Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-07 Thread Randy Stegall
A smart guide can consist of a rule or rules that allow for recording of television shows in the same way that a dvr works. An example of a smart guide may be one to record Perry Mason on channel 50.2. You have in this guide the title of the series and the channel from which the program is rec

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi Can you please explain what a smart guide is and what they let you do Thanks Garth Sent from my iPhone On 07/12/2011, at 11:43 AM, Randy Stegall wrote: > I tried doing that and the unknowns aren't buttons. If you use the tab key > you will hear, Action button pop up button. Tab again

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Randy Stegall
I tried doing that and the unknowns aren't buttons. If you use the tab key you will hear, Action button pop up button. Tab again and you will hear unknown. Interact and vo down arrow and you will hear, LIBRARY radio button. These radio buttons act much like the iTunes sidebar with its playli

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Hank Smith
Hello can't the unknown buttons and stuff be labeled with vo? Hank On 12/6/2011 7:15 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 unknown

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Red.Falcon
t; change sooner than we think. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Goodin, Donna >> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:49 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Goodin, Donna
uide with windows Media center, which is why I wanted to >> find a similar solution on the mac. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Goodin, Donna >> Sent: Tue

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
quite a few of the products (elgato) are straight forward using the cursor keys. I used to have one of the TV mini's and it was a decent bit of kit. loved it but as I don't travel and have a fairly accessible hard drive recorder, etc I don't have any need. but I'd be happy to help anyone and su

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Chris Blouch
I was referring to a physical remote that came bundled with the HD USB tuner and eyeTV. Uses infrared to a receiver built into the USB thingy which sometimes makes it awkward to use. http://support.elgato.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=2709 CB On 12/6/11 11:42 AM, R

RE: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Daniel Miller
egroups.com] On Behalf Of Goodin, Donna Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:49 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. Hi Daniel, Thanks for the explanation. I avoid using Windows whenever possible, so was hoping this might be an alternative. Cheers, Donna On De

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Goodin, Donna
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Goodin, Donna > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:21 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. > > Hi all, > > Though mostly I agree with R

RE: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Daniel Miller
r solution on the mac. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Goodin, Donna Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:21 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. Hi all, Though most

RE: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Daniel Miller
way. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Fettgather Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. I really enjoy using the Eye TV app wit

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Goodin, Donna
:47, Daniel Miller wrote: >> >>> I’m contacting them about it now, actually. Is the iPhone app just as >>> inaccessible? Or is that more accessible than the mac software. >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionarie

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Jim Fettgather
than the mac software. >> >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Stegall >> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:43 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. >>

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
ware. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Stegall > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:43 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. > > I use eye tv everyday and I

RE: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Daniel Miller
AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. I use eye tv everyday and I do think that if more of us talked with them about accessibility and show that there is demand for it Elgato might be interested and even motivated enough to do something about vo accessibility

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Randy Stegall
> 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

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
d 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

RE: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Daniel Miller
. 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

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Randy Stegall
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.

2011-12-06 Thread Randy Stegall
That remote window kept getting my way so I closed it. I think that one can use the Apple remote control but I haven't tried it yet. I use the tab key to move through the unknowns and interact with each until I find the one I want. Randy Stegall kc4...@aol.com Sent from my Mac Mini. On Dec 6,

RE: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Daniel Miller
ooglegroups.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&#x

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Chris Blouch
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

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Randy Stegall
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 Min

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-06 Thread Larry Skutchan
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 fr

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-05 Thread Hank Smith
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. Yo

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-05 Thread Vaughn Bennison
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 muck

Re: Watching live TV on a Mac.

2011-12-05 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
there are sone decent usb mac TV tuners out there which support both DVB and sattelite services. can't remember the models as I don't use it anymore as I don't do much road work etc as I used to. voiceover is fairly flexible with most software but sometimes you'll come across some issues. nothi