MythTV NZ

OpenMedia are pleased to announce that they have had the go ahead to organise two Birds Of a Feather sessions at the upcoming O’Reilly OSCON and Linux World San Francisco conferences.

The current plan for these sessions is to have between 3 and 5 short presentations on MythTV or Video on Linux related subjects, and then a chance for some ad-hoc discussions. Suitable topics for presentation could include -

• MythTV
• MPlayer
• FFMPEG
• VLC
• DVB Drivers
• V4L Drivers
• Linux based media devices with open access
• Google SOC video related projects and progress

If you are interested in attending or presenting at either of these sessions catch Steven from OpenMedia on the MythTV Users mailing list or email bof@openmedia.co.nz.

OSCON – MythTV and Video on Linux BOF

7:30pm – 8:30pm Wednesday, July 23^rd 2008 – Room D135

Linux World San Francisco – MythTV and Video BOF

6:00pm – 7:00pm Tuesday, August 5^th 2008 – Room 302

I’ve just posted a quick update to the article on DTV and Linux with some additional information on supported hardware, plus the section on DTT Debugging under Linux has also been expanded with feedback from the NZ MythTV Mailing list.

Hope you all like the new layout. Our new theme should be a lot clearer, and the upgrade also provides some additional useful features.

We now have a MythTV Articles section where we can keep some of the longer postings such as the Power Saving Tips and Technisat SkyStar 2 serial remote can be easily reached. This page will also have links to other useful reference material on the web.

Lastly the search button has been extended to include new postings and article pages.

The posting by Ken Dixon on Power Saving Tips has now been moved into the MythTV Articles section of the website.

There was some serious MythTV goodness at this years Linux.conf.au in Melbourne Australia.

On the Monday, during MultiMedia MiniConf, there were a couple of MythTV related Lightening Talks. Steve Ellis from OpenMedia covered some of the issues decoding the NZ DTT Test transmissions under Linux. Josh Stewart then did a talk on A Clutter based MythTV frontend which looked very smooth and sexy.

On the Friday there was a brief MythTV BOF (Birds of a Feather) session where a bunch of users from NZ and Australia had a chance to catch up and talk about some common issues. It appears one of our biggest gripes these days is the quality of the EPG data. All too often we can’t track a particular show as we can’t get reliable program names. There was also some discussion about the new features we will be seeing on 0.21, and in particular how we are all looking forward to MultiRec support.

On the Saturday there was a MythTV stand as part of the OpenDay. A number of Australian users brought their own MythTV boxes in to demo, including an Asus EeePC as a wireless MythTV front end. OpenMedia brought one of their myPVR units over from New Zealand for the event which raised quite a bit of interest.