From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 4 19:55:34 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAE4BEF4 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:55:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f176.google.com (mail-ob0-f176.google.com [209.85.214.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9AE3913C4 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:55:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f176.google.com with SMTP id gq1so10018401obb.21 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:55:32 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=On9MHE6FWUtmAvoJhnksMYx1ac0FwSFomttSmn9NPRo=; b=RzOUnfNv2ENMah5wbk5raOPdcSvo6CwrSda0zAg710kynaXZok+iUVVudXriaslfh3 83fgnlQR7LKNk6gS1vhInqrSAZIv261dWC/aNlUKtBq+MNAsaZ886FbnY4t6nAf7XA/o eiq0OnA4WN3PejPm/W8c2hK56/peX3jtQ2Wf/eD8QcvcM8ojAPiWNK5axlXxZkqjRXxn kudE3woFORh5pzwpg9t45wWrnJAU0H7YZs/MJsQX2vm4Xeqp9roKwMhlttIV6EWHg3uG mJsDbx/PicErr0mm8odgRq3Iv8+TlnJKeTT0QURu3d1A9kkdvcqaGp8ICfNRYFDFQvza CA7g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkZZSNYn5EgjRwZi8lj4jfPaQIo17+yeseGHaKc8DbqBJU6Q7trsgiVQW0oS3l/RnYaOEaJ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.113.195 with SMTP id ja3mr9285657obb.46.1391543238615; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:47:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.229.229 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 11:47:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:47:18 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: hdhomerun & dvr - prefer tvheadend From: Bryce Edwards To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:55:34 -0000 On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich wrote= : > > Am 04.02.2014 20:04 schrieb "Bryce Edwards" > >: > > > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich > > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Bryce Edwards > > wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > I'm running FreeBSD 10 and need to setup a DVR (timeshift capability= a > >> > big plus). Tvheadend would be my preference, but I'll take anything > >> > that Just Works(TM). I got a hdhomerun as the ATSC tuner (dual > >> > actually) so that drivers were not a problem but I see that the > >> > approach tvheadend takes for that tuner is linux specific with the D= VB > >> > kernel driver approach. Please give me suggestions to get this up & > >> > running or point me to good alternatives. > >> > >> Sorry, but there is no way to get that setup running on FreeBSD. As yo= u > >> have already seen the hdhomerun "wrapper" that is used on linux is a > >> kernel module that doesn't work on FreeBSD and tvheadend itself does > >> not support hdhomerun yet. > >> > >> The closes we could get is to ask Hans Petter Selasky if he sees a > >> chance to add the hdhomerun module to webcamd/cuse4bsd and how > >> much work it would be. (I've CC'd him already) > >> > >> -- > >> Bernhard Froehlich > >> http://www.bluelife.at/ > > > > > > What about other DVR software options? FreeBSD and hdhomerun support > are my ideal requirements. I'll also play with running linux under > virtualbox but was hoping to avoid that and use a jail. > > Since virtualbox only supports usb passthrough right now this won't give > you any benefits. On modern enough hardware you could use bhyve which > already supports pci passthrough and linux guests but you need a vt-d > capable hardware. > > From hardware side the best solution would be an dvb usb device that is > supported by webcamd. The you can choose between vdr, mythtv, > tvheadend/xbmc, vlc and a few more. > > With hdhomerun the list is a bit smaller but at least vlc and mythtv > should still work fine - not sure about the others. > > > It's unfortunate that they took an 'integrated' approach on a network > based tuner but I understand using a consistent implementation for all > tuners. > Good info, thanks Bernhard. If getting new hardware for dual tuner capability in the US for ATSC, what do folks out there recommend for freebsd+tvheadend?