MythTV is a 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 has a number of capabilities. The television portion allows you to do the following:
Custom mini-distributions are available to make it easier to install MythTV. A mini-distribution removes many of the "general purpose" workstation / server software packages that may be installed by default if you use one of the big-name OS packages.
See http://mysettopbox.tv if you'd like to install a custom version of Knoppix optimized for MythTV.
See http://linpvr.org/ if you'd like to install MythTV onto a VIA Epia M machine.
See http://bit.blkbk.com/ if you'd like to install MythTV on an XBox.
See http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ for instructions tailored to RedHat's Fedora Core distribution.
This HOWTO document is maintained at the primary MythTV website: http://www.mythtv.org by Robert Kulagowski mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com.
This document is available as a single-page HTML document at http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-singlehtml.html or as a PDF at http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.pdf.
This HOWTO is for MythTV v0.17.
The following conventions are used throughout this document.
boldface - used for program names.
typewriter
- used for program paths.
emphasis - Pay attention here.
It's recommended that you join the user list at http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users. The developer list is at http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev. Please keep the developer list strictly for development-related issues.
Searchable archives for the lists are available at http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/.
There are two IRC channels dedicated to MythTV which can be found on irc.freenode.net
The mythtv
channel is where the developers discuss code. It is
not a user-support channel. Please don't ask non-development
related questions there.
If you feel you need to contribute to a bug database, use the MythTV Bugzilla at http://www.mythtv.org/bugs/.
Contributions to the HOWTO are welcome, especially if you find a grammatical or spelling error, or if the wording of something is just plain confusing.
If you'd like to make a new contribution, feel free to email it to me mailto:rkulagow@rocketmail.com, but as the maintainer I retain the right to edit or choose not to use your submission.
If you would like to submit an update or contribution, please send it as
either SGML or as plain text. NO HTML. The source used to create
the HOWTO is in SGML / Linuxdoc. See the Linuxdoc HOWTO at
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Howtos-with-LinuxDoc.html for information
on the linuxdoc format itself, or look at the mythtv-HOWTO.sgml
file as an example.
Do not be afraid of SGML. A quick look at the source of this HOWTO will show that it is not difficult, so at least try to submit as SGML.
SGML patch files are the easiest. Run a diff -u origfile newfile > doc.patch and mail it to the address above.