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SageTV Media Center is a proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
, commercial digital video recording
Digital video recorder

A digital video recorder or personal video recorder is a device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive or other memory medium within a device....
 (DVR) software package for Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
, Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
. It requires that the host PC have a hardware
Hardware

Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical cultural artifacts of a technology. It may also mean the physical components of a computer system, in the form of computer hardware....
 based TV tuner card
TV tuner card

A TV tuner card is a computer electronic component that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video processing expansion card, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk....
. The SageTV software has an integrated Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) that is updated via the Internet. The program provides a television interface for DVR, music, and photos on Windows and Linux. SageTV Media Center typically records in standard MPEG2, making it possible to transfer recordings to laptops or other devices.






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SageTV Media Center is a proprietary
Proprietary software

Proprietary software is a term coined by advocates of the free software movement to describe computer software which is the legal property of one party....
, commercial digital video recording
Digital video recorder

A digital video recorder or personal video recorder is a device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive or other memory medium within a device....
 (DVR) software package for Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
, Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Linux
Linux

Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL license...
. It requires that the host PC have a hardware
Hardware

Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical cultural artifacts of a technology. It may also mean the physical components of a computer system, in the form of computer hardware....
 based TV tuner card
TV tuner card

A TV tuner card is a computer electronic component that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video processing expansion card, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk....
. The SageTV software has an integrated Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) that is updated via the Internet. The program provides a television interface for DVR, music, and photos on Windows and Linux. SageTV Media Center typically records in standard MPEG2, making it possible to transfer recordings to laptops or other devices. It also has a built-in conversion feature to transcode files into other formats compatible with iPod, PSP, cell phones and other portable devices.

A "lite" version is commonly shipped as part of an OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer".An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM is typically a company that uses a component made by a second company in its own product, or sells the product of the second company under its own brand....
 software bundle. Both the lite and regular versions offer a Java API.

SageTV Placeshifter allows the user to watch TV from any high speed internet connection, similar to the Slingbox
Slingbox

The Slingbox is a TV streaming media device that enables users to remotely view their home's cable television, satellite television, or personal video recorder programming from an Internet-enabled computer with a broadband Internet connection....
. As of Version 6, the SageTV Placeshifter is available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh platforms. The SageTV Media Extender set-top allows other TVs to connect to SageTV over a home network. There is also the ability to use the Hauppauge MediaMVP
Hauppauge MediaMVP

The Hauppauge Computer Works MediaMVP is a network media player. It consists of a hardware unit with remote control, along with software for a Microsoft Windows Personal computer....
 with SageTV by purchasing a MediaMVP Client License.

SageTV Media Center for Linux


SageTV Media Center for Linux is compatible with most major Linux distributions. Information on a Gentoo
Gentoo Linux

Gentoo is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux Kernel and based on the Portage package management system. It is distributed as Free software....
 distribution tuned for Media Center usage is available from the SageTV website. It runs on low cost PC and consumer electronics hardware including embedded processors (embedded only available for OEMs).

SageTV Studio


SageTV software also includes a SageTV Studio Development GUI that allows the customization of the user interface and development of add-ons. The company provides documentation so that these customizations can use a Java API. Built-in EPG support is available only for North America; however, the developer community has developed plug-ins that allow unsupported regions to access EPG info through sources such as XMLTV
XMLTV

XMLTV is:* a popular XML based file format for describing TV listings.* a perl module that helps to create XMLTV formatted documents.* a collection of tools to obtain, manipulate, and search TV Listings....
 and ICETV in Australia. Additionally, there are Netflix, IMDB, and commercial skipping plugins.

Competing software




External links


  • - build your own DVR
  • - PCWorld.ca