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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

As a long-term MythTV user, I read all the discussion about Plex vs Jellyfin, but I'm still here... recording Live TV, watching films, listening to "me choonz" all on free, open-source software. What am I missing? Any other MythTV users out there?

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[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I used to use MythTV back in the analog TV days. It's much easier to use when you have proper cable channels. I couldn't be bothered to pay >$140/mo for Cable TV any longer.

So now I just pay $60 for internet, and pirate everything I wanna watch with Sonarr/Radarr/Jellyfin/Jackett/Qbittorrent and a $2/mo VPN from Windscribe.

Honestly, with YouTube experimenting with 'inline' commercials, I think MythTV is going to make a comeback; because the big thing MythTV had going for it, was detecting commercials and removing them from the recordings.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's even easier with digital broadcast. I finally had to give up my PCI tuner, because who puts PCI slots on a modern mobo? $25 will get you a USB TV tuner capable of getting all the OTA and cable channels. I used to get, like, 7 analog OTA channels - ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, and a regional independent - but I get 30 digital. All the majors have added 3-5 channels of SD reruns or other filler. I mean, it's mostly shit, and the only thing I actually watch is local news, but for a one-time $25 cost, it's a great supplement to streaming.

My biggest problem with MythTV is it doesn't interface with streaming, so I use Kodi on the frontend to source from mythtv, netflix, hbo, or whatever.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, Myth's built-in internet browser is pretty dire - I have a 2nd virtual desktop to open a browser if I want to watch something via the internet, but I don't bother with Netflix, etc...