Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-09-12 Thread Thomas Genty
Le 13/09/2011 06:12, Evan Hisey a écrit : > Almost works. Dying onftp.kernel.org downloads. I thin that maybe > site related though. I will try it again tomorrow. > > Evan I've uploaded the package : in packages/linux/meta, change PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-${PK

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-09-12 Thread Evan Hisey
Almost works. Dying on ftp.kernel.org downloads. I thin that maybe site related though. I will try it again tomorrow. Evan On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Thomas Genty wrote: > Le 28/08/2011 08:51, Thomas Genty a écrit : >> Le 28/08/2011 00:09, Dan Schmidt a écrit : >>> Thanks, that does sound

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-29 Thread Thomas Genty
Le 28/08/2011 08:51, Thomas Genty a écrit : > Le 28/08/2011 00:09, Dan Schmidt a écrit : >> Thanks, that does sound interesting, I think I'd like to try that >> someday. How difficult is the config? >> > Nothing difficult > Just select from make menuconfig/xconfig > - freevo mediacenter > - your t

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-27 Thread Thomas Genty
Le 28/08/2011 00:09, Dan Schmidt a écrit : > Thanks, that does sound interesting, I think I'd like to try that > someday. How difficult is the config? > Nothing difficult Just select from make menuconfig/xconfig - freevo mediacenter - your target architectute/cpu ,etc - your target image (iso / fl

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-27 Thread Dan Schmidt
Thanks, that does sound interesting, I think I'd like to try that someday. How difficult is the config? On 08/18/2011 01:00 AM, Thomas Genty wrote: > Le 17/08/2011 05:33, Dan Schmidt a écrit : >> Truly would be a shame to see Freevo die. I know I've said a couple >> times before, but I really wi

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-27 Thread Dan Schmidt
It told me I did indeed need to have a newer kaa and I was unable to find a way around it.  And, I'm a bit afraid to update kaa.  Higher on my priority list is to work on the wiki but I hope to someday take another crack at running SVN.  I, like all, have little time; ne

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-27 Thread Thomas Genty
Le 27/08/2011 13:36, John Molohan a écrit : > On 18/08/2011 08:00, Thomas Genty wrote: >> Le 17/08/2011 05:33, Dan Schmidt aécrit : >>> Truly would be a shame to see Freevo die. I know I've said a couple >>> times before, but I really will get around to helping on the Wiki where >>> I can. As I h

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-27 Thread John Molohan
On 18/08/2011 08:00, Thomas Genty wrote: Le 17/08/2011 05:33, Dan Schmidt a écrit : Truly would be a shame to see Freevo die. I know I've said a couple times before, but I really will get around to helping on the Wiki where I can. As I have said before, if Freevo were distributed as a live dis

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-23 Thread Adam Charrett
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Dan Schmidt wrote: Very sorry, I would report issues, but I can't get SVN working.  1.9 is pretty old.  It was working on back in January, but couldn't get it working.  Can you remind me what issues you where having? If you have found some bugs on 1.9 that haven't alread

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-18 Thread Paul
You're right - I'll double mine if we get three more contributions... On 18 August 2011 21:25, Dan Schmidt wrote: > > >> 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/mont

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-18 Thread Dan Schmidt
>> 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. > I

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-18 Thread Dan Schmidt
I have heard that a lot has been fixed in svn, I would be more interested in a new stable release than Freevo 2.0. Just my two cents. On 08/17/2011 08:45 PM, Alan wrote: >> On a side note, I am in no rush to try 2, I fairly happy with Freevo 1. >> (For the life of me, I never could get dvbstream

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-18 Thread Dan Schmidt
Very sorry, I would report issues, but I can't get SVN working.  1.9 is pretty old.  It was working on back in January, but couldn't get it working.  Is there a way to install kaa without touching the rest of my machine? I've waxed brave enough to try the beta version

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-18 Thread Adam Charrett
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Alan wrote: On a side note, I am in no rush to try 2, I fairly happy with Freevo 1. (For the life of me, I never could get dvbstreamer working nor svn, but 1.9 works for my needs)  And, my wife will kill me if I "mess around with that thing" anymore.  Never tried XBMC but,

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-18 Thread Thomas Genty
Le 17/08/2011 05:33, Dan Schmidt a écrit : > Truly would be a shame to see Freevo die. I know I've said a couple > times before, but I really will get around to helping on the Wiki where > I can. As I have said before, if Freevo were distributed as a live > distro that was easier to install (Mayb

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-17 Thread Alan
> On a side note, I am in no rush to try 2, I fairly happy with Freevo 1. > (For the life of me, I never could get dvbstreamer working nor svn, but > 1.9 works for my needs)  And, my wife will kill me if I "mess around > with that thing" anymore.  Never tried XBMC but, if it's anything like > Boxee

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-16 Thread Dan Schmidt
If you can speak c++, you should have NO problem with python. Even I can program somewhat in python! (NOT well, mind you) On a side note, I am in no rush to try 2, I fairly happy with Freevo 1. (For the life of me, I never could get dvbstreamer working nor svn, but 1.9 works for my needs) And

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-15 Thread Jim Duda
On 08/15/2011 04:11 PM, Dirk Meyer wrote: > >> 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. > > Anyone? If I hav

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-15 Thread Liz
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:11:14 +0200 Dirk Meyer wrote: > On 07/17/2011 11:47 AM, Dirk Meyer wrote: > > please read this if you are a Freevo 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. > > S

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-15 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi, On 07/17/2011 11:47 AM, Dirk Meyer wrote: > 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. Sadly, I did not get the response I was hoping for. I cannot code

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-08-04 Thread Maciej Urbaniak
One thing that Freevo 2.0 needs besides the (obviously) functionality is the looks. None of the existing skins look appealing nor do fully utilize the capabilities of the modern displays. Disappointing looks are some of the the reasons people are looking towards projects like xbmc for example. I

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-27 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On 11-07-26 09:59 PM, Phil Raymond wrote: > I might be the only Freevo user using this method of recording, but it's > worked like a charm for nearly 2 years and I have a library of HD movies and > concerts to show for it. I use the HD PVR too, and (for the moment) do recording with a custom sc

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-26 Thread Phil Raymond
ul for playback through Freevo. Phil Original Message - From: James Trietsch To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0 I thought I'd chime in here too. I admit I haven't even tried any oth

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-26 Thread James Trietsch
I thought I'd chime in here too. I admit I haven't even tried any other HTPC packages out there. I went with Freevo from the start and have been using it ever since, from it's humble beginnings (in my hands) playing back video and audio in a beige box tower, to the TV-tuning, cable box controll

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-25 Thread Jim Duda
On 07/17/2011 05:47 AM, 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 ve

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-24 Thread Alan
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Dirk Meyer wrote: > Hi, > > On 19.07.2011 23:43, Andreas Dick wrote: >> Hei Dischi >> great to hear that freevo 2 is back on the road! For me, the main plus of >> freevo 1.x is the simple plugin API... and the powerfull configuration >> options. >> >> Is there all

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-24 Thread Phil Raymond
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

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-24 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi, On 19.07.2011 23:43, Andreas Dick wrote: > Hei Dischi > great to hear that freevo 2 is back on the road! For me, the main plus of > freevo 1.x is the simple plugin API... and the powerfull configuration > options. > > Is there allready a plan, how the plugins can be used/reused in freevo 2?

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-24 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi, On 22.07.2011 22:02, Paul wrote: > Like many have said here already the thing that sets Freevo apart for me > is its endless configurability, if there's anything I don't like or > don't need I can more often than not remove it or change it without > having to have vast amounts of geek knowledg

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-23 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi, I will split my answer into serveral post. Details for kaa.popcorn and kaa.candy only to the devel list. On 21.07.2011 03:57, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > On 11-07-17 05:47 AM, Dirk Meyer wrote: >> I tried XBMC some days ago and while it looks very nice, it forces me to >> organize my media coll

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-22 Thread Paul
Like many have said here already the thing that sets Freevo apart for me is its endless configurability, if there's anything I don't like or don't need I can more often than not remove it or change it without having to have vast amounts of geek knowledge. A couple of years ago when I set out to bui

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Andreas Dick
Hei Dischi great to hear that freevo 2 is back on the road! For me, the main plus of freevo 1.x is the simple plugin API... and the powerfull configuration options. Is there allready a plan, how the plugins can be used/reused in freevo 2? is there a new API or just copy and past of the old ones?

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi Adam, On 19.07.2011 20:47, Adam Charrett wrote: > It seems that I'm not in the minority then (well not on this list > anyway :-) ). I though about switching but having played with it the > UI flow just doesn't work for me. I think my biggest dis-like was > having to go all the way back to the

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Dirk Meyer
On 19.07.2011 00:58, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:32:16 +0200 > Francisco Eduardo Álvarez Solano wrote: > >> Just as Freevo uses mplayer for music/movie playing, why cannot it use >> tvtime/vdr for watching/recording tv? > > My TV signal is now DVB-T and incompatible with tv

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi On 18.07.2011 16:32, Francisco Eduardo Álvarez Solano wrote: >> >> Without TV recording Freevo 2.0 is no use to me personally. >> Unforunately I don't know enough python/C or have enough hours in >> the day to offer help at the moment. >> >> > > Just as Freevo uses mplayer for music/movie p

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi On 18.07.2011 15:42, Stephen Rowles wrote: > On 17 July 2011 15:29, Tuomas Tonteri > wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering what is the place of Freevo 2.0 in the landscape of > alternatives? What makes it unique from all the other HTPC software? > T

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hi, On 17.07.2011 16:29, Tuomas Tonteri wrote: > I was wondering what is the place of Freevo 2.0 in the landscape of > alternatives? What makes it unique from all the other HTPC software? > There seems to be more competition here than there was five years ago. IMHO there is only one big new playe

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Dirk Meyer
On 17.07.2011 12:19, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:47:46 +0200 > Dirk Meyer wrote: > >> 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 Freev

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-19 Thread Adam Charrett
On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 14:42 +0100, Stephen Rowles wrote: > On 17 July 2011 15:29, Tuomas Tonteri wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering what is the place of Freevo 2.0 in the > landscape of > alternatives? What makes it unique from all the other HTPC > s

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-18 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:32:16 +0200 Francisco Eduardo Álvarez Solano wrote: > Just as Freevo uses mplayer for music/movie playing, why cannot it use > tvtime/vdr for watching/recording tv? My TV signal is now DVB-T and incompatible with tvtime ---

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-18 Thread Francisco Eduardo Álvarez Solano
> > Without TV recording Freevo 2.0 is no use to me personally. Unforunately I > don't know enough python/C or have enough hours in the day to offer help at > the moment. > > Just as Freevo uses mplayer for music/movie playing, why cannot it use tvtime/vdr for watching/recording tv? I guess it s

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-18 Thread Stephen Rowles
On 17 July 2011 15:29, Tuomas Tonteri wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering what is the place of Freevo 2.0 in the landscape of > alternatives? What makes it unique from all the other HTPC software? > There seems to be more competition here than there was five years ago. > > This from a very happy use

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-17 Thread Tuomas Tonteri
Hi, I was wondering what is the place of Freevo 2.0 in the landscape of alternatives? What makes it unique from all the other HTPC software? There seems to be more competition here than there was five years ago. This from a very happy user of Freevo 1.X through its DirectFB backend. The best thin

Re: [Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-17 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:47:46 +0200 Dirk Meyer wrote: > 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. I'm not capable

[Freevo-users] The future of Freevo 2.0

2011-07-17 Thread Dirk Meyer
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