Overview
- Installing MythTV is the perfect weekend DIY project for both hobbyists and programmers. This is the guide they’ll need to ensure success
- This book covers both the hardware and software issues that must be decided up to install and run MythTV
- Basic (setup, installation, recording) and advanced (VOIP, themes, plugins) issues are thoroughly addressed
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About this book
MythTV is a powerful open source personal video recorder (PVR) application that runs on Linux. Developed for several years by volunteers, it offers a stable and extensible platform for automating all of the things you would expect from a PVR, and much more.
Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC takes a project-based approach to implementing your own MythTV setup. You get to pick and choose the functionality you want to install for your PVR, and will learn the details of everything from selecting hardware to advanced customization.
You will learn how to record your favorite television shows, store your DVDs for later playback, create a music library out of your CD collection, and even use your PVR for voiceover IP. Your PVR wouldn't be complete without a remote control or the ability to play back content to other TVs in your home. You'll learn how to do both of these things in this book. You'll even learn to how to utilize your Xbox as a remote front-end to play back content.
Beyond these basics, you will learn advanced techniques like commercial detection and skipping, auto-expiring content, creating your own themes for MythTV, and utilizing plug-ins to do things like display weather conditions, RSS feeds, and photo slide shows.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Practical MythTV
Book Subtitle: Building a PVR and Media Center PC
Authors: Stewart Smith, Michael Still
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0373-5
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Michael Still and Stewart Smith 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-779-8Published: 08 May 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0373-5Published: 15 December 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 384
Topics: Hardware and Maker, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems