Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-11 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Aug 11, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: Some year back I was meddling around with VLC (videolan) that does a pretty good job of the streaming part. There was issues with threads at the time so I let it rest though. Do you have any Idea, how much bandwidth it takes to stream HDT

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-11 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
> Some year back I was meddling around with VLC (videolan) that does a pretty > good job of the streaming part. There was issues with threads at the time so > I let it rest though. Do you have any Idea, how much bandwidth it takes to stream HDTV 1080i via VLC I am assuming a T1 would not be enough

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-11 Thread Roger Olofsson
Sam Fourman Jr. skrev: If the main purpose of your box is to be a PVR, I suggest going with a Linux distribution and using MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org). While I am a fan of FreeBSD as a web/mail/etc. server, it did not meet my needs when attempting to build a PVR. I found the Gentoo Linux d

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
-- From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:22 PM To: "Drew Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Subject: Re: Video streaming with freeBSD If the main

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
> If the main purpose of your box is to be a PVR, I suggest going with a Linux > distribution and using MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org). While I am a fan of > FreeBSD as a web/mail/etc. server, it did not meet my needs when attempting > to build a PVR. I found the Gentoo Linux distribution most co

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 01:57:25PM +0100, Steve Cole wrote: > Sorry I ment 7.0 I was thinking about something else. :-[ > > I have been looking at the Hauppauge range of cards as I understand > that they offer the best support for any linux based OS > > To be honest I am a virgin when it comes

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Steve Cole wrote: Hi I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording with the aid of a TV card. Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this however to save alot of time with untested and not alwa

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 09:50:26PM +0100, Steve Cole wrote: > Hi > > I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only > creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording > with the aid of a TV card. > > Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this ho

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-09 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Steve Cole wrote: Hi I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording with the aid of a TV card. Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this however to save alot of time with untested and not alwa

Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-09 Thread Steve Cole
Hi I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording with the aid of a TV card. Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this however to save alot of time with untested and not always proven methods.