EyeTV App Debuts in App Store

[Tomar]

By the way, I have no financial interest in either Elgato or EyeTV, I'm just a customer. I also own a Slingbox and its corresponding iPhone app.

So which do you prefer?

 

[byeehaaw]

Have you tried the FAQ and troubleshooting steps on Elgato's website?

yea i think its the fact that im on a school campus and they wont allow those router settings.

 

[boston04and07]

I've seen this problem also (just once recently, once or twice a long time ago), but it was fixed by restarting the application on the Mac.

Well I've solved the problem with my sound disappearing. I reinstalled Eyetv, only to discover that the problem persisted. After digging around some more, I realized that in the Audio pane of Preferences, I noticed that my Audio Output was selected to go to System Sound. I tried checking Headphones, since I have some external speakers plugged into the audio-out port of my MacBook. This seems to have solved the problem...at least, for now!

Now if only I could get the iPhone app to connect to my Mac on a consistent basis, I'd be a happy camper! Unfortunately my "My Eyetv" account randomly started telling me that my router (AEBS) was incompatible after using it for the past few days, and using port forwarding hasn't worked either - my iPhone won't even connect that way. Hmmmmm.

 

[justit]

So i keep getting the incompatible router message.

Have you turned on back to my mac? I know it sounds simple, but if you can't figure out NAT, you need to let apple do it for you, ya $99/yr for mobile me, but that's the price you pay for .... well just try the 1 month trial

 

[jamesarm97]

Do you have the My EyeTV service enabled so that it can resolve your IP when you are on a remote network? Doesn't sound like your problem but maybe the error message is bogus. Also, you may be having problems with your router or firewall at work.

Not a router issue. Have port forwarding on, can login and see schedules and even watch Live Tv. Just playing back recorded shows is an issue. Works locally but not remotely. Using the iPhone + Cellular export. Getting a Video is not Compatible message.

 

[fpnc]

So which do you prefer?

That's a bit of a hard call (do I prefer SlingBox or EyeTV?). I like SlingBox because it works without leaving my Mac running. However, the EyeTV supports recording and offers streaming over 3G. What I'd really like is a hardware product that offered both. Kind of like an AppleTV that I could keep at home and that allowed streaming over 3G. Unfortunately, I don't think Apple will ever offer an AppleTV-like product that supports recording and which offers either a cable card or a built-in tuner.

I guess the only reasonable Mac-centric solution would be a Mac mini paired with the EyeTV.