Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:04:15 -0600 From: Bryce Edwards <bryce@bryce.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= <decke@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org" <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hdhomerun & dvr - prefer tvheadend Message-ID: <CAO_ZHU-jrCEvHCHUR=OhkdoAu061Bai097bVw7rxmiPTG1n8KQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAE-m3X3DRhnQe1Qa-jNTdMuHHd-Hq=WTNNBWfCv0sg41mO5HLw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAO_ZHU-v%2B=-q03izV6EdCsn81teNkj9irgeBJDAYGZNdg-TZcQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X3DRhnQe1Qa-jNTdMuHHd-Hq=WTNNBWfCv0sg41mO5HLw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich <decke@freebsd.org> wrote= : > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Bryce Edwards <bryce@bryce.net<javascript= :;>> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 10 and need to setup a DVR (timeshift capability a > > big plus). Tvheadend would be my preference, but I'll take anything > > that Just Works(TM). I got a hdhomerun as the ATSC tuner (dual > > actually) so that drivers were not a problem but I see that the > > approach tvheadend takes for that tuner is linux specific with the DVB > > kernel driver approach. Please give me suggestions to get this up & > > running or point me to good alternatives. > > Sorry, but there is no way to get that setup running on FreeBSD. As you > have already seen the hdhomerun "wrapper" that is used on linux is a > kernel module that doesn't work on FreeBSD and tvheadend itself does > not support hdhomerun yet. > > The closes we could get is to ask Hans Petter Selasky if he sees a > chance to add the hdhomerun module to webcamd/cuse4bsd and how > much work it would be. (I've CC'd him already) > > -- > Bernhard Froehlich > http://www.bluelife.at/ > What about other DVR software options? FreeBSD and hdhomerun support are my ideal requirements. I'll also play with running linux under virtualbox but was hoping to avoid that and use a jail. It's unfortunate that they took an 'integrated' approach on a network based tuner but I understand using a consistent implementation for all tuners.
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