1) keep the minimum system/OS specs low. Old mac minis are cheap. I use one as the headless server to capture TV. I don't foresee ever wanting to spend money on a current mac to act as a capture computer. (FWIW, I use a 2ghz core2duo mac mini with OS 10.6.8 It works GREAT!)
2) Easy one, and VERY VERY helpful: can you change your saved file names from "Bones - The Donor in the Drink.eyetv" to "Bones - S11E03 - The Donor in the Drink.eyetv" or alternatively show the season and episode info in the "edit info" box? I save all my TV to an Unraid server (I'm a data hoarder) and this would make life a lot easier.
3) TV Channels around here are getting stupid about time scheduling. Can EyeTV treat 8:01 the same as 8:00 for scheduling purposes. It's annoying to miss a more important show because the network started it a minute late and EyeTV chose the lesser important show because it started on a minute earlier.
4) Compacting files: Can we queue these without starting the queue? Like I said, I save TV long term, so I edit out stuff. I then have to wait 2-5 minutes per show while the computer is unusable while it compacts the video file. If it could queue it up so I could do a bunch of tv episodes quickly, then compact while I'm off doing other things, that would be great!
5) There’s a bug that occasionally causes EyeTV to shuffle (semi-alphabetically) the order of the smartguides. This repriortises what shows get recorded during scheduling conflicts and is unacceptable.
6) Make season passes have the abiliuty to eliminate the season of a show to be recorded. I don’t want "MyFavoriteShow (season 5)", I want every episode of MyFavoriteShow that’s being broadcast.
7) Finally, and I mean this in only the nicest possible way: Ditch your software mp4 compressor and tie into Handbrake's CLI. It's not even a close race in terms of speed, quality, or final file size. They've got you beat hands down.
