From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 29 03:07:41 2008 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 3B2AB1065673 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:07:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [203.10.76.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5BD78FC08 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from dereel.lemis.com (ozlabs.org [203.10.76.45]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67AB9DDDEC; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:07:27 +1100 (EST) Received: by dereel.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id C28C0A1DBC; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:07:22 +1100 (EST) Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:07:22 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Anders Troback Message-ID: <20081129030722.GD26930@dereel.lemis.com> References: <20081127073452.15182879@devil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081127073452.15182879@devil> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-3-5346-1370 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD video recorder (was: FreeBSD as a HTPC!) 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: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:07:41 -0000 --4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 27 November 2008 at 7:34:52 +0100, Anders Troback wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a HTPC application for FreeBSD! I'm assuming you're talking primarily about TV reception. I started on this track a while back, but the main problem I've had is that FreeBSD doesn't support any digital tuners. Here in Australia we have digital TV with resolutions of up to 720p (1280x720 non-interlaced) or 1080i (1920x1080 interlaced). 720p is better. So I ended up using a Linux box running MythTV to do the recording, and a FreeBSD box with an nVidia card and XvMC to do the playback to a 1280x720 projector. When I set this up, I also committed the MythTV port, but since then others have taken it over. Parts of it are excellent, but I've found that I don't like the MythTV front end very much. On the other hand, the back end isn't too back, notably MythWeb. So what I do is to copy the saved MPEG files to the FreeBSD machine and use mplayer, along with a series of scripts, to play it. I'm using a DVICO remote control (the one that came with the tuner), and not coincidentally this is one of the few TV remote controls which FreeBSD supports. There's a lot more stuff on my multimedia pages (http://www.lemis.com/grog/videorecorder), but I'm afraid it's a bit of a mess, and I haven't updated it for a long time. If you have any questions, please ask on this list, and if I have something to add, I'll do so. Note that, until the MythTV port gets updated, there's nothing seriously wrong with the current version: just remove the BROKEN line from the Makefile and it should install OK. The only "breakage" is that if you remove it again without using it, it may leave a user 'mythtv' behind on the system. But note also that MythTV front and back ends typically need to be exactly the same version, since they keep playing around with the network protocol. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkwsekACgkQIubykFB6QiO7+ACgrX49uHIPqoysUZOhPv2ieDBA zNEAnjFjR8XqJCsAkxRdOxZMFBm329Wa =f/bi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L--