Personal Video Recorders
Andy Zobro
Mary Farmer
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Overview
- What is a PVR?
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- MythTV Features
- MythModules
- KnoppMyth
- More Information
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What is a PVR?
- PVR Stands for "Personal Video Recorder"
- Used to digitally record video for later viewing
- Uses computer technology for enhanced television viewing
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Why PVR?
- Eliminates the need tor VHS tapes
- Easy scheduling of programs to record
- Instant navigation (jump forward or backward)
- Pause 'live' TV
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Commercial PVR's
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OpenSource PVR's
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MySQL
- Popular OpenSource database
- Used to store everything
- Scheduleing
- Recording Information
- Commericial Skip Times
- Other Settings
- Recordings are stored in regular files
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LIRC
- Linux Infrared Remote Control
- The name says it all
- MythTV has LIRC support
- Support for Hauppauge Remotes
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ivtv
- Linux drivers
- iTVC15 (CX24315)
- iTVC16 (CX24316)
- Primarily
- Hauppauge PVR-250
- Hauppauge PVR-350
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MythTV Features
- [Auto]-Commercial Skip
- Skinable, Clean XML Format
- Transcode
- Highly configurable scheduler
- Automatically downloads local TV listings
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MythTV Features (more)
- Makes use of PVR-350's mpeg2 decoder
- Client-Server Setup
- Master Backend (MySQL Server)
- Slave Backends
- Frontend(s)
- Lots of Modules
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MythModules
- MythBrowser - web browser
- MythDVD - DVD library
- MythGallery - image gallery/slideshow
- MythGame - xmame frontend
- MythMusic - music player
- MythNews - RSS feed reader
- MythPhone - video conferencing
- MythVideo - generic video player
- MythWeather - localized weather forecast
- MythWeb - web-based recording scheduler
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KnoppMyth
- Knoppmyth is the quickest way to get things working
- Debian based
- Supports PVR250 and PVR-350 cards
- Autodetects most other hardware
- Bootable frontend
- Installable backend/frontend
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More Information
- Linux
- http://kernel.org/ (2.4.x is suggested)
- MythTV
- http://www.mythtv.org/
- http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythInstall
- http://www.byopvr.com/Sections+index-req-viewarticle-artid-6.html (Slackware Installation)
- http://labs.zap2it.com/ (ZIYN-DQZO-SBUT)
- LIRC
- http://www.lirc.org/
- http://lirc.sourceforge.net/software/snapshots/
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More Information
- ivtv
- http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/ (official)
- http://67.18.1.101/~ckennedy/ivtv/ (secret)
- http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php (wiki)
- http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel (mailing-list)
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=ivtv-devel (mail archive)
- Knoppmyth:
- http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
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