Hầu hết các bản Linux đều hỗ trợ rất nhiều ngôn ngữ lập trình, đặc biệt công cụ GCC cho phép người lập trình có thể biên dịch và thực thi ứng dụng viết bằng nhiều ngôn ngữ lập trình khác nhau: C/C++, Java, .. Ngoài ra, Linux còn hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ lập trình để phát triển các ứng dụng đồ họa như: JTK+, Qt, .. | Chapter 6 Building a Personal Video Recorder with MythTV Jn This Chapter Building your personal video recorder PVR Watching TV Managing your recordings Managing your media ne of the things I like about running Linux as my operating system is the availability of a large number of open source free programs. One such program I use is MythTV with it I have converted an old rarely used PC to a personal video recorder PVR and now it s one of the most used PCs in my house. Most people know what a PVR is and many people have commercial versions such as TiVo or proprietary PVRs supplied by the cable or satellite companies. With a PVR you can pause live TV and record whatever you desire whenever you desire. Typically you have to pay a subscription fee to TiVo or your cable or satellite provider for the privilege of using its PVR. But if you have an old PC you can build your own PVR for little or no cost and you won t have to pay a subscription fee either by downloading and installing MythTV. MythTV lets you build your own PVR download TV programming information watch pause and record live TV as well as schedule recordings. But MythTV can do so much more With MythTV you can gain complete control of all your online media content and access the Internet for news and weather information. This chapter shows you how to build your MythTV system. Note The MythTV program is very complex and could fill an entire For Dummies book alone. The information in this chapter tells you how to set up and configure a basic MythTV system. I highly recommend that you do some research on your own and explore the MythTV information that is available on the Web. A good place to start is the MythTV official site at . 114 Part III Entertaining Your Brain with a Little Help from Linux Building Your MythTV PVR In the following sections you find out how to set up your PC hardware to use with MythTV. You must meet some specific hardware requirements before you can install and configure .
