 mythtv is a free and open source home entertainment application with a simplified "10-foot user interface" design for the living-room tv, and turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a network streaming digital video recorder, a digital multimedia home entertainment system, or home theater personal computer. it can be considered as a free and open source alternative to tivo or windows media center. it runs on various operating systems, primarily linux, mac os x and freebsd. ==history== the mythtv project was started in april 2002 by isaac richards, who explained his motivation:user manual:introduction, mythtv.org. retrieved 15 august 2008  ==features== *pause, skip, and rewind live tv shows. *completely automatic commercial detection and optional skipping. *intelligently schedules recordings to avoid conflicts. *interfaces with [[broadcas
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