Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:46:42 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: usleepless@gmail.com Cc: Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com>, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MythTV (was: Possible FreeBSD port?) Message-ID: <20061221074642.ezsk9if6ucws8w0k@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <c39ec84c0612201348y6c0ccb2dwada388b3833fc94f@mail.gmail.com> References: <6300771b0612181401i72e7cc58ta08e12de8d68d4d0@mail.gmail.com> <6300771b0612181534h3158342aw554869660fc707ea@mail.gmail.com> <20061218234041.GU4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> <c39ec84c0612190937u572ff6bco28606f54645275a5@mail.gmail.com> <20061219224005.GC4364@wantadilla.lemis.com> <c39ec84c0612191509w6a5ccf10iedb640bb8dacef1c@mail.gmail.com> <6300771b0612191524y64af793cy10f9bff4193536c7@mail.gmail.com> <c39ec84c0612191554v280ddc3bq4493ebdecb3b8de@mail.gmail.com> <6300771b0612191642k3cda3985o4b860b839847f9d8@mail.gmail.com> <20061220083600.eu2c9lwcg00ssg8s@webmail.leidinger.net> <c39ec84c0612201348y6c0ccb2dwada388b3833fc94f@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting usleepless@gmail.com (from Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:48:32 +0100): > Dear Alexander, List, > > On 12/20/06, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: >> Quoting Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com> (from Wed, 20 Dec >> 2006 11:42:08 +1100): >> >>> I'm all digital, and as far as I'm aware, there's no settled kernel API >> for >>> DVB-T cards (or video really, in general) for FBSD. >> >> Here's a proposal: >> http://people.freebsd.org/~jmg/videobsd.html > > while i understand the urge to define a multimedia-framework for BSD, > i think it's too little too late. > > i believe the proper way to propell BSD into multimedia is to adopt > V4L(2). i made the multimedia/pvrxxx driver V4L2 compatible, and made > mythtv compile and run. now it just works. > > i don't particular like V4L(2), but me thinks it's the only way. Free stuff which is better than less good stuff is always the enemy of =20 the less good stuff. Let's call it video4unix and see what happens. =20 Lobby a little bit in the opensolaris camp, and you may even gain some =20 kind of commercial interest behind it. I don't say we should not make =20 existing drivers v4lX compliant, I just say we should not block =20 inventions. If someone is interested in doing it, let him do it. If it =20 is more easy to use and/or offers more requested features, I'm sure it =20 will be used. Bye, Alexander. --=20 I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly. =09=09-- Saki, "Reginald on Worries" http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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