Will 2.0 offer an option to capture streams from devices like the Hauppauge hd pvr, without selecting a channel to record? By that, I mean for example, using the word "stream" in tv channels in the local conf and Freevo would know it's looking for a stream instead of a channel.
On Sun Jul 17th, 2011 4:47 AM CDT Dirk Meyer wrote: >Hi everyone, > >please read this if you are a Freebo user, even if you are no developer >at all. I have been thinking about the future of Freevo 2.0 and need all >your help to get it going somehow. > >I tried XBMC some days ago and while it looks very nice, it forces me to >organize my media collection in a way I don't want to and has some >usability issues (IMHO). Therefore, I still need Freevo. :) > >The main problem with Freevo 2.0 is my and Jason's lack of time the last >year. Development was not only slow, it wasn't existant. I now have one >Freevo-hacking day in my calender each week which may be dropped if the >weather is too good but it is there and I plan to use it. There are some >minor issues I will fix no matter what happens. But I do not have the >time to finish Freevo 2.0 to make it look and feel like I want. If you >want to help in any way, please answer to this mail and we can discuss >it. If you need help to start (like kaa.base help), feel free to ask. >Jason and I can both answer your questions. Jason: I assign your name to >some smaller stuff here, I hope it is OK. ;) > >Freevo Core: > >1. kaa.base is done and has all the cool stuff I want. If there is a >bug, Jason and I will take care of it. But it shouldn't be much. > >2. kaa.metadata is also done. Maybe add or change a parser, but that is >not important right now. Patches are always welcome. > >3. kaa.imlib2 is also working as it should and it does not play a big >role in the Freevo 2.0 core. > >4. The Freevo core directory is also mostly done. There are some minor >bugs in the playlist stuff but it should be easy to fix. The menu reload >also has some problems I need to investigate. > >To summarize: the core is mostly done and the remaining points are on my >TODO list and I will fix them. Now the bigger problems: GUI. The >clutter-based GUI can do nice stuff but needs some more work. > >5. kaa.candy has the basics, but may need some nice effects like >mirror-effect, better animations, etc. It has everything we need to make >Freevo 2.0 work but it could be nicer. If you know C (Python not needed) >and want to play with clutter or if you now Python and want to dive into >kaa.candy, drop me a note. You only need to know kaa.base and clutter as >dependency. > >6. XBMC looks soooo cool. The big background images, the animations. >Nice! We do have the code in Freevo 2.0 to do the same (even support to >grab TV show or movie specific wallpapers and images). I need help from >a designer to make look Freevo even better. Can someone make a fake >screenshot how Freevo should look like? Can someone provide nice >wallpapers (CC licence)? This is one of the things I can not do myself. > >The GUI stuff needs help from you. C programmers, Python programmers and >artists. Or if you cannot help with that, tell us what you want to have. >Let's dive into the media plugins: > >7. kaa.beacon is mostly done. I have some minor things on my list I will >do the next weeks. The big problem is a better network support. Jason: >we talked about distributed beacon servers. Do you still plan to do >this? Do you still have time for it? > >8. kaa.popcorn (or video player) needs clutter support to write on a >texture. This would enable us to draw on top of the video and put it on >the background. Again: help needed here. we could either put the mplayer >output on a texture or use gstreamer. Jason played with the first option >but the code is not finished yet. Jason: do you think you can finish it? >Others: do you want to help here? You need to understand kaa.base and >kaa.popcorn (which you could change to your needs). Besides that, >mplayer and/or gstreamer. The mplayer integration would also require C >and clutter knowledge. The gstreamer integration needs pygstreamer. And >we need to figure out how to integrate it with kaa.candy and the Freevo >core. That would be my task. > >9. The image viewer could look nicer. If you want to help on this >smaller part of Freevo, feel free to tell me. > >10. I have no time to work on TV support. I need help on working on the >TV server, the TV devices (e.g. dvbstreamer), the EPG, etc. This is one >of the major tasks I want to assign a new maintainer. > >And something different: > >11. There is not webserver for Freevo 2.0. Anyone willing to take over >this part? You have complete control what you want to do. I guess you >have to know your HTML/CSS/JS-fu. > >12. Android / iPhone support? Not needed but nice to have > >13. Port plugins from Freevo 1.9 to 2.0 > >And last but not least: > >14. It has been 2 or 3 years since I last asked for donations and I am >paying for the server and the domain on my own since the money run out. >It is only 11 EUR/month but it would be nice if some of you would help >me out here. You can use paypal and dis...@freevo.org for donations. >Thank you. > >Long mail and I hope to get some feedback. Who is willing to help? Code >C or Python? Clutter knowledge? Gstreamer? Web-stuff? Or a designer >without coding? It would be a shame if Freevo dies, but I cannot do this >alone. > >Regards, > >Dischi > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric >Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup >Secrets Revealed." 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