Free Technology in the Living Room

MythTV is a freedom softare project that puts YOU in control of your digital life. By turning standard PC hardware into a networked, cable/satelite connected Personal Home Entertainment System, you can literally sit on your couch and surf the internet while recording a show, and even video phone a friend across the globe - for free (or the price of your internet connection).

What is it again?

What is MythTV?

MythTV is an open source PVR project. In addition to the traditional PVR functions, it has the following (official) modules

• MythArchive: Allows you to create DVDs of recorded shows1
• MythBrowser: Browse the Internet from your couch.
• MythDVD: DVD player and backup
• MythGallery: Image viewer and slide show module.
• MythGame: Frontend for various emulators and PC games.
• MythMusic: Store and listen to your music collection.
• MythNews: RSS newsfeed module.
• MythPhone: Video conference from your couch.
• MythVideo: Frontend for playing videos (MPEGs, XVID, etc) files.
• MythWeather: Frontend for getting the weather forecast.
• MythWeb: Control various aspects of MythTV from a web browser.

More modules are available as 3rd-party modules.

My Build

I am putting together the components and Building a MythTV Home Theater

FAQ and Manuals

http://www.mysettopbox.tv/pamphlet.html is the complete KnoppMyth Pamphlet

Vendors

http://mythic.tv/ Sells the Dragon 2.0 system for ~$1,400 In addition to community involvement, they publish the complete specs for their system so you can build your own if you'd rather.

Dragon v2.0 system specs Included hardware

* CASE: black Silverstone LC-17B HTPC case
* PSU: 16dB(A) Nexus NX-4090 400W PSU **BUY IT**
* MOTHERBOARD: Intel DG655WH
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
OR upgrade to Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
* RAM: 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2-667 / PC2-5300 RAM
OR upgrade to 2GB (2x1GB)
OR upgrade to 4GB (4x1GB)
* CPU HEATSINK: stock Intel Core 2 Duo heatsink
OR upgrade to Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu plus ZM-CS1 socket 775 adapter
* DVD-RW: multi-format, super-quiet Lite-On SHW 160PS
* HDD: 320GB Western Digital Caviar RE enterprise-class quiet SATA HDD (WD3200YS)
OR upgrade to 500GB (WD5000YS)
* GRAPHICS CARD: passively-cooled ASUS EN6200LE/TD/64M with DVI / VGA / composite
OR upgrade to passively-cooled Gigabyte GeForce 7300GS (GV-NX73G128D-RH) with DVI / VGA / S-Video
OR upgrade to passively-cooled EVGA GeForce 7600GS (256-P2-N549-T2))
* SOUNDCARD: onboard analog audio
OR upgrade to Chaintech AV-710 with optical S/PDIF for digital audio **BUY IT**
* TUNER CARDS: 2x AirStar-HD5000AV-PCI **BUY IT**
* REMOTE CONTROL: StreamZap IR Remote **BUY IT**
* 1x 80w ATA133 IDE cable and 1x SATA cable (included with motherboard)
* 1x power cord

Sites

• http://www.mysettopbox.tv/
• http://www.mysettopbox.tv/links.html
• GNHLUG site http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/MythTV

Really Simple Syndication = a syntax for sharing data across the web.

Greater New Hampshire Linux User Groups = an association of User Groups in and around the state of New Hampshire, USA of people interested in Linux technology and/or those who created it in the first place; and continue to this day.