TV on Ubuntu?

[Knapp]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Xander Pirdy <xander.pirdy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't followed this really closely so if this is off topic let me know,
> but there is a fantastic looking system called linuxMCE might be worth
> checking out. I think that it provides this functionality though I am not
> positive.
> http://www.linuxmce.com/
> -Alexander
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:52 AM, sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 03/30/2010 02:31 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:
>> > Hi Graham
>> >
>> > Am Dienstag, den 30.03.2010, 10:15 +0100 schrieb Graham Todd:
>> >> So the first question is: can this be feasibly accomplished, and
>> >> if so, which software under Ubuntu is best (ie. easiest) to use,
>> >> and what other hardware do I need?
>> >
>> > Have a look at Mythbuntu.
>> >
>> > It uses MythTV and you can use it to watch TV, record it and
>> > distribute the recorded programs over the LAN.
>> >
>> > About infos on Virgin Media:
>> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/UK_Television#Virgin_Media
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers Ramon
>>
>> +1 on Mythbuntu. Assuming for now that the OP can get the signal feed
>> he wants, into a cable TV card in his computer, MythTV should be just
>> the ticket.
>> --

Yep, +1 Myth is the way to go. Read all the info on their site. It has
LOTS of stuff about setting up your system and what hardware you might
need. In many cases you need one hardware card per channel that you
want to watch or record at the same time for a price of about 100 per.
Some cards can do more than one at time and some signals are better
for that also, but I don't know the English system at all. I am sure
you will find what you need at Myth or a link from there. BTW you can
of course run their live CD to test things out.

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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