[mythtv] Cracked

Cedar McKay cedarmckay at mac.com
Sat Mar 29 14:47:33 EST 2003


from google cache:


And now, at long last, the eighth release of MythTV. It's been quite a 
while since 0.7, and many things have changed.  Here's a summary of 
some of the more important/larger/visible changes:


New split up encoding/playback architecture.  Multiple encoding 
machines, multiple playback machines, all pretty transparent to the 
user.
Basic "still being written so it doesn't always work right but does 
work pretty well" automatic commercial detection and skipping, by Chris 
Pinkham.
Graphical setup for everything in MythTV (modules like MythMusic are 
still text for now, though), written by Matt Zimmerman.
New alternative style for the program guide (with embedded video), and 
an easy way to search for specific programs, written by John Danner.
All dialogs now follow the menu theme colors/background.
Basic hardware MJPEG encoding support (Matrox Marvel G200, etc).
Many, many internal changes.
New MythWeather module, contributed by John Danner.
New MythVideo module, which is just a generic video player frontend.
NES, SNES, and generic PC game support added to MythGame, by Todd 
Malsbary and Chuck.
Quite a few changes to MythWeb, like a movies listing page, ability to 
delete recorded programs, etc.
More visualization modes in MythMusic.
More themes to ogle at.


Anyway, grab things from the downloads section, and read the 
documentation.  Make sure to do what it says in the UPGRADING file if 
you're coming from 0.7.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed code or time to MythTV =)
Debian packages of the new release will be available shortly from here 
as usual.



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