MythTV is a project aiming to create a homebrew set-top box. The end goal is to have a nice interface for watching TV, recording shows, listening to music, etc., all displayed on a TV and controlled by a remote.
Information regarding Project Releases and Project Resources. Note that the information here is a quote from Freecode.com page, and the downloads themselves may not be hosted on OSDN.
This release features a major rewrite of most of the
user interfaces, more powerful music and video
players, support for hardware MPEG encoder cards, a
number of translations, closed captioning support, and
better automatic commercial skipping.