MythTV
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A screenshot of MythTV's main menu in the default theme, Terra
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| Developer(s) | Isaac Richards |
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| Initial release | April 2002 |
| Stable release |
0.28 / April 11, 2016
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| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows (playback only) |
| Type | Digital video recorder |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | www |
MythTV is a free and open source home entertainment application with a simplified "10-foot user interface" design for the living-room TV, and turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a network streamingdigital video recorder, a digital multimedia home entertainment system, or home theater personal computer. It can be considered a free and open source alternative to TiVo or Windows Media Center. It runs on various operating systems, primarily Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD.
The MythTV project was started in April 2002 by Isaac Richards, who explained his motivation:
MythTV is capable of capturing HDTV streams from any source that will provide unencrypted video. This means broadcast ATSC and DVB content, as well as encrypted DVB content when using a tuner with an integrated CI module. Most U.S. cable and satellite providers use encrypted video only accessible through their own set-top boxes. Cable systems may provide some unencrypted QAM channels, but these will generally only be local broadcast stations, and not cable programming or premium channels.
OpenCable devices are available to access encrypted content on U.S. cable systems, but as this is a full DRM system, and not just CA like DVB CI, every piece of hardware and software on the playback chain must be tested and licensed by CableLabs. At current, Windows Media Center is the only DVR software to meet these requirements, and only it, and other software using its recording libraries, can use these devices. In 2010, CableLabs relaxed the DRM restrictions allowing unlicensed devices to record copy freely content using these devices, however it is still entirely up to cable operators what content they provide flagged as such.
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