Geeking out over the Digital Conversion... aka, how to convice the wife to let you purchase yet another computer
Start: Oct 10, 6:00 p.m.
End: Oct 10, 7:00 p.m.
Location: 223 (map)
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This presentation will discuss the Open Source program mythtv, and will cover the following topics:

*What is mythtv, and why should my wife care?

*What parts do I need to build a functioning mythtv system?

*I have the parts, now where do I get the software (and how do I install it)?

*How do I use mythtv to manage my multi-media experiences?

*How many plugins can one program have?

*This is nice, but I want it to do this...

**in short, mythtv is an open source DVR (Digital Video Recorder) that allows for tivo like functionality. (and lots more besides) This piece of software takes some knowhow to set up and to get it working well enough for those who are "less than geeky" to be able to use on a daily basis.

this presentation will extol the virtues of this program and will also give some hints on how to convince the better halves on using it.

it will be presented by 2 linux geeks with 2 separate install expieriences, one via gentoo and a mac mini, the other using mythbuntu and mythdora.