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Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre software 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.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Mac  Primarily aimed at the Linux platform it is also possible to run on OSX and for the determined on Windows
  • Windows
  • Linux
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Discontinued

The project seems to be no longer maintained. Last stable version, 1.9.2 Beta, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

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What is Freevo?

Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre software 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. Primarily aimed at the Linux platform it is also possible to run on OSX and for the determined on Windows.

Main features

Cross platform - runs on Linux, OSX and Windows (sort of ;) )*8 Watch & record television Pause live TV - DVB and analogue (with ivtv card) Support for multiple tuners - watch and record simultaneously. Separate recording server allows multiple backends and frontends on your network. Commercial detection/removal Play & backup DVD video Play any kind of file supported by mplayer/xine/ffmpeg including DIVX & MPEG4 Watch the latest movie trailers Retrieve video covers & information Play & backup audio CDs and retrieve album track lists & covers Play MP3/Wav/Ogg/Flac or any other audio supported by mplayer or xine Tune into Internet radio from around the world Read news headlines and the weather View and import images from a digital camera Play games Control home automation equipment (lights, sockets etc.)