From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 24 14:28:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6645A106566C for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:28:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayasaman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EADEC8FC0A for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:28:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyf6 with SMTP id 6so3503978eyf.13 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:28:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=dyRBjuUHoJGopykACmVnoWEZgsUAXVF183Sxs2xgFAg=; b=PZ7m38FJSKMnoROccMTYzlcvX8ZBZ9zTN82BmT4iC5JlF3/gXk4+WK8cGPZ9jnSac1 AXgKUkO5WdSfOiAemfe2tBBSC8PkXPEe2FSvTPKPCBrIoRzDdf967ADuafoSe9PM9tdD JGe052IjlCZYZqI0xI71UrXX92nzfqnQVwBdQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=VIMH+7Iv/cCgVfyzTjLFetpr/BdDlmN8wtPk/JY8v45DSx3bAnSuyPco/KXVpiLg1/ mMKEbRducZbjLXDnA9cRxaC17dCFa9lVt/EV/BWxhcXEdXa3TS7lBOGFemg5+ORJ1Nnd cwi84+jUp7jyEMghLrFAPC1lQ6ti2U2mAL5pM= Received: by 10.213.15.78 with SMTP id j14mr7581171eba.60.1293199179458; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:59:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.44] ([85.105.64.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q58sm6473003eeh.21.2010.12.24.05.59.37 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:59:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D14A747.8090602@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:59:35 +0200 From: Kaya Saman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: MythTV on FreeBSD support for modern TV tuners? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:28:26 -0000 Hi, I'm planning a project where I will create a multimedia server. The basic plan is to have multiple tuners for DVB-T, DVB-S, UHF/VHF, DAB, and FM radio. Currently the region I live in only supports analog TV in Pal-II or Pal-B standard and analog radio. My thought was to run MythTV server on the system and not only allow for broadcasting over local network to HTPC's running at home but also use ZFS for a large storage solution for PVR and other video/music files. We're currently talking about 12-16TB once I convert from DVD and CD. Basically what I was wondering is the support for modern hardware. I know Hauppauge cards are pretty good and offer dual and/or quad tuner support and are PCI-E based. Would my project be feasible or would I need to look at Linux for the Server backend and create a separate storage server? Would be awsome if the support was readily available on FreeBSD...... Has anyone got any experience with this? Many thanks. Kaya