From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 08:55:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AF11106564A for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decke@FreeBSD.org) Received: from groupware.itac.at (groupware.itac.at [91.205.172.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16558FC18 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from home.bluelife.at (93.104.210.95) by groupware.itac.at (Axigen) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPSA id 0C8F5C; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:56:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:55:49 +0100 From: Bernhard Froehlich To: VDR User In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <354e558e356901535614fa416b2f5254@bluelife.at> X-Sender: decke@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.5-rc X-AxigenSpam-Level: 1 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A0B0209.4D19A614.01A5,ss=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown Cc: "mailing list: freebsd-multimedia" Subject: Re: Question regarding VDR, linux V4L drivers, lirc, & Freebsd. X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:55:50 -0000 On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:37:46 -0800, VDR User wrote: > Hi. I've been think of putting something new on one of my test boxes > (for htpc use). I've never used Freebsd before but a friend of mine > used to rave about it. I'm wondering if anyone is successfully > running VDR along with the Linux V4L drivers for dvb devices? Also, Jürgen Lock is currently working on a VDR port and looking for testers. FreeBSD currently only supports very few PCI cards but almost all USB devices work if there is a v4l driver for it. You need multimedia/webcamd for that. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2010-November/011368.html > if lirc is used for accessing serial or usb based remote controls? > If Our lirc port is very outdated and i'm not sure if it works at all. It needs definitely some love and work. > so, is there any work on the user end to get this stuff running? I'm Sure! We have quite good MythTV support, VDR is almost ready, XBMC will be committed this week. But there is a lot more work to be done to get remote controls working properly in webcamd and lirc. > not in any need of a desktop or gui as the box is dedicated to > testing > dvb/media replay. For that matter, there's no keyboard, mouse, etc. > connected either. I typically access the box only through SSH, with > the boxes audio/video output over HDMI. Does Freebsd have support > for > Nvidia VDPAU hardware decoding? If so, how well does it work? I Yes, vdpau is supported with x11/nvidia-driver and MythTV has an port option to enable vdpau. I just talked to Jürgen yesterday and he is currently looking for vdpau testers for the VDR port. So it should be working with VDR but someone needs to confirm that with nvidia hardware. XBMC also supports vdpau but needs ffmpeg with enabled vdpau - but i already have a patch for that. So overall vdpau support is there but you need to compile the ports yourself with VDPAU option enabled. > prefer to install OS + software onto sdhc cards or usb flash. SD cards are no problem at all and USB is also no problem with recent FreeBSD versions. > I appreciate any insight since I'm completely new to Freebsd, and > apologize if this is not the correct mailing list for such questions. We probably should create a wiki page or some document to cover the current situation. I'll put it on my todo for next year. -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/