2006-07-07 18:21:21 · 4 answers · asked by futurebtmfdr 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
I read about some guy who gutted his old VCR and turned it into a DVR with regular computer parts (Hard drive, Mobo, DVD-RW drive, etc). He then installed Linux and freevo on it.
2006-07-07 18:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best way is to use your computer. Get a WinTV card or USB TV tuner that comes with DVR software. Try Hauppauge.com. You can hook the output up to you TV and it will work the same as a DVR.
2006-07-08 08:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by Colin D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several makers of tuner cards that can turn a Windows or Linux PC into a DVR:
ATI http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=27
Hauppage http://www.hauppauge.com/
There are several sources of software. For Windows:
Yahoo Go TV: http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go/tv/index
Windows XP Media Center Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx
For Linux:
Freevo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-wdgt&p=freevo
MythTV: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=mythtv&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-wdgt&x=wrt
Usenix ;login: Magazine article on "MythTV: Some assembly required ..."
http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2006-02/
2006-07-08 17:00:26 · answer #3 · answered by Knowledge Seeker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up SNAPSTREAM.COM
2006-07-11 19:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by badmts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋