This page details efforts to bring various media center applications to FreeBSD and make it a viable platform for Home Theater PC (HTPC). If you are interested in helping please get in touch with us.
Contact
The following individuals are reachable on IRC #fbsd-mentors
Resources
Media Center Ports Status
Port |
Status |
Details |
comms/lirc |
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Updated to 0.9.0_3, Tested with mceusb, ftdi, serial receivers and several USB DVB tuners (among others), see WebcamCompat |
multimedia/enna |
wip |
port available in blueports repository |
multimedia/freevo |
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multimedia/handbrake |
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multimedia/kodi |
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Can be used with VDR for PVR (see there for install notes) |
multimedia/mythtv |
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multimedia/plexhometheater |
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Front-end to plexmediaserver, forked from Kodi. Soon to be replace by plexmediaplayer. |
multimedia/plexmediaplayer |
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New front-end to plexmediaserver. Porting work waiting for QT-5.6 to land in ports tree. |
multimedia/vdr |
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Intro/Install notes for FreeBSD: VDR |
textproc/p5-xmltv |
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DVB Drivers
Port |
Hardware |
Status |
Details |
multimedia/cx88 |
Conexant CX23880/1/2/3/5/7/8 |
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DVB-T, ATSC ; standard v4l/dvb interface since 1.4.0 ; See cx88wiki |
multimedia/pvr250 |
Hauppauge PVR-250/350 |
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non standard driver interface |
multimedia/pvrxxx |
Hauppauge PVR-150/500 |
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broken on FreeBSD 8.x (EOL) and amd64 ; non standard driver interface |
multimedia/webcamd |
lots of USB devices (see manpage and WebcamCompat) |
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requires FreeBSD 8.0 or later ; DVB-C/S/S2/T/T2, ATSC ; standard v4l/dvb interface |
HTPC ToDo
Port |
Task |
Responsible |
multimedia/enna |
needs cleanup and testing |
bapt@, decke@ |
documentation |
create a user guide |
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