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Date:      Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:14:54 -0600
From:      Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>
To:        Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best tv app for cxm (pvr250)?
Message-ID:  <20061110011454.0abcb10b@vixen42>
In-Reply-To: <20061029215544.b3a0e67d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
References:  <20061029215544.b3a0e67d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>

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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:55:44 +0100
Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote:

> Hi,
> Ok, I have the pvr250 port working with my pvr350 card. But using
> setchannel and mplayer is inconvenient, because I need to exit
> mplayer to switch channels.
> 
> So, what's the best TV viewing application that works with the cxm
> device? I'm not ready to install MythTV on FreeBSD yet, I just want
> a simple app so I can watch TV in a window / fullscreen under X.
> 
> I'm guessing xawtv won't work.

There is a tuner control program in the ports. I would just start
mplayer and then user the tuner control program. This works because
mplayer does not lock /dev/tuner.



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