Create Your Own DVR with Mythbuntu (Ubuntu + MythTV)

Explore the first boot of mythbuntu with the mythtv frontend overlay, navigate the xfce window manager, and access the mythbuntu control center using keyboard or remote.

Configure mythtv on a mythbuntu DVR using the control center, including backup and restore, infrared remote setup, log viewing, mysql database management, and backend/frontend roles.

Configure the MythTV back end in Mythbuntu by installing proprietary codecs and a graphics card driver, then set up capture card, recording profiles, videos sources, inputs, and channels.

Configure the MythTV backend general settings on 127.0.0.1, with ports 6543 and 6544, and set a security pin. Enable automatic program listings and verify defaults for a ready-to-run setup.

Set up a capture card in the MythTV backend, choose a supported DVB-T tuner, keep default options, configure single-program recording limits, and finish to enable capture.

Set up the backend video source for your mythbuntu mythtv DVR by creating a TV source linked to your capture card and the transmitted guide.

Configure input connections by selecting the dvd capture device and video source tv, scan for unencrypted channels with the antenna, insert channels, and set the starting channel (5.1 NBC).

Edit and rename channels in the mythtv channel editor, and optionally download icons for easier viewing. Skip uncertain icons and exit to boot up the front end for watching television.

Navigate the MythTV setup wizard to configure the front end, audio device, and video playback profiles, testing standard and high-definition options for optimal performance.

Troubleshoot the Mythbuntu front-end and back-end connection by verifying hostname, pin, and settings, then finalize general settings such as screenshot path and airplay options.

Configure the MythTV back end and front end with a secure pin, verify live TV, and prepare for advanced features like scheduling recordings.

Navigate the appearance settings to adjust MythTV menu themes and labels, then compare default and DVR options and preview 4x3 and 16x9 aesthetics.

Learn to control live tv with keyboard shortcuts for pause, play, channel navigation, and guide access, plus record, edit, and schedule programs from the on-screen guide.

Set up and manage recordings with MythTV by configuring priorities, start and end times, and filters for new episodes, duplicates, transcoding, and removing commercials.

Manage recordings from the main menu, set priorities to resolve conflicts, and edit rules to record only this showing or all showings, then save or delete as needed.

Learn to find and schedule recordings in MythTV using the program finder, edit recording rules to record all showings, view known episodes and times, and understand priority 0.

Learn to access the media library, watch recordings, view space usage, navigate recordings by show or all programs, and use playback controls and menus to manage, edit, and delete recordings.

Learn where MythTV stores recordings in var/lib/mythtv, explore live TV files, and configure storage directories to relocate data for better management.

Explore additional features of MythTV to expand a dvr into a seamless media center by playing dvds, importing cds, streaming radio, and organizing videos, music, and images in one interface.

Wrap up practical Linux projects by building a Mythbuntu-based DVR, with hands-on Linux experience, ongoing support, discussion boards, and lifetime course updates.