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" Is -- the system has brought you by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. -- And doing any dot com. Today we're gonna be talking about building your very own -- box we're talking open source no paid money for operating system in complete control over all your digital media content. The -- open source face home -- PC coming up on this episode of system. But it PC at the heart of your home Peter's awesome he uses DDR watch regular dvd easy and enjoy videos downloaded off the web without the hassle file conversion or worry if your player sports a particular codec. One really cool idea put a -- Box on -- easy percent of your system -- with a hand setting up. Just that intermittent three -- a -- TV expert -- white. This election to welcome back at last we saw you -- your idols mean Gavin game. The gaming machine yeah that'd -- good. So you you have spent obviously you're an open source mean even in I think it's safe to say which they -- operating system previous to hunt and I know. -- So how if you're explaining with what's what's like the elevator pitch on what that --"

" Well usually it goes that big company named Hugo and just described as a preteen you're free to -- so as he BR it's something that will record. Anyone of multiple TV sources. Index them and save them for liquid. And you can also use it to play dvds right since the that's basic DR functionality MythTV as the home entertainment's and it gives you the -- dvd playback. Playback like it or DivX or. Pretty much is a collection. -- files that isn't protected with DR -- so basically got a ton of iTunes is locked down sucks to be you can -- you don't know if you added that. -- What's -- hardware wise do you want -- are planned Blu-ray -- of solid integrity you know most of the time com -- it's sort of -- two -- isn't it -- and -- actual schedule recordings and -- and -- on the playback and all the -- things. -- it back and you don't need much at all and it's just a card that's according to this. We sit back and front and you're talking about software that's running on the same operating system on the same machine can be on the same machine coming on different machines on in the traditional TiVo like model that in the same machine but if you had a crappy machine you want to throw in a closet that can record you can do that and then. Your computer PC industry different and it connects it."

" So you actually have your sort of media server also be your TV are sort of capture box your cable exactly. -- it -- working at one of the big problems certainly with -- with almost like you know the new Vista media center and -- the other application we've seen is. Hi Def coming out of your cable box you direct TV box produced TV that's still probably a problem with the misty."

" More likely that yes I'm there's a couple ways it can sometimes get it to work but unless it's encrypted there's no way. Some cable company is leave things -- encrypted but still in digital form and her and of course those. But for the most part you're discovering your page views of times -- to -- beyond anything amendments to record."

" So when you think about this you know can you recycle -- 386 machine what kind of the kind of capture card you're gonna need -- when things I was thinking about like you know I just got than you hop hog the 1212 which is an -- CDR box which is. Yeah I just got it just -- setup but it's it's using component which is kind of a radical new idea capturing -- yup component. -- going to be like the twenty drivers from the."

" Me. So most epic cards are one of two types as it they're the software based ones which it is it's just going to be throwing you. Frames -- images and that's up to you'd actually be able to record them into either -- formats. If that's the case and in sentencing him to back Matt actually get the cycles. These new cards that actually ending pure digital or sometimes I'm on the and you analogue and have a hard work art ipodder onboard. But this one can actually go right to mpeg two in that case you know action in an easy view result in process has -- about the card and -- there's more to this so in a case meaning any and it costs -- So like you know nightmares about that pretty much it is solidly question how much and your arms if you're doing sort of an mpeg two captured Steve you know how much hard drive reaching for our video. But gosh. Couple gigs maybe there but still has -- yeah. So the capture of this is how are pretty much the primary sources in your for sure and analogue world that's whatever it used to be that -- was synonymous with that's. These days there's a lot for things like over the air digital HDTV. On -- a lot of -- such they're really cheap and in this country. Box and -- Aren't you the digital recordings rigorous and and one of the PC these boards are on the USB captures of I actually don't both of them again -- must -- Because of the fact you can -- 67 easterners and you can mix and -- I had him before PC based -- continue this is what what do you do with like 46 or seven -- in the same -- once you start trying to record from different sources you know two -- recording off the -- in NBC HD -- and another -- Corning cable. And another -- you can record he shares via satellite stuff so basically it's like -- carpenters and spy programs on human record you can record all look exactly and it'll even do some smart logic that -- this program's available -- Lost -- you know. It down to the other Anderson for -- for -- okay that's really cool so basically little barrier of entry for the processor if you -- to get our cards right the boards are -- I mean there -- to fifty this game -- these days sixty bucks if that. And you definitely look for motherboard with a lot of -- and that's actually becoming part -- aren't yet she's expressed sportsman's wanted to slots and yet. He's got some older motherboard and probably work but exactly. So what's the the what's the general step by step I I smell burning and myself. Downloaded birds that I so and what's neighbors doing that -- into it and -- installation. So any that install is at its heart Linux sometimes. It gets to your previous even if there's harbors that supports -- So as such -- need all -- X you can either do it with your favorite distribution here. Install it and then add MythTV on top it -- some things like that don't you distribution basically at all ones that upward in and it just entity Gonzales it'll. Studies are all the steps to get this if it's simpler reason that went to installation on this -- to be kind of like I'm going to ruin the article he like you -- Seoul Olympics you're you borrowed you know you're at your -- and now what makes this kind of like -- on windows exactly I used to be very much of the two at all like command line but that resourceful scratch. This weekend and -- trying to do this -- My distribution that a different scratch completely blew up burned away at about you know a couple of starting -- and so he had to record Michael Phelps. Yeah. Yeah you right now. -- so I decided try one of these distributions and I mean I did not accurately and prompt once and just install click click click click setup ago so last couple years is definitely that is much. So what's the what's the -- you start with you download your eyes. You burn to -- you fire and machine. What is next I'm so first you're gonna cut out figures such cards and -- cards machine. Usually have a dedicated obviously the bigger the better thanks for private collection -- record how much recording time. Com and for their interest to stick the dvd and CD and booted up and it'll start prompt for this process. So and and it's basically you know. -- excited that is right it's -- the entire hard drive what to a format and it's a little bit easier to mean very few people using dual boot environment and if something in record time so you can usually say yes he's our guy -- do everything just right by default and there's not much we. Got it. Teenagers -- were some points and your answer decision tree when you're installing with -- good. Like any kind of clinics the simpler older the better. I got things working with funny SCSI incessant but generally speaking regularity -- it is that's basically generic artwork not to."

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" Discount at the -- restrictions do apply you can see the site for details there's a -- here system featured easy evident and godaddy.com. So just yeah. Aren't so we've. Installer hard we've installed or seventeen PCI capture cards we've installed. You know we're going to. And then we get to the setup which is is this the glories -- not forget the first thing you see when you reboot it."

" Pretty much just yeah in this this insane regardless we're doing commitment to orient your own homegrown -- something on the set up so continues and grows -- when. I'm so. The first thing you gotta do is decide. Is this me just one box altogether or you can have these are little different viewing stations. So in the general set up."

" Arts you can actually have like a little you know stream you know -- PC and PC and 46 BC -- pentium PC. For every television your house right back when wasting Islam more often these hacked Xbox it's actually for the child exactly what every time but things like this. We have act Xbox each room or an Apple to doing whatever it says the man who like rebuilt his -- system into our commitment Olympic -- about it. I didn't hear the crashing of the reasons look at -- excellent so we get them back if it was a basically this could be like. -- you have like one core box to your your captures and then you have. Either on that system on additional boxes you front."

" Exactly. I'm so in this case we only ask that would be that senator box right actually NASA back and and you can actually have multiple of each particular have two boxers during recordings and three -- doing watching and one of the box is being a pastor can you know -- box -- programs. Brendan why why would -- have multiple back in recording is actually record like 300 channels at once exactly got it. That you could -- to have an apartment complex that anyone -- every channel record everything suit and we come back we sort of start walking through the interface -- actually see with -- back and looks like not -- division of like you know back in one -- and you mechanism in Mac and 43 back and one that's seven 2421. We you know the service activated through. What we did our case we're just look at us because for a new nice simple -- just one machine that's how comes out of the box it not gonna do any of these multiple things -- or about it when he's running on this thing right if something weren't it was inbox he just changed after what that you don't want to say that wanted to attend. If you don't have to say that one little island. -- And again most the time everything's is that the way it's supposed to be on by default if you're outside the US and change a couple of the frequency tables on on. But generally speaking that should be. But culture workers so accuses into you see what you're doing any Steven B media option between the two were would you -- these options are just for -- TE standards that are being used the -- specifics just -- They -- the next important part to capture cards this is where quality. Decision making it and it comes. In this case -- set up but we go through a new one. The most important thing yet -- what kind of capture card. So will automatically detected or -- that you have cards and that if you have the right type of header. It'll say yes I want to this is definitely. You mean this is definitely an X kind of drive the moment -- more -- that would love and affection you you can change but is looking at this -- info section and if you don't have models that failed opening news keeps going and if it isn't. Yeah. John but if you have a whole bunch of different kinds you can have multiple -- estranged from them since. But in general the kind of -- our analog which like percent and his team he suffered its decoder that's actually one just hold twenty is that what is it a little better than an actual -- I just barely attitude there. DEM JPEG capture cards these are all ones I don't ask me charged you 210 years ago -- and they were great Britain and take orders were -- thousand dollars range and -- make sense. The -- on our collection of stills. This kind of -- just an mpeg two credit card which can be done with analog cable is most of the time these days you have -- impact -- America."

" Dvd capture card that -- for satellite were your digital dvd is any whole -- standards all into one. Europe everything from the satellite to him he terrestrial TV cable company. -- forms dvd one for each -- DBS satellite TVT for terrestrial and so forth. I'm here in the US. Eight -- which is ours actually standard is currently pasteurized version of dvd so often you'll be able on the same -- process which is it all -- into things -- transponders and listening to certain frequencies. I'm in this case does the -- yes -- that we -- installed on here isn't in any type and you can -- got attacked us. Plus what you've you've if you didn't you check every single options so -- detecting art and music drivers were there are there's no driver support has of the ISO date drivers possibly changing there's an -- dot org site where you're actually -- exciting things. I can -- into a show just as a driver and run MythTV setup again basically humans do that. Conduct that is -- it was good riddance what I do it it doesn't. This particular industry that just recently got was real enemy got my generic. Random card which I would have expected -- technology didn't think it was -- adult -- he means don't drive can hear back to work -- That's an obscure device very. It's so dvds what we're talking about firewire. The losses legally speaking and if you want you for your cable company you can get a set top box as firewire that line. And what that's what's music and then connect the firewire recording device this case to be honest and he -- And captured -- visual cables that this applies to DirecTV. -- definitely only that terrestrial cable system. Unfortunately the cable companies caught wind of this in this we discovered that in turn on this'll be it that will encrypt or vacancy record. And he -- good channels most of its use those points just -- Mythical concert right. You just be mpeg four Carter boxing everything as the mpeg two boxes it's just business report said. Some of these network boxes like the game box to the issue on. You can actually stick those things in network they'll basically attitude isn't it. The -- you'll connect to say okay must be here essentially tuners for me actually start court that is -- regime captured and can -- if that device through his teeth like video. Radio streaming if it's digital it's all digital and an old according according to its local storage these things have I was -- So basically just support for tons of just about anything they can get you in you can record. There must sort of units we -- capture person. So now we have our capture card dvds here. Now it's time to tell it what is actually or should see this thing so. We have the device we know there's this concept of channels but has no idea that you you know San Francisco over the air channels has no idea what programs which. So in the video sources. -- Service called data direct breach on -- and they obviously you all of that stuff is to get on TV that is the actual perpetrators of the program wasn't exactly program what's on what time. Data directory -- they weren't really making money for this crime syndicate the program because -- again to the big it's like that I continues the world. A third party company called schedules direct decide come in and basically they signed the contract you get that schedules and they resell it to people here -- for a couple bucks a year out it took like two bucks a year it's about ten bucks you -- Still relatively cheap this is elections free trial that you sent in this play -- and make -- that -- stuff -- The other option you have -- arm again this is only gonna work -- some of these dvd based standards. Dvd actually has perk guide information in the data stream recording. So. In this case -- when you switch to a channel is like ten seconds and like the scheduling information comes up right it. -- aggression read that stuff if the current reports on the back and watch picking up on the and -- says yeah -- T scan down here what I don't -- say okay when he -- the scheduled -- main information and then if you see you know new schedule changes happening over that stream. Then it'll actually update that they're dangerous according. -- so that's video source that this that tells you. The information that house. Input connections most of the time you're gonna have one card in this going to be one input connector and that's all you want one relationship some of these cars may have multiple tuners one card or my -- and analog and digital side. If that's the case is as previously can say okay visual side's gonna get your data directly analog -- going to dead program from across. Channel anger -- is the chain letter. Yeah. 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" That this is actuary and cheerful stance for. -- again. Soon as its candidate automatically okay that didn't say this I don't have to program and then isn't right here you'll see it's gonna -- time out of a billion times business there's likely. HDTV or individually checks the frequencies are every single possibly TSE channel combination can -- answers were an active signal. Analysts -- should have proposal signals from the -- being. And that's yeah. -- easily picture on the com it all visitors to -- and yeah. An attitude that if you try to do it and so -- letter it just takes off and there's like 4000 channels just keeps this -- 9000 music channel witness protection. And those that timing and your whole machine to do it if it. Has speaking of which is and also the section where accurately -- if you decided on the home shopping network and you can tell us how to channel the home shopping network and certainly do that Calista. Service programs as much."

" And the last part is restored directories. Which is where you actually send your recordings to conduct like amount to anything. In this case because we did damage done to all of when installed it aren't made one big disk wondering directory it's you know it is about you want to do something like our -- professor -- the country's stuff. That's read."

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" Once did you earlier configuration thing there's his back and process called and it's still database -- this is doing is actually taking your channel this is taking your information source -- news -- direct. And it's making a local copy of it into the database so that it no wonder court once you know as the Simpsons on five times in the next week news channel's -- so -- this is what's. Or has that. When -- when you start up by default it'll actually go right into the strong and in this case because we actually had started back out and back again before we get heaps of you know. I -- using a mouse can use a remote control with the tools to permit the general. Yes with a lot. -- There's this whole IR DA side of things which are basically you're recording. From your set top box or something access analogue. Signals that actually getting the programs came directly. Then your needs something to be able to change channels in the central controls blue."

" What miffed actually if I put an IR blaster on -- box machine will it control the IR blaster control the secondary box whether it's like cable boxes from the like there yet. Okay if I would use if -- what it. You know we get in the -- front and a television remote control -- MythTV for an end what you like."

" Just about most of the piracy is that you find that there are often packaged with the cards should work -- box during your initial setup is actually is a section differences to argue parties yes you do pull down I got the page when TV remote that in the way once you are -- Especially me on your first. Okay. Problems. And how it takes forever to scale --"

" it looks terribly familiar. Looks exactly like the back in the front and does except completely different labels well what if that -- what was -- watch TV media library -- information is that what's good information -- makes it sound like yeah these -- things like this space. -- back to Bob -- and information senator Congdon that I -- plug -- that bit -- gotten over the years thinking they have things -- to show us here programs process or. -- Netflix queue and had things to wear or show me the weather. What is it opens doors because you can adds anything if you -- and Manhattan so -- web. His web browser built -- anything with a deck of what lord. It on weather dot com yeah. I don't it's open source whether or. So where we go would normally when somebody like me as an exciting because that the information centers -- excellent. Watch TV is that for he what Jamie is generally we're gonna go I don't order right now mostly because we're not getting good signal and one thing -- who is impartial policy. Partially that was there is -- is there is video it was it was news television. It was exciting if you get. Jamie on the digital -- it's almost always how much signal and noisy have. If you get right below that threshold the TV cards sometimes woods and that's he has no idea what to do. And you read those things that. And what we can -- media library which is our stuff we harder courted. I'm if we're in the program -- and we picked you know record every episode substances weren't sure -- this is where -- ago. So auction -- In this case and I think I can get in the office -- is -- telescope -- but again this is gonna -- that was being yeah Kiki Dee exactly and theological you're a local PBS there's always been into. Are usually very high quality C and there we have high quality well exactly so that people it's a wild we actually. I'm one of things and notices this actually looks really smooth and this because a lot of the that it accelerating. Drivers are actually enable into the Internet evolved so cool if you wanted to play -- about anything that's not standard definition. You'd generally need any higher end video card anything at least and is 6600 her up on that hasn't X -- scene which is exploration site that will let it do this -- decoding the video cards and for the CPU. Otherwise if you try to watch that India except it is Astaro. If you don't have a 6600 or better graphics card can you make up for that the fast processors yeah my skills but it just accents and you it's almost according hunting. This music us."

" So I saw in the menu there to watch you like recorded TV and then watch videos is watch video where you would do you all of your. You know all of your downloaded content of the stuff like that."

" Right in this case on anything populated that's where in Burlington exes or okay here and -- so if you -- what you know -- video library how to configure that two points. And responsiveness the library -- collection -- media."

" I was that stuff is under set -- utilities. In this case we're talking. Set up set up. Media settings. The hideous things."

" General settings. As straight kick and it can add directories that hold of it is. If you have to do movie posters of you have a thumbnail for the cause it'll associate with them gentleman at the same -- dot JPEG they'll and he gets think that -- things -- you like wall of video exactly. Exactly on the same holds true for our music images -- you want some kind of sergeant that program can -- Yeah it'll actually do you own name and other simulators dual threading that's funny and it isn't just accidents if you have main artist and upon the other side of -- Xbox. You just tell it where instructors are it'll take it. Have you had to download any additional Kodak's you know any of the stuff running as a fundamental -- we know through which all rolled into it -- at first it was mostly based on and -- and PLC. On the road lot of code back into it but it's -- has all the other codec fibers Hillary of the act I haven't they won't let it would just."

" People be looking for for the Internet go to box set up for your unit -- stuff. Any other than in any other sort of snags are potential problems."

" I'm the only other thing to watch a force and -- played accidents on those doing will get tricky depending on what asked Patricia you have what resolution have -- Some of the times when you're looking at things like standard definition program and the signals analyst capacities and getting those settings my view of a tricky you manually configure those. Again and it would you rather boxing's into the right thing. If you're doing it by hand gently have to go into it and intelligent design area news deals he's part of the -- you -- you know -- he normally has no immediately seek setup crisis yeah a lot of things aren't by default but there's actually settings under."

" I think going to set up under appears that most of these things are gonna be under. That's ridiculous scene. If you wanted to change how wide and high resolution you're doing which is the front and stuff that's gonna change it."

" I'm pretty good about matching like -- you're ECT you -- the in my words like thirteen 667 sixteenths and most artifacts supports earth you put our support it it'll support it and these days most Nvidia it yet I think it'll be perfectly well supported cool. I'm if you need to actually have a different size for your friends up and realize you can't playback things at that resolution you can actually. Accept -- resolutions and you can say okay if my sources. 1080 I and -- oh tools don't turn your pretournament to forty files scale right -- scale and one of easily and discussing -- and nicer this story can actually set and it's definitely modern art."

" That's for the clever. Does it get that information from the video file itself like in terms of the that X and Y."

" Yes if it's basically it'll Currie DX server and external no resolutions in support."

" So except. So basically it's comfortable with these guys comfortable with -- TV ad HDMI HD CP is initiated as -- she's dvd supports. Very cool."

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" So whereas before in these need different and for whatever you -- sort. I don't admit -- documents. They realize that now there's all these little set top boxes because the history the Xbox 360 some he's dealing devices secondary actors you can't be. And because it's just a street encrypted and there shouldn't record in mpeg four these things legacy devices and it'll do your programs. So -- don't connect via Xbox in my myth back end I accidentally found this of my peers through -- become -- Canada Blu-ray is like oh look there's that there's a nifty option to go on there and there's definitely programs and should Clinton and fast forward one works or -- through and on that's really cool. And -- right into the this back and itself so just finding something -- the us -- to worry about it just works tell you that thought. -- the other things we should think about terms of configuration are setting up for using a matchbox. I'm not really it's mostly just a question and it sure you get hardware that you want for the person. When if you're gonna somebody who's kind of you know comfortable with windows passes them on time -- open source once a year you know home theatre PC -- right now. You pull them towards windows already its new windows or do you use a -- twenty again it depends on just how important that each team. Discovery or HBO -- is if that's not quite so important and I'd probably still towards. TV and often talks -- so I've -- an HBO or whoever is the box."

" Until HD analog capture cards come way down -- just. Fred thanks so much -- thank goodness off going to come back just more stuff that you have some. Did you have you got any yet box questions do us a favor send your system registry got cobble partner Brendan. Coax him. The IT department gets of those questions as euphoria -- stuff -- is way cool member. Mitt would you all the big installations are free to open source -- available on line you can get them for nothing don't want your older hardware we want to -- this hall. It's good stuff check it out. All right don't forget to check out the system forms -- revision3.com. Slash -- police. Stick around the end of the show for Revision 3 back to school survival tips on the beloved. There's -- brief -- actually that long suffering of millions and who better do you practice we'll license it turns the fire in their heart and god knows what their hands of raging back to college after summer. At least in theory that's it -- the -- the system hope you enjoyed it I've -- Norton and we we'll see you next week we'll watch. From being alone having my old friend."

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" Is -- the system has brought you by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. -- And doing any dot com. Today we're gonna be talking about building your very own -- box we're talking open source no paid money for operating system in complete control over all your digital media content. The -- open source face home -- PC coming up on this episode of system. But it PC at the heart of your home Peter's awesome he uses DDR watch regular dvd easy and enjoy videos downloaded off the web without the hassle file conversion or worry if your player sports a particular codec. One really cool idea put a -- Box on -- easy percent of your system -- with a hand setting up. Just that intermittent three -- a -- TV expert -- white. This election to welcome back at last we saw you -- your idols mean Gavin game. The gaming machine yeah that'd -- good. So you you have spent obviously you're an open source mean even in I think it's safe to say which they -- operating system previous to hunt and I know. -- So how if you're explaining with what's what's like the elevator pitch on what that --"

" Well usually it goes that big company named Hugo and just described as a preteen you're free to -- so as he BR it's something that will record. Anyone of multiple TV sources. Index them and save them for liquid. And you can also use it to play dvds right since the that's basic DR functionality MythTV as the home entertainment's and it gives you the -- dvd playback. Playback like it or DivX or. Pretty much is a collection. -- files that isn't protected with DR -- so basically got a ton of iTunes is locked down sucks to be you can -- you don't know if you added that. -- What's -- hardware wise do you want -- are planned Blu-ray -- of solid integrity you know most of the time com -- it's sort of -- two -- isn't it -- and -- actual schedule recordings and -- and -- on the playback and all the -- things. -- it back and you don't need much at all and it's just a card that's according to this. We sit back and front and you're talking about software that's running on the same operating system on the same machine can be on the same machine coming on different machines on in the traditional TiVo like model that in the same machine but if you had a crappy machine you want to throw in a closet that can record you can do that and then. Your computer PC industry different and it connects it."

" So you actually have your sort of media server also be your TV are sort of capture box your cable exactly. -- it -- working at one of the big problems certainly with -- with almost like you know the new Vista media center and -- the other application we've seen is. Hi Def coming out of your cable box you direct TV box produced TV that's still probably a problem with the misty."

" More likely that yes I'm there's a couple ways it can sometimes get it to work but unless it's encrypted there's no way. Some cable company is leave things -- encrypted but still in digital form and her and of course those. But for the most part you're discovering your page views of times -- to -- beyond anything amendments to record."

" So when you think about this you know can you recycle -- 386 machine what kind of the kind of capture card you're gonna need -- when things I was thinking about like you know I just got than you hop hog the 1212 which is an -- CDR box which is. Yeah I just got it just -- setup but it's it's using component which is kind of a radical new idea capturing -- yup component. -- going to be like the twenty drivers from the."

" Me. So most epic cards are one of two types as it they're the software based ones which it is it's just going to be throwing you. Frames -- images and that's up to you'd actually be able to record them into either -- formats. If that's the case and in sentencing him to back Matt actually get the cycles. These new cards that actually ending pure digital or sometimes I'm on the and you analogue and have a hard work art ipodder onboard. But this one can actually go right to mpeg two in that case you know action in an easy view result in process has -- about the card and -- there's more to this so in a case meaning any and it costs -- So like you know nightmares about that pretty much it is solidly question how much and your arms if you're doing sort of an mpeg two captured Steve you know how much hard drive reaching for our video. But gosh. Couple gigs maybe there but still has -- yeah. So the capture of this is how are pretty much the primary sources in your for sure and analogue world that's whatever it used to be that -- was synonymous with that's. These days there's a lot for things like over the air digital HDTV. On -- a lot of -- such they're really cheap and in this country. Box and -- Aren't you the digital recordings rigorous and and one of the PC these boards are on the USB captures of I actually don't both of them again -- must -- Because of the fact you can -- 67 easterners and you can mix and -- I had him before PC based -- continue this is what what do you do with like 46 or seven -- in the same -- once you start trying to record from different sources you know two -- recording off the -- in NBC HD -- and another -- Corning cable. And another -- you can record he shares via satellite stuff so basically it's like -- carpenters and spy programs on human record you can record all look exactly and it'll even do some smart logic that -- this program's available -- Lost -- you know. It down to the other Anderson for -- for -- okay that's really cool so basically little barrier of entry for the processor if you -- to get our cards right the boards are -- I mean there -- to fifty this game -- these days sixty bucks if that. And you definitely look for motherboard with a lot of -- and that's actually becoming part -- aren't yet she's expressed sportsman's wanted to slots and yet. He's got some older motherboard and probably work but exactly. So what's the the what's the general step by step I I smell burning and myself. Downloaded birds that I so and what's neighbors doing that -- into it and -- installation. So any that install is at its heart Linux sometimes. It gets to your previous even if there's harbors that supports -- So as such -- need all -- X you can either do it with your favorite distribution here. Install it and then add MythTV on top it -- some things like that don't you distribution basically at all ones that upward in and it just entity Gonzales it'll. Studies are all the steps to get this if it's simpler reason that went to installation on this -- to be kind of like I'm going to ruin the article he like you -- Seoul Olympics you're you borrowed you know you're at your -- and now what makes this kind of like -- on windows exactly I used to be very much of the two at all like command line but that resourceful scratch. This weekend and -- trying to do this -- My distribution that a different scratch completely blew up burned away at about you know a couple of starting -- and so he had to record Michael Phelps. Yeah. Yeah you right now. -- so I decided try one of these distributions and I mean I did not accurately and prompt once and just install click click click click setup ago so last couple years is definitely that is much. So what's the what's the -- you start with you download your eyes. You burn to -- you fire and machine. What is next I'm so first you're gonna cut out figures such cards and -- cards machine. Usually have a dedicated obviously the bigger the better thanks for private collection -- record how much recording time. Com and for their interest to stick the dvd and CD and booted up and it'll start prompt for this process. So and and it's basically you know. -- excited that is right it's -- the entire hard drive what to a format and it's a little bit easier to mean very few people using dual boot environment and if something in record time so you can usually say yes he's our guy -- do everything just right by default and there's not much we. Got it. Teenagers -- were some points and your answer decision tree when you're installing with -- good. Like any kind of clinics the simpler older the better. I got things working with funny SCSI incessant but generally speaking regularity -- it is that's basically generic artwork not to."

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" Discount at the -- restrictions do apply you can see the site for details there's a -- here system featured easy evident and godaddy.com. So just yeah. Aren't so we've. Installer hard we've installed or seventeen PCI capture cards we've installed. You know we're going to. And then we get to the setup which is is this the glories -- not forget the first thing you see when you reboot it."

" Pretty much just yeah in this this insane regardless we're doing commitment to orient your own homegrown -- something on the set up so continues and grows -- when. I'm so. The first thing you gotta do is decide. Is this me just one box altogether or you can have these are little different viewing stations. So in the general set up."

" Arts you can actually have like a little you know stream you know -- PC and PC and 46 BC -- pentium PC. For every television your house right back when wasting Islam more often these hacked Xbox it's actually for the child exactly what every time but things like this. We have act Xbox each room or an Apple to doing whatever it says the man who like rebuilt his -- system into our commitment Olympic -- about it. I didn't hear the crashing of the reasons look at -- excellent so we get them back if it was a basically this could be like. -- you have like one core box to your your captures and then you have. Either on that system on additional boxes you front."

" Exactly. I'm so in this case we only ask that would be that senator box right actually NASA back and and you can actually have multiple of each particular have two boxers during recordings and three -- doing watching and one of the box is being a pastor can you know -- box -- programs. Brendan why why would -- have multiple back in recording is actually record like 300 channels at once exactly got it. That you could -- to have an apartment complex that anyone -- every channel record everything suit and we come back we sort of start walking through the interface -- actually see with -- back and looks like not -- division of like you know back in one -- and you mechanism in Mac and 43 back and one that's seven 2421. We you know the service activated through. What we did our case we're just look at us because for a new nice simple -- just one machine that's how comes out of the box it not gonna do any of these multiple things -- or about it when he's running on this thing right if something weren't it was inbox he just changed after what that you don't want to say that wanted to attend. If you don't have to say that one little island. -- And again most the time everything's is that the way it's supposed to be on by default if you're outside the US and change a couple of the frequency tables on on. But generally speaking that should be. But culture workers so accuses into you see what you're doing any Steven B media option between the two were would you -- these options are just for -- TE standards that are being used the -- specifics just -- They -- the next important part to capture cards this is where quality. Decision making it and it comes. In this case -- set up but we go through a new one. The most important thing yet -- what kind of capture card. So will automatically detected or -- that you have cards and that if you have the right type of header. It'll say yes I want to this is definitely. You mean this is definitely an X kind of drive the moment -- more -- that would love and affection you you can change but is looking at this -- info section and if you don't have models that failed opening news keeps going and if it isn't. Yeah. John but if you have a whole bunch of different kinds you can have multiple -- estranged from them since. But in general the kind of -- our analog which like percent and his team he suffered its decoder that's actually one just hold twenty is that what is it a little better than an actual -- I just barely attitude there. DEM JPEG capture cards these are all ones I don't ask me charged you 210 years ago -- and they were great Britain and take orders were -- thousand dollars range and -- make sense. The -- on our collection of stills. This kind of -- just an mpeg two credit card which can be done with analog cable is most of the time these days you have -- impact -- America."

" Dvd capture card that -- for satellite were your digital dvd is any whole -- standards all into one. Europe everything from the satellite to him he terrestrial TV cable company. -- forms dvd one for each -- DBS satellite TVT for terrestrial and so forth. I'm here in the US. Eight -- which is ours actually standard is currently pasteurized version of dvd so often you'll be able on the same -- process which is it all -- into things -- transponders and listening to certain frequencies. I'm in this case does the -- yes -- that we -- installed on here isn't in any type and you can -- got attacked us. Plus what you've you've if you didn't you check every single options so -- detecting art and music drivers were there are there's no driver support has of the ISO date drivers possibly changing there's an -- dot org site where you're actually -- exciting things. I can -- into a show just as a driver and run MythTV setup again basically humans do that. Conduct that is -- it was good riddance what I do it it doesn't. This particular industry that just recently got was real enemy got my generic. Random card which I would have expected -- technology didn't think it was -- adult -- he means don't drive can hear back to work -- That's an obscure device very. It's so dvds what we're talking about firewire. The losses legally speaking and if you want you for your cable company you can get a set top box as firewire that line. And what that's what's music and then connect the firewire recording device this case to be honest and he -- And captured -- visual cables that this applies to DirecTV. -- definitely only that terrestrial cable system. Unfortunately the cable companies caught wind of this in this we discovered that in turn on this'll be it that will encrypt or vacancy record. And he -- good channels most of its use those points just -- Mythical concert right. You just be mpeg four Carter boxing everything as the mpeg two boxes it's just business report said. Some of these network boxes like the game box to the issue on. You can actually stick those things in network they'll basically attitude isn't it. The -- you'll connect to say okay must be here essentially tuners for me actually start court that is -- regime captured and can -- if that device through his teeth like video. Radio streaming if it's digital it's all digital and an old according according to its local storage these things have I was -- So basically just support for tons of just about anything they can get you in you can record. There must sort of units we -- capture person. So now we have our capture card dvds here. Now it's time to tell it what is actually or should see this thing so. We have the device we know there's this concept of channels but has no idea that you you know San Francisco over the air channels has no idea what programs which. So in the video sources. -- Service called data direct breach on -- and they obviously you all of that stuff is to get on TV that is the actual perpetrators of the program wasn't exactly program what's on what time. Data directory -- they weren't really making money for this crime syndicate the program because -- again to the big it's like that I continues the world. A third party company called schedules direct decide come in and basically they signed the contract you get that schedules and they resell it to people here -- for a couple bucks a year out it took like two bucks a year it's about ten bucks you -- Still relatively cheap this is elections free trial that you sent in this play -- and make -- that -- stuff -- The other option you have -- arm again this is only gonna work -- some of these dvd based standards. Dvd actually has perk guide information in the data stream recording. So. In this case -- when you switch to a channel is like ten seconds and like the scheduling information comes up right it. -- aggression read that stuff if the current reports on the back and watch picking up on the and -- says yeah -- T scan down here what I don't -- say okay when he -- the scheduled -- main information and then if you see you know new schedule changes happening over that stream. Then it'll actually update that they're dangerous according. -- so that's video source that this that tells you. The information that house. Input connections most of the time you're gonna have one card in this going to be one input connector and that's all you want one relationship some of these cars may have multiple tuners one card or my -- and analog and digital side. If that's the case is as previously can say okay visual side's gonna get your data directly analog -- going to dead program from across. Channel anger -- is the chain letter. Yeah. 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" That this is actuary and cheerful stance for. -- again. Soon as its candidate automatically okay that didn't say this I don't have to program and then isn't right here you'll see it's gonna -- time out of a billion times business there's likely. HDTV or individually checks the frequencies are every single possibly TSE channel combination can -- answers were an active signal. Analysts -- should have proposal signals from the -- being. And that's yeah. -- easily picture on the com it all visitors to -- and yeah. An attitude that if you try to do it and so -- letter it just takes off and there's like 4000 channels just keeps this -- 9000 music channel witness protection. And those that timing and your whole machine to do it if it. Has speaking of which is and also the section where accurately -- if you decided on the home shopping network and you can tell us how to channel the home shopping network and certainly do that Calista. Service programs as much."

" And the last part is restored directories. Which is where you actually send your recordings to conduct like amount to anything. In this case because we did damage done to all of when installed it aren't made one big disk wondering directory it's you know it is about you want to do something like our -- professor -- the country's stuff. That's read."

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" Once did you earlier configuration thing there's his back and process called and it's still database -- this is doing is actually taking your channel this is taking your information source -- news -- direct. And it's making a local copy of it into the database so that it no wonder court once you know as the Simpsons on five times in the next week news channel's -- so -- this is what's. Or has that. When -- when you start up by default it'll actually go right into the strong and in this case because we actually had started back out and back again before we get heaps of you know. I -- using a mouse can use a remote control with the tools to permit the general. Yes with a lot. -- There's this whole IR DA side of things which are basically you're recording. From your set top box or something access analogue. Signals that actually getting the programs came directly. Then your needs something to be able to change channels in the central controls blue."

" What miffed actually if I put an IR blaster on -- box machine will it control the IR blaster control the secondary box whether it's like cable boxes from the like there yet. Okay if I would use if -- what it. You know we get in the -- front and a television remote control -- MythTV for an end what you like."

" Just about most of the piracy is that you find that there are often packaged with the cards should work -- box during your initial setup is actually is a section differences to argue parties yes you do pull down I got the page when TV remote that in the way once you are -- Especially me on your first. Okay. Problems. And how it takes forever to scale --"

" it looks terribly familiar. Looks exactly like the back in the front and does except completely different labels well what if that -- what was -- watch TV media library -- information is that what's good information -- makes it sound like yeah these -- things like this space. -- back to Bob -- and information senator Congdon that I -- plug -- that bit -- gotten over the years thinking they have things -- to show us here programs process or. -- Netflix queue and had things to wear or show me the weather. What is it opens doors because you can adds anything if you -- and Manhattan so -- web. His web browser built -- anything with a deck of what lord. It on weather dot com yeah. I don't it's open source whether or. So where we go would normally when somebody like me as an exciting because that the information centers -- excellent. Watch TV is that for he what Jamie is generally we're gonna go I don't order right now mostly because we're not getting good signal and one thing -- who is impartial policy. Partially that was there is -- is there is video it was it was news television. It was exciting if you get. Jamie on the digital -- it's almost always how much signal and noisy have. If you get right below that threshold the TV cards sometimes woods and that's he has no idea what to do. And you read those things that. And what we can -- media library which is our stuff we harder courted. I'm if we're in the program -- and we picked you know record every episode substances weren't sure -- this is where -- ago. So auction -- In this case and I think I can get in the office -- is -- telescope -- but again this is gonna -- that was being yeah Kiki Dee exactly and theological you're a local PBS there's always been into. Are usually very high quality C and there we have high quality well exactly so that people it's a wild we actually. I'm one of things and notices this actually looks really smooth and this because a lot of the that it accelerating. Drivers are actually enable into the Internet evolved so cool if you wanted to play -- about anything that's not standard definition. You'd generally need any higher end video card anything at least and is 6600 her up on that hasn't X -- scene which is exploration site that will let it do this -- decoding the video cards and for the CPU. Otherwise if you try to watch that India except it is Astaro. If you don't have a 6600 or better graphics card can you make up for that the fast processors yeah my skills but it just accents and you it's almost according hunting. This music us."

" So I saw in the menu there to watch you like recorded TV and then watch videos is watch video where you would do you all of your. You know all of your downloaded content of the stuff like that."

" Right in this case on anything populated that's where in Burlington exes or okay here and -- so if you -- what you know -- video library how to configure that two points. And responsiveness the library -- collection -- media."

" I was that stuff is under set -- utilities. In this case we're talking. Set up set up. Media settings. The hideous things."

" General settings. As straight kick and it can add directories that hold of it is. If you have to do movie posters of you have a thumbnail for the cause it'll associate with them gentleman at the same -- dot JPEG they'll and he gets think that -- things -- you like wall of video exactly. Exactly on the same holds true for our music images -- you want some kind of sergeant that program can -- Yeah it'll actually do you own name and other simulators dual threading that's funny and it isn't just accidents if you have main artist and upon the other side of -- Xbox. You just tell it where instructors are it'll take it. Have you had to download any additional Kodak's you know any of the stuff running as a fundamental -- we know through which all rolled into it -- at first it was mostly based on and -- and PLC. On the road lot of code back into it but it's -- has all the other codec fibers Hillary of the act I haven't they won't let it would just."

" People be looking for for the Internet go to box set up for your unit -- stuff. Any other than in any other sort of snags are potential problems."

" I'm the only other thing to watch a force and -- played accidents on those doing will get tricky depending on what asked Patricia you have what resolution have -- Some of the times when you're looking at things like standard definition program and the signals analyst capacities and getting those settings my view of a tricky you manually configure those. Again and it would you rather boxing's into the right thing. If you're doing it by hand gently have to go into it and intelligent design area news deals he's part of the -- you -- you know -- he normally has no immediately seek setup crisis yeah a lot of things aren't by default but there's actually settings under."

" I think going to set up under appears that most of these things are gonna be under. That's ridiculous scene. If you wanted to change how wide and high resolution you're doing which is the front and stuff that's gonna change it."

" I'm pretty good about matching like -- you're ECT you -- the in my words like thirteen 667 sixteenths and most artifacts supports earth you put our support it it'll support it and these days most Nvidia it yet I think it'll be perfectly well supported cool. I'm if you need to actually have a different size for your friends up and realize you can't playback things at that resolution you can actually. Accept -- resolutions and you can say okay if my sources. 1080 I and -- oh tools don't turn your pretournament to forty files scale right -- scale and one of easily and discussing -- and nicer this story can actually set and it's definitely modern art."

" That's for the clever. Does it get that information from the video file itself like in terms of the that X and Y."

" Yes if it's basically it'll Currie DX server and external no resolutions in support."

" So except. So basically it's comfortable with these guys comfortable with -- TV ad HDMI HD CP is initiated as -- she's dvd supports. Very cool."

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" So whereas before in these need different and for whatever you -- sort. I don't admit -- documents. They realize that now there's all these little set top boxes because the history the Xbox 360 some he's dealing devices secondary actors you can't be. And because it's just a street encrypted and there shouldn't record in mpeg four these things legacy devices and it'll do your programs. So -- don't connect via Xbox in my myth back end I accidentally found this of my peers through -- become -- Canada Blu-ray is like oh look there's that there's a nifty option to go on there and there's definitely programs and should Clinton and fast forward one works or -- through and on that's really cool. And -- right into the this back and itself so just finding something -- the us -- to worry about it just works tell you that thought. -- the other things we should think about terms of configuration are setting up for using a matchbox. I'm not really it's mostly just a question and it sure you get hardware that you want for the person. When if you're gonna somebody who's kind of you know comfortable with windows passes them on time -- open source once a year you know home theatre PC -- right now. You pull them towards windows already its new windows or do you use a -- twenty again it depends on just how important that each team. Discovery or HBO -- is if that's not quite so important and I'd probably still towards. TV and often talks -- so I've -- an HBO or whoever is the box."

" Until HD analog capture cards come way down -- just. Fred thanks so much -- thank goodness off going to come back just more stuff that you have some. Did you have you got any yet box questions do us a favor send your system registry got cobble partner Brendan. Coax him. The IT department gets of those questions as euphoria -- stuff -- is way cool member. Mitt would you all the big installations are free to open source -- available on line you can get them for nothing don't want your older hardware we want to -- this hall. It's good stuff check it out. All right don't forget to check out the system forms -- revision3.com. Slash -- police. Stick around the end of the show for Revision 3 back to school survival tips on the beloved. There's -- brief -- actually that long suffering of millions and who better do you practice we'll license it turns the fire in their heart and god knows what their hands of raging back to college after summer. At least in theory that's it -- the -- the system hope you enjoyed it I've -- Norton and we we'll see you next week we'll watch. From being alone having my old friend."

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