[mythtv-users] Toronto, Ontario Canada MythTV talk.

[Colin McGregor]

I will be giving a talk on MythTV at the FreeGeek Toronto warehouse/office (http://freegeektoronto.org/about-us/location/ ) this Thursday starting at 6:30 PM. Since space is somewhat limited, there is a sign-up process noted below:



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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:03:04 -0400

From: Ushnish Sengupta <ushnish.sengupta at gmail.com>

Subject: [FGT-gen] Announcing MythTV Class Thursday July 14th 6:30 to

       9:30 pm - TO REGISTER EMAIL learn at freegeektoronto.org

To: General Discussions <cyberequality at masses.tao.ca>



*What: MythTV (building your own Personal Video Recorder)

When: Thursday July 14th

Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm

Location : Free Geek Toronto (51 Vine Avenue)



To register for this course, send an email to**

**learn at freegeektoronto.org*<learn at freegeektoronto.org>

*

**Subject Line: (the course you are registering for)** **

**Email Body: Your Name and telephone number*





This is an "Advanced" class, and some experience with Linux is

recommended. Not required if you are just attending the seminar, but

recommended: Bring your own computer if you want to do an on site

install. Suggested minimums for a MythTV install can be seen below.



Class Description from the instructor Colin:



I will be giving a talk on building a PVR (personal video recorder)

using Mythbuntu (a version of Ubuntu Linux tailored to installing the

MythTV program). The talk is free to attend, but you must book a space

in advance. You are responsible for any hardware costs if you want

your own PVR box. Also, if you want TV listings on-screen you will

need an account with a non-profit firm called Schedules Direct, and

they charge up to $20 (US) per year for their service.



My plan is to do an overview of the current analog/digital TV

situation in Canada and a look at free PVR software. Followed by a

walk-through of installing Mythbuntu, and showing various on-line

resources. Then offering as much help as I can regarding helping

people get their own boxes up and running. I will have some spare

copies of the Mythbuntu install CDs for anyone who would like to make

copies, just bring blank CD-ROMs. All the software on the CD is

licensed under the GNU Public License (and other free software

licenses), which means that it can be copied (with some conditions)

with the permission of the copyright holders. Alternatively anyone

with a high speed Internet connection can download a copy of Mythbuntu

from their website : mythbuntu.org



The main MythTV website can be seen here: www.mythtv.org A locally

focused look at MythTV can be seen here : gtalug.org/wiki/MythTV



MythTV box suggested minimums:



For analog only TV:

- Pentium III, 750 MHz (or better)

- 1 GB+ of RAM

- nVidia graphics card (GeForce 5200 or better)

- 1 (or more) Linux supported analog TV tuner card(s)

- 40+ GB of hard disk space

- Linux supported sound card, Linux supported Ethernet card, keyboard,

mouse, monitor, and speakers.]



For digital (with the option of analog) TV:

- Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz (or better)

- 1.5 GB+ of RAM

- nVidia graphics card with VDPAU feature (some GeForce 8xxx cards and

effectively all 9xxx or better cards)

- 1 (or more) Linux supported digital (and/or analog) TV tuner(s)

- 160+ GB of hard disk space

- Linux supported sound card, Linux supported Ethernet card, keyboard,

mouse, monitor, and speakers.]



*To register for this course, send an email to** **learn at freegeektoronto.org

* <learn at freegeektoronto.org>*

**Subject Line: (the course you are registering for)** **

**Email Body: Your Name and telephone number*



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