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TLUG meetings are held at the University of Toronto on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm.

Date: Tuesday July 12, 2005
Time: 7:30 pm

Topic: MythTV
Speaker: Colin Smillie
Description

MythTV is an open-source Personal Video Recorder which provides functionality similar to Tivo and other commercial equipment. When combined with its various plugins and an open-source environment, MythTV provides a more functional way to use your entertainment center.

We'll be going through an introduction to MythTV, a live demo and covering the following areas:

- Hardware Selection
- Required Components
- Software Installation
- MythTV Functionality
- Record and Play back of TV programs
- Listen to Music
- Watch Videos or DVD
- Other plugins

More information on MythTV available at : http://www.mythtv.org

Speaker Bio

Colin Smillie works as a Product Manager, providing market direction and strategy for a variety of software projects. He has experience in software development, networking, security, encryption and wireless communication. He's been a linux user since 1996 and a MythTV user for 2 years now.

More information on Colin is available at his webpage : http://colin.smillie.ca