finessTV Client

finessTV Client plays the live TV stream of EyeTV running on a Mac or a selected EyeTV archive movie. Clients can easily and privately connect to the server from outside the local Wi-Fi network, and friends can be invited to share television and archived movies. As a requirement, finessTV Server has to be started on the Mac. The client can access the server within the local network or outside the local network (after entering a server address and port in the preferences). After the successful connection, the available channels are displayed on the left and the current live TV stream is displayed on the right.

Please note that incoming connections must be allowed in the firewall settings for the server and the client. Selecting a channel will change the channel in EyeTV on the Mac and, as soon as the new stream data is available, the live stream will be switched. Because multiple clients can be connected to the server, the channel is also switched if the channel is switched on another client. Due to the system requirements, the live stream is delayed (ca. 10-15 seconds), and the channel switch takes several seconds (ca. 20). Furthermore the EyeTV archive can be selected to watch a recorded movie on a client. Other clients can continue to watch the live stream or select and watch an archive movie as well. finessTV supports EPG based on a Web-page URL (only available on iPad), broadcast data or XMLTV setup in the server.

Note: The client is currently a time-limited demo version; the final version will be sold in the Apple App Store.

• The Client for Mac is currently a time-limited demo version; the final version will be sold in the Apple App Store