Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:27:38 -0400 From: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org> Subject: Re: Freevo port (TESTING REQUIRED). Message-ID: <200406202328.06979.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040620232712.GA75329@fajita.org> References: <20040620232712.GA75329@fajita.org>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 20 June 2004 07:27 pm, Lewis Thompson wrote: > Hi, > > I've been working on a port of Freevo (http://freevo.sf.net/), which is > ``an open-source home theatre PC platform'', for a while now and > hopefully within a week or two version 1.5.0 will be released. > > My port is for 1.5rc3 (the latest release) and includes a few > DVD-specific patches. I'd really like to get some feedback before I > submit this port, so I've made it available at > http://www.fajita.org/~lewiz/freevo-1.5rc3.tar.bz2 (it extracts into > freevo so you can untar it in the multimedia subdir). > > Somebody has suggested a printout of available configure options, > which I plan to implement shortly (although a quick look at the > Makefile shows them). > > There are a few specific things that need attention (my hacks): > > 1. Are DVDs shown at the bottom of the ``Watch a Movie'' menu? > 2. If you insert a DVD at the menu, does it autoplay? > 3. If you eject/insert a DVD does the ``Watch a Movie'' drive entry get > updated? > 4. When playing a DVD from the ``Watch a Movie'' menu do you a) get the > DVD menu (if using xine); b) get a list of tracks (mplayer); or c) get > a list of the contents -- the final one really shouldn't happen so I > am especially wanting to know about this! > > In addition to my Freevo port it's important you have a very recent > version of mmpython. If you already have this installed, please upgrade > -- it includes some critical disc-specific updates, without which the > DVD stuff will really not work right (you'll get 4(c)!). If you CVSuped > in the last couple of days you should be fine. > > Any and all feedback is welcome! I'd really like to perfect this one > before 1.5rc4 so I can hopefully get a version in asap! > > Thanks! > > -lewiz. I hope you checked the freevo port skeleton submission in the PR database. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/59047 =2D --=20 Anish Mistry =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA1lXGxqA5ziudZT0RAmqQAJ0cr2zTBU6h8bUH5+dfkywpyaVV1QCg3z4k +bKYr1q3mwau0ub/i4/UaiA=3D =3D1QFh =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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