MythTV
From Sfvlug
MythTV Presentation June 14, 2008
I hope to finish this up later with more detail but for now here are some links of interest for anyone that wants to have a go at installing their own MythTV based media center.
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The official MythTV site can be found at:
http://www.mythtv.org is the official site
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ - is the official mailing list
Hardware
Visit this site before getting a new capture card or for info on a card you may already have: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Video_capture_card
Semi-official Hardware Database: http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-pvrhwdb.php
Linux specific High Deff/Analog capture card: http://www.pchdtv.com/
Pre-built MythTV specific distributions
You can use as is as a frontend or install as backend only or as backend/frontend combination.
Knoppmyth was the first MythTV specific distribution and is based on Knoppix: http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
Mythbuntu is a stripped down version of Xbuntu: http://www.mythbuntu.org/
Mythdora Fedora Based Distro: http://www.mythdora.com/
The full on media center/home automation LinuxMCE distribution: http://www.linuxmce.org/
TV Program Listing Guide
Low Cost Channel Guide Service - $20/year subscription 7day free trial http://www.schedulesdirect.org/
Other
EFF Guide using Knoppmyth http://w2.eff.org/IP/broadcastflag/cookbook/guide.php
Themed skins that can provide different looks while keeping the familiar feel: http://www.hyperlinkx.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Skins.Themes
MiniMyth is a small Linux distribution designed to run over the network, but now supports other boot methods: http://minimyth.org/
