MythTV

MythTV Backend

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	This article is a stub, I have a Tivo so I haven't installed mythTV but it sounds like a good alternative

About MythTV

MythTV is a GPL licensed 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 known to workon Linux and Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). It does not run on Windows.

MythTV has a number of capabilities. See the mythtv website for details

http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1

	Note:
	You can only run the backend of mythtv on your SME Server, You watch TV on other workstations on your network.

Installation

There are a list of required rpms here, http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=38591.msg175160#msg175160

(todo, move the list here with more details instructions)

Usage

Refer to MythTV Documentation ?
Explain a little about setting up the Frontend ?

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