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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
Resources
Media Center Ports Status
| Port | Status | Details |
| comms/lirc | ✔ | 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 | ✔ | Install notes for FreeBSD |
| multimedia/handbrake | ✔ | |
| multimedia/kodi | ✔ | Can be used with VDR for PVR (see there for install notes) |
| multimedia/mythtv | ✔ | |
| multimedia/plexhometheater | ✔ | Front-end to plexmediaserver, forked from Kodi. Soon to be replace by plexmediaplayer. |
| multimedia/plexmediaplayer | ✘ | New front-end to plexmediaserver. Porting work waiting for QT-5.6 to land in ports tree. |
| multimedia/vdr | ✔ | Intro/Install notes for FreeBSD: VDR |
| textproc/p5-xmltv | ✔ |
DVB Drivers
| Port | Hardware | Status | Details |
| multimedia/cx88 | Conexant CX23880/1/2/3/5/7/8 | ✔ | DVB-T, ATSC ; standard v4l/dvb interface since 1.4.0 ; See cx88wiki |
| multimedia/pvr250 | Hauppauge PVR-250/350 | non standard driver interface | |
| multimedia/pvrxxx | Hauppauge PVR-150/500 | ✘ | broken on FreeBSD 8.x (EOL) and amd64 ; non standard driver interface |
| multimedia/webcamd | lots of USB devices (see manpage and WebcamCompat) | ✔ | 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 |