Mythtv

MythTV project is a suite of programs that allow you to build the mythical home media convergence box on your own using Open Source software and operating systems. MythTV is a project aiming to create a homebrew set-top box. The end goal is to have a nice interface for watching TV, recording... Platforms: *nix

jMythAPI is a java library to query and control a MythTV backend and MythTV database. JMythAPI uses the Myth protocol to communicate with the MythTV backend and the MySQL JDBC driver to query the MythTV database. It provides a high level API enabling java developers to easily access MythTV,... Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Pre-built downloads of Mythtv for the Mac OSX platform. The downloads are provided as a dmg file ready to be installed. Platforms: Mac

KnoppMyth is an attempt to make the installation of GNU/Linux and MythTV as trivial as possible. KnoppMyth includes everything needed to get your set-top box up and running in as little time as possible.. Platforms: *nix

MythStream is an unofficial plugin for MythTv. It is based on StreamTuned and offers the same functionality as StreamTuned except for recording and some player debug output. MythStream v0.16_3 compiles with MythTV v0.16 and v0.17. Later versions compile with MythTV v0.18 thanks to a patch from... Platforms: *nix

MythRip is a GUI tool for exporting and encoding MythTV recordings to standard video formats (avi, mkv, etc) It was designed to be an alternative to the similar but CLI-based nuvexport tool. Here are some key features of "MythRip": ?*A* mencoder backend which can easily be extended to support... Platforms: *nix

PVR150 Capture Utility is a video capture tool for MythTV. Developer comments I haven't been at this very long so I really don't know what I'm doing. I just know it works on my computer. Your milage may vary wildly. I was just frustrated with the fact that I couldn't find anything like this... Platforms: *nix

MythStatusScreenlet is a desktop screenlet for MythTV. Inspiration is from the Mac MythTV Dashboard Widget MythStatus Screenlet polls the XML info page of MythTV???*a*?s backend (normally port 6544), and parses the XML information to display the status of your backend. It shows the next ten... Platforms: *nix

The purpose of the A.M.I.C.U.S. project is to help users quickly and easily install and configure MythTV on generic PC hardware. A.M.I.C.U.S. is an installation and configuration script based on publicly available information in MythTV on Debian guides (see references and links section). This... Platforms: *nix

MythDora 3.0 is now using FC5 along with MythTV-0.20 all on DVD. This DVD will install on various PVR builds. A few changes have been made since the 2.32 version. Hopefully good ones. One big change is that version 3.0 now runs on an SMP kernel. Another big change is that MythDora-3.0 now uses... Platforms: *nix

MythRemote is a network based remote control for MythTV PVR. Allows full PVR control via a TCP control connection, passing GUI or keyboard events to the MythTV frontend. Platforms: Mac

MediaRC is a remote control program intended for controlling your various media devices found in a home theater or with a PVR like MythTV. It is an extendable program for which new drivers can easily be added. MediaRC currently can control IR devices through LIRC, the sound levels through ALSA,... Platforms: *nix

The Cole2k Media advanced codec package features a collection of codecs and filters for encoding/decoding a large variety of video/audio formats. Components include: DivX 6.0.0 Pro Video Codec. DivX HE-3 Encoder DivX 3.11 Alpha Video Codec. XviD 1.0.3 Video Codec - Koepi 20/12/04.... Platforms: Windows

The Cole2k Media advanced codec package features a collection of codecs and filters for encoding/decoding a large variety of video/audio formats. Components include: DivX 6.2.5 (18/01/06 Build) Pro Video CodecXviD 1.1 Video (Encoder) Codec - Koepi's 30/12/05 Buildffdshow Video Codec 20051129 by... Platforms: Windows

Trailerfetcher is video conversion application. As an owner of a small home-cinema system I got an idea: Wouldnt it be neat if before every film you play, mythtv would automatically show you a few trailers of other cool films too come (or already there)? Trailers would also allow you to "ease... Platforms: *nix

Audio::Xmpcr is a Perl API to the XM PCR Satellite radio. It offers two different operating modes (direct and remote+daemon) via a single interface.This is very alpha, use at your own risk. It has only been tested only with few cards. 16 meg all-in-wonder rage 128 capture card. 8 meg... Platforms: *nix

StreamTuned plays and records audio and video streams using mplayer as backend. It also reads stream urls and related information from playlists, webpages or XML/RSS feeds. Streamtuned can act as Podcast client and allows for local and remote (webservice) access to the repositories containing... Platforms: *nix

Freepia is a small GNU/Linux distribution designed to run on Via Epia-M Mainboards. It currently runs on the M-9000 and M-10000 (ezra and nehemiah cpu) but with some modifications like kernel and X11 modules it should run on others too. The main motivation behind this project is to build a full... Platforms: *nix

Torrentocracy (pronounced like the word democracy) is the combination of RSS, bit torrent, your television and your remote control. In effect, it is what gives any properly motivated person or entity the ability to have their own TV station. By running torrentocracy on a computer connected to... Platforms: *nix

LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Ubuntu including a 10 UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available. The project is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills. Whats... Platforms: *nix