I got a PC from a client, a Shuttle (tiny), and have been toying with it by turning it into a TiVo-ish box. I've been trying to get MythTV (www.mythtv.org) on it, using a Linux distribution based off Knoppix called KnoppMyth (500MB ISO, easy to burn and has almost all I need on it). I signed up for some XML cable listing service (free), so it'll let my box download 13 days worth of channel listings for my Zipcode, and it has a weather module that looks great, rips audio CD's to MP3, and rips DVD's to Divx/MPG4. Nice UI, and has themes. Can't wait to get it running perfectly.

I wanted to know if anyone here has toyed with the same or similar apps, like Freevo, etc.

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Chris Charlton <i>- DMXzone Manager</i>
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i do use PVR on my tv-capture card.

quite cool, i can set it to turn my pc on record my show and then shut down <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

regards

Dave Thomas
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Oh, that's dope!!! I only got past half way of setting up my HomePVR, but don't have a capture card yet so can't really play with it. I'll be getting a TV-card within a month or so, I can feeeeeelll it.

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Chris Charlton <i>- DMXzone Manager</i>
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This article came out, for Windows users/builders: <i>Free TiVo: Build a Better DVR out of an Old PC</i> - www.makezine.com/extras/4.html

Also, www.byopvr.com & (windows) www.gbpvr.com