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PVR or DVR for Linux - NOT MythTV



On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 10:06:44PM -0400, Kristian Hermansen wrote:
> On 6/3/07, Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >You can use Freevo, but that uses SQLite, and if you don't like
> >MySQL, you won't like that. You can buy SageTV, but then you
> 
> It doesn't solve his DB complaint, but it certainly answers his "ease
> of setup" complaint about MythTV.  Also, since Freevo is less
> monolithic, it could be easier for him to grasp...right?

Not really. Compare the installation wiki pages for Freevo vs
the same for MythTV. One of these environments has a large
community that supports it and has answered lots of questions...

-dsr-


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