Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Elgato EyeTV DTT - Windows compatible?

P

Peter Crowder

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 11, 2008
12
0
Hi there,

I just got my first Macintosh - a 20" iMac (2.4GHz C2D, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD) and I'm looking to buy a suitable TV tuner.

The Elgato EyeTV DTT matches my needs perfectly and I live in a good area for Freeview. What I'd like to know, though, is whether this tuner is also compatible with Windows - more specifically, Vista Home Premium (and also, therefore, Vista Media Centre). Any thoughts on how well the EyeTV software works would also be appreciated!

If it doesn't work with Windows, can anyone suggest a TV tuner that does work with Windows without breaking the bank? (Sub-£50 for me!)

Thanks very much and I'm glad to be a new member after reading the site for weeks before I recieved my iMac!

Peter
 
I think this model is based on the Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T-USB Stick. It should work with Vista if Hauppauge's software is compatible. It would be worth checking on the Elgato forums and asking one of their employes just to be sure.

The EyeTV software is pretty good, better than I remember Hauppauge's on Windows being.
 
I only use my EyeTV for DTT in OSX, but once I got sick of the "new hardware" popups it caused when I booted into XP so I thought I'd run with it...

It did work. The software itself was ugly and I forgot what exact version it was (Hauppage, Roxio, whatever). I keep meaning to install it again so I can retain the DVR function of my mac.

My machine (if it helps) is a 2ghz C2D iMac, OSX and XP SP3. Elgato EyeTV for DTT (the little block one with the megabright blue LED).
 
EyeTV Diversity windows XP compatibility???

vsbalint said:
Is also the latest 2008 version Windows compatible?
Click to expand...

Hi,

I've found this last post very near what I'm trying to find and I would like to get an updated feddback.

I have just bought an Elgato EyeTV Diversity to record live TV using my iMac 20" alu, as my second HDD tv recorder. Just a couple of words to say it works fine, superb video quality, also in diversity mode where you can view and/or record two channels simulaneously (it brings a coax adapter that feeds both antenna inputs from a single std connetion).

As I still don't have a macbook :confused: ,my laptop works on XP and now I wonder if I can use this TV tuner using some kind of hauppage driver and software so I can watch TV during my travels.

I have read some forums talking about hauppage software that worked fine with some models of Elgato sticks, but I can't do it with my EyeTV Diversity.

I have installed latest WinTV 7 software and Nova-T-TD-Stick driver (which seems to be identical to Elgato's) but it does not recognize the hardware.

Maybe now hauppage software detects the device as an Elgato hardware and refuses to connect to it.
System Profiler does detect this device as an EyeTV diversity, so maybe hauppage does the same??

So..... Anyone has been able to manage a newest EyeTV Diversity from XP? (and I'm really sorry to ask this kind of question in a Mac forum, you know....)

Thank you very much in advance
 
old thread but help is needed.

ive got the eyetv dtt (its new probably the 2008 version) and I can confirm that it doesnt work in windows. When i plug the device in it is detected as an elgate eyetv device - not a haupauge. This is probably a limitation of the newest device and I wouldnt be surprised if the hardware is the same as before - just reporting a different hardware id/name

does anyone know what driver files I would need to edit to get it to work (or atleast attempt to get it to work)?

cheers,
 
I did something similar. I got the Hauppage WinTV usb tuner and the EyeTV software separately. On Mac I use EyeTV, in bootcamp I use media center or the WinTV software.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back