Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:47:43 -0800 From: Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com> To: Sean Cavanaugh <Millenia2000@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Subject: Re: Question on creating a video server Message-ID: <4915ECDF.3070407@b1c1l1.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY126-DS17F358C9FAE63DB10FF34CA180@phx.gbl> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGEPKCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <BAY126-DS17F358C9FAE63DB10FF34CA180@phx.gbl>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig91BE3A6704576C4E9E7BF433 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/08/08 11:14, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: >> >> Has anyone done this with FreeBSD and open source >> software, and has recommendations on what hardware to get >o> and what software works with it? >=20 > Look up MythTV. it's the opensource alternative to Windows Media Center= > and has a lot of nice functionality. It is in FreeBSD ports too. Although MythTV is available in ports, there are significant disadvantages to running MythTV on FreeBSD. First, most TV tuner cards don't have corresponding FreeBSD kernel modules. Second, MythTV uses the Video4Linux API, which of course doesn't exist on FreeBSD -- instead, you hack the kernel to emulate V4L. Third, there is terribly limited LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control) support, and most people will want to use their remotes with their MythTV installations. I love FreeBSD, but running a PVR solution that is so closely tied to Linux (V4L, LIRC) is a bit of a hack. Don't get me wrong -- I tried it and discovered that the community has made significant progress towards getting it to work. But at the end of the day, I wanted a fully-functional PVR, not months of writing drivers and hacking V4L into the FreeBSD kernel. That's why I eventually made the decision to run MythTV on Linux, even though I'd *much* rather administer a machine running FreeBSD. --=20 Benjamin Lee --------------enig91BE3A6704576C4E9E7BF433 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJJFezpAAoJEN/n9makEYThvJkP/3/7ro6l6IyBBjnOZfGOBDoB RCsnM7HBBQvRk0kD6tKScsxGsuI3maXK2LpchF/imoHRe9L4CoTPFTe8RSDXx831 BS7akpOmHSj/M9b3PqZCBap25y2SIctFMDoyAx853j21T6ZYAsAWzX1gpW8hXqvx S9wxgmHq/qLqiHVdvf5vG0zrZfqvqkJkBGoLM+vWbeTjJ0UxjhF2HRPtUxD+06AX 4tQl1NhGFSkZ9lY68Kep6NqRyxN24LRJdiC/edckaImYK/tnnZDz0e3PX1MZPTbx lFnCY50pzZeOz3lfOh9cqzOWbUa0xGUqsZ4r20QTUY3nS9nM8LE5cDuLSX5vLrEH 0Vbtj0yFYOA9hi+6BdwWSUfRHzUN5umXCE+DBhuFp2lyR9nzKJ/XzsbwKL/OJRow SKAO95fPIWmvSu/x+++0tJmhJ+/FfWjjRBFDslOM4ZSxrEEV0GCACmulmGGbvhyU 3DbCxbVIxqk8TNA6J4JDrC3GjffUV5nR1b6uN1V56ApQ1PPIaRtLbo9kssB3vBxU c6mpzyy/oOMla4A6tkXmS/AiPckQmjdOz/f74ykptLPxKR1kEMUF67vfAElj1def pvvvvyg4yueqBmGDPJjxKLBpnOCIkpRxWKTDN/1ijyVg3LcXEi5TgEyyXQznP3Yv bTKwVBmsrJdW94drW8kB =GfB4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig91BE3A6704576C4E9E7BF433--
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