Building An Ubuntu MythTV Box
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With more and more people assembling MythTV boxes as alternatives to Windows Media Center or going out and buying a TiVO, for this introductory article we will share some recommendations of hardware we had used on a recent MythTV build along with other information to consider when building your next home theater PC.
For those that have never tried out MythTV before, it is much more than just a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for Linux. MythTV is licensed under the GPL and is popular on such distributions as Knoppix (KnoppMyth), Fedora (MythDora), and Ubuntu, but can run on most any Linux distribution. MythTV is broken into a backend server and front-end client with the backend doing all of the recording while the MythTV front-end is just used for watching the recordings and interfacing with the backend. Some of the MythTV features include commercial skipping capabilities, smart schedule recordings, free TV listing data, and the standard PVR features you would expect like pausing, skipping, and rewinding live TV. MythTV also has a plug-in system, which allows the installation of extra MythTV front-end components like a web browser, games, and mail client.







