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psofa
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 Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject: Whats mythtv? |
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i still havent understood whats mythtv 
i have a tv tuner that im now trying to configure. i live in the eu (not in uk).What can mythtv do for me?
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dmartin
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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It's basically a program for turning your Linux machine into a TIVO. If you have a IR Tuner, and TV-Out video card (optional, if you think your monitor is acceptable for watching), you can get something very similar to Tivo with MythTV.
I actually use Snapstream (a commercial program like MythTV) on a Windows media server I built (long before I decided to switch to Linux). I love it. |
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psofa
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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ok i went to the tivo site and it says it can get the chanels programm and u can schedule etcc..but how can i c if there are programs for my country channels?
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dmartin
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| psofa wrote: | | ok i went to the tivo site and it says it can get the chanels programm and u can schedule etcc..but how can i c if there are programs for my country channels? |
Well, mythtv will record programs over broadcast or cable no matter where you are. But to have actual "Program Guide" support, MythTV depends on xmltv.
According to http://membled.com/work/apps/xmltv/
| Quote: | At present there are backends grabbing TV listings for Canada, the USA, the UK, Germany, Austria, Finland, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, France, Norway, Portugal (currently down), and Romania.
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Nate_S
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, AFK mythtv just switched to datadirect for guide listings. take a look at www.mythtv.org
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dmartin
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't know that, but based on what mythtv.org says:
| Quote: | | No more XMLTV dependency for North American users. |
It looks like it's still XMLTV for psofa and others outside of North America. |
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psofa
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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im in greece so its prolly useless to me 
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