General Information
Basic general information for popular DVR/PVR software packages.
| Name | Windows | Macintosh | Linux | Price | Latest stable release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond TV | Yes | No | No | $99.99 software & remote. | 4.9.3 Build 6335 |
Not compatible with DVB tuners. While Snapstream is providing minor fixes for Beyond TV, they no longer actively updating and developing the software as they are focusing on commercial applications. Despite the lack of a new version, their fanbase (in the forums) maintains active and the program is still available. |
| CenterStage | No | Yes | No | Free | ? | Development ceased December 2008 |
| EyeTV | No | Yes | No | Bundled / €79.99 | 3.1 | Free with all Elgato USB tuners, but available separately for use with other tuners. |
| Hauppauge WinTV | Yes | Free with some cards, SD and HD versions otherwise sold | winTV7, CD2.6d, November 2012(?) | For Hauppauge TV cards and peripherals | ||
| InterVideo WinDVR | Yes | No | No | ? | Discontinued. Previously bundled with various TV tuner devices. | |
| JRiver Media Center | Yes | No | No | $49.98 | 17.0.50 December, 2011 | DirectShow video player, audio, images, 10 foot GUI, Remote control, DLNA |
| MediaPhoenix/ShowShifter | Yes | No | No | MediaPhoenix - Unreleased ShowShifter - Discontinued (Was £30) |
3.1 | Supports some older TechnoTrend/Hauppauge boxes which are not BDA compliant, such as the Dec 2000-t/3000-s and first generation Nova-t USB boxes, which are unsupported by other PVR software. |
| MediaPortal | Yes | No | No | Free | 1.2.3 (April 13, 2012) | Open source (built on the .NET 2.0 Framework) |
| MythTV | Limited | Yes | Yes | Free | 0.26 (October 03, 2012) | Open source |
| SageTV | Yes | Yes | Yes | $79.95 software; $29.95 client; $29.95 per mediaMVP client; | 6.6 | Java based. SageTV was purchased by Google on 20 June 2011 and its online store was shut. No statement has been made about the future availability of SageTV products. |
| Tvtime | No | No | Yes | Free | 1.0.2 (November 10, 2005) | Open source. High quality television application for use with video capture cards on Linux systems. tvtime processes the input from a capture card and displays it on a computer monitor or projector |
| Video Disk Recorder | No | No | Yes | 1.6.0 (March, 2008) | Open source. | |
| Windows Media Center | Yes | No | No | Free | 6.1.7601.17514 (© 2009) | Included in Windows XP MCE 2005, Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions, Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate, and Windows 8 Professional WMC |
^ Porting MythTV to Windows is under development.
^ There is also a Windows Home Server Edition
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