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MyMote is the name of the application and it has just been announced that it is available. Well, availability can be a bit of a problem here to begin with. Apple has to approve each iPhone application and although […]
Filed under: MythTV, Remote, iPhone, iPod | 2 Comments »
Here is the changelog for this new version:
tv_grab_uk_rt: lots of improvements.. should upgrade
tv_grab_re: better season/episode number handling
tv_grab_be: responding to source site changes
tv_grab_fr: better title detection
tv_grab_huro: now generates stop times
tv_grab_na_dtv: responding to source site changes
tv_grab_pt: responding to source site changes
tv_grab_za: improve episode tags
not working, removed: tv_grab_il, tv_grab_nl_wolf
And of some bugfixes and polish.
More info available here.
Filed under: MythTV, XMLTV | 1 Comment »
It has been a long time since KnoppMyth was last updated (Spetember 2007), but now the new version is ready. R5.5 is also called “Bone Marrow” and you can read why here. Nice going, Cecil!
Here is a list of some of the important changes:
MythTV 0.21-fixes
Kernel 2.6.23-chw-4
IVTV 1.2.0
ALSA 1.0.16
Nvidia drivers: 173.14.09, 96.43.05 and 71.86.04.
Updated video drivers […]
Filed under: ALSA, KnoppMyth, Linux, MPlayer, MythTV, NVIDIA | 1 Comment »
Roku Labs has just released some source code for their $100 Netflix streaming device. Such a move has got to start the thought: Can it be hacked to become a potential MythTV Frontend?
The device is able to play back HD content (1080i/720p) although the currently available content from Netflix is only SD. It has HDMI […]
Filed under: AppleTV, HDTV, Hardware, Linux, MythTV | 4 Comments »
If you think the official MythTV frontend is too much of a beast to start, when all you want to do is watch a show, then MythFace might be for you.
Built because the official frontend was unstable, it uses MPlayer to do the actual playback, NFS to mount the files and GMyth to talk to […]
Filed under: MPlayer, MythTV, gmyth | No Comments »
CommandIR II is a new IR transceiver for MythTV. It is the followup to CommandIR Mini. It will let you control up to four devices, such as set-top boxes or TVs and it has 6 user programmable LEDs which you can use to indicate that MythTV is recording something or that it might be running […]
Filed under: Hardware, MythTV, Remote | No Comments »
Brent Evans has an update on his first experiences with the Hauppauge HD PVR.
Generally he is pretty excited about it. The image quality is supposedly excellent.
Some of the early units have had heat issues, causing them to crash frequently. But it sounds like Hauppauge is handling it nicely replacing those units quickly.
Brent Evans is promising […]
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The first release of the Linux driver for Hauppauge HD PVR is now available.
MythTV is still not ready to use the driver, but work is getting done.
Snipped from the announcement:
I’m pleased to announce the immediately available of a mercurial repository for the Haupauge HD PVR.
The repository is at http://hg.jannau.net/hdpvr/. Follow the howto at http://linuxtv.org/repo/ but […]
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I often see gadgets that I would love to own. They have that special thing that just makes you want one. Often, I don’t really have a need for it and so that’s a pity…
The Logitech diNovo Mini keyboard has that special thing to it. I don’t know if it is the diminutive size, the […]
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