A sad day indeed!
Quite a few years ago I tried to get Freevo running on a Fujitsu HTPC but, no
matter how I tried, I just couldn't get a signal out of the SCART socket -
something quite basic one would have thought. Loads of people on the web with
the same problem but no solution. So I shelved the project until, ironically, I
got a Smart TV with a new-fangled HDMI connection and I'm now using REL-1_9_2b2.
I did consider moving to version 2 but, quite frankly, I've invested too many
years of my life in getting Freevo working at all and, more importantly,
working the way I want it. Not only do I think it looks pretty cool (is it
still cool to say 'cool'), but so does my wife and that's saying something.
Sure I tried XBMC along the way but I don't like its look and feel. Although I
do admit to ripping some code from it to create an ITV Player (I'm in the UK)
for Freevo. Also, I created several other TV 'catch-up' players from scratch.
I can also watch my security camera via Freevo and it's integrated with my
Asterisk PBX. In fact, just this minute I've managed to get it to play my voice
messages.
As an old assembler programmer, I've taught myself some basic Python and
thoroughly enjoyed, and will continue to enjoy, working with the Freevo
infrastructure.
I suppose I'd better take some backups.
Very many thanks to all involved Freevo and best wishes for the future.
Sob. Sob.
John Percival.
Jake <j...@jakebriggs.com> wrote:This is a sad day :( I used freevo for years
but started using my TVs inbuilt dlna client when my last htpc died 3 years
ago. It was a threadbare experience - but at least it didn't try to be too
clever. I recently got a raspberry pi for xbmc, but I do miss freevo. It had
the perfect mix of simplicity and features, my TVs dlna client is utterly
braindead and xbmc tries to be too clever.
Thanks for all your hard work Dirk!
Dirk Meyer <dis...@freevo.org> wrote:Hi,
I have no idea how many people still read this list, how many people
still use Freevo 1.x, and how many people use 2.0 from git (I guess that
is only me).
I failed to get a release of Freevo 2 out. I changed too much, a
complete rewrite and some parts are also written three or four times. My
fault, I know -- an error made years ago and when noticed, it was too
late to change it. And since I started a new job four years ago my time
working on Freevo got smaller and smaller every month. Jason also is
completely busy with his job.
I still say Freevo 2 is ready to use, but I will not release it. I'm not
sure it works with the latest clutter or gstreamer, I only know it works
for me. It lacks many important features such as DVD playback (I have a
BluRay Player) and TV recording. I do not need it and I don't have time
to code it.
Besides that, XBMC has a much biggercommunity, UPnP is enough for many
people (even I use NAS + BubbleUPnP + TV sometimes) and new development
such as Chromecast will reduce Freevo's usefulness even further.
I will continue to use Freevo 2, I may even write an Android client for
it (after learning Python with Freevo which was useful for getting my
current job, hacking Android is a good next step), but I see no real
future for Freevo without a live community and more people hacking code.
If someone contributes something, I will add it. If someone needs help
to get Freevo 2 running, I will provide it.
Since we also lack someone maintaining the server we host and I do not
want to pay for something we don't need, I will shut it down at the end
of February. This means the SVN and the Wiki will be gone. If someone
wants a backup of the Wiki please tell me. The code is already on github
and will remain there. The mailing list on SF will continue andso will
the mail server hosting freevo.org and all mail addresses will continue
to be valid.
Maybe after some time someone resurrects Freevo. I would love to pass
the maintainership over to someone just as I took it over from Krister
years ago. Maybe someone takes the kaa-stuff and writes something new
and better. I'm happy to assist and I think the same is true for Jason.
Maybe I will release something someday based on the current code.
It was a great time, I learned a lot and it was much fun.
Regards,
Dischi
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