Download MythTV 0.24 RC1

The release candidate of version 0.24 of MythTV became available on Monday. MythTV is a collection of programs that makes it possible to use a Linux machine like htpc. For example, TV programs can be viewed and recorded, DVDs and music can be played, and photos can be viewed. You can also install plugins functionality are added, such as a web browser, games, the weather forecast and looking up movie information. Below is an overview of the changes in version 0.24.

New Features

• MythUI OSD
• Blu-ray disc/folder parsing and playback.
• Metadata grabbing in MythGame
• Fully automatic metadata grabbing in MythVideoallow users to select artwork to be downloaded
• Embedded text subtitle support in MKV and others
• Blu-ray and DVD multi-angle
• Online theme browser and downloader
• Broadcom Crystal HD hardware decoding support

Major Changes

• Large audio refactor:
  • Auto population of soundcard devices in settings
  • Multichannel audio, analog or LPCM, output up to 7.1 channels
  • Support audio bit depth > 16 bits (24 bits, 32 bits and float)
  • SSE enhanced audio sample format conversion
  • Audio downmix capability
  • Automatic conversion to audio format supported by the hardware (bit depth, samplerate, channels)
• Large OSD, Captioning/subtitle, and Video Playback refactor
• Support for (unencrypted) ISOs, VIDEO_TS, and BDMV over storage groups
• Substantial rework, stabilization, and improvement of DVD playback