Features
From MythTV Official Wiki
Note: This is a work in progress and it does not represent the complete list of features of MythTV. Why not help to improve it?
Platforms
MythTV works on the following platforms:
- Windows (64bit, 32bit) including Windows 8!
- Linux (64bit, 32bit) (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Suse, Mint, Arch, Mageia and many more)
- OSX
- FreeBSD
- Supports AMD, Intel and Atom processors
TV
MythTV supports many broadcast standards including:
- DVB-T, DVB-T2
- DVB-S, DVB-S2
- DVB-C
- ATSC
- Analogue NTSC, PAL and SECAM
- QAM-256
- IPTV (RTSP, ...)
- Ceton
- HD-PVR
- HTTP Live Streaming
Powerful TV recording/playback features:
- Programme guide support for Over-the-air programming (EIT), XMLTV and Schedules Direct
- Powerful rule-based recording - Create a rule for what you want to watch, MythTV will work out when it's on and schedule the recording for you. The rule can be as simple (e.g. "The Simpsons") or as powerful ("one episode of 'News' on channel X per day and only keep the three newest") as you want.
- Recording groups - Group recordings together in the way that works for you (e.g. "Mum's", "Dad's" etc. or "Cop shows", "Cookery" etc.)
- Cut-lists - Mark sections of a recording (e.g. adverts) to skip during playback.
- Variable-rate playback - Slow playback down to get a sequence in slow-motion, or speed it up to watch more in less time
- Subtitles - Support for displaying DVB/Teletext/Closed caption subtitles.
- Picture-in-picture
- Watch in-progress recordings from any point.
Video
- High Definition and Standard Definition video!
- 1080p, 1080i, 720p, PAL, NTSC and SECAM
- Codecs: AVC (H.264), MPEG-2, VC1, OGV
- Containers: MPEG-TS, Matroska (MKV), AVI
- Full DVD menu and playback from physical discs, ISO images or files.
- High Definition Blu-ray playback from physical discs, ISO images or files
- Hardware video decoding and rendering:
- VDPAU, VAAPI, OpenGL, OpenGL ES
Audio
- High Definition audio
- Up to 7.1 Channel Surround Sound Audio
- 7.1, 5.1, Stereo, Mono and split channel Stereo
- Upmixing from Stereo to 5.1 Channel Surround Sound
Controls
MythTV supports remote control by several means:
- HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control)
- Infrared remote controls including RC6!
- Radio Frequency remote controls
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Touchscreen
- Over the internet via a built-in webserver
- Android Apps for Phones and Tablets
- iPhone and iPad Apps
System access
For those who want enhanced or custom control of their system:
- REST/JSON control via the Services API
- Run custom programs after recordings are complete with User Jobs
- Run custom programs after selected MythTV System Events
- Write custom programs using Python Bindings
- Follow system activity using a robust Logging facility
- Automatically shut the system down when idle and use ACPI Wakeup
Bundles
There are several projects which include a Linux distribution bundled with MythTV (and associated libraries) to make installation, configuration and maintenance easier and faster:
- LinHES (formerly known as KnoppMyth) is a bootCD derivative of ArchLinux. Its MythTV frontend can be run from the CD. An entire installation to the hard disk can be made in minutes.
- Mythbuntu combines Ubuntu distributions with MythTV. The Ubuntu community has built extensive resources for installing, configuring and troubleshooting MythTV.