Open Source C Home Theater PC Software for BSD

Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre integrating PVR / DVR funtionality along with music, video, gaming, home automation and more. It is written in python and uses existing popular software such as mplayer, xine and vlc.

A video player featuring dictionary look up for subtitle words with single click. Intended audience are those who watches foreign language videos with same language subtitling

OpenELEC (Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a free, embedded, source-based operating system providing a complete media center software suite. OpenELEC is a small and fast-booting Linux distribution.

This project creates an EPG using XMLTV data. Since I no longer use the original firmware, I have ceased maintenance of the project. If anyone is interested in taking over, let me know.

Turn the AV receiver on or off, change input and set the volume level from the command line or using a GTK application.

Babel.TV started life as a desktop shell and replacement MythTV frontend, aiming to be a light, fast and elegant entertainment platform. It has grown to encompass instant communication, Web services and support for popular playback devices and phones.

This is an open-hardware Infrared Remote Controlled USB keyboard, without keys, implemented using a PIC micro-controller and MikroC. IRK! enables you to use your LEARNING remote control to control any system that you can plug a USB keyboard into (Windows, Linux, Mac). Great for controlling a home theatre system such as MythTV, XBMC or Media Center. No drivers are required. You can program *any* USB keyboard function (with or without Control, Alt, Shift and GUI modifiers) to a button on your infrared remote control and when you press that button IRK! will send the corresponding USB keystroke to the host computer. You can program *any* USB Consumer Device control code too...for example, Play, Pause, Mute, Volume up, Volume down, and many others.

SmartCrib is a project that aims to offer a low cost solution for a smart home. You can control lights, multimedia system and surveillance video through an easy to use, customizable web interface, accessible from mobile browsers as well.

SnapRAID is a backup program for disk arrays. It stores parity information of your data and it recovers from up to six disk failures.

This project implements a Video4Linux compatible API and device drivers for the FreeBSD kernel, so you can run Linux video applications under FreeBSD.

A set of tools/code to facilitate communicating to the Hava and Vulkano network streaming video devices (http://myhava.com and http://myvulkano.com). Long term goal to create MythTV hooks (Linux) but some bits are useful elsewhere. Hope to utilize any official Vulkano SDK for Linux one is ever released. Note my Hava died in May 2013 so there will likely be no more updates for Hava devices. I bought a Vulkano to replace it and hope to have similar functionality for it soon.

XBMC Media Center is a free cross-platform media player software and entertainment system application framework for Linux, Mac, and Windows. XBMC is capable of playing back and streaming all popular video, audio, and picture formats out-of-the-box.

This FUSE based file system allows you to browse the Apple Trailers page like a directory structure on your computer. appletrailerfs will be optimized for use with the Western Digital TV HD but does work with any OS supported by FUSE.

This application aims to be a tool for watching TV on PC-platform. With specific hardware support, subscribers can watch pay-TV, together with traditional digital TV electronic program guide features, as well as PVR features.

emotion Media Center is a free open source platform independent multimedia application running on top of a multimedia system like a HTPC. You can use it to watch television, play movies, listen to music, manage your media content and many more. It is based on a module orientied design which provides a flexible and customizable way to fit anyone's requirements and to support a wide variety of features and applications.

kissd-2 - KiSS PC-Link Daemon (based on kissd-0.13) kissd-2 privides all the functionality of kissd-0.13 with the addition of Virtual Folders which are dynamically created using Plugins.

"lircexec" is a little program which can be used as a replacement for "irexec" and "irxevent" which are part of LIRC project (http://www.lirc.org). Most important differences are: - flexible keymaps (operating modes) that can be used for any IR controller supported by lirc. - additional logic implemented to keep trace of applications associated with keymaps - like automatic, temporary keymap swapping (override) if application doesn't have input focus, "force-focus" mode and more. - multi-command keys, global keys, auto-repeating keys simulation, etc.

lysis is working on a features rich home automation system that ranges from CAN-bus, 1-wire and RF up to a HTPC; both hardware and software are addressed to make the really smart home; the domotics will provide energy saving, comfort, flexibility, safety

micontrol is a remote control application that allows you to control media playbacks on your computer from a mobile handset

Linux driver for the Philips SRM 7500 remote control. This remote control uses a USB dongle implementing IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer for bidirectional RF communication which also allows controlling the remote's small display.

Firmware for small µController board with 4x PT1000 temperature channels which control the temperature in one room via two fan units. PIC18F4455 based hardware. Can be used to control temperature in the basement or guest house, within a computer case, etc.