From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 11:44:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B06437B401 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:44:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp5.wanadoo.nl (smtp5.wanadoo.nl [194.134.35.176]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F9B43F85 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:44:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from ams-gw.sohara.org (p0888.nas1-asd6.dial.wanadoo.nl [62.234.211.125]) by smtp5.wanadoo.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id C7DF7743B2; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:44:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:44:31 +0200 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Lars Eggert Message-Id: <20030808204431.58f32a82.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <3F33C044.507@isi.edu> References: <3F33C044.507@isi.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX,Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-based PVR? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:44:40 -0000 On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 08:22:44 -0700 Lars Eggert wrote: LE> Hi, LE> LE> are there any Tivo-like personal-video-recorders for FreeBSD? LE> LE> Linux has MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org/) and I started work on a port of that, but there's no xmltv feed for my cable service and the dependency list is ludicrous for a PVR, it's all bleeding edge dependencies too :( LE> Freevo LE> (http://freevo.sourceforge.net/), from what I understand they require LE> the video-for-Linux (V4L) API, which FreeBSD doesn't support. Right? I'd managed to forget about that for a while - in theory it should be easy since it uses mplayer and NuppelVideo rather than talking directly to the v4l layer and both of those have been ported. There was the start of a port some time ago (I've just looked and it hasn't moved) I'll pull the latest version and see if I can get the port updated and finished. It looks like it needs the development version of python though :( Does anyone here know if it will coexist with the normal one ? LE> Are there any other options for FreeBSD? I'd rather not start mucking LE> with Linux if I don't have to. Watching TV: fxtv Nice for channel flipping xawtv Some prefer it to fxtv mplayer Good full screen with Xv - nice for watching (-vo aa is fun) Recording and encoding: ffmpeg Makes decent mpeg stream or avi mencoder Makes decent avi NuppelVideo Very low CPU overhead - big files Text: alevt Is there anything else :) Control: sh perl Hashes of station frequencies - very handy :) at Hey a VCR I *can* program - without thinking :) cron Two ways :))) -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/