Freevo
Screenshot Image:Freevo.PNG Demonstration of the Freevo
Latest release	1. A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 8. 0 / February 23, 2008 (2008-02-23); 112 days ago
Preview release	1. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 8. 0rc2 / February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03); 132 days ago
Written in	Python
OS	Cross-platform
Genre	Personal video recorder
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://www.freevo.org/

Freevo is a full featured personal video recorder application for Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X similar to MythTV. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A programming language is an Artificial language that can be used to write programs which control the behavior of a machine particularly a Computer. Python is a general-purpose High-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes programmer productivity and code readability An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination In computing cross-platform (also known as multi-platform) is a term used to refer to Computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use A digital video recorder ( DVR) or personal video recorder ( PVR) is a device that records video in a digital format to a Disk drive or other A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A digital video recorder ( DVR) or personal video recorder ( PVR) is a device that records video in a digital format to a Disk drive or other Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently MythTV is a free Unix application which turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a network streaming Digital video recorder It allows easy playback of videos, DVDs, pictures, music, and watching live TV. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is It also allows scheduling a TV program for recording with a TV tuner, and backup of DVDs.

The Freevo front-end is programmed in Python, and uses 3rd party applications for many of its functions. Python is a general-purpose High-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes programmer productivity and code readability MPlayer or Xine are used to handle the multimedia playback. MPlayer is a free and Open source media player. The program is available for all major Operating systems including Linux xine (officially ksin is a Multimedia playback engine for Unix-like Operating systems released under the GNU General Public License.

Freevo is intended to be used in home theater PCs and media centers, and is designed to be easy to operate with just a remote control. A Home Theater PC ( HTPC) or media PC is a convergence device that combines the functions of a Personal computer and a Digital video recorder. The term media center refers either to a dedicated Computer appliance or to a specialized Personal computer Software, both of which are adapted for

Freevo is released under the GNU General Public License, Freevo is free software. Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified

Freevo is used by the GeeXboX project. GeeXboX is a free Linux distribution providing a Media center software suite for Personal computers GeeXboX uses MPlayer for media playback

See also

• Comparison of PVR software packages
• Ivtv
• LinuxMCE
• EyeTV
• MythTV
• SageTV
• tvtime

External links

• Official Freevo Website