MythTV
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MythTV is an open source personal/digital video recorder (dvr) with alot of extra features making it a complete media center for your home. Besides the standard features of watching and recording TV - MythTV lets view DVDs, listen to you music collection, etc. It also lets you copy/rip both DVDs and audio CDs to the MythTV system for later playback.
Scheduling of TV recording makes use of the electronic program guide (epg), and the scheduling interface is even available in a web edition allowing you the select TV shows for recording remotely. MythTV has bacic video editing capabilities which allows you to modify all video stored on the system.
Many of the mentioned features are available through the MythTV plug-ins. But there are many other plug-ins to extend the functionality of MythTV. |
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Open source software similar to MythTV |
 MediaPortal
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
MediaPortal is a complete open source media center including a digital video recorder (dvr) feature. MediaPortal lets you view and record TV from both analog and digital (DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-S) sources... Read more |
Freevo
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
Freevo is an open source home theatre PC platform. It provides all of the features you would expect of any HTPC/media center such as being able to watch TV either terrestrial or from DVB sources.... Read more |
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MythTV is an open source alternative to
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 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) transforms your PC into a media center and moves it into the livingroom. MCE is acutally an alternative to your VCR since it allows you to user your PC... Read more |
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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
