PVR or DVR for Linux - NOT MythTV

Jarod Wilson jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 4 10:19:28 EDT 2007


On Sunday 03 June 2007 22:20:20 markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good DVR/PVR for Linux that is not MythTV? I don't
> want to get into a holey war about MythTV, but it is difficult to set up

By that logic, I think you may want a Mac and an AppleTV...

> and requires MySQL. I'm not going to MySQL just for one thing. I have a
> personal issue about applications being tightly linked with databases, and
> I have a real dislike of MySQL.

I have a feeling your personal issues are causing you to miss out...

> So, anything usable? I mean, come on, its all there, you could practically
> use cron, so what's the deal? Is there one out there?

The New Hotness in the Linux DVR world is elisa:

http://elisa.fluendo.com/

Giving it a test run is on my TODO list, so I can't really say how great it 
works or if its trouble-free, etc. Looks promising though.

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Jarod Wilson
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