From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 23:09:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A2F16A412 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:09:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4285143C9F for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:09:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so1730679uge for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:09:21 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jEaFEf0NEsNHYqZfuAjKuz4bg17k97wL3W1PiNM/CsWY7edgKBWZ2UTXAO5sfR6ctsemefFvFBr+/Gi7jDUDuXfPzi12k/+LjAHybfz2ga/2aHJAhiXmvHFB9bJeCyXzlRLjMduVK/25TElvyyNi4MtP1vCdgv56rUuFQJaT4RE= Received: by 10.78.151.3 with SMTP id y3mr4564967hud.1166569758989; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:09:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.124.8 with HTTP; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:09:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:09:18 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" In-Reply-To: <20061219224005.GC4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6300771b0612181401i72e7cc58ta08e12de8d68d4d0@mail.gmail.com> <20061218232247.GQ4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> <6300771b0612181533m6ece3f38p379c78a75912d10d@mail.gmail.com> <6300771b0612181534h3158342aw554869660fc707ea@mail.gmail.com> <20061218234041.GU4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20061219224005.GC4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> Cc: Stephen Hocking , multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MythTV (was: Possible FreeBSD port?) 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: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:09:23 -0000 Greg, On 12/19/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 19 December 2006 at 18:37:59 +0100, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > > On 12/19/06, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 19 December 2006 at 10:34:30 +1100, Stephen Hocking wrote: > >> Yes, I have just about finished porting MythTV, based on the good work > >> by Stacey Son. The main issue I have at the moment is getting it to > >> configure cleanly. I suppose I could commit first and fix those > >> details later, but I'd rather not. > > > > if you would like some help: i have compiled mythtv numerous times > > on fbsd ( 4.x and 6.x ). i am running it as well ( 4.11 server, 6.x > > client ) > > Why didn't you make a port of it? i still might. but it is based off 18-fixes, ported to postgresql, and heavily modified to remove all busy-wait-loops. i made a port of the pvr500 driver which i based of the pvr250 port in the process. > > so if you have specific issues, please let me know. i might be able > > to help. > > It seems to run, but the installation process is painful, not helped > by the MythTV code. Currently if you try to run MythTV before setting > my MySQL, it gets stuck in an endless loop trying to connect, vomiting > over the screen. I'd like to fix that, but I suppose I can commit the > current version. what do you mean exactly with "setting my MySQL" ? since i ported it to support postgresql, i had a different proces to get it running ( running altered DDL over and over again to fight the nightmare of different mysql-datatypes ). i did not make a port, but i am willing to help. but if people are interested in a 0.18-fixes-postgresql-heavily-modified port of mythtv, let me know. if there is enough interest we might pull it off. but i got the impression of the list that only the most recent version of mythtv is worth aiming for ( i have no need to go to .19 or .20 ) regards, usleep