ALSA 1.0.15 released

To me the audio driver is something which either works, or it doesn’t.
But if you feel different about this or if you have an issue with your sound chip, then check out the changelog for ALSA 1.0.15 to see if it has been fixed.

New website with themes for MythTV

Justin Hornsby has moved his high quality themes for MythTV to a new website named mythtvthemes.co.uk. On the page you will find all the themes from Justin, such as ProjectGrayhem, Blootube and neon-wide. And you will find links to those other themes deemed worthy.
The themes on the page are for MythTV 0.20.2 and possibly older, [...]

DVB version of HDHomeRun coming

The main developer revealed this back in june and added details almost a month ago in this post. I didn’t notice, but Brent Evens picked it up, so here you go.
Apparently the DVB version of HDHomeRun will support DVB-T and unencrypted DVB-C. MythTV support has been confirmed.

Mythbuntu 7.10 Release Candidate

The release candidate for Mythbuntu based on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbons was released some days ago.
It is mainly a bug-fix release, but there are also two new features:

More optimized builds of mythtv
Support for adding medibuntu packages directly from mythbuntu-control-centre

Ubuntu 7.10 is scheduled for release on October 18th, so we should see Mythbuntu 7.10 within a week.

No internet for a week

Sorry about the lack of updates, but I have been without internet for the past week. Now it should be running again. I’ll post old news for completeness, sorry about that.

Picking the right size for your HDTV

I stumbled on this short article on Unclutterer. It is not your usual source of MythTV news, but this is somewhat related.
The article covers the recommended size for your TV based on your viewing distance.

Howto install Ubuntu and MythTV

HEXUS.com has a nine page article covering the setup of Ubuntu 7.04 with MythTV. It also covers the use of uPnP to share your library with Windows Media Player and has a short section covering what to expect in MythTV 0.21.

Mythbuntu forum opens

Coinciding with the release of Mythbuntu 7.10 Beta, the Mythbuntu team also opened the new Mythbuntu forum on ubuntuforums.org.

Mythbuntu 7.10 Beta released - new screenshots available

Mythbuntu 7.10 Beta is based on Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” 7.10. It contains MythTV 0.20.2.
Important new features:

xfce as window manager instead of openbox
New network manager which will ease the configuration of WiFi
Extra configuration options in the Control Center
If you already have Ubuntu 7.10, you can easily “upgrade” to Mythbuntu

MythWeather is not working and probably will not [...]

MythTwit - automatically post your recordings

Just to clarify: MythTwit will post your recording information - not the actual recording (video) itself. It looks somewhat like this:
“MythTV recorded test show at 21:30 on the 29th Sep 2007 on Channel BBC ONE Wales”
This will be posted to your Twitter account. Check out the details here.