Seriously, has anybody heard of anyone using MythTV for filesharing of
TV content?


On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:24:35 -0500, James Armstrong
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > And how far off the truth are they.  I know the developers are very
> > against file sharing.  Yet there is a market for it.  We already "share"
> > our television recording around the house.
> >
> >  From the article "[MYTHTV USERS] have plenty of more mischievous
> > company".  Then it starts talking about file sharing.
> >
> > Granted the article never left Myth in the clear, yet it didn't
> > criminalize it either.
> >
> > I agree that they shouldn't state MythTV create illegal file sharing
> > however I don't think they have done anything out of the ordinary for a
> > news organization.  And that is telling the story people want to read,
> > whether is fires them up or leaves them with a good happy feeling they
> > want readers, and reader == money to them.
> >
> > However after reading the letter to NYT, I too have signed it, but I
> > don't really think they will make a big deal about it.
> 
> I was in CircuitCity yesterday and you know, there are far more easier
> and available options to all the Windows users out there than it takes
> to build a mythtv system and export the recordings and share them. Why
> not pick on the Windows products like all the usb tv capture systems and
> the PVR-X50 products for Windows. All you do is connect them to the
> Windows pc, start record the files directly into your filesharing
> directory. I built my mythtv system to have control over what sources I
> record from, playing all my music from one location, and archiving my
> favorite shows. Do you think we would spend thousands (yes I have)
> dollars to build a fancy MythTV system just to share the files to others
> for free? If I wanted to do that I would just buy the $69 PVR-150 and
> start recording with the included software on a Windows computer and be
> done with it.
> 
> - James
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