- And now, at long last, the eighth release of MythTV. It's been quite a while since 0.7, and many things have changed. Here's a summary of some of the more important/larger/visible changes:
- New split up encoding/playback architecture. Multiple encoding machines, multiple playback machines, all pretty transparent to the user.
- Basic "still being written so it doesn't always work right but does work pretty well" automatic commercial detection and skipping, by Chris Pinkham.
- Graphical setup for everything in MythTV (modules like MythMusic are still text for now, though), written by Matt Zimmerman.
- New alternative style for the program guide (with embedded video), and an easy way to search for specific programs, written by John Danner.
- All dialogs now follow the menu theme colors/background.
- Basic hardware MJPEG encoding support (Matrox Marvel G200, etc).
- Many, many internal changes.
- New MythWeather module, contributed by John Danner.
- New MythVideo module, which is just a generic video player frontend.
- NES, SNES, and generic PC game support added to MythGame, by Todd Malsbary and Chuck.
- Quite a few changes to MythWeb, like a movies listing page, ability to delete recorded programs, etc.
- More visualization modes in MythMusic.
- More themes to ogle at.
- Anyway, grab things from the downloads section, and read the documentation. Make sure to do what it says in the UPGRADING file if you're coming from 0.7.
- Thanks to everyone who has contributed code or time to MythTV =)
- Debian packages of the new release will be available shortly from here as usual.
New Version, 0.8, is finally released.
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