Holden

I have never used "smart guides". To make sure there is enough padding, after the program is scheduled, I go into "Scheduled Programs", select the guide-scheduled program and increment the "start" time back one minute and the end time an additional minute from the one the schedule creates....seems to work except when recording time adjacent programs. In that case I use another Mac and its EyeTV to record the time adjacent program with the same padding increments for it's program.

It looks like Geniatech continues to tinker with its support of the EyeTV 3 application...as the number following the build number in parenthesis is incrementing upwards. I have a download from about the time when a form of a television guide returned that was EyeTV 3.6.9 (7528) 20190727 and the one available for download this morning is EyeTV 3.6.9 (7528) 20190730.

You can see if the EyeTV Helper applet is installed by navigating to System Preferences->Users & Groups-> Login Items window and you should see it there with a toggle to 'hide". If it is not there, reinstall EyeTV. The Login Items window also shows an iTunes Helper... I've never seen any other except those two.

I still get the warning (Build 7528) with Sierra and Mojave. I also get the warning if I try to change the EyeTV channel while it is recording another channel.

I am running the (7528) build on the Sierra Mini which I reported on above. I also have another newer Mini running Mojave so I ran my *test* on that Mini too. With a program scheduled and EyeTV turned off, it did relaunch EyeTV at the scheduled time and record as desired. But with the Mini powered off, EyeTV did not restart the Mac at the scheduled time. So, your hunch that Mojave's more advanced security does seem to prevent EyeTV from having its way and booting the Mojave Mac does seem to be correct.

You got me thinking about this too, since I had memories of this happening as well. So, in the last half hour I tested it. First, I set a program to record and then quit EyeTV but left my Mini running. A minute or so before the scheduled recording EyeTV launched itself and changed the channel on my Spectrum cable box to the desired channel and began recording. The, I set a program to record and then quit EyeTV AND I powered off the Mac as well and switched the TV's input to the cable box. A minute or so before the scheduled EyeTV program, I was surprised to hear the familiar start-up sound or "chime" and my cable box was changed to the scheduled EyeTV program. When I switched the TV's "input" back to the Mac Mini, it was indeed powered on and the cable box changed the its channel to the channel the EyeTV was set record. So...yes both things can and did just happen in my test...i.e. for a scheduled EyeTV program with EyeTV "quit". It relaunched itself to record the program. And if the Mac was powered off, it powered up the Mini and launched EyeTV and began recording the scheuled program. I never let my Mac go into "sleep"mode, so I don't know what happens when it is sleeping with regard to EyeTV. So, it appears if your Mini is haunted Rick, mine it as well.

Levanah...I had the same experience initially but after I ran the "Uninstall" routine from the EyeTV Reporter utility (recommended in a previous thread here) and then reinstalled the new 3.6.9 (7528) the problem was resolved. The "Uninstall" app removes all ancillary EyeTV files (visible and hidden) from your older copy of EyeTV which I assume was making an improperly formatted request for update and hence the "server error" response. You can read about and download the EyeTV Reporter utility here: <https://www.geniatech.eu/faq/wie-nutze-ich-das-eyetv-reporter-dienstprogramm/>

The new Geniatech version of EyeTV 3 has an interesting anomaly. When checking just now under Prefs->Guide to see if it was doing its daily update as my pull-down choice has mandated, it says my schedule was updated "Today at 2:59 p.m." Interesting....since it is now only 12:39 p.m. EDT. here. So I am guessing that it is showing the update in terms of GMT or GMT +2 (Germany's time zone). That seems to not be converted to my Mac's system time. No big deal, I am just glad it is updating daily as I could never get the SchedulesDirect "script" to auto-update for me. This feature alone, since working, is enough to bring me back to the Geniatech EyeTV fold no matter what the difference in cost per year turns out to be. I will miss the episode number designation that Schedules Direct was providing, but I can get that from my cable provider's listing for any given episodic programming.

Downloaded and installed EyeTV 3.6.9 (version 7528) on two Minis running OSX Sierra (10.12.6). Both successfully downloaded and populated TV listings for the upcoming two weeks. Both have also scheduled, recorded, and played back chosen programming successfully. So, all is as it was prior to February of this year when the software's TV Guide service quit working. I did not receive any notification from Angela that there was now a new working version of the software. Fortunately I was able to find that out here. Thanks to all...

Interesting anomaly here...after successfully completing the recommended "step-by-step" for getting schedules.direct to provide my guide and schedule service via .xmltv, I somehow boggled the auto-update script in the Home/Library/Launch Agents folder and proceeded to tinker with that for a few days and it wasn't auto-updating. I must have finally gotten it right now, but with a twist. Even though I pared down my local cable-listing inventory at schedules.direct, days ago. this morning I found that EyeTV's Channels listing now shows the entire world of channels my cable provider offers are back. That surprised me because as I changed the "xmltv" pull-down for each channel in my much smaller listing of desired channels, I "deleted" all the channels EyeTV was showing that were unchecked and showing "Nome" for Guide-provider. Last night's first-time successful update put all the unchecked channels back in my EyeTV Channels window even though the Program Guide in EyeTV still only showed program information for the channel inventory I wanted and indeed the end of that update of Guide listings had moved ahead to 2 weeks and two days into the future beyond where it was set originally before I had the auto-update in the right order of things. No big deal, I guess...just was surprised to see all of those unwanted channels back in my list.

'jpNist27'...I don't watch much EyeTV programming in real time either, but I take the extra step of actually editing out the commercials before watching playback so I get roughly 42 minutes of an hour's program content without touching a remote to FF past the commercials. I also agree with Earl, that infrequent failure to record with EyeTV has mostly been user error.

jpMist27...I gleaned what I posted from the web...there is a lengthy description of the company on Wikipedia which also cautions that it may contain "inaccuracies" and incomplete information...here's the *link* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo_Corporation> Thanks all for the descriptions of how to handle multiple EyeTV Archives!

Earl...with PBS affiliates the local station often broadcasts multiple program signals...a welcome feature of digital broadcasting. In my market (Tampa, Florida) the local PBS affiliate has five additional broadcast channels. "...WEDU’s other broadcast channels (WEDUQ, Create TV, The Florida Channel (local government programming), PBS Kids, and PBS World) in providing a robust collection of quality programming throughout 16 counties in West Central Florida." In my 'xmltv' "pull-down" list of possible stations to associate with a given channel number, unless it shows you all of the PBS "sub-channels" in your market, you may have mis-associated two different PBS channels with the same (and often only associative choice).That could cause you to be getting two recordings of the same PBS channel program. Check your xmltv choices in the EPG pull-down for the two channels that recorded the same program. Note: A few of the "Indie"channels in some markets also broadcast one or two separate and distinct programming offerings along with their main signal.

Yeah 'EYEMISS...', it does...and it makes me want to take my new and likely dangerously insufficient Unix skills and write other little helpful *scripts* to do things without so much as a ":wq".... 🙂

Awhile back, there was mention of storing EyeTV-recorded programs on external drives and the need to have programs stored in the EyeTV Archive foder inside the Documents folder. on the boot drive I have a lot of programs like all the Mad Men and Sopranos episodes on external drives. I just store them in a folder there designated as EyeTV Archive and then when the external drive is connected, I use the EyeTV Preferences option and "link" them in the second "Recording" panel to the external drive and then re-launch EyeTV and it finds the recorded programs there instead of the actual EyeTV Archive folder on the boot drive...works fine and when the external drive is disconnected, EyeTV automagically reverts to the Archive folder on the boot drive to look for programs..

Great idea about "aliasing" the hidden Home "Library" folder to the sidebar...thanks, Phillie!

...and shortly after...SUCCESS, I am so *geeked*. I'm through "Step 10" now and headed for home. EyeTV whose Channels list was empty opened and now Apple's multi-colored rotating ball is hopefully telling me it is loading my inventory and I see channels where there none were before. It's about three minutes later and the Apple rotating ball has stopped and I have Program Guide Now on to Steps 11 through completion for automating the update process and this is one happy old dude living the retired life in Florida on his way! Note to all who are unfulfilled or struggling...as 'EYEMISSELGATO, 'UnixGuy', 'WisconsinEric' and others have posted here...YOU CAN DO THIS....these folks have saved our TV Guide-less bacon as it were!

That must be my problem, 'UnixGuy' as a later attempt yielded the response of "missing -g" which I saw on the schedules.direct "key" listed as "country code". I'm off to try...in the meantime I pared down my channels-pull list at schedules.direct to 54 instead of 588. I'm also seeing that the schedules.direct mapping of channel numbers is a more nearly perfect match to my actual cable channel program assignments than xmltv.com. It has only one anomaly and I've written them about fixing that. Based on previous posts to this thread, I suspect that will get fixed promptly.

Stuck on working through getting the "schedules.direct" solution working... Using the step-by-step in the "2nd version of schedules direct.pdf", I seem to be good through Step 7...making the mc2xml file an "executable"....was successful. But in Step 8, trying to run the command "./mc2xml -J [schedules.direct username:password] just presents a ">" prompt and churns. I waited many minutes and it just "hung" there and never created an mc2xml.dat file and an xmldv.xml file in my Scripts folder. Am I just not waiting long enough? My cable service provider does have literally hundreds of channels on its coax.

Yes, I had to create a new e-mail address to use since mine is already in the"got a refund" disabled file at Geniatech. I got the build from the link earlier here in the Forum and downloaded the build that is supposedly now being tested. It worked to the extent that it showed me my cable provider in the Set-Up Assistant zip-based drop down. It also showed when my access expired (May 7th. as I remember). But that was all I could evaluate. Set-up Assistant would not configure itself to talk to my cable box and finish the installation and populate the "Channels" window with my cable-provider's channel inventory and therefor show a guide based on the channels...hence no ability to change channels on my cable box with the EyeTV

After my early suspicions that Geniatech intended to let its TV Guide service just die, it looks like it has come to a successful "arrangement" with the Rovi Corporation for continued access to their listings service. Rovi certainly seems to have the "chops" to be around for awhile with its Macrovision roots and TIVO ownership. I see the "beta" access is offered through early May, so maybe by late May/June we'll have access to whatever this new "Premium TV Guide" service will look like. The beta does have a pretty accurate choice for my cable provider's channel listings based on the zip-code based drop-down in the Set-Up Assistant. The issue for me when its operational will be the annual subscription cost compared to its old cost and the XML-based alternatives. I suspect the addition of the "Premium" descriptor means a hefty price rise.

Catching up here...seems like 'jpMist27' and I were/are in the same furrow... I am pleased to report that I now have two Mini's working again with the XMLTV guide service. It hasn't been "auto-updating" but I see from recent posts that it needed a final line (</plist>) so I'll try that. The XMLTV listing for my Spectrum cable service in Florida on a coupe of channels I like doesn't match it's actual channel number, but I will try the EyeTV gear "Add Channel manually" for them and see if that works. 'EYEMISSELGATO's' "export/import" suggestion did work at restoring channels for the second disabled Mini, but since the Time Machine "restore" worked so well on the first, I just did it again on the second. The new Mini is still in the box but working with it is "up to bat" for this weekend. It has the 6-core i7 processor, the 1Tb SSD storage, and 16 Gigs of RAM so I'm expecting it to blaze compared to its nearest (Late 2014) predecessor with a 1Tb "fusion" drive. Never thought I'd pay $2,000 for a Mini though <gasp>, but at almost 80 nearly ancient years, it is likely to be my last!. I am determined to configure it with 'EYEMISSELGATO's' successful "schedules direct" guide solution using the "how-to's posted awhile back. Wish me luck!

Addenda...my Mini's are all running OSX Sierra (10.12.6) along with the identical EyeTV HD boxes. I have tried all of the usual power-down/reboot routines on the Minis and the EyeTV hardware to no avail. While working on my second Mini EyeTV revival, I will also have a new system to play with. Fed-Ex just brought me a new Mini which has Mojave installed with the new APFS file system, so I'll get to try installing EyeTV from scratch on a new 64 bit Mac and see what happens. I'll report back....:-)

Just got this from Angela after requesting a chance to "test" the beta... Hello Holden, We are glad to know that you like our EPG service and would like to test for us. To test the software, you will need to log in the service with a valid account. However, you have requested refund and your subscription is invalid now. So the beta version will not work for you. But we will inform you when the service is back and the inventory is filled. Kind regards, Angela UNIX Guy... I use EyeTV HD Hardware with software version 3.6.9.(7524). Thanks for your suggestions. I tried them to no avail. The gear pull down for requesting am "Update" to the TV Program Guide" responds with "Since no channels are currently using TV Guide, no update is necessary". And that is true because I have no channels anymore. I think once you lose your channels you are indeed "bricked" as 'jpmist27' described it. No way to get them back without a new successful run of "Set-Up" Assistant which no longer gives you any cable company choices on the enter Zip Code window. Trying to open a "Live TV Window: gets you a blank window that looks for 1080i/30fps and the just goes blank with AV component at the bottom. And 'Component' is how my EyeTV hardware box is connected to my cable box, so it knows where to look for a channel signal. But the connection from the EyeTV hardware box seems to depend on that initial set-up of communication between EyeTV and your cable box which populates with channels. There is good news though. I did successfully restore my main Mini from a January backup, so I was able to use 'Wisconsin Eric's' step-by-step and have it now restored using the XMLTV guide. And it did properly record three programs last night on different channels, so the EyeTV hardware using the IR remote channel changer is back to life and talking to my cable box. I'll have to wait a couple of days to see if my two-weeks of program guide updates daily with the .plist file in the Library/Launch Agents folder. I do have a second Mini that is "no-channels-bricked" like the first, so I will revive it with a back-up restore. On that one I am going to try EYEMISSELGATO's "schedules direct" helper files and see if I can succeed there and then choose xmltv or schedules direct for the successor to TV Guide based on which one meets my needs. But since the "schedules direct" implementation seems much more daunting for non-programmers like me, I'm not convinced I can make that work. If not at least I'll have a workable xmltv solution to set up on all of my Minis. All of this thanks to the many knowledgeable and helpful contributors to this Forum!

Once I lost all channels in the Channels window the option , the bottom of that window didn't show any selectable "service" choices anymore...just None Available and the "auto-tune" box was greyed out and not selectable. Going back to the Set-Up Assistant to try from scratch all of a sudden gave me no options for my cable supplier from the choices I previously had for my entered Zip Code...just "None Available". Can't see any way to restore a set of channels from any source at this point.