MythTV 0.24 Brings A New OSD, HD Audio, Blu-ray

[phoronix]

Phoronix: MythTV 0.24 Brings A New OSD, HD Audio, Blu-ray

Not only was Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 released today, but MythTV 0.24 made it out in the user-land world today too. MythTV, one of the oldest and most well known open-source digital video recording applications, with this v0.24 release now has many new features and other improvements. MythTV 0.24 presents a new on-screen display (OSD), HD audio support, Blu-ray support, and other improvements...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=ODc3Mg

[williamthrilliam]

I think people really need to put "Non-DRM Blu-ray support" when talking about Blu-ray in Linux.

[TwistedLincoln]

MythTV is an amazing piece of software. It's a shame it uses FFMPEG instead of Gstreamer as a backend, making it impossible to legally distribute in the United States due to software patents.

[thefirstm]

MythTV is an amazing piece of software. It's a shame it uses FFMPEG instead of Gstreamer as a backend, making it impossible to legally distribute in the United States due to software patents.

Why? Gstreamer doesn't have nearly as many codecs as FFMPEG, nor does it support the most common forms of hardware acceleration.

[Ragas]

MythTV is an amazing piece of software. It's a shame it uses FFMPEG instead of Gstreamer as a backend, making it impossible to legally distribute in the United States due to software patents.

I don't care about americas patent stupidity. ffmpeg is by far the best framework.

[DivineGrace]

I don't care about americas patent stupidity. ffmpeg is by far the best framework.

Agreed. I live in America and I think that software patents are stupid, especially in Linux. There you have it.
Anyway, I am looking forward to this release and thanks to the developers for their hard work!

[thefirstm]

I, as an American, also agree: Software patents suck majorly.

[nico342]

I Hope XBMC hopefully come before Christmas

[r1348]

Why? Gstreamer doesn't have nearly as many codecs as FFMPEG, nor does it support the most common forms of hardware acceleration.

Gstreamer can use ffmpeg as backend, and so far supports VDPAU and CrystalHD accelerations.

[FireBurn]

I think people really need to put "Non-DRM Blu-ray support" when talking about Blu-ray in Linux.

I was getting excited then, I wonder when full bluray support will be available on Linux without jiggery pokery

I remember the DeCSS stuff when it was new and being able to play DVDs on my PC easier under linux than I could on Windows at the time

How times have changed