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MythTV 0.20 Released
An anonymous reader writes "The latest version of MythTV, the open source PVR application for Linux, has been released. New features (as documented in the release notes) include a new menu system, an improved internal DVD player, support for DVB radio channels, and mouse support. There is also a new plugin – MythArchive – which allows recordings be written to DVD. You can download MythTV from MythTV.org."
Yes, a tuner card that is fully supported in Linux. Most of the cheap cards with MPEG2 h/w decoding just don't work well, and designed w/specific functionality for MCE instead. Don't even ask about ATI tuners being easily usable and forget about the USB [HDTV] tuners (which would be wicked cool). Hence you need more cpu for s/w decoding (or the video will look like crap), which then you budget system is well, not budget anymore... Of course, this is mute if you have a HD2000+ tuner.
The new Myth release sounds great, but only for those with compatible cards. And I plan to upgrade to it (now that I have a 100% compatible TV card!)... end rant...
Netscape (while Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox was in pre-1.0 state), Google (for mail and their other beta products), and MythTV have marketshares that are all decidedly in the minority. Slashdot editors may love using unstable pre-release products (just look at the "Windows Vista runs like crap on Boot Camp" article yesterday) but the silent majority doesn't.
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Visit the MythTV web site, for example, this page, http://mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythInstall, and you will get an idea of why so much OSS is doomed to failure, at least outside the tiny world of dedicated computer hobbyists. This page represents the opposite of "ease-of-use."