multimedia centre

arch0r · 2010-01-04 16:58:53

you're right, but vdr isn't that good mantained in arch. it's not included into the repos and i think it won't even build (tried it ~ 2 month ago and it didn't work). but there's a arch distro providing vdr and extra packages but it's too much handwork imo to get it running. i'm just lazy and someone who wants things running without any great effort

toad · 2010-01-04 22:59:36

anrxc - I clicked on the link, saw the picture and thought you were having me on

Even most of the plugins appear to be in the AUR...

anrxc · 2010-01-04 23:29:14

toad wrote:

anrxc - I clicked on the link, saw the picture and thought you were having me on

It's no joke :^) see my own setup here http://sysphere.org/gallery/VDR

People use it to build their own home-brewed receivers, HTPC's etc. etc. I guess those pictures look that way because the casing was also custom built. Even though the home page is humble and small, the community is not so if you go that way you'll find enough information and support.

In its core VDR is just a few 100kb in size, and has very little deps... that and drivers for your hardware is all you need to watch and record TV on any Linux. To have something that handles _all_ your media you can check plugins, or connect it with other OSD software...

arch0r wrote:

you're right, but vdr isn't that good mantained in arch. it's not included into the repos and i think it won't even build (tried it ~ 2 month ago and it didn't work).

I mentioned that it's very small and has little dependencies so in theory it can be built on just about anything. But the new video4linux and dvb stack in the recent kernels changed everything. Being that arch is so bleeding-edge I realise there could be problems, especially given the fact that VDR 1.7 where the real development happens hasn't been declared stable yet, after a long time.

jowilkin · 2010-01-04 23:44:13

I run a file server using ZFS as the file system on open solaris (I sort of regret this one, ZFS is awesome, but open solaris is a pain so far. I would probably do ZFS on BSD if I could start over).

That is connected via gigabit lan to a HTPC box using a mobo with builtin nvidia graphics which then hooks to my plasma with HDMI.

The HTPC box is running ubuntu because its easy and alot of htpc stuff is customized for ubuntu (arch would probably work just as well, just a bit more work).

I run XBMC mainly on the htpc box and it works great. With vdpau I use barely any cpu on high-def content. I don't miss the lack of live tv support in XBMC because I download media that I want automatically on the solaris box using rtorrent running in screen along with some scripts that check rss feeds for torrents I want

I have a hauppage tv card in the htpc box, but I don't even try to use it anymore. Support is not good on linux for the model I have (it may have improved, I haven't tried to get it working for a few months).

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