[TriLUG] Building a Mythbox

[Carl Crider]

- Look into mythbuntu: http://www.mythbuntu.org/
- MythTV hardware requirements:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hardware_Requirements
- Add you own Blu-Ray and DVD hardware to the box

Also:
- Check out SickBeard as another way of cutting the cord:
http://sickbeard.com/



On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Tom Eisenmenger <teisenmenger at charter.net>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Long story short - my daughter moved to Annapolis taking her DVR with her
> (more on that) so I'm thinking it's time to build a replacement.  Part of
> this is driven by the fact that out-of-box DVRs are near impossible to come
> by these days, probably due to the switch to digital, cable providers
> scrambling their channels, and the increasing popularity of streamed TV a
> la Roku.
>
> I'm looking to build a MythTV box with the following capabilities:
> 1) Recording cable television.  Thankfully, Roanoke Rapids (where I live)
> still has analog service but the writing is on the wall so I'll need a
> Linux-friendly TV tuner card, preferably with dual tuners so that one could
> be watched while the other records.
> 2) Play Blu-Ray - will any internal Blu-Ray player do?  Do any come with
> service subscriptions similar to out-of-box Blu-ray players?
> 3) Burn DVDs - that's the easy one, I do that now on my notebook (when
> I've booted into Ubuntu - hanging my head in shame realizing that I'm
> typing this in Windows Live Mail :( )!
>
> Simple, right?  Any tips, suggestions, or caveats are welcome!
>
> Tom
>
>
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