Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:30:49 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: usleepless@gmail.com Cc: Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com>, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: MythTV and PVR500 (was: Possible FreeBSD port?) Message-ID: <20061220000049.GF4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <c39ec84c0612191509w6a5ccf10iedb640bb8dacef1c@mail.gmail.com> References: <6300771b0612181401i72e7cc58ta08e12de8d68d4d0@mail.gmail.com> <20061218232247.GQ4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> <6300771b0612181533m6ece3f38p379c78a75912d10d@mail.gmail.com> <6300771b0612181534h3158342aw554869660fc707ea@mail.gmail.com> <20061218234041.GU4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> <c39ec84c0612190937u572ff6bco28606f54645275a5@mail.gmail.com> <20061219224005.GC4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> <c39ec84c0612191509w6a5ccf10iedb640bb8dacef1c@mail.gmail.com>
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--cMwMn/tF35tO7kHm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 20 December 2006 at 0:09:18 +0100, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > Greg, > > On 12/19/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On Tuesday, 19 December 2006 at 18:37:59 +0100, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: >>> On 12/19/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> On Tuesday, 19 December 2006 at 10:34:30 +1100, Stephen Hocking wrote: >>>> Yes, I have just about finished porting MythTV, based on the good work >>>> by Stacey Son. The main issue I have at the moment is getting it to >>>> configure cleanly. I suppose I could commit first and fix those >>>> details later, but I'd rather not. >>> >>> if you would like some help: i have compiled mythtv numerous times >>> on fbsd ( 4.x and 6.x ). i am running it as well ( 4.11 server, 6.x >>> client ) >> >> Why didn't you make a port of it? > > i still might. but it is based off 18-fixes, ported to postgresql, and > heavily modified to remove all busy-wait-loops. OK, this looks like a side branch. > i made a port of the pvr500 driver which i based of the pvr250 port > in the process. I'm also in the process of committing the pvr250 port to the kernel tree. I'd be interested in seeing your driver. >>> so if you have specific issues, please let me know. i might be able >>> to help. >> >> It seems to run, but the installation process is painful, not helped >> by the MythTV code. Currently if you try to run MythTV before setting >> my MySQL, it gets stuck in an endless loop trying to connect, vomiting >> over the screen. I'd like to fix that, but I suppose I can commit the >> current version. > > what do you mean exactly with "setting my MySQL" ? Sorry, "setting up MySQL", i.e. installing the database. > since i ported it to support postgresql, i had a different proces to > get it running ( running altered DDL over and over again to fight > the nightmare of different mysql-datatypes ). Sounds like that's an issue with your knowledge of the database rather than with the software itself. Still, a PostgreSQL version is a good thing to have too. > i did not make a port, but i am willing to help. but if people are > interested in a 0.18-fixes-postgresql-heavily-modified port of > mythtv, let me know. if there is enough interest we might pull it > off. I've now committed the base MythTV port. You might like to take a look and see how to fit your patches. > but i got the impression of the list that only the most recent > version of mythtv is worth aiming for I've ported 0.20, of course. > ( i have no need to go to .19 or .20 ) Because it's such a pain to upgrade? :-) That's what I've heard from many people. One of the things I want for this port is for it to Just Work. And given the code base, that's a tall order. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --cMwMn/tF35tO7kHm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFiH0xIubykFB6QiMRAtMFAJ9q0o1ccrCcE8bITzne8tRhnEPYIQCfSBxr XzSESuwLlp1LgqPr79OOFhc= =ctJ9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cMwMn/tF35tO7kHm--
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