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Got my Hauppauge HD PVR to work through my Mac! [Thanks EyeTV!] + Updated Setup

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xDeathReaperx

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May 3, 2009
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First of here is my new setup:
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I bought the EyeTV software and it was a charm setting this baby. Took less than 3 minutes to set up the actual PVR to record to your Mac. EyeTV did everything for you. :D Cost $79.99.

Here is a quality test also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0C17XXaXS0

[Looks Epic in 480P WideScreen already] And yes I used default settings and then imported to iMove then exported to Desktop in HD then uploaded to the YouTube from there :D

-James
 
Can it connect wirelessly to your mac or does there have to be a wired connection?
 
I've been using EyeTV with my Hauppauge HD PVR & my Dish Network DVR since the EyeTV beta first supported it. It does require a USB 2 connection. I have mine connected to my Mac mini I use as a media center. I just access the mini wirelessly from my iMac so that I don't have cables running across the room.
 
Hmm... It's not possible for me to connect it to my iMac. Perhaps there's another record card that can.
 
How am I going to get the video onto my Mac then -_-

Could I move the Hauppauge to my mac and do it that way?
 
DAPWNER said:
How am I going to get the video onto my Mac then -_-

Could I move the Hauppauge to my mac and do it that way?
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No, the Hauppauge doesn't have any storage capacity.

Depending on how often you want to transfer video, you could do what I used to do before I got the Mac mini. I got a couple of USB extension cables & strung them across the room to connect the PVR to my iMac when I needed it. Certainly not ideal, but it did work.
 
Well, there would be quite a distance between the two. Could I plug in an 8GB thumbdrive and store the video that way?
 
DAPWNER said:
Well, there would be quite a distance between the two. Could I plug in an 8GB thumbdrive and store the video that way?
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No.

You need to PVR connected to a computer that can capture the PVR's output.

I think I something somewhere in the last day or so that allowed wireless transfer of a signal via USB, I think from a Dish DVR using its USB port. I can't easily find it so I suggest you Google for it. You don't want a USB wireless networking device, you want something to actually send data by plugging into the USB port of the PVR & a USB port on your Mac.
 
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