Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:46:48 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Rick Nekus <solarux@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD: MythTV and driver porting, ... Message-ID: <20070411011648.GP91694@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY134-F25EBAD395CB65296F62F75A1580@phx.gbl> References: <BAY134-F25EBAD395CB65296F62F75A1580@phx.gbl>
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--9zecZT88ylESpiZX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 10 April 2007 at 12:35:54 +0000, Rick Nekus wrote: > > I'm a little off topic, or not as informed GPL-wise, but this is > definitely in FreeBSD's interest (as you guys might already > anticipate :) > > [1]http://www.nforcershq.com/article3056.html OK, this is the announcement of a motherboard wit an inbuilt tuner. > I've also seen a "lot" of newer MB's with built-in Cable > Ready/Antennae/Sat IN, including TV-Tuner, and an HDMI-output soon > replacing the now antiquated 15-pin VGA output. > > So, ...drivers and MythTV porting will be a must since eventually > just like every good (multimedia)thing will end up as "standard' (i > use that term loosely :) on x86/AMD64/... Motherboard hardware. Sure. Note that MythTV has already been ported. The tuner issue is well known. The question is: how do we get good tuner support? Currently Linux has the momentum, but their kernel structure is incompatible with ours, so we can't just use their drivers. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --9zecZT88ylESpiZX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGHDcAIubykFB6QiMRArEJAJ4xnY5VmkmNNqNWwWBS39ju4Y5laQCfV8xh 0M7gSV5GWaCiAKOtk0D/MNw= =WBNq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9zecZT88ylESpiZX--
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