Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:59:04 +0200 From: Roger Olofsson <raggen@passagen.se> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Cc: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>, stevec@redkingcole.co.uk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video streaming with freeBSD Message-ID: <48A06FD8.2080407@passagen.se> In-Reply-To: <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com> References: <489E0312.40908@serverhouse.co.uk> <489F2582.3060304@mykitchentable.net> <11167f520808101722l7aba023pf705d8ff6233126c@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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