What's the state of open source PVRs?

[Evan Leibovitch]

Apologies if you received this twice, my system has had some mail burps 
today.

I've been asked by a friend to set up a computer-based Tivo clone and I'm curious to know what the status of things are in this field.

I notice that both MythTV and Freevo are actively being developed -- is  one clearly better than the other? Or is this another KDE/GNOME, xine/mplayer "personal taste" kind of choice?

What are the best websites that talk about the various components?

I was considering something small and quiet -- a small Shuttle XPC type box would be nice, but it has to be able to do good video, good 5+1 
sound out and  a possibility for multiple video capture cards (for  picture-in-picture or recording one show while viewing another). Maybe 
something based on an Antec Aria case would be good, does anyone have any other ideas? Is there other relevant software that works together with MythTV or Freevo?

Any help or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

- Evan


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