FreetuxTV

• FreetuxTV is a Linux media player based on GTK+ and LibVLC for watching and recording free WebTV, WebRadio and WebCam channels on a PC.

• It can also be used for importing, watching and recording TV channels from Tvheadend streaming server.

Features

• Add new groups of channels from M3U playlists
• Import and play TV and Radio channels from Tvheadend
• Listen WebRadio services
• Play TV (Free, SFR and WebTV)
• Play in fullscreen mode
• Play in mini mode
• Record selected channel
• Support for keyboard multimedia keys
• Timer recording

Requirements

• gtk+ (>= 2.12.0)
• glib (>= 2.26.0)
• libsqlite3 (>= 3.4.0)
• libvlc (>= 0.8.6)
• libcurl (>= 7.18.0)
• libnotify (>= 0.4)

Bug reports, feature requests or feedback

• GitHub issue tracker

FreetuxTV project translations

• Launchpad translations

Ubuntu PPA repositories

• Git build stable package
• Git build testing package

Installing on Ubuntu

1. Add PPA repository
   • Add stable or develop git repository

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freetuxtv/freetuxtv
     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freetuxtv/freetuxtv-dev
     

2. Run system update and install FreetuxTV

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install freetuxtv
   

3. Run FreetuxTV

   freetuxtv
   

Installing from tarball archive

1. Download release tarball from GitHub release website into your home folder
2. Untar tarball archive and enter into new freetuxtv folder

   tar xvzf freetuxtv-<version>.tar.gz
   cd freetuxtv-<version>
   

3. Run configure script (you can see more options with - help) and install FreetuxTV

   ./configure --prefix=/usr
   sudo make install
   

4. Run FreetuxTV

   freetuxtv
   

Installing from GIT repository

1. Install build dependencies according to your distribution
   • Ubuntu

     sudo apt install git gcc make autoconf automake intltool libtool libtool-bin \
                        gettext libgtk-3-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev libcurl4 \
                        libcurl4-openssl-dev vlc libvlc-dev libnotify-dev
     

   • openSUSE

     su root
     zypper install git gcc autoconf automake make gettext-tools gtk2-devel vlc vlc-devel \
                      sqlite3-devel libcurl-devel libnotify-devel
     exit
     

2. Clone sources from GitHub and enter into cloned freetuxtv folder

   git clone https://github.com/freetuxtv/freetuxtv.git
   cd freetuxtv
   

3. Build and install FreetuxTV
   • Using autotools

     ./autogen.sh
     ./configure --prefix=/usr
     make
     sudo make install
     

   • Using cmake

     cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" .
     make
     cpack -G DEB
     gdebi freetuxtv-[...].deb
     

4. Run FreetuxTV

   freetuxtv
   

Uninstalling FreetuxTV

1. Uninstalling the program

   sudo make uninstall
   

2. Remove FreetuxTV config files

   rm -rf ~/.config/FreetuxTV