Hi, I'd contacted the company last year about this and they told me at the time they weren't interested in adapting it. it meant adapting the program from the ground up.
It may be worth getting in touch with them again though and trying once more. I always believe in trying until it happens. lew On 6 Dec 2011, at 16:48, Daniel Miller wrote: > Awesome. I wonder if Elgato would be open to accessibility suggestions? Or > would you say minus the guide, the app is accessible enough to use it on a > regular basis. > I really want to get rid of this Winblows box and completely switch to the > mac, but watching TV was my last hurdle to jump over. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Stegall > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:45 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. > > Command r starts recording. > > Randy Stegall > kc4...@aol.com > Sent from my Mac Mini. > > On Dec 6, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > > Thanks for all the input, guys. So the only thing that’s’ not accessible is > the guide, yet you can set up smart guides with some effort? Is there a > hotkey to record whatever you’re watching at any given moment? > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:35 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. > > Eye TV comes with a remote control which lets you do some functions that way. > No feedback from VO to let you know what channel you're on but I guess that's > no different than most cable boxes. > > CB > > On 12/6/11 9:15 AM, Randy Stegall wrote: > You can set smart guides so eye tv is not a total loss as one may believe at > first. It takes just a bit of effort. I have 22 smart guides set up. You > have to interact with the unknowns but it is doable. Is ity perfect? No, > but it can work. > > Randy Stegall > kc4...@aol.com > Sent from my Mac Mini. > > On Dec 6, 2011, at 5:14 AM, Larry Skutchan wrote: > > > > You can easily change channels, volume, and much more with hot keys or > through the menu, but the built-in guide that lets you set up recordings is > not accessible. > > On Dec 5, 2011, at 7:21 PM, Hank Smith wrote: > > > > On 12/5/2011 4:46 PM, Vaughn Bennison wrote: > Hi, > > I use eyetv, which from what I can gather is the only software available. I > think there used to be another one, but I can't remember it's name, and can't > find it anyway. EyeTV is from Elgato systems, and is almost completely > inaccessible. You can watch live TV, and you can with some mucking around > set up the preferences etc, but you can't use the guide, and therefore you > can't record shows easily. You can however use the EyeTV app for IOS, which > connects to your mac, and record shows that way, but not a full series only > individual episodes--very annoying! > > We've used it here for a year or so, and it seems to be OK, if you can live > with the limitations. The good thing is that if you can record something, > the files are playable from finder. And furthermore if you "show package > contents" on one of the files, you can have it export to .m4v and play it > with iTunes, or vlc. > > Vaughn. > On 06/12/2011, at 1:09 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Has anyone had any luck with connecting their mac to a satellite or cable box > to watch live TV from their provider? I’ve done this with Windows Media > Center with great success, but wondered if there’s any way to do it with > Macs. 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