What's the state of open source PVRs?

[Colin McGregor]

--- Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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 would suggest you start with:

  http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8658

But hey I am biased :-) .

> 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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