Early History of SageTV

[wayner]

I posted this in a different thread but for those interested in the history of SageTV up to 2009 here is an interview posted on a blog in the middle of 2009.

http://www.geektonic.com/2009/07/int...e-cto-and.html

[KeithAbbott]

Very interesting article. Also interesting to note that this interview was almost exactly two years before the sale to Google.

[wayner]

It would be interesting to get an update 8.5 years later.

[baudfather]

Someone should do a follow up interview

[reggie14]

In case anyone missed it, Narflex wrote a very interesting historical technical overview of Sage on the github page: SageTV History (Good Architectural Overview)

[stanger89]

Cool, I'm pretty sure my first license was for 1.4

[reggie14]

Originally Posted by stanger89

Cool, I'm pretty sure my first license was for 1.4

Mine definitely was, and you predate me by a few months.

I remember agonizing over SageTV vs BeyondTV. While BeyondTV had a much better UI, I remember really wanting support for multiple tuners (even though I didn't make use of that for several years). I'm not sure if BeyondTV had clients at that point, either, and I did make use of that right away.

This was before Sage had nationwide EPG data. So, I had to use XMLTV for the first few months. Except for being slow, I remember it worked surprisingly well once I got it set up.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by reggie14

In case anyone missed it, Narflex wrote a very interesting historical technical overview of Sage on the github page: SageTV History (Good Architectural Overview)

That is very interesting as well - thanks for posting.