Practical MythTV: Building a PVR and Media Center PC
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590597796 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Almost Completely Worthless Blake Watson Look, I'm not going to say that these guys didn't try, or that this is a cynically written attempt to cash in on something, but this book is as close to worthless as I can imagine.Now, again, this is not entirely the authors' fault. MythTV is highly dynamic. What's true today isn't true tomorrow. I'm a journeyman MythTV builder, and a lot of what I've learned in the painful progress I've made simply does not apply any more.That said, a lot of stuff =h. "Great Book" according to Furball. Got this to install MythTV on an old PC with a PVR-150 MCE TV Tuner. Even though the book is more than helpfulit is several revisions behind the current version of MythTV which you can get for free. You do not get a copy of the version of MythTV they talk about in the book. This will need to be found on your own.Even after reading the book and following the stepsstill had trouble getting Mythbuntu/KnoppMyth/MythTV to work properly to record a programa. Timothy C. Darr said Practical MythTV. The books was out of date in some areas. Mythtv has come really come along in the configuration and setup.
Michael grew up in Canberra, Australia, and now works for Google and lives in the Silicon Valley with his wife and two kids. Michael is a past committee member of AUUG, Linux Australia, and the linuxnf 2005 committee. He has had a variety of articles published by IBM DeveloperWorks, and once made a tux out of fairy lights! He is the author of The De
With this book as a guide they will be able to choose the right hardware (or recycle existing hardware) and then install all the necessary software.. This book takes a project based approach to implementing your own MythTV setup, from selecting hardware right through to advanced customization. You will learn how to record your favorite television shows, store your DVDs for later playback, create a music library out of your CD collection, and even use your personal video recorder (PVR) to do Voice Over IP. This is a book for hobbyists and technology do-it-yourselfers that wish to create their own PVR or media center
Michael is a past committee member of AUUG, Linux Australia, and the linuxnf 2005 committee. Michael grew up in Canberra, Australia, and now works for Google and lives in the Silicon Valley with his wife and two kids. About the Author Michael Still released his first open source project in July 2000 and has been actively developing ever since. He has had a variety of articles published by IBM DeveloperWorks, and once made a tux out of fairy lights! He is the author of The Definitive Guide to ImageMagick (Apress, 2005).