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| − | + | {{Release|msg=It was over 18 months in the making, but MythTV version 0.21 has finally been released. See the [[Release_Notes_-_0.21|Release Notes]] for a list of changes from 0.21. You can download it from [http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=Downloads here], or look [http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=1 here] or [[Packages|here]] for precompiled binary packages for your OS distribution. --[[User:GBee|GBee]] 23:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)}} | |
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| − | + | {{Article|msg=After a couple years of fiddling with HD hardware and transcoding programs, I have written up a best-practices article [[User:Mrsdonovan#Tips_from_the_HD_Front_Lines |on my user page]]. Hopefully that will save people a few hours. --[[User:Mrsdonovan|TugBoat]] 22:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Blog|msg=I recently wrote up a [http://inside.glnetworks.de/2007/12/13/mac-mini-mediacenter-in-38-room-space/ little howto on building a truely beautiful and space-efficient MythTV media center from a Mac Mini and an Apple Cinema Display]. --[[User:martin.rehfeld|Martin Rehfeld]] 14:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Blog|msg=Jeffery Swan has started a blog about his [http://ultimatemythtv.wordpress.com/ Ultimate MythTV system], which seems worthy of the title to me... I despair of describing it succinctly, but it has 10TB of storage, a 24-port GigE switch, and something like 20 machines attached to it, along with 8 security cameras.... --[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 18:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Release|msg=[http://www.mythbuntu.org/7.10/Release MythBuntu 7.10] is released --[[User:Zirka|Kichigai Mentat]] 05:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Review|msg=Matt Hartley compares [http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2664 MythTV to LinuxMCE] and throws in the topic of capturing digital cable. He likes how the MythTV community has bent over backwards to support capturing content, and indicates it is MythTV or nothing for the time being. --[[User:Gregturn|Gregturn]] 15:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Article|msg=Is commercial skipping illegal? [http://www.news.com/Web+ad+blocking+may+not+be+entirely+legal/2100-1030_3-6207936.html C|Net weighs in]. (The piece is mostly about web ads, but home TV recording is mentioned as well) --[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 14:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Review|msg=Slashdot [http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/28/161258 points to] [http://www.linux.com/feature/118668 an article at Linux.com] comparing MythDora, Mythbuntu, and KnoppMyth. --[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 18:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)}} | |
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| − | + | {{Release|msg=MythTV v0.20.2 has been tagged for release today, Friday 24th August 2007 (GMT). The official release announcement and download links will follow shortly. This bug fix release includes support for the new Schedules Direct service which replaces Zap2It. For a list of changes and bugs addressed by this release see the changelog at [[Release Notes - 0.20.2]] and [[Release Notes - 0.20.1]] --[[User:GBee|GBee]] 18:25, 24 August 2007 (UTC)}} | |
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| − | + | {{Flash|msg=Chris Petersen announces the formation of Easy TV Data (later renamed [[Schedules Direct]]) to replace Zap2it's [[Data Direct]]. More to follow. --[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 14:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)}} | |
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| − | + | {{Flash|msg=Tribune Media/Zap2It announced they're discontinuing Data Direct listings ''just'' in time for the new TV season; details everywhere. The developer team is working on a possible solution; updates will be [[Data Direct|here]]. --[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 15:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Article|msg=[http://slashdot.org/articles/07/06/03/1327205.shtml Slashdot] links to a [http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=855576 compare between MythTV and Vista MCE]. --[[User:Michel|Michel]] 09:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Article|msg=[http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/29/2244233 Slashdot] links to a three-part screencast of the [http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/distribution/mythdora/4/install-1.html installation], [http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/distribution/mythdora/4/install-2.html configuration] and [http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/distribution/mythdora/4/install-3.html setup] of [http://g-ding.tv/?q=MythDora MythDora 4], running atop Fedora Core 6. "If you have had problem installing MythTV in the past due to hardware compatibility issues, it might be time to give it another chance." --[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 02:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Article|msg=Linux.com has [http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/18/1531247 HDTV reception and network streaming in a box]. --[[User:Malban|Malban]] 14:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Pledge|msg=[http://mythtvmultiplex.osp.fi/ A pledge drive] to support the implementation of recording of multiple channels from one DVB multiplex is running until April 20, 2007. [[User:Akaihola|akaihola]] 16:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Article|msg=PC Magazine Nederland has written (in the Dutch language!) two articles about MythTV: [http://pcmagazine.zdnet.nl/reviews.cfm?id=46239 Mediacenters onder Linux (1) Uw eigen Personal Video Recorder] and [http://pcmagazine.zdnet.nl/reviews.cfm?id=47483 Mediacenteroplossingen onder Linux (2) Uw eigen Personal Video Recorder]. --[[User:Michel|Michel]] 16:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)}} | |
| − | + | {{Article|msg=DVR Playground compares MythTV and Tivo Series 3 in the [http://www.dvrplayground.com/article/14261/MythTV-and-TiVo-Series-3-Comparison--Battle-of-Open-Source-and-Proprietary-DVRs/?src=110 Battle of Open Source and Proprietary DVRs] on 13 February 2007 --[[User:dswimboy|dswimboy]] 17:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)}} | |
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| − | + | {{Article|msg=Time Magazine runs [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951415-1,00.html an article on that newfangled box you can stick next to your TV set]. The device is the VCR. The date? Christmas 1984. --[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 18:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC)}} | |
There is an archive of [[Old News]]. | There is an archive of [[Old News]]. | ||
Revision as of 05:20, 16 March 2008
RELEASE - It was over 18 months in the making, but MythTV version 0.21 has finally been released. See the Release Notes for a list of changes from 0.21. You can download it from here, or look here or here for precompiled binary packages for your OS distribution. --GBee 23:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
ARTICLE - After a couple years of fiddling with HD hardware and transcoding programs, I have written up a best-practices article on my user page. Hopefully that will save people a few hours. --TugBoat 22:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
BLOG - I recently wrote up a little howto on building a truely beautiful and space-efficient MythTV media center from a Mac Mini and an Apple Cinema Display. --Martin Rehfeld 14:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
BLOG - Jeffery Swan has started a blog about his Ultimate MythTV system, which seems worthy of the title to me... I despair of describing it succinctly, but it has 10TB of storage, a 24-port GigE switch, and something like 20 machines attached to it, along with 8 security cameras.... --Baylink 18:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
RELEASE - MythBuntu 7.10 is released --Kichigai Mentat 05:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
REVIEW - Matt Hartley compares MythTV to LinuxMCE and throws in the topic of capturing digital cable. He likes how the MythTV community has bent over backwards to support capturing content, and indicates it is MythTV or nothing for the time being. --Gregturn 15:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
ARTICLE - Is commercial skipping illegal? [http://www.news.com/Web+ad+blocking+may+not+be+entirely+legal/2100-1030_3-6207936.html C
REVIEW - Slashdot points to an article at Linux.com comparing MythDora, Mythbuntu, and KnoppMyth. --Baylink 18:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
RELEASE - MythTV v0.20.2 has been tagged for release today, Friday 24th August 2007 (GMT). The official release announcement and download links will follow shortly. This bug fix release includes support for the new Schedules Direct service which replaces Zap2It. For a list of changes and bugs addressed by this release see the changelog at Release Notes - 0.20.2 and Release Notes - 0.20.1 --GBee 18:25, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
FLASH - Chris Petersen announces the formation of Easy TV Data (later renamed Schedules Direct) to replace Zap2it's Data Direct. More to follow. --Baylink 14:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
FLASH - Tribune Media/Zap2It announced they're discontinuing Data Direct listings just in time for the new TV season; details everywhere. The developer team is working on a possible solution; updates will be here. --Baylink 15:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
ARTICLE - Slashdot links to a compare between MythTV and Vista MCE. --Michel 09:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
ARTICLE - Slashdot links to a three-part screencast of the installation, configuration and setup of MythDora 4, running atop Fedora Core 6. "If you have had problem installing MythTV in the past due to hardware compatibility issues, it might be time to give it another chance." --Baylink 02:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
ARTICLE - Linux.com has HDTV reception and network streaming in a box. --Malban 14:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
PLEDGE - A pledge drive to support the implementation of recording of multiple channels from one DVB multiplex is running until April 20, 2007. akaihola 16:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
ARTICLE - PC Magazine Nederland has written (in the Dutch language!) two articles about MythTV: Mediacenters onder Linux (1) Uw eigen Personal Video Recorder and Mediacenteroplossingen onder Linux (2) Uw eigen Personal Video Recorder. --Michel 16:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
ARTICLE - DVR Playground compares MythTV and Tivo Series 3 in the Battle of Open Source and Proprietary DVRs on 13 February 2007 --dswimboy 17:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
ARTICLE - Time Magazine runs an article on that newfangled box you can stick next to your TV set. The device is the VCR. The date? Christmas 1984. --Baylink 18:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
There is an archive of Old News.
