 | Jul 9 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Vidi works with Director's Cut 2 vhs to digital converter,with very high quality!Excellent and free application!!!
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| Feb 15 2005 |
ANONYMOUS I wish this worked for the Plextor PVR (the TV tuner used by Elgato EyeTV system)too. Is this possible?
(Version 0.4.4d9) | |
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 | Jul 1 2006 |
BRENDAN MCKINLEY Although I am not the developer of this application and do not claim to be an expert on the matter, I do not believe Vidi could work with the Elgato Systems devices without a significant amount of redevelopment. Vidi was designed for DV video streams, the format most digital camcorders use. However the devices from Elgato and others utilize MPEG2 which is the format many digital Cable/Satellite TV boxes and DVDs use. These two formats are very different, and I would imagine it would take a lot of work to add MPEG support to Vidi.
(Version 0.4.6) | |
| Dec 5 2004 |
ROB IN DER MAUR I can only support the previous reviewer. The Formac TVR in itself is a good device; the software Formac delivers as part of the product is totally crap. It is only through Mitz Pettel's Vidi that I can use the device to the full extent, including listening to and recording FM radio. A brilliant piece of software....
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 | Dec 4 2004 |
RICH GREGORY IF you have a Formac TVR and you are NOT using Vidi, then you are missing out on how good the TVR is. You can schedule recurring recordings for stuff like the Simpsons and The Daily Show. It doesn't HOG your system in any way, and it just plain works. The only improvement I could see is to make the volume in playback louder, but that may be a quicktime problem and not Vidi's fault. Thanx again Mitz for updating this for us! If you want to challenge yourself some more, maybe you could make it work with the ATI remote and have a sleep timer, heck, just make it into a 'virtual TV' with all the features you find on your standard TV, sleep, wake up timers, :) GOOD WORK!
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| Jul 29 2004 |
P_LO Since Formac TVR's software is pure s**t, I was about to take it back after three hours. It just sucks. Resetting picture source when adjusting controls, Timer doesn't work (it either doesn't start or stop) and overall sluggishness and unpredictability plagues it. Then, a quick look around the net and I came across THIS lovely piece of software - even though it is almost impossible to quit completely. But hey, that's about the only glitch when compared to Formac's real piece of bug-loaded crap. Shortly: This rocks. Keep up the good work!
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| Jul 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Great little app, with one bug-bear, after quitting it leaves a process running in the background called Vidi Server, (which I presume is for recording schedules), trouble is it's there whether you like it or not. You have to kill the process via the activity monitor. Would love an option to kill this process when I quit the app. My pet hate is unwanted processes eating up CPU cycles and RAM. Otherwise, a fantastic app, at a very, very reasonable price ;)
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 | Jul 13 2004 |
MITZ PETTEL As you guessed, the Vidi Server is necessary for Vidi to function properly: it provides background recording, scheduled recording, the Vidi status menu and the control palette. When not recording, the Vidi Server uses virtually no CPU cycles (shows as 0.00% in Activity Monitor) and very little physical RAM. Vidi Server is also added to your startup items (called "login items" in Mac OS X 10.2), similarly to iCal's iCalAlarmScheduler and other applications' helper processes. This is not a bug.
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| Mar 30 2004 |
ANDRE I'm able to use this app with my Canopus fire wire DV box. Translation with a little trick work I can program my VHS and the Vidi app to record shows. Pretty cool.
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| Feb 18 2004 |
LEBOWSKI Fantastic application! I have never been able to use my formac TV converter until now. The Studio TVR application never synchronized video and audio but this application does. Also easy to switch between channels. Thank you!
(Version 0.4.4d3) | |
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| Dec 8 2003 |
DB Rounds out the Formac Studio. Radio feature works perfectly - Finally, local radio stations and NPR. Good job!
(Version 0.4.3d1) | |
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| Dec 6 2003 |
MIKE This is fabulous stuff. Exactly what Formac should have shipped in the first place! An object lesson in how to do stuff like this. And all in such a teeny download: Mr Developer, you're to be congratulated.
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| Dec 6 2003 |
DSOWARDS finally radio suport... too bad Formac "neglected' that... hardly surprising! THANKS!
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| Dec 5 2003 |
This stuff rules.. GREAT SUPPORT, i contacted The Maker several times, and it went great, he really helped..!!
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| Dec 3 2003 |
ARTROOM Excellent little piece of software. Much better than the one supplied from Formac. My only request would be an easy way to switch recording locations
(Version 0.4.2d10) | |
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| Oct 20 2003 |
153957 Thank for the Update :D
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| Aug 2 2003 |
ANONYMOUS You need to go to Vidi's web site and read their notes -- Vidi, unfortunately, does not work if you had Formac's recently updated firmware (EPROM 1.0.7 or above) or if you recently purchased your product and already have this firmware. Sadly without the Vidi program there is no way to utilize the radio tuner within the TVR device with Formac's software.
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| Aug 2 2003 |
RICHARD Would not recognize my Formac, although Formac Studio TVR 3.0.2 plays TV on it just fine.
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| Jun 26 2003 |
IAMARTBOY ANYONE who bought a Formac box owes it to themselves to D/L this. It's infinitely better than Formac's in video performance and finally implements the radio function. Formac should hire this guy.
(Version 0.4.1) | |
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| May 13 2003 |
153957 I dont know if others experience the same problem, but in this new version my tv is stuck for like 0.2 sec every 5 sec , which is VERY anoying... I would also like a feature which displayes every channel, so you can pic the right one fast, ratter then having to zap al the time. But its great Freeware.
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| Apr 26 2003 |
MIKE BARTLETT 10 stars. 16:9 in fullscreen modus and the film keeps running while recordimg. Two features I always missed in Formac´s software.
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| Apr 25 2003 |
HENRY Really excellent work here. At first I was afraid that my purchase of the Studio DV/TV instead of an EyeTV was a bad move, but Vidi has changed my mind completely. The simple interface is really killer, and the menu bar control makes it easy to use with iMovie or FCP.
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| Mar 30 2003 |
ANDREW HARGREAVES Excellent. This software is much better than Formac's software that came with the studio dv/tv. Easy to use, extremely stable.
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