Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:53:41 -0400 From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>, "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: stevec@redkingcole.co.uk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video streaming with freeBSD Message-ID: <BAY126-DS6A8BD7428AA72B9527C97CA710@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <489E0312.40908@serverhouse.co.uk><489F2582.3060304@mykitchentable.net> <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com> References: <489E0312.40908@serverhouse.co.uk><489F2582.3060304@mykitchentable.net> <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com>
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-------------------------------------------------- From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:22 PM To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: <stevec@redkingcole.co.uk>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> 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.
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