" that is used on linux is a >> >> kernel module that doesn't work on FreeBSD and tvheadend itself does >> >> not support hdhomerun yet. >> >> >> >> The closes we could get is to ask Hans Petter Selasky if he sees a >> >> chance to add the hdhomerun module to webcamd/cuse4bsd and how >> >> much work it would be. (I've CC'd him already) >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Bernhard Froehlich >> >> http://www.bluelife.at/ >> > >> > >> > What about other DVR software options? FreeBSD and hdhomerun support are my ideal requirements. I'll also play with running linux under virtualbox but was hoping to avoid that and use a jail. >> >> Since virtualbox only supports usb passthrough right now this won't give you any benefits. On modern enough hardware you could use bhyve which already supports pci passthrough and linux guests but you need a vt-d capable hardware. >> >> From hardware side the best solution would be an dvb usb device that is supported by webcamd. The you can choose between vdr, mythtv, tvheadend/xbmc, vlc and a few more. >> >> With hdhomerun the list is a bit smaller but at least vlc and mythtv should still work fine - not sure about the others. >> >> > It's unfortunate that they took an 'integrated' approach on a network based tuner but I understand using a consistent implementation for all tuners. > > > Good info, thanks Bernhard. If getting new hardware for dual tuner capability in the US for ATSC, what do folks out there recommend for freebsd+tvheadend? Don't know about ATSC since we're quite into DVB-S2 here in europe. But webcamd supports almost all usb based devices nowadays and there is also a compatibility list on wiki.freebsd.org that might help.
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