From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Oct 18 04:23:13 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ACB9A0FBAD for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 04:23:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x22d.google.com (mail-vk0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42A1D2A6 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 04:23:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from woodsb02@gmail.com) Received: by vkaw128 with SMTP id w128so88279991vka.0 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2015 21:23:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=ItXfxkZxscS89vpxZsRLaaOK9rCJYz56cD5OQqkrVjg=; b=vbM4yhQdV1a44W7bfLLmsTnwaGosrX3WyerAv3eb4idcxN3iaFgRGsilLlJ4q2DXEh ts2aAu/NmAPvvZ4HDt11Pj5QoYMdKEbiHEW1UNKOLvcJ3/zVjPtXosyeG7GPt5rs41Mk v3gB9ucwkAgM5s7xVGC637GrsQEPQMhVTpfw/QruryOWv99QxDwM/jV+K6iBdMX6pZeN HIHXUpWfArc3LU9BEOwgvLNMBS45ghcHOFEfxAiYmFlSZ5enC6jfwMjN1eIBznL2tJDc GjnDLfxIgvxW2q4HtWfwhzY/RU0JgLFOrAuAjlrk70abalYqxEqUE35dxKaSFLKgNOKf v8/A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.31.182.11 with SMTP id g11mr16329373vkf.21.1445142192179; Sat, 17 Oct 2015 21:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.31.77.130 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Oct 2015 21:23:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <11660930.NCbaWZNhqK@amd.asgard.uk> References: <11660930.NCbaWZNhqK@amd.asgard.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 12:23:11 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How do I turn my FreeBSD desktop into a set-top box? From: Ben Woods To: Dave Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 04:23:13 -0000 On 18 October 2015 at 05:47, Dave wrote: > On Saturday 17 October 2015 17:04:42 Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > Any ideas? (What hardware and stuff out the ports collection).... please > > keep hardware limited to anything available in a computer superstore like > > MicroCenter (not special order or web only) > > > > Have a look at MythTV and Kodi. > > ... > > In particular, my non-technical wife can easily handle Kodi using her > tablet or smartphone as the remote with the Kodi Remote App. I personally use a plexmediaserver backend media storage / database on the home network and install plexhometheater on the Home Theater PC. This would stream the content over the home network, which works well over wifi, but the plexmediaserver and plexhometheater could easily both be installed on the 1 machine (the Home Theater PC). I am the port maintainer for plexhometheater, but am not in any way affiliated with the project. I like the way the plexmediaserver handles the media metadata, and track what you have watched, and for TV series shows you the next episode you haven't yet watched ("on deck"). You could also use a emby-server backend server, with any UPnP playback software. Kodi is good. Regards, Ben