I do have a Mac, however, and would be very happy to run channels DVR on it (leaving it on 24x7 is a non-issue: it can just sleep, auto-wake to record then auto-sleep again afterwards). So if only mycloud were supported, I’d be a lost customer. So while having a NAS option as well is clearly a great idea to cater for most common scenarios, I don’t see that for those households with a Mac that the ‘always on’ issue is an issue at all.Ĭlearly mycloud makes sense for you since you already own one! I on the other hand have already spent several hundred pounds on a Synology NAS and nothing is going to persuade me to spend a further £150 on a mycloud just to run Channels DVR. I didn’t have to set any of that up, it just works.
Elgato eyetv mac mini software#
The service that’s installed with the software wakes the Mac automatically when there’s a scheduled recording then sleeps it again when it’s done. My current DVR solution is Elgato EyeTV and it runs on that Mac Mini just fine. I would imagine this is overwhelmingly the most common setup for a Mac. It’s set to sleep after a short while when I’m not using it (rather than being fully powered down). I have a Mac Mini which I use as my ‘main’ computer. I don’t think the 24x7 thing is such a big issue as it’s made out to be. Assuming you have enough disk space, of course.An awful lot of people have Mac Minis and I’m not convinced requiring people to have a NAS is any more friendly to new users than requiring people to have a computer (and in the case of a household with an Apple TV, quite likely a Mac).
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Elgato eyetv mac mini how to#
Update - May 11 2015: I forgot to tell you how to make a recording longer than 3 hours! All you need to do is to start the recording, then right-click on the recording and choose "Edit Info." There's a dial there where you can input the length of the video you want to make, in hours and minutes the default is three hours, but you can change it to practically anything you want. I think I should be good for the foreseeable future. Update - April 9 2015: After almost two months of not a single one being available on eBay, I was able to snag two EyeTVs from two different sellers. Other than hitting up eBay and Amazon and buying up all the remaining inventory, can anyone suggest an alternative product that works as well as the EyeTV on a Mac mini? No explanation, no apologies, and no idea why. *EyeTV 3 software for Macintosh *1-year TV Guide subscriptions *EyeTV for iPhone, EyeTV Mobile, and EyeTV Micro apps.įor hardware technical support, please check whether support is available for your device at and proceed to contact technical support at if necessary.
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However, the following software and subscription offers are still available with full technical support: "As of February 2015, Elgato no longer offers TV tuner devices in North America"Īs of February 2015, Elgato no longer offers television tuner devices in North America.Įlgato Technical Support is not able to comment on this business decision.
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I had a question about trying to record a show that's longer than three hours so I went to the Elgato website to search their FAQs, only to see this: It's one of the best purchases I've ever made, since without it there'd be no way I could pull stuff off of the DVR that comes with my Verizon FiOS. I have an Elgato EyeTV HD Video Recorder.