Contents

  1. MythTV on FreeBSD
  2. Hardware
  3. Dependencies
  4. Setup
    1. FreeBSD
    2. MythTV
  5. References

MythTV on FreeBSD

MythTV is an open source PVR software project.

It is well-known in the Linux world as a complex application with many dependencies, difficult to install. The FreeBSD ports system simplifies much of the process, but there remain components that must be set up manually. This page attempts to walk you through the tough parts.

Hardware

MythTV is designed to utilize V4L to access video input devices (encoders, tuners). FreeBSD does not include V4L (it's 4L, after all). At this time, the multimedia/mythtv port works with Conexant iTVC MPEG encoders, including Hauppauge WinTV PVR-x50 cards.

Support for pcHDTV cards does not exist.

It may also work with bktr cards -- can someone confirm? If you have experience running MythTV with any of its other "supported" hardware under FreeBSD, please consider contributing to this page.

Dependencies

MythTV is flexible and modular enough that any dependencies are related to modules or specific functionality, and there isn't a heck of alot required by the base system. Due to MythTV's architecture, dependencies can be divided thusly:

Setup

FreeBSD

MythTV

References

MythTV (last edited 2008-06-17 21:38:06 by localhost)