From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 17 17:19:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C65C4106566B for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:19:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86FD28FC0A for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:19:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obcni5 with SMTP id ni5so9152726obc.13 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:19:38 -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:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5vL0/HvnzJ2uYQf4/22YExckDeIpyO3Y/RsxxXs1HgI=; b=by2+Cot8AlNoS1UyUgNNvvKtYBR3HcD4Ht31UlLohaBvK8+eMhI+d6VJj9Jya1Zan5 M0y50LXtDBpKihWoWIjm92mo8qogxdwT+Ti1uvcHe9WDSsag2lJXe/EZHXkkRqgwvHEP 8Jp4LYV/UPXUnvRNFFbKDqiVoGX1XDy5iduHhg3KaJWuuy5de0YM9JETjUDk6qDVwpuj EJ7KSU6+az/+TAQddeEs4bPr4fKe6nC8iglFO2G4Ox1yru0NGAIMDg9JYNAQQYNSHfRT p18R0EOpWMuSZZtoOMo4VwPWaoM3ugAhpyYK9GdMPk1e/ePVzZSNGK8ol5OpQRfqm0ek KwAQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.30.101 with SMTP id r5mr12857385oeh.68.1339953578829; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:19:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.85.4 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:19:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201206171702.q5HH2qJY039490@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <4FDDDDE6.2000104@daemonic.se> <201206171702.q5HH2qJY039490@triton8.kn-bremen.de> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 13:19:38 -0400 Message-ID: From: Aryeh Friedman To: Juergen Lock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Niclas Zeising , outbackdingo@gmail.com, FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: how to turn my computer into a TV X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:19:40 -0000 Just a small notes on requirements we *DO NOT* have cable or any other non-broadcast service (we are using a broadcast signal only [current US {NYC} standards]) On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Juergen Lock wrot= e: > In article you write: >>On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Niclas Zeising wro= te: >>> On 06/17/12 04:14, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >>>> >>>> I just moved into a very cramped apartment and we only have room for >>>> one monitor so it is the computer then I heard it is possible to make >>>> it so you can watch TV on your computer.... I know about some this for >>>> windows but I am dedicated FreeBSD person... how do I go about doing >>>> all the research I need to make sure that the following is true: >>>> >>>> 1. FreeBSD supports all hardware (and the needed functionality) to >>>> watch full screen tv on my computer (extra points of a remote can be >>>> used)... NOTE: This hardware must be currently fairly mass market >>>> 2. What ports to install (right now my desktop is x11-wm/xfce4) make t= his >>>> happen >>>> 3. Any tips on making it optimal >>> >>> >>> This is perhaps not the solution you are looking for, but many modern T= V >>> screens has a VGA and a DVI input connector, as well as many fairly mod= ern >>> computers has HDMI output. DVI is also compatible with HDMI, at least t= o an >>> extent. Perhaps you can find a monitor and use it as a dual-purpose mon= itor >>> instead? >>> Regards! >>> -- >>> Niclas Zeising >> >>I think hes maybe looking for a tv tuner card to plug into his >>computer so he can watch TV on the PC also... >>Haupauge makes a few and are compatible with FreeBSD. See =A0Setting Up T= V Cards >>and a good list is freebsd-multimedia >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/tvcard.html > > That handbook chapter only mentions analog bktr(4) tuner cards so > it's a bit outdated. =A0Nowadays you can also use cx88-based analog > and dvb-t/atsc(?) pci(e) tuner cards driven by the multimedia/cx88 > port, as well as a greater variety of usb tuners supported by > multimedia/webcamd which runs the Linux v4l/dvb driver code in > FreeBSD userland. =A0See > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat > > for some tuners people have reported as working. =A0Another usb > atsc tuner that has good chances of working is this one: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-= 950Q > > (at least it seems pretty popular on Linux.) > > =A0And about tv apps that you can control using a remote (usually via > comms/lirc), the most popular ones are multimedia/mythtv and > multimedia/vdr, see these pages: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://wiki.freebsd.org/HTPC > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://wiki.freebsd.org/MythTV > > and > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://wiki.freebsd.org/VDR > > as well as multimedia/xbmc-pvr that you can use with vdr as backend > as also described in the above vdr wiki page. > > =A0HTH, :) > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Juergen