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.

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.

(It may also work with bktr cards – can someone confirm?)

• Add to /boot/loader.conf :

cxm_iic_load="YES"
cxm_load="YES"}}}
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=== MythTV ===

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== References ==
 * Software:
  * [http://www.mythtv.org/ MythTV site]
 * FreeBSD-specific:
  * [http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=mythtv multimedia/mythtv] in portsmon
  * [http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=pvr250 multimedia/pvr250] in portsmon
  * [http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=multimedia&portname=pvrxxx multimedia/pvrxxx] in portsmon
 * Honourable mention:
  * [http://mythtv.son.org/ Installation guide by Stacey Son and Ari Maniatis], for MythTV 0.17 and FreeBSD 5.3