🚀 go-pugleaf

MythTV is a really slick piece of software.  Had one for over a year, never 
a problem.

Meeting is definitely worth attending if one is looking to build a PVR. 
Great alternative to MCE, plus it works on older hardware and with software 
encoding TV cards too (unlike MCE).



"Gilbert E. Detillieux" <gedetil@cs.umanitoba.ca> wrote in message 
news:d028cr$ne6$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca...
> The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
> meeting on Tuesday, March 8.  The meeting topic for this month is
> as follows:
>
>   MythTV
>
>   Shawn Wallbridge will be presenting on MythTV. MythTV turns your PC 
> running
>   Linux into a personal video recorder, like a Tivo, with some neat 
> features.
>
>     * Basic 'live-TV' functionality. Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind "live" TV.
>     * Support for multiple tuner cards and multiple simultaneous 
> recordings.
>     * Distributed  architecture allowing multiple recording machines and
>       multiple playback machines on the same network, completely 
> transparent
>       to the user.
>     * Compresses video in software using rtjpeg (from Nuppelvideo) or 
> mpeg4
>       (from  libavcodec). Full support for Hardware MPEG-2 encoder cards
>       (Hauppauge PVR-250 / PVR-350). Preliminary support for DVB cards and 
> the
>       new pcHDTV tuner card.
>     * Support for the (very nice looking) hardware MPEG-2 decoder and TV 
> out
>       present on the Hauppauge PVR-350.
>     * Completely automatic commercial detection/skipping.
>     * Grabs program information using xmltv.
>     * A fully themeable menu to tie it all together.
>
>   Shawn will show how to get it all set up with the least amount of effort
>   using KnoppMyth, a Knoppix based MythTV installer.
>
> The group holds its general meetings at 7:30 PM on the second Tuesday of
> every month from September to June.  (There are no meetings in July and
> August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
> MUUG member to attend.
>
>   **********************************************************************
>   Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave.
>   (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to
>   sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you
>   (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15
>   PM, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30 PM. Don't be late, or
>   you may not get in.
>
>   Limited parking is available for free on the street, or in a lot
>   across Ellice from IBM, for $1.00 for the evening. Indoor parking is
>   also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $2.00 for the evening.
>   **********************************************************************
>
> For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their
> Web server:
>
> http://www.muug.mb.ca/
>
> Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce"
> and "roundtable".  If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you
> to subscribe now:
>
>        http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/
>
> The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such
> as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG
> members.
>
> The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics
> discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other
> topics that come up between meetings.  Of course, for this to be 
> effective,
> we need to reach a certain critical mass.  So, please subscribe, and stay
> involved!
>
> -- 
> Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil@muug.mb.ca>
> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/
> P.O. Box 130, St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161
> Winnipeg, MB, CANADA  R2H 3B4 Fax:   (204)474-7609