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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