On 25.Feb.11 09:50 +0000, Adam Charrett wrote: > First off Freevo doesn't have anywhere near the flexibility/features of > a mythtv recording backend. A client can only talk to 1 record server > and a record server can only record one program at a time (even if it > has multiple tuners) this is something that _will_ be fixed in v2, but > that's a way away.
Well than, I would like to wait for v2. Could you explain in brief, what the current status of v2 is? I could use the time to get in touch with freevo v2.0. (Architecture, Configuration, ..). Probably I could contribute. > A Shared (NFS) file system is what I use for both recorded and ripped content. Does freevo v2 utilize some streaming libs? Or is it planned? > Freevo currently doesn't do this, let me clarify that slightly, well it can > do it if you are receiving digit tv and use dvbstreamer, but you'll likely > need 1 tuner per client and 1 for recording. > Freevo can do livepause on a client without a tv tuner if you either use > dvbstreamer (and the livepause app) or use the livepauseserver (again > needs livepause) helper with an ivtv card. Thanks for pointing to dvbstreamer. I have downloaded 2.0.0, but it does not compile [1]. Does dvbstreamer support DVB-S multiplexing? I mean tuning one DVB card to a transponder and getting multiple streams from it? I did not find any docs about livepause. I assume it uses dvbstreamer to get the stream and writes it to a tempfile, from which it streams to the client, right? If yes, these two tools provide basic functionality for a _very_ coarse PVR - EPG data is also fetched. [1] http://paste.debian.net/109538 > To give an example, my recordserver is in the loft where the tv signal is > less degraded and I have cat5 to my frontend in the living room. I use > dvbstreamer to stream the digital tv to the frontend and also a second > instance to record. The setup is similar to mine. My Server is in the cave equipped with three DVB-S cards, which serves <6 clients with TV and recordings. DVB-S multiplexing is also very usefull with that. I have 1GE to all rooms. Also streaming via wifi is possible (10Mbit/s for an average stream). As beeing a debian user I have to question, if you have in mind to make freevo v2 only runnable and supportable in conjunction with a special customized linux distribution? I want to say I really do not intend to switch to ubuntu. Ok, it might be worth doing this for the server(s), but not for the clients. Clients are partly used for daily work. Thanks, Bastian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
