Windowed app to: watch, rec and pause TV

[nordloewelabs]

i have a Hauppauge PVR-250 (NTSC) installed under Win2000. I use WinTV 2000 for my PVR needs. the problem is, i'll be dropping Win2000 in June (MS is killing it) and i'd like to switch to Linux in this particular PC.

MythTV is nice, but i dont like Media Center-type applications much. what i mean is, i prefer to watch TV on "windowed mode" while browsing the web (like when using the WinTV app). i only switch to fullscreen when something catches my attention. unfortunately, when on windowed mode, MythTV cannot:

1) be resized easily (by dragging it from the edges, for example).
2) go into "fullscreen" (by double-clicking it, for example).

basically, i'm looking for a solution similar to Hauppauge's own WinTV application, which can easily go into the modes below:

- fullscreen.
- record.
- pause.
- windowed (and re-sizeable).

if VLC or MPlayer could change channels, pause and record, it would be great! however, as far as i know, those apps can only be used to "watch" TV.

any suggestions?
btw, i've been using Mint Linux for a few months. i like it.

 

[Gooberlx2]

MythTV is sorta like Windows Media Center for Linux (WMC is perfectly windowable, BTW). I've never used it though, so I don't know for certain if it windowable, or if it only runs in fullscreen.

Being that you're actually asking a Linux software question, this thread should be moved to the appropriate forum.

 

[lxskllr]

Being that you're actually asking a Linux software question, this thread should be moved to the appropriate forum.

Hmm...

 

[Vadatajs]

I think kaffeine and metv will do what you want.

 

[nordloewelabs]

ME TV looked right! but it turns out it doesnt support NTSC.
Kaffeine doesnt seem to support NTSC either. still trying.
TVTime supports NTSC, but it doesnt record or pause...

anymore suggestions?

 

[Jodell88]

I'm not sure that they support windowed mode, but there's moovida, boxee, freevo and xbmc.

 

[nordloewelabs]

i've done a lot of research in the last days and i cant find any apps that would do exactly what i need. i think i'm gonna have to bite the bullet and use a media center application to pause/record and VLC just to watch.

the problem with boxee and the others is that they would force me into some steep learning curve just to find out if they play in windowed mode, which they might not.... maybe i should head to their forums before giving up.

i got very excited about Me TV. to bad my tuner is analog.... thanks for the suggestions!

 

[Fox5]

Boxee and XBMC aren't tv tuners for sure. Both have windowed modes though