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MythTV 0.17 Released
foobar01 writes "MythTV 0.17 has been released. Changes include Mac OS X frontend support, big improvements to DVB and HDTV support, "timestretch" feature (for changing playback speed but not the pitch so you can watch shows more quickly), firewire capture support for cable boxes with firewire output, and widescreen user interface support. See the changelog for the full list of changes."
So the video is speeded up but the audio remains normal? Wouldn't there be sync issues?
Who's ready for a Mac Mini frontend?
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You can already watch 24 in 18 if you strip out all the adverts. With timestretch as well, you could be pushing for 24 in 12...
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Cool program. This looks like a perfect compliment to the digital lifestyle. If this were part of the iLife suite, I bet a lot of people would jump at it. If Apple had put it in iLife 05, it definitely would have justified the $20 increase in price, and it probably would have sold better and could draw more people to the platform.
I was looking at the site earlier and didn't immediately notice anything saying if it was running as a native OS X app or through X11? I'd be really tempted to check it out at work, but, well...I'll let you guess the rest.
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If you take out the adverts...
...check out the BBC broadcasts if you don't believe me.
24 is 18
... but the thought of going from component input to coax irks me a lot (I also like how my non-hd Sony tv is able to 'compress' the DVD output so I get more lines of resolution for example, which I don't think would happen off a wintv pvr-350), what do people here do?
I'd like to have a mythtv box in the basement, drops in a few rooms and some sort of wireless system to remote control it all from wherever, but if the video quality will drop noticeably it wouldn't really be worth it.
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So say I buy a HDTV tuner card to avoid future issues w/the broadcast flag. Will I only be able to watch the HDTV content on an HDTV capable monitor?
Does that mean that I need to have both a regular TV-in card and a HDTV-in card to record both types?
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After I posted, I remembered that way back Steve Jobs said something to the effect of "People want their computers and TVs to be 2 distinct experiences." Although the mac mini certainly represents several shifts in apple's business model so you never know.
I've been using firewire based HDTV playback/recording on a Mac for a year or so. Had it not been tagged as "Apple," I might have missed this.
Mistake or not, it works for me!
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I did a quick search on google and found one knoppix based live cd but it seemed to be only the front end and still required the backend to be installed some where.
Is there a standalone CD that I can try out with Mythtv ready to go for my GeForce FX 5700 personal cinema?
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. - Benjamin Franklin
With Lokitorrents getting taken down today, and left with a rather tasteless warning, I wonder if the MPAA will start looking to litigate the source of illegal content, like MythTV?
Do you (slashdot readers) think it's a possibility?
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That'll get me to move from VDR.
But does the backend work on the mac as well? As I understand it the front end is just the interface that plays shows recorded by the backend.
I don't know. Put it in the apple category, but I'm disagree that the primary category should be Apple.
Just my opinion, I guess.
I ran myth for over a year... it served its purpose for a while.
.nuv files on any other platforms. Oh, and good luck trying to transcode something to divx, that took way way way too long.
I have since put XP and Beyond TV on my box. The single biggest contributing factor to dropping Myth was the lack of a standard format. I couldn't view
Myth: Record to mpeg or avi!
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How's the X86-64 support in mythtv these days?
Alot of video programs assume if you don't have X86 you don't have SSE/MMX, so they get really slow when they fall back to non-SIMD code.
Sounds incredibly useful if you are using a cheap, noisy AMD box running linux to do your video capture. However, the Mac G5 Towers run just as quiet as the mini, if not more so, which means there's no real need to hide the server in the back of your wine cellar.
Also, I could see why you would want this if you are using satellite or digital cable. The current offerings from El Gato (the company which makes EyeTV) really only support so many video formats.
Thanks for spelling out the real-world advantages of the code, instead of just giving boilerplate Stallmanist dogma about "libre" software. I don't think MythTV is the right solution for my set-up, but I can now see where it would be the ideal way to go for a lot of other folk.
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I never did understand why it's database driven. I first got into MythTV because I wanted to record shows at work (better cable service) and watch them at home - an never have figured out how to do it because of the database integration. I've been told Freevo may meet my needs better, but Myth is so nice...
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I don't believe it. I would not be surprised to see Apple come out with a DVR, probably when the CableCard 2.0 standard becomes final, but I don't see what it gains Apple to buy TiVo. What would TiVo bring to the table? User interface? Apple's perfectly capable of doing that on their own, and as good as the TiVo interface is, it is beginning to look dated. Apple would want something new. Profits? TiVo is losing money. Affiliation with DirecTV? DirecTV is switching to a non-TiVo DVR. Userbase? Most TiVo customers will probably be looking to upgrade to a HD DVR with at least two tuners some time in the next couple of years, and it won't necessarily be a TiVo. It seems like the only thing TiVo really has to offer Apple is the TiVo name, but Apple's name recognition is at least as good.
And yes, I have a TiVo too (I even have one of the new HD models).
Interesting thread. I looked into setting up MythTV a few months ago, but a few problems (me being a MS kiddie and knowing zilch about *nix, and being Australian, where the program guides were something of an issue at the time) foiled my attempts.
:D) have sinced moved to a new house, and the TV now sits in one of the spare bedrooms. Our antenna has several missing elements, so free-to-air TV is fairly unwatchable... so we download most of the TV we want to watch, and occasionally stream it via the xbox.
;)
My partner and I (yes, a girl!
End result? We watch a *lot* less TV. And... it's bloody great. We've gone from, say, 4 hours a night of TV - 28 hours a week, over 9 hours(!) of ads - to maybe 8 hours a week, no ads.
Break your TV. Cut off the cord. Move it to another room. Give TV a break... it's phenomonal what you can acheive without it - PetRescue is my example.
Finally, and a little more on-topic:
"timestretch" feature (for changing playback speed but not the pitch so you can watch shows more quickly)
So can you slow it down, for the stoners? Damn cartoons are getting too quick for me....