Freevo project is a Linux application that turns a PC with a TV capture card and/or TV-out into a standalone multimedia jukebox/VCR/PVR/HTPC/DVR/set-top box.
It uses MPlayer and other apps to play and record audio and video. It is optimized for use with a TV and remote, but can be used with a monitor and keyboard. It is very easy to install since the binary release package has no external dependencies.
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Here are some key features of "Freevo":
· SDL
· Pygame
· Python Imaging Library
· Mplayer
· Python
· Python Twisted
· Xine
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added support for Python-2.6'''
· Removed support for Python-2.4'''
· New audio icecast plug-in (F#2680204)
· New audio shoutcast plug-in (F#2680192)
· New convert_favorites_txt help to convert a favorites.txt to a favorites.pickle (F#2512372)
· New skinable dialogs (F#2308911)
· New "freevo cache" option --cropdetect to detect and add crop options to fxd files (F#2791887)
· New rtorrent module to allow torrents to be downloaded from freevo (F#2580403)
· New OSD dialog screen designer (F#2621369)
· New screen-saver module, "life" (F#2371097)
· New screen-saver module, "flames" (F#2376752)
· New tv guide plug-in "categories" (F#2743961)
· New zoneminder plug-in (F#2790321)
· Updated autoshutdown plug-in to allow a configurable start-up delay (F#2784634)
· Updated command plug-in to allow images to be specified in the fxd file (F#2778822)
· Updated dvdbackup plug-in to allow the audio codec to be specified (F#2791303)
· Updated encoding crop detection (F#2500046)
· Updated encoding server uniquely identify different re-enoding of files (F#2489762)
· Updated encoding server to run jobs as nice (F#2763076)
· Updated French translation (F#2784895, F#2795784)
· Updated ivtv_xine_tv plugin with a record menu screen, xine-ui patch required (F#2373921)
· Updated play state dialogues with time elapsed / total time (F#2594055)
· Updated recordings manager with 'Add to Favorites' and 'Search for more' (F#2661790)
· Fixed alsamixer mute variable error (B#2497746)
· Fixed busy not being removed correctly (B#1928513)
· Fixed button bar pop-up menu paging in (B#2788067)
· Fixed caching permission problems (B#2580201)
· Fixed command plug-in that tried to read a non-existent log file (B#2486033)
· Fixed cd_burn plug-in for spaces in directory names and location of temp files (B#2473568)
· Fixed cd_burn plug-in auto-detection of writeable drives (B#2778925)
· Fixed imdb returning XML numeric entities (B#2796344)
· Fixed livepause error and backend server error (B#2788099)
· Fixed OSD drawing of transparent text (B#2482964)
· Fixed record client for changes to kaa.base (B#2721256)
· Fixed record server automatic re-encoding (B#2482703,B#2458849)
· Fixed record server timing problems (B#2692397)
· Fixed recordings manager not to overwrite the fxd files (B#2688691)
· Fixed rom_drives mounting problem for non-root users (B#2502039)
· Fixed reencode video plug-in; incorrect calls to the encoding server (B#2483017)
· Fixed skin info; infinite loop in video style 3 (B#2662476)
· Fixed TV XML processing when the XML file does not have valid timezones (B#2550109)
· Fixed video thumbnails to allow for flash music videos being too short (B#2663492)
· Fixed wiimote plug-in config errors (B#2494315)
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