Linux-PVR Distribution LinVDR 0.7 Released

Mirko Doelle writes "LinVDR is a very small Linux distribution turning your normal PC with a DVB video card into a rather cool personal video recorder (PVR). 'The Busybox based system requires less than 128 MB disk space and is shipped as compressed bootable CD image (31 MB) with an easy install program. Provided that you have a supported DVB card (Technotrend DVB Premium or Hauppauge Nexus) in your system, you'll get the software up and running running within 15 minutes or less. LinVDR uses the most recent development version of the Video Disk Recorder software VDR from Klaus Schmidinger. VDR is capable of recording more than one channel per time (as MPEG-2), timeshifting, cutting (with your remote control) and converting the MPEG-2 files into other formats. The 39 plugins delivered in LinVDR extend your PVR to be also a DVD player, DVD recorder, E-Mail reader, Voice mailbox and much more. Details on the software versions and plugins you can find at the project page. For download, visit the mirror list.'"

Comments

Acronym heavy....

[ajs]

"LinVDR [...] PC [...] DVB [...] PVR [...] MB [...] CD [...] MPEG [...] DVD"

Ding! We have an acronym winner! ;-)

Oh, and by the way, Slashdot's caps filter is annoying... I have to type random noise like this just to get the darn thing to post!

This is nothing:

[oexeo]

I have:

- A dedicated development box
- A dedicated server box
- A dedicated "juke" box
- A dedicated "TiVo" box
- A dedicated gaming box
- A dedicated backup box
- A dedicated firewall box
- And a general purpose box

Unfortunately due to all the money wasted^H^H^H^H^H^H spent on this essential equipment, I don't have a home to put them in.

However

[Ricerocket63]

LinVDR does not seem to make a good web server solution.. :o/

Re:Useful for recording video

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry. Here's one that's not hidden in a tinyURL.

Re:This Doesn't Work for the U.S. Does it?

[Woogiemonger]

When I last looked at that project it only seemed to apply to Europe and maybe the U.K.

First the Brits get booted from the US, then from India, and now from Europe? Man, I am SO getting modded down for this :)

MOD DOWN

[Stevyn]

This guy is a troll. He posts some obvious links and finally the goatse guy.

What do you mean wasted?

[slash_noodle]

You could build a house out of all thoses boxes!

Re:This is absolutely WORTHLESS!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, it's absolutely worthless.
Nobody outside the US watches TV.

What were they thinking - why did they
waste their time like that?

Those crazy Europeans, huh?