MythTV
MythTV is a GPL open source application for Linux designed to allow any computer (that meets the specified minimum requirements) to function as a personal video recorder.
MythTV 0.20.1 has been formally released on Saturday, April 28, 2007.
MythTV 0.20.1
These are the changes since MythTV 0.20:- Fixed programinfo passing between master and slave backend. This required a protocol change to version 31.
- Attempt to re-record programs that are not recorded because of a channel change failure
- Added Echostar and Nimiq tv service type descriptors for digital recordings
- Allow configuration of diseq repeat count
- Added support for QAM recording using HDHomeRun device. Requires firmware 21-09-2006 or newer.
- Added --no-upnp option to mythbackend to work around situations where UPnP support consumes 100% CPU
MythTV History
The project was started in April 2002 by Isaac Richards. Richards explains his motivation to begin the project on its website:
"I got tired of the rather low quality cable box that AT&T Broadband provides with their digital cable service. It's slow to change channels, ridden with ads, and the program guide is a joke. So, I figured it'd be fun to try and build a replacement. Yes, I could have just bought a TiVo, but I wanted to have more than just a PVR - I want a web browser built in, a mail client, maybe some games. Basically, I want the mythical convergence box that's been talked about for a few years now."
MythTV has become a very mature project. As of Feb 2006, the project was in a very usable state at version 0.19. Development is coordinated on a publicly accessible SVN server.