#Eyetv remote manual#
#Eyetv remote tv#

ThatвЂ™s frustrating and seemsДЄccording to Elgato, EyeTV requires 256 MB of RAM, and 512 MB is Out how the show ended, because the cached show was deleted rather than One channel while you watch another one live, but it can record oneД¬hannel while you watch a program you already recorded, so I didnвЂ™tД®xpect a problem: the cached show is recorded, right? But when the timeД¬ame for EyeTV to start recording the show IвЂ™d programmed it to, it cut Program on another channel starting at the next hour. Program, about a quarter-hour behind вЂњlive.вЂќ EyeTV was set to record a HereвЂ™s what happened to me: I was watching one The most annoying flaw I found with EyeTV is that it clears its cache Minutes for me to cut all the commercials out of an hour-long program, Programs, though, the editor is pretty easy to use.

#Eyetv remote manual#

After consulting the manual and editing a few To be honest, at first I found the editor to be (Switching to MPEG-1 will cut that in half.) Fortunately, EyeTV includesДЄn editor which lets you remove any parts of a program youвЂ™re not Speaking of large recording collections, though, programs recorded withД®yeTV take up a lot of hard drive space: using the default MPEG-2ДЇormat, an hour of television will consume about 2 GB of space. Variety of different formats, including the ones used by the video iPods. Playlists, manually or automatically, making it easy to keep a large All recorded programs show up if you click Recordings on the When EyeTV records a show, it remembers the showвЂ™s name and descriptionДЇrom TitanTV, which is handy for later use. Is asleep but the screen is up, EyeTV wakes the computer as expected.) Sleep if the screen is closed down over the keyboard. On my PowerBook G4, I found that EyeTV cannot wake the computer from Start recording, if necessary unfortunately, that doesnвЂ™t always work. If EyeTV isnвЂ™t running whenДЄ recording is supposed to start, the program starts up automatically.Д®yeTV is also supposed to be able to wake the computer from sleep to Viewing the EPG, thereвЂ™s a small dimmed red circle for each program.Д¬licking on it schedules the show to record.

Guide is updated from TitanTV (or tvtv if youвЂ™re in Europe). Leave it paused for a while, as I did other things. Habits quickly altered: IвЂ™d turn on a program I wanted to watch and Only could I hit Pause when I wanted to get up and get something toДrink, but having paused the program for a few minutes also meant IД¬ould Fast Forward through the next commercial break.

#Eyetv remote tv#

Since I donвЂ™t have a TiVo, the ability to pause, rewind, and fastДЇorward live TV was new to me, and I quickly saw the attraction. Shows a completely different remote control with significantlyД«etter-placed (though not always better-labeled) buttons. The remote control documentation provided on the EyeTV CD YouвЂ™ll have to get off the couch and walk over to your computer to start Remote controlвЂ™s power button does not launch the EyeTV application Which is used to open the main EyeTV window. In addition, some of theД«uttons are badly labeled, such as a button showing a musical note The remote, requiring an awkward grip to use. The buttons to play, pause, record, stop, etc. The buttons are poorly arranged: for example, It works, but itД¬ould be better designed. The EyeTV 250 package also includes a remote control. вЂњolderвЂќ computers (like my two-year-old PowerBook G4) can be used to watch Since the EyeTV 250 is doing the heavy lifting, Sure, my computer could do that, but itвЂ™d be highly The device also contains aД¬ompression chip which converts the incoming data into MPEG-1 or MPEG-2ДЇormat. Through a coax cable into a MacвЂ™s USB port.

The EyeTV 250 hardware unit isnвЂ™t just a converter box to let data flow