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Linux PVRs Highlighted

Posted by timothy on from the shifting-time-and-space dept.

foolinator writes "Yahoo News is featuring an article highlighting TiVO alternatives. This includes MythTV (my favorite), Freevo, and even sites on how to start as a newbie. All of us who subscribe to the mailing lists be prepared to help out the newbies as Linux PVRs become more mainstream."

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  1. Does this really apply? by Allen+Zadr · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Tivo is a service. The service is tied to a hardware platform, but it's still a service.

    It occurs to me that trying to use one of these alternatives will work great until the automated TV listing parser stops working due to a moved web page or some other problem.

    I would be willing to update a system every couple of months if necessary, but my Mother sure wouldn't...
    more importantly, Dave Letterman wouldn't.

    --
    Kinetic stupidity has a new brand leader: Allen Zadr.
  2. Advert skipping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting


    do any of the the nix PVR's have advert skipping ?
    as in advert skipping where it doesnt record the adverts (as apposed to fast forwarding)

    i know its difficult but usually there are cues in the TV signal itself (bars etc) (like the film companies used to use markers to tell the projectionist when to change reels)

    be a nice challenge, or even for the future using bayes filters to train what is an advert and what isnt

    thoughts ?

  3. Article is not broad enough by tjasond · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is just not broad enough for people to actually see the differences between the various htpc alternatives. Many of us htpc fans started over a year ago here or here or here . This review, frankly, is inadequate. There are far more issues than meets the eye when making your own htpc, whether myth or xp mce. I'm not advocating either one, I'd just like to remark, after building my own htpc from scratch, that this article tells little to nothing about the pain and suffering of completing this complex task on your own.