<s>
SageTV	B-Device
Media	O
Center	O
,	O
now	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
,	O
commercial	O
DVR	O
(	O
Digital	B-Application
Video	I-Application
Recording	I-Application
)	O
and	O
HTPC	O
(	O
Home	O
theater	O
PC	O
)	O
software	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
that	O
the	O
host	O
computer	O
have	O
a	O
hardware-based	O
TV	B-Device
tuner	I-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SageTV	B-Device
software	O
has	O
an	O
integrated	O
Electronic	B-Device
Programming	I-Device
Guide	I-Device
(	O
EPG	B-Device
)	O
that	O
is	O
updated	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
provides	O
a	O
television	O
interface	O
for	O
DVR	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
photos	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SageTV	B-Device
Media	O
Center	O
typically	O
records	O
in	O
standard	O
MPEG2	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
transfer	O
recordings	O
to	O
laptops	O
or	O
other	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
lite	O
and	O
regular	O
versions	O
offer	O
a	O
Java	B-Device
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SageTV	B-Device
Placeshifter	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
watch	O
TV	O
from	O
any	O
high	O
speed	O
internet	O
connection	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Slingbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Version	O
6	O
,	O
the	O
SageTV	B-Device
Placeshifter	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SageTV	B-Device
Media	O
Extender	O
set-top	O
allows	O
other	O
TVs	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
SageTV	B-Device
over	O
a	O
home	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Hauppauge	B-Application
MediaMVP	I-Application
with	O
SageTV	B-Device
by	O
purchasing	O
a	O
MediaMVP	B-Application
Client	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Saturday	O
,	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Jeffrey	O
Kardatzke	O
,	O
CTO	O
&	O
Founder	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
a	O
SageTV	B-Device
forum	O
post	O
that	O
his	O
company	O
has	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
an	O
official	O
press	O
release	O
followed	O
later	O
that	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
then	O
the	O
SageTV	B-Device
products	O
have	O
no	O
longer	O
been	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Monday	O
,	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Jeffrey	O
Kardatzke	O
announced	O
that	O
SageTV	B-Device
will	O
be	O
open-sourced	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
SageTV	B-Device
became	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
SageTV	B-Device
,	O
LLC	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
they	O
began	O
modifying	O
and	O
updating	O
it	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
upcoming	O
Google	B-Application
Fiber	I-Application
TV	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SageTV	B-Device
v8	O
was	O
the	O
initial	O
platform	O
used	O
for	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Fiber	O
Storage	O
Box	O
(	O
DVR	O
)	O
and	O
TV	O
Box	O
(	O
Client	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SageTV	B-Device
Media	O
Center	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
most	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
on	O
a	O
Gentoo	B-Application
distribution	O
tuned	O
for	O
Media	O
Center	O
usage	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
SageTV	B-Device
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SageTV	B-Device
software	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
SageTV	B-Device
Studio	O
Development	O
GUI	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
customization	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
add-ons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
provides	O
documentation	O
so	O
that	O
these	O
customizations	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
Java	B-Device
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
EPG	B-Device
support	O
is	O
available	O
only	O
for	O
North	O
America	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
community	O
has	O
developed	O
plug-ins	O
that	O
allow	O
unsupported	O
regions	O
to	O
access	O
EPG	B-Device
info	O
through	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
XMLTV	B-Language
and	O
ICETV	O
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
