I just bought a USB TV tuner, and right now I have to boot my Mac Pro into boot camp in order to use it. Is there some kind of software for OS X that I can use so that I don't have to do that?
EDIT: I found EyeTV, but I would rather have something that is free. I don't want to pay $80 just to not have to reboot to watch TV on my Mac.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1), Windows 7 dual-boot
Doug the cookie man wrote:
I just bought a USB TV tuner, and right now I have to boot my Mac Pro into boot camp in order to use it. Is there some kind of software for OS X that I can use so that I don't have to do that?
EDIT: I found EyeTV, but I would rather have something that is free. I don't want to pay $80 just to not have to reboot to watch TV on my Mac.
Short answer: no.
The software would be specific to the specific model of USB tuner you have. The EyeTV software would only work with Elgato's tuners (or if you were lucky, you somehow got a clone of a Elgato unit. Not very likely.)
So if the manufacturer of your tuner doesn't offer OSX versions of their software, there's nothing you can do with that model. Sell it and buy one of the Elgato units (which will come with EyeTV.)
Doug the cookie man wrote:
I just bought a USB TV tuner, and right now I have to boot my Mac Pro into boot camp in order to use it. Is there some kind of software for OS X that I can use so that I don't have to do that?
EDIT: I found EyeTV, but I would rather have something that is free. I don't want to pay $80 just to not have to reboot to watch TV on my Mac.
Short answer: no.
The software would be specific to the specific model of USB tuner you have. The EyeTV software would only work with Elgato's tuners (or if you were lucky, you somehow got a clone of a Elgato unit. Not very likely.)
So if the manufacturer of your tuner doesn't offer OSX versions of their software, there's nothing you can do with that model. Sell it and buy one of the Elgato units (which will come with EyeTV.)
Thanks for the info.
Asatoran wrote:
Short answer: no.
The software would be specific to the specific model of USB tuner you have. The EyeTV software would only work with Elgato's tuners
That's not correct.
1) The Elgato eyeConnect supports a broad band of USB tuners.
Doug the cookie man wrote:
I just bought a USB TV tuner, and right now I have to boot my Mac Pro into boot camp in order to use it. Is there some kind of software for OS X that I can use so that I don't have to do that?
Twonky works with a lot of USB Tuner's http://www.twonkyvision.de/ and is for free.
Elgato's EyeConnect server and EyeTV software will also support a broad band of USB Tuners but will cost money.
There are also different other solutions working with a lot of USB TV tuner's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UPnP_AV_media_servers_and_clients
Lupunus
PS ... The correct marked answer was definitively the wrong answer.
lupunus wrote:
Asatoran wrote:
Short answer: no.
The software would be specific to the specific model of USB tuner you have. The EyeTV software would only work with Elgato's tuners
That's not correct.
1) The Elgato eyeConnect supports a broad band of USB tuners.
My bad. You are correct that there are non Elgato tuners on the compatible list for EyeTV. So let me modify by saying that if the OP's tuner is not on the list, then there's probably not much he can do.
Asatoran wrote:
So let me modify by saying that if the OP's tuner is not on the list, then there's probably not much he can do.
He may use another software ... there are hundreds and at least one will match his tuner.
Well, at this point it doesn't seem to be worth the trouble for me to either find a free one or pay for EyeTV (my tuner is on the list). I guess I will just have to reboot a lot (which I do anyway, as I use a lot of Windows apps).
Doug the cookie man wrote:
Well, at this point it doesn't seem to be worth the trouble for me to either find a free one or pay for EyeTV (my tuner is on the list)...
@Doug: To play Devil's Advocate, is it not worth $80 for the time you waste to reboot the Mac? With "free", you get what you pay for.
... I guess I will just have to reboot a lot (which I do anyway, as I use a lot of Windows apps).
Well, if you're in Windows "a lot", then having the tuner work in Windows would seem to be more desireable than having it work in OSX. 😉 Me personally, I built a cheap Windows box to be my TV and DVR so that I don't have to worry about an app crashing taking out my TV (or vice versa.)
@Lupunus: it is a shame that the forum software won't let one change the correct answer once marked. <:-(
Asatoran wrote:
Doug the cookie man wrote:
Well, at this point it doesn't seem to be worth the trouble for me to either find a free one or pay for EyeTV (my tuner is on the list)...
@Doug: To play Devil's Advocate, is it not worth $80 for the time you waste to reboot the Mac? With "free", you get what you pay for.
... I guess I will just have to reboot a lot (which I do anyway, as I use a lot of Windows apps).
Well, if you're in Windows "a lot", then having the tuner work in Windows would seem to be more desireable than having it work in OSX. 😉 Me personally, I built a cheap Windows box to be my TV and DVR so that I don't have to worry about an app crashing taking out my TV (or vice versa.)
@Lupunus: it is a shame that the forum software won't let one change the correct answer once marked. <:-(
I'm in Windows a lot, but I'm in OS X more. And as for the forum software not letting me change the correct answer, I totally agree with you.
There is some wisdom in what Asatoran says about building your own system ...
I build my own desktops/towers for these reasons:
Granted, I usually stop at 1 internal disk and "average" graphics cards, but I know how to make a killer system if I need to.
http://www.augustint.com/en/downloadsoft-9.html
August DVB-T208 USB Freeview TV Receiver
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August have a USB Tuner with mac software now
I know this is an old thread but I use eyetv with a Hauppauge usb tuner.
USB TV tuner software for OS X?
