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EDITOR NOTES
To download version 3.1.2, launch EyeTV 3 and then select "Check for Updates" from the EyeTV menu. The software update will install automatically. Or force the update using this special EyeTV hyperlink. Buy EyeTV Hybrid for $124.18 from Amazon. Your purchase from this link helps support MacUpdate!
DESCRIPTION
EyeTV products lets you watch, record, edit, timeshift and archive TV on your Mac. With solutions for analog and digital television, and video quality options to meet differing customer needs, Elgato has an EyeTV to fit your Mac.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.1.2:
This update improves compatibility and overall stability, and is recommended for all EyeTV users.
New Features
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For EyeTV Hybrid (US 2009 and EU 2008 models), as well as some older devices, when capturing analog video, the timeshift setting in Preferences > Devices is now applied while recording. When timeshifting is off, recordings will use less CPU, and will display with a lower latency.
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Quit and Sleep commands were added to EyeTV’s overlay menu.
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Pressing the "Stop" button on the infrared remote control while playing back a recording in the EyeTV overlay menu now features an option to delete the recording.
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Added support for widescreen (16:9) analog capture for all recent Elgato branded hardware. To enable widescreen capture, select "Stretch" from the View > Aspect Ratio menu. This feature is for capture of sources set to output 16:9 pictures squeezed into a standard definition output, usually set top boxes and DVD players. The output device should be set to 16:9 or "wide" output (as if it were feeding a widescreen TV).
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To cycle through EyeTV’s different aspect ratio options, select View > Aspect Ratio > Rotate or press Command-Option-5.
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For NTSC set top boxes connected via RF modulation, EyeTV now supports channels 2 through 69 instead of 3 and 4.
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To aid in solving problems downloading TV Guide data, EyeTV now features a Gemstar Program Guide Diagnostics window, accessible from the Help menu. In order to obtain the most current TV Guide data, EyeTV now additionally downloads data for the second and seventh day out.
New Hardware
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Support was added for the Devolo dLAN® TV Sat, a DVB-S2 network tuner.
Bug Fixes
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A problem where EyeTV for DTT was not recognized by the EyeTV Setup Assistant has been resolved.
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Problems detecting channels on DVB-S and DVB-S2 transponders with very high data rates have been resolved.
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Teletext highlighting now work when viewing in transparent mode.
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A crash at launch with corrupt preferences has been fixed.
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Crashes while using the auto-update feature have been eliminated.
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Invalid TitanTV Remote Scheduling account settings were not being reported correctly.
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For improved compatibility with Remote Buddy, direct AppleScript access to some overlay menus was added.
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The Apple Remote can no longer put the Mac to sleep while EyeTV is recording.
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A problem where EyeTV would not wake up for recordings if the Energy Saver System Preference contained scheduled sleep/shutdown times has been fixed.
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Problems exporting recordings with multiple Dolby Digital audio tracks have been resolved.
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Several crashes while exporting have been fixed.
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Added support for Eastern European ISO-8859-2 and ISO-8859-5 encodings for channel names and programming guide data.
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EyeTV no longer cancels downloading the programming guide when encountering minor errors.
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EyeTV now displays the file size number formatting in the international display format selected by the user.
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Teletext in subtitle ("transparent") mode no longer inhibits the timeshift overlay.
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EyeTV now correctly sorts SmartGuide results by the "Where" column.
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France 2 HD and Arte HD are now automatically assigned to tvtv.
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A hang while quitting EyeTV in the middle of a program guide download has been eliminated.
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The EyeTV MPEG Support Component has been updated to fix an incompatibility with Perian and other MPEG-4 decoders that resulted in the first frame always being green.
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Exports to H.264 now include the QuickTime color info extension and the field info extension when the source is interlaced. This resolves dark playback in QuickTime Player.
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EyeTV now supports DivX 7.
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EyeTV is now compatible with the latest release of Flip4Mac Windows Media QuickTime components.
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The overlay menu now responds to infrared commands after changing inputs.
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A problem with white stripes at the edges of Apple TV exports with close captioning has been resolved.
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EyeTV no longer crashes at launch when there is a corrupted text-to-speed voice installed.
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After automatically updating to the latest version, the old version of EyeTV is always moved to the Trash.
REQUIREMENTS
- PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster), PowerPC G5 or Intel Core processor
- Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later (Mac OS X 10.5 recommended with all software and security updates installed).
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| EyeTV User Reviews (121 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Apr 13 2009 |
JEFF H. The software is awesome. I've been using it for years now and its only gotten better, for the most part. That is until the TVGuide EPG came along...ITS TERRIBLE! Today it decided to just not download an EPG at all so now I have nothing...just a blank section where the EPG used to be saying that " no data to display, finish setup guide". Hate TVGuide...go back to TitanTV!
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| Mar 19 2009 |
LEO SPILL I use this app a lot, and have been using it for a long time now. My only compliant would be that since version three was released, there has been an annoying USB bug. On unplugging any attached USB device, EyeTV closes and I get the channel unavailable notice. Have to quit and restart EyeTV - Which means I can't use that pesky USB for anything while recording. A very frustrating little bug, in what is a very useful Mac tool.
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| Jun 22 2009 |
JEFF H. Strange indeed... Do you have the EyeTV device plugged into a hub?
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| Jun 26 2009 |
LEO SPILL No, I'm not using a USB2 hub. But thanks for asking...
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| Mar 19 2009 |
JEAN-DENIS EyeTV 3.1.1 is now getting better and better. I has almost replaced VLC for watching and recording TV. The only missing feature now is to support separate settings for aspect ratio and anamorphic video/cropping. Indeed when you choose for example a 16:9 aspect ratio, it assumes the video is anamorphic. This means there is no way to correctly full screen a letterboxed movie for example. VLC allows for separate settings there. But cheers for the Freebox support: it works really well, including support for advanced features such as dual audio channels, and teletext as subtitles, even in recordings.
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| Mar 2 2009 |
KSCHLOBYNSKI Will version 3 of EyeTV turn off the Mac after a recording? I am still using 2.5, and I am quite happy with that older version, but that is one feature that 2.5 is lacking, and I can't see in the documentation of 3 if that is contained...
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 | Jan 21 2009 |
SJK Re: TV Guide EPG transition. Recommended topics on the EyeTV Lounge forum: • Why is there a fee for the EyeTV Program Guide? • Why is TitanTV being phased out?
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 | Jan 20 2009 |
HIPPEMAN There's still this bug with the Eye-TV Quicktime plug-in installed into the main library folder which causes a green poster frame for MP4 files in the Finder and in iWeb! :-( Only when you delete this plug-in the problem is solved, but Eye-TV keeps on putting in it back in by relaunching the app.
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| Jan 19 2009 |
J-A-X The update is available from within EyeTV 3.0.4 now (almost 10 days after it was posted on MacUpdate), and I can confirm that it does indeed let you still you TitanTV if you chose to.
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| Jan 10 2009 |
SEANBPERIOD Careful about upgrading- I think I read somewhere that EyeTV is moving to the TV Guide format, which will be free for the first year (I think) then $20 a year thereafter!
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| Jan 10 2009 |
MIKEEVANGELIST Current US users can continue to use TitanTV if they prefer. However, there are some nice benefits with TV Guide: two weeks of advance data instead of one, richer descriptions and personnel listings, and series episode metadata which enables Smart Series scheduling. The first year is included for all new and current 3.x users; $20 per year thereafter. Mike E from Elgato
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| Jan 11 2009 |
MACMUSER In Europe we've had to pay for TVTV access after the first year, ever since EyeTV came out. I happily pay my £15 for it even though digital TV here has a free programme guide also accessed through EyeTV.
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| Jan 11 2009 |
SJK > Careful about upgrading Eventually TitanTV will stop working whether or not you've upgraded. Check Elgato's EyeTV Lounge forum for details.
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| Jan 20 2009 |
J.W. This is disappointing. I just bought an EyeTV a couple months ago, and now I've got a $20/year obligation if I want to continue using the features that it was supposed to come with? I really think EyeTV should offer a free option for TV listings.
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| Jan 10 2009 |
MIKEEVANGELIST Mike Evangelist from Elgato here. Version 3.1 has not gone live yet. I suspect there's some confusion because the new Hybrid which we started selling at Macworld included a special version of 3.1 to support its new hardware. It will be a few more days before the general release is rolled out for auto-updates.
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| Jan 10 2009 |
SQUIGLES Thanks for the info :-)
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| Jan 10 2009 |
NEO979 I appreciate the info, but why is Elgato introducing a new EyeTV Hybrid now at all? At least in the USA, if you order the new one, analog TV may already be shut down before you even receive it. Is it really just for the benefit of those low-power analog stations for rural customers and for international customers? Why not drop the hybrid idea and focus your efforts on the digital side that millions of people will soon be using exclusively (if they aren't already).
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| Jan 10 2009 |
MIKEEVANGELIST The switch to digital only affects those using antennas. Cable systems will continue to use a combination of analog and digital for the foreseeable future. In addition, the analog circuitry of the Hybrid can be used to capture from external devices like VCRs, cable boxes, etc. A digital-only tuner is far less useful for many people.
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| Jan 10 2009 |
RAWN027 Will this new TV Guide format cost money, will TitanTV stay available for us who dont want to pay for listings? | |
| Jan 10 2009 |
MIKEEVANGELIST Yes, there is a charge for the TV Guide service, but the first year is included for all new and current users of version 3.x. Thereafter it is $20 per year. Note that TV Guide is for North American EyeTV users only.
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| Jan 10 2009 |
RAWN027 does this TV guide service offer any new features for the price? If TitanTV shutting down? Will EyeTV offer the ability to schedule using different methods? Maybe an API or some sorts, or a scripting interface?
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| Oct 9 2008 |
REVCO The editing tweaks are welcome. Doesn't make for finer edits though.
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