Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:36:44 -0300 From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> To: Anish Mistry <amistry@am-productions.biz>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Media software ala DLink DSM520 ... but for FreeBSD ... ? Message-ID: <2D757C8926FD8F853E200A4C@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <200610201612.12124.amistry@am-productions.biz> References: <C586EB9355A3912C5CE4A8B9@ganymede.hub.org> <200610201612.12124.amistry@am-productions.biz>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --On Friday, October 20, 2006 16:12:01 -0400 Anish Mistry <amistry@am-productions.biz> wrote: > On Friday 20 October 2006 12:44, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> I tried the DSM320, wasn't satisfied with it, since a bunch of my >> videos didn't work, and I really hated the interface (would like to >> be able to delete after watching) ... so I returned it. >> >> Is there anything I can do with a plain FreeBSD box to accomplish >> *at least* what the DLink provided? >> >> I have a box now that I can plug into my TV (S-Video with Sound >> Jacks), which is what I was using before ... but, the X display on >> the TV is terrible, and the interface leaves alot to be desired for >> my wife, so *she* won't use it ... >> >> So ... is there any 'media software' that I can run on FreeBSD that >> would give her a nice interface to work with (web based, maybe, >> with her using her laptop for controls from the couch?) ... >> >> Basically, I can't be the first one trying to do this ... anyone >> have any good recommendations to make it as 'user friendly for >> non-unix users' as possible? > multimedia/freevo? Sweet, am working on installing it as I type this ... will this also handle the 'bad screen / graininess' that I find running X on a TV? Or is there a recommendation for a better video card that I shoudl be using for this? ie. something with TV-Out maybe? I'm using S-Video right now ... Thanks ... - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFOXms4QvfyHIvDvMRArH8AKDG7vqjcUu4K+B6BuVuChKrvF72bQCfa2VB z17FowpsDQajbvHCMX771ro= =Fyj4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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