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Me TV is a digital television (DVB) viewer for GNOME.
h1. Me TV, it's TV for me computer


Me TV was developed for the modern digital lounge room with a PC for a media centre that is capable of normal PC tasks (web surfing, word processing and watching TV). It is not designed to be a full-blown media centre such as MythTV but will integrate well with an existing GNOME desktop.
Me TV is a digital television viewer for GNOME.


==Why Me TV?==
Me TV was developed for the modern digital lounge room with a PC for a media centre that is capable of normal PC tasks (web surfing, word processing and watching TV). It is not designed to be a full-blown media centre such as MythTV but will integrate well with the existing GNOME desktop. If you think that a remote is something that belongs in a museum then Me TV is probably for you.
The name Me TV comes from Australian slang for "My TV". Hence, "it's TV for me computer" is Australian slang for "it's TV for my computer". The pattern can be followed for all instances of "My", such as "Me dog", "Me ute" and of course "Me beer".


==Features==
It currently supports only DVB-T but I'm willing to add support for other DVB types because it seems straight forward. It just needs to be tested.


* GTK/GNOME interface
Features currently include:
* Completely mouse driven
* Runs in system tray
* Current and future program information
* Instant Record
* Once off Scheduled recordings
* Auto channel scan
* Auto PID selection
* Audio stream select
* Network broadcast
* Dual language
* DVB-T, DVB-C, DVB-S and ATSC support
* Double-click fullscreen
* Keyboard shortcuts
* Very simple installation and set up


== Installing Me TV ==
* Completely mouse driven (Hooray!)
* Current channel and program information
* Instant Record
* Double-click fullscreen


Me TV is packaged for many distributions including:
Download Source: https://launchpad.net/me-tv/+download

* Debian (main)
* Ubuntu (universe)

== External Links ==
* [https://launchpad.net/me-tv/ Me TV project website]
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 16 October 2009

Me TV is a digital television (DVB) viewer for GNOME.

Me TV was developed for the modern digital lounge room with a PC for a media centre that is capable of normal PC tasks (web surfing, word processing and watching TV). It is not designed to be a full-blown media centre such as MythTV but will integrate well with an existing GNOME desktop.

Why Me TV?

The name Me TV comes from Australian slang for "My TV". Hence, "it's TV for me computer" is Australian slang for "it's TV for my computer". The pattern can be followed for all instances of "My", such as "Me dog", "Me ute" and of course "Me beer".

Features

* GTK/GNOME interface
* Completely mouse driven
* Runs in system tray
* Current and future program information
* Instant Record
* Once off Scheduled recordings
* Auto channel scan
* Auto PID selection
* Audio stream select
* Network broadcast
* Dual language
* DVB-T, DVB-C, DVB-S and ATSC support
* Double-click fullscreen
* Keyboard shortcuts
* Very simple installation and set up

Installing Me TV

Me TV is packaged for many distributions including:

  • Debian (main)
  • Ubuntu (universe)

External Links