MythTV Talk.

[Colin McGregor]

I will be giving a talk on MythTV at the FreeGeek warehouse/office
(http://freegeektoronto.org/about-us/location/ ) this Thursday
starting at 6:30 PM. I would be delighted to see anyone interested in
learning how to set-up a PVR with free software. Since space is
somewhat limited, there is a sign-up process noted below:

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:03:04 -0400
From: Ushnish Sengupta <ushnish.sengupta-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
Subject: [FGT-gen] Announcing MythTV Class Thursday July 14th 6:30 to
       9:30 pm - TO REGISTER EMAIL learn-OvU2V46eqDdvgyatUqoQW0B+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org
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*What: MythTV (building your own Personal Video Recorder)
When: Thursday July 14th
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Location : Free Geek Toronto (51 Vine Avenue)

To register for this course, send an email to**
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This is an "Advanced" class, and some experience with Linux is
recommended. Not required if you are just attending the seminar, but
recommended: Bring your own computer if you want to do an on site
install. Suggested minimums for a MythTV install can be seen below.

Class Description from the instructor Colin:

I will be giving a talk on building a PVR (personal video recorder)
using Mythbuntu (a version of Ubuntu Linux tailored to installing the
MythTV program). The talk is free to attend, but you must book a space
in advance. You are responsible for any hardware costs if you want
your own PVR box. Also, if you want TV listings on-screen you will
need an account with a non-profit firm called Schedules Direct, and
they charge up to $20 (US) per year for their service.

My plan is to do an overview of the current analog/digital TV
situation in Canada and a look at free PVR software. Followed by a
walk-through of installing Mythbuntu, and showing various on-line
resources. Then offering as much help as I can regarding helping
people get their own boxes up and running. I will have some spare
copies of the Mythbuntu install CDs for anyone who would like to make
copies, just bring blank CD-ROMs. All the software on the CD is
licensed under the GNU Public License (and other free software
licenses), which means that it can be copied (with some conditions)
with the permission of the copyright holders. Alternatively anyone
with a high speed Internet connection can download a copy of Mythbuntu
from their website : mythbuntu.org

The main MythTV website can be seen here: www.mythtv.org A locally
focused look at MythTV can be seen here : gtalug.org/wiki/MythTV

MythTV box suggested minimums:

For analog only TV:
- Pentium III, 750 MHz (or better)
- 1 GB+ of RAM
- nVidia graphics card (GeForce 5200 or better)
- 1 (or more) Linux supported analog TV tuner card(s)
- 40+ GB of hard disk space
- Linux supported sound card, Linux supported Ethernet card, keyboard,
mouse, monitor, and speakers.]

For digital (with the option of analog) TV:
- Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz (or better)
- 1.5 GB+ of RAM
- nVidia graphics card with VDPAU feature (some GeForce 8xxx cards and
effectively all 9xxx or better cards)
- 1 (or more) Linux supported digital (and/or analog) TV tuner(s)
- 160+ GB of hard disk space
- Linux supported sound card, Linux supported Ethernet card, keyboard,
mouse, monitor, and speakers.]

*To register for this course, send an email to** **learn-OvU2V46eqDdvgyatUqoQW8Xa4x6EXUF0 at public.gmane.orgg
* <learn-OvU2V46eqDdvgyatUqoQW0B+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org>*
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