Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:47:18 -0600 From: Bryce Edwards <bryce@bryce.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= <decke@bluelife.at> Cc: "freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org" <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hdhomerun & dvr - prefer tvheadend Message-ID: <CAO_ZHU9FRS8q2GoNBi0xtH_Lgx7M9mgt34-%2BvfEjRR-AxNB-aA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAE-m3X1q40aQGziCWJn=u9dvWYq9drVMhmfZFn6u1qjuUKKaAA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAO_ZHU-v%2B=-q03izV6EdCsn81teNkj9irgeBJDAYGZNdg-TZcQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X3DRhnQe1Qa-jNTdMuHHd-Hq=WTNNBWfCv0sg41mO5HLw@mail.gmail.com> <CAO_ZHU-jrCEvHCHUR=OhkdoAu061Bai097bVw7rxmiPTG1n8KQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X1q40aQGziCWJn=u9dvWYq9drVMhmfZFn6u1qjuUKKaAA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich <decke@bluelife.at> wrote= : > > Am 04.02.2014 20:04 schrieb "Bryce Edwards" <bryce@bryce.net<javascript:_= e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bryce@bryce.net');> > >: > > > > On Tuesday, February 4, 2014, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich <decke@freebsd.org<ja= vascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','decke@freebsd.org');>> > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Bryce Edwards <bryce@bryce.net<javascr= ipt:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bryce@bryce.net');>> > wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > I'm running FreeBSD 10 and need to setup a DVR (timeshift capability= a > >> > big plus). Tvheadend would be my preference, but I'll take anything > >> > that Just Works(TM). I got a hdhomerun as the ATSC tuner (dual > >> > actually) so that drivers were not a problem but I see that the > >> > approach tvheadend takes for that tuner is linux specific with the D= VB > >> > kernel driver approach. Please give me suggestions to get this up & > >> > running or point me to good alternatives. > >> > >> Sorry, but there is no way to get that setup running on FreeBSD. As yo= u > >> have already seen the hdhomerun "wrapper" that is used on linux is a > >> kernel module that doesn't work on FreeBSD and tvheadend itself does > >> not support hdhomerun yet. > >> > >> The closes we could get is to ask Hans Petter Selasky if he sees a > >> chance to add the hdhomerun module to webcamd/cuse4bsd and how > >> much work it would be. (I've CC'd him already) > >> > >> -- > >> Bernhard Froehlich > >> http://www.bluelife.at/ > > > > > > What about other DVR software options? FreeBSD and hdhomerun support > are my ideal requirements. I'll also play with running linux under > virtualbox but was hoping to avoid that and use a jail. > > Since virtualbox only supports usb passthrough right now this won't give > you any benefits. On modern enough hardware you could use bhyve which > already supports pci passthrough and linux guests but you need a vt-d > capable hardware. > > From hardware side the best solution would be an dvb usb device that is > supported by webcamd. The you can choose between vdr, mythtv, > tvheadend/xbmc, vlc and a few more. > > With hdhomerun the list is a bit smaller but at least vlc and mythtv > should still work fine - not sure about the others. > > > It's unfortunate that they took an 'integrated' approach on a network > based tuner but I understand using a consistent implementation for all > tuners. > Good info, thanks Bernhard. If getting new hardware for dual tuner capability in the US for ATSC, what do folks out there recommend for freebsd+tvheadend?
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