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This page details the ongoing effort to bring various media center applications to FreeBSD and make it a viable platform for HTPC (Home Theater PC). If you are interested in helping please get in touch with us.
Contact
The following individuals are reachable on IRC #fbsd-mentors
- decke
- nox
Resources
Media Center Ports Status
| Port | Status | Details |
| comms/lirc | wip | nox@ is new maintainer |
| multimedia/enna | wip | port available in blueports repository |
| multimedia/freevo | ✔ | Install notes for FreeBSD |
| multimedia/mythtv | ✔ | |
| multimedia/vdr | wip | needs testers - see call for testers |
| multimedia/xbmc | ✔ | |
| textproc/p5-xmltv | ✔ |
DVB Drivers
| Port | Hardware | Status | Details |
| multimedia/cx88 | Conexant CX23880/1/2/3/5/7/8 | analog and DVB-T only ; non standard driver interface | |
| multimedia/pvr250 | Hauppauge PVR-250/350 | non standard driver interface | |
| multimedia/pvrxxx | Hauppauge PVR-150/500 | ✘ | broken on FreeBSD 8.x ; non standard driver interface |
| multimedia/webcamd | lots of USB devices (see manpage) | ✔ | requires FreeBSD 8.0 or later ; DVB-C/S/S2/T, ATSC ; standard v4l/dvb interface |
HTPC ToDo
| Port | Task | Responsible |
| multimedia/enna | needs cleanup and testing | bapt@, decke@ |
| multimedia/vdr | needs cleanup and testing | nox@, jpulz |
| comms/lirc | needs major update ; see Debian GNU kFreeBSD (they did some work on that) | nox@ |
| documentation | create a user guide | |
| multimedia/webcamd | add remote control support; patch available | nox@, hps@ |