Full Description
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.
Contents
Introducing MythTV.- Getting Ready for the Install.- Installing MythTV.- Recording TV.- Performing Advanced TV Recording.- Exploring MythTV Functionality.- Setting Up MythTV Themes.- Running Remote Frontends.- Installing Other Plug-Ins.- Expanding MythTV.- Using MythWeb: A Web Interface to MythTV.- Working with DVDs.- Controlling MythTV over the Network and On-Screen Displays.- MythPhone: Using VoIP with MythTV.- Joining the MythTV Community.
