Category Archives: Freevo

media-tv/freevo-1.7.2

Freevo got bumped in the portage tree recently to its latest upstream release. I didn’t realize this, but we were actually slightly behind their release schedule a bit. The main reason for that is probably that not many developers are … Continue reading

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freevo and lirc

I should clarify on my last post about Freevo and MPlayer fighting over LIRC events, since after some more research, I figured out what is going on. Here’s the story. Freevo, when it uses mplayer to watch a movie, will … Continue reading

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mplayer: display filename on osd with lirc

I’ve been playing with MPlayer, Freevo and LIRC most of all day today, and made some small progress. For one, I found a lovely nasty bug in the latest Freevo, where if I hit the right or left buttons on … Continue reading

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no more mythtv

I’m sick of MythTV, and I’m finally going to get rid of it once and for all. The thing that has really ticked me off is that in trying to archive my shows, I have to jump through so many … Continue reading

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tv tuners

I haven’t been able to sleep tonight, and one thing that’s been keeping me up tonight is that the AV on my myth recordings tonight are mysteriously out of sync. I’m not the one to blame this time, though, I … Continue reading

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