Mac won't sleep after EyeTV

[jwt]

Hey All,

My Mac Pro sleeps and wakes normally until I use EyeTV to record something. I can leave EyeTV open or close it--it doesn't matter--and the outcome is the same: My Mac will wake on its own at 5 pm everyday and not go to sleep after an hour of inactivity (what I have it set to do in the Energy Saver pref. pane). After a restart, everything behaves normally again.

Anyone else have this problem?

 

[EricNau]

Interesting that you should say that. About a week ago my MacBook woke-up with the lid closed for no apparent reason, and it was about 5:00 pm. And I have eyeTV installed as well.

I haven't noticed it since, but I'll be keeping my eyes and ears open from now on.

 

[DoFoT9]

maybe yous have accidentally started a recording that wants to start at 5pm?? or maybe theres a scheduled update for EyeTv??

or maybe its a bug lol

 

[jwt]

maybe yous have accidentally started a recording that wants to start at 5pm?? or maybe theres a scheduled update for EyeTv??

or maybe its a bug lol

No schedules pending, it's the latest version, and "automatically check for updates" is unchecked.

 

[DoFoT9]

No schedules pending, it's the latest version, and "automatically check for updates" is unchecked.

ok theres my ideas all gone haha

 

[misterredman]

Can you check the logs in the console for the time it wakes? Do you get something similar to what is reported in the following link?
http://forums.elgato.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=1280&p=6165&hilit=midnight

Did you update EyeTV to the last version (3.03)? In the bug fixes there is this one that may be related to your problem:

Bug Fixes
General
* Resolved an issue where the Mac would wake up at midnight GMT.

(taken from http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mainmenu/support/Update-Start/Update-EyeTV-3.en.html)

 

[ViViDboarder]

Update it. Mine used to do that and then I called them and they had released a special update and it worked. I don't know what it is, a bug with the recording software that is set to wake the computer when something is scheduled.

 

[jwt]

Update it. Mine used to do that and then I called them and they had released a special update and it worked. I don't know what it is, a bug with the recording software that is set to wake the computer when something is scheduled.

yup, looks like there's an update. installing now. will let you know.

 

[ViViDboarder]

yup, looks like there's an update. installing now. will let you know.

Thanks, any updates? I guess we'll have to wait until 5:01pm to see.

 

[jwt]

Thanks, any updates? I guess we'll have to wait until 5:01pm to see.

The computer wasn't on when I came home today. Let me try to record something tonight and see if it's on tomorrow. It could have "reset" itself during the update.

 

[ViViDboarder]

So far so good I guess.

 

[jwt]

OK, I finally got a chance to do a more thorough test and it looks like the update solved the problem. Thanks for the info.