Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC

Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC
by Michael Still, Stewart Smith

Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC
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Author: Michael Still, Stewart Smith
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-07
ISBN: 1590597796
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Apress

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Book Review: Practical MythTV
Summary: 2 Stars

The books was out of date in some areas. Mythtv has come really come along in the configuration and setup.

Summary of Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC

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 Voice over IP. Your PVR wouldnt be complete without a remote control or the ability to play back content to other TVs in your home. Youll learn how to do both of these things in this book. Youll 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.

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