Easy personal video recording for Linux? It's a myth (NewsForge)

[Posted January 30, 2004 by cook]

Lee Schlesinger writes about the trials and tribulations of getting video recording running on a Linux box. "I just spent several weeks installing and configuring MythTV, an open source application that gives a computer TiVo-like personal video recorder capabilities. I learned a lot of lessons along the way that I'll share here. The biggest one is... Don't do it! Unless you can view the process as an intellectual challenge, spending the money for an actual TiVo will save you dozens of hours you could spend on more pleasurable activities."

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