From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 16:59:11 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 784CD1065678 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:59:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raggen@passagen.se) Received: from av10-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av10-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341468FC19 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raggen@passagen.se) Received: by av10-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 6BB0037F8D; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:59:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.93]) by av10-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26BBE37ED5; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:59:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.31] (90-230-141-139-no41.tbcn.telia.com [90.230.141.139]) by smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DDBA37E43; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:59:08 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48A06FD8.2080407@passagen.se> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:59:04 +0200 From: Roger Olofsson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Sam Fourman Jr." References: <489E0312.40908@serverhouse.co.uk> <489F2582.3060304@mykitchentable.net> <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Drew Tomlinson , 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 16:59:11 -0000 Sam Fourman Jr. skrev: >> 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. > > Sam Fourman Jr. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.0/1602 - Release Date: 2008-08-09 13:22 > > > Some year back I was meddling around with VLC (videolan) that does a pretty good job of the streaming part. There was issues with threads at the time so I let it rest though. Xmltv to grab the channels listings should also work. TV cards supported should be in the handbook.... Please let us know the uri for the webpage! /R