|  | Posted by GMAN on 10/02/06 19:41 
In article <452164bd.163522718@news-server.houston.rr.com>, spam@uce.gov wrote:>On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:39:50 GMT, glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN)
 >wrote:
 >
 >>Take a look at MythTV, you could pick up a couple of low cost HDTV tuner cards
 >
 >>from Ebay and use it with Myth and basically have a Tivo like setup on your
 >>computer capable of recording in HDTV and burning to DVD.
 >
 >>http://www.mythtvtalk.com/mythtv.php
 >
 >On another forum there is this:
 >
 >+++
 >Wiley's ExtremeTech series has released a new MythTV title, Hacking
 >MythTV by Jarod Wilson et al.
 >
 >Roll up your sleeves and get ready to build your own HD-DVR with
 >MythTV.  Our experts not only guide you through building your own
 >MythTV box, but let you in on all the little secrets, tricks and hacks
 >that make it look and work the way you want it to.  Coverage includes:
 >
 >Choosing the right hardware for the job - including HD capture cards
 >Working with 5.1 surround sound and optical audio outputs
 >Optimizing HDTV playback
 >Tweaks and hacks for various capture cards
 >Hacking MythTV themes
 >Using xine to add DVD menu support
 >Widescreen HDTV tweaks
 >Hacking the remote power button to reset MythTV's frontend
 >Exporting MythTV's .nuv recordings into other formats
 >Performance hacks
 >
 >and more...
 >
 >The complete outline and a sample chapter, as well as information on
 >the other books in the ExtremeTech series is available at
 >http://www.wiley.com/go/extremetech
 >
 >Hacking MythTV
 >Jarod Wilson, Ed Tittel, Matthew Wright, Justin Korelc
 >ISBN: 0-470-03787-3
 >Paperback
 >432 pages
 >
 >Available at bookstores everywhere and online retailers like
 >amazon.com
 >+++
 
 
 
 I also understand that there is a Windows Myth frontend.
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