bluecell
07-23-2003, 04:32 PM
Freevo (http://freevo.sourceforge.net)
About Freevo.
Freevo is an open-source digital video jukebox (PVR, DVR) based on Linux in addition to a number of open-source audio/video tools. MPlayer is used to play audio and video files. MPlayer is an excellent media player that can play most popular file formats. Freevo can be used both for a standalone PVR computer with a TV+remote, as well as on a regular desktop computer using the monitor and keyboard.
Freevo is easy to download and install for new users. Most hardware is supported (graphic boards, sound cards and video capture devices).
The Freevo core is under heavy development. It is mostly written in the Python programming language which is very well suited for high-level control applications like Freevo.
*** View screenshots (http://freevo.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html) ***
Current features.
:: Watching TV, with TV Guide (using XMLTV).
:: TV recording, both immediate mode and a background schedule task.
:: Playing Movies (AVI, MPEG, Quicktime, Ogg, etc.) and DVDs.
:: Playing Music (MP3, Ogg, AAC, WMA).
:: Playing audio CD's with CDDB support.
:: Viewing Pictures.
:: Skins are configurable using XML files.
:: Movie and Music file info using XML files.
:: Preliminary Mame support.
:: Web interface for TV recording.
:: Easy plugin based interface for adding new features
:: Toolbar with email notification, clock and weather plugins.
Planned features.
:: TV Live Pause (also known as time shifting).
:: DVD menus.
:: Newsfeeds (Slashdot, CNN, etc).
:: CD and DVD backups to harddrive.I haven't actually tried this yet. It will be featured tonight on The Screen Savers (http://www.thescreensavers.com) at 7PM ET on TechTV.
_Enjoy!
About Freevo.
Freevo is an open-source digital video jukebox (PVR, DVR) based on Linux in addition to a number of open-source audio/video tools. MPlayer is used to play audio and video files. MPlayer is an excellent media player that can play most popular file formats. Freevo can be used both for a standalone PVR computer with a TV+remote, as well as on a regular desktop computer using the monitor and keyboard.
Freevo is easy to download and install for new users. Most hardware is supported (graphic boards, sound cards and video capture devices).
The Freevo core is under heavy development. It is mostly written in the Python programming language which is very well suited for high-level control applications like Freevo.
*** View screenshots (http://freevo.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html) ***
Current features.
:: Watching TV, with TV Guide (using XMLTV).
:: TV recording, both immediate mode and a background schedule task.
:: Playing Movies (AVI, MPEG, Quicktime, Ogg, etc.) and DVDs.
:: Playing Music (MP3, Ogg, AAC, WMA).
:: Playing audio CD's with CDDB support.
:: Viewing Pictures.
:: Skins are configurable using XML files.
:: Movie and Music file info using XML files.
:: Preliminary Mame support.
:: Web interface for TV recording.
:: Easy plugin based interface for adding new features
:: Toolbar with email notification, clock and weather plugins.
Planned features.
:: TV Live Pause (also known as time shifting).
:: DVD menus.
:: Newsfeeds (Slashdot, CNN, etc).
:: CD and DVD backups to harddrive.I haven't actually tried this yet. It will be featured tonight on The Screen Savers (http://www.thescreensavers.com) at 7PM ET on TechTV.
_Enjoy!