From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 01:53:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F12106564A for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:53:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s2.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s2.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38D7D8FC0A for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:53:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY126-DS6 ([65.55.131.33]) by bay0-omc3-s2.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:53:51 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [69.243.72.175] X-Originating-Email: [millenia2000@hotmail.com] Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <489E0312.40908@serverhouse.co.uk><489F2582.3060304@mykitchentable.net> <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com> From: "Sean Cavanaugh" To: "Sam Fourman Jr." , "Drew Tomlinson" X-Unsent: 1 References: <489E0312.40908@serverhouse.co.uk><489F2582.3060304@mykitchentable.net> <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:53:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V12.0.1606 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Aug 2008 01:53:51.0322 (UTC) FILETIME=[1A5E03A0:01C8FB55] Cc: stevec@redkingcole.co.uk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video streaming with freeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:53:52 -0000 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sam Fourman Jr." Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:22 PM To: "Drew Tomlinson" Cc: ; Subject: Re: Video streaming with freeBSD >> If the main purpose of your box is to be a PVR, I suggest going with a >> Linux >> distribution and using MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org). While I am a fan >> of >> FreeBSD as a web/mail/etc. server, it did not meet my needs when >> attempting >> to build a PVR. I found the Gentoo Linux distribution most comfortable >> for >> me because it uses a "portage" system similar to the "ports" system of >> FreeBSD. Others I tried were package based and didn't always support my >> hardware. > > I would like to try and put together the most functional FreeBSD based PVR > system possible, even if it does have less functionality than it's > Linux counterpart. > > does anyone have a recipe for a working FreeBSD based PVR? > if not post Ideas for software / configurations / Hardware, and I will > l make a web page > out of it. > install multimedia/MythTV from ports tree. doubt you will find a better PVR program.