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[Karl Larsen]

Mark Haney wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>   
That is why when I Googled MythTV I wondered what you are smoking!

Karl


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