MythTV, Open Source DVR

MythTV is a Free Open Source software digital video recorder (DVR) project distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. It has been under heavy development since 2002, and now contains most features one would expect from a good DVR (and many new ones that you soon won't be able to live without).

If you are interested in learning more about MythTV (or just want to check out some screenshots), please take a look at MythTV In Detail.

Latest MythTV News

MythTV 0.23.1 Available

  • A recent bugfix required that we upgrade the version of the communication protocol used between the various MythTV components. In order to allow users to keep track of this change, we are pleased to announce that 0.23.1 has been released, which includes the aforemented bug fix along with many others.
  • A complete list of changes in 0.23.1 can be found in the Release Notes on the wiki.
  • You can download the tarballs now:
  • Tarballs of all MythTV releases, past and present, are available on the FTP server, or you can check the code out from subversion.
  • If you prefer a pre-packaged version, you may want to check out the wiki packages page to see if your favorite distribution has binaries available for installation or download.
Posted by xris on July 25th 2010

MythUI Patch Competition and .24 Status Update

  • We wanted to write to a brief announcement on the fast and furious progress being made on MythTV 0.24, and also to recognize the winner of our MythUI patch competition.
  • After considering the submissions made during the 0.22-0.23 development cycle, the winner of our MythUI patch competition is John Poet. John submitted a massive rework of MythUI button lists that allow the themer to size selected and unselected items differently, allowing the list to dynamically resize and adjust. This cool feature is already used in many new themes. John is the winner of a free year's membership to Schedules Direct.
  • Work continues on MythTV 0.24 at a blistering pace. Over the past several months, features including the HD Audio branch, the MythUI OSD, a complete rework of Program Info handling, unencrypted Blu-ray playback, mass metadata updating in MythVideo, and the foundations of the MythMusic rewrite have been added to trunk. .24 promises to be a great step forward and we are still on track to bring it to you in the early fall.
  • Congratulations to John and we will see you all again soon as we solicit testers after the .24 feature freeze.
Posted by Robert on June 5th 2010

MythTV 0.23 Available

  • After six months of our new accelerated development schedule, MythTV 0.23 is now available. MythTV 0.23 brings a new event system, brand new python bindings, the beta MythNetvision internet video plugin, new audio code and surround sound upmixer, several new themes (Arclight and Childish), newly resynced ffmpeg libraries, and fixes for analog scanning, among many others.
  • Work towards MythTV 0.24 is in full swing, and has be progressing very well for the last several months. If all goes according to plan, MythTV 0.24 will bring a new MythUI OSD, a nearly rewritten audio subsystem capable of handling 24 and 32 bit audio as well as up to 8 channels of output, Blu-ray disc and disc structure playback, and various other performance, usability, and flexibility improvements.
  • For a more complete list of changes and new features, read the Release Notes on the wiki.
  • You can download the tarballs now:
  • Tarballs of all MythTV releases, past and present, are available on the FTP server, or you can check the code out from subversion.
  • If you prefer a pre-packaged version, you may want to check out the wiki packages page to see if your favorite distribution has binaries available for installation or download.
Posted by Robert on May 10th 2010

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