Tvtime

tvtime: Cross-Platform TV Application for Watching & Streaming Live TV

A comprehensive TV application that supports multiple input devices, including TV tuner cards, webcams, and digital video recorders, allowing users to watch, record, and stream live television on their computer.

What is Tvtime?

tvtime is an open source TV application developed for Linux and Unix-like systems that enables computers to function as personal video recorders (PVRs) for watching, recording, and time-shifting live television. It supports a wide variety of TV tuner cards and works with video capture devices like webcams, analog video input hardware, and digital video recorders to capture video and audio streams.

Some key features of tvtime include:
- User-friendly graphical interface for browsing channels and managing recordings
- Support for watching, pausing, rewinding and recording live TV
- Scheduled recordings for unattended capture of shows
- Picture-in-picture mode to watch two channels simultaneously
- Customizable on-screen display with multiple themes
- Broad hardware compatibility including analog NTSC/PAL/SECAM and Clear-QAM digital cable tuners
- Optimized video output for high quality viewing on large screens

tvtime simplifies turning a computer into a digital video recorder for personal entertainment. Its flexibility in working with diverse video sources, rich feature set, and focus on ease-of-use make it popular open source DVR software.

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