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[Mark Haney]

Brian McKee wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:
>> That's what MythTV does.  It's an opensource app the makes your desktop
>> act like Windows Media Center.  It can DVR TV shows, you can scan
>> through, skipping commercials, etc.  I use it, when I actually get TV.
>> I've not had it at my house since January, and personally haven't missed
>> it.  I mean, all I watch is Midsomer Murders, Mythbusters and Avatar.
>>
>> But seriously, the box you have does that same thing MythTv does, except
>> it encodes the shows to MPEG format for you instead of expecting the CPU
>> to do so.
> 
> Now now Mark - his CPU isn't a TV tuner, which that box sounds like it is.
> MythTV can't convert TV to video without hardware help.
> 
> Go back to your corners boys.
> 
> Brian
> 

Very true. and something I didn't mention.  You will need an appropriate 
video card for MythTV to work.  However, I was being general enough to 
get my point across.


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Mark Haney
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