Privacy Police

Rammy

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    12

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Rammy

  1. Posted · Report reply

    On 3/25/2024 at 6:29 PM, PJ25 said:

    The mistake of upgrading - EyeTV no longer works

    Hopefully, someone out there can help me.

    I have just upgraded to a Mac Mini M2 Pro, 32GB memory, and running Sonoma 14.4.  I am based in the UK.

    EyeTV would not work, so I used EyeTV Reporter to remove my old EyeTV preferences and app.

    When I reinstall EyeTV4 it cannot find any channels, although the software tells me I have 100% signal strength.

    Has anyone else had these issues?  Are there any fixes?

    Many thanks.

     

    If you are still using an Elgato branded T2 Hybrid this might be the problem. I had the same problem on M2, bought a new Geniatech branded Hybrid and it worked.

     

  2. Posted · Report reply

    On 12/2/2023 at 7:05 AM, aritase said:

    This might help - although in my EyeTV the column is the one most left, column of littles squares.

    Choose all channels by clicking the headline square and drag channels.

    _________________

    https://www.geniatech.eu/faq/how-do-i-sort-the-order-of-my-channels-in-eyetv/

    Unfortunately this seems to be a help topic for EyeTV 3. In EyeTV 4 there is no blank column to the left of the “#” sign.

  3. Posted · Report reply

    On 11/22/2023 at 11:28 AM, Il Gatto said:

    This also drove me nuts. As it turns out there is a command in the context menu of the channel list (right click or control click) that reads "Apply default sort order". For me it does just the opposite: It enables a personal sort order. The German translation "Sender neu sortieren" ("new sorting order") seems clearer.

    Thanks Il Gatto!

    Selecting "Sender neu sortieren" will indeed let me rearrange the channels!

    The only problem is that the channel numbers don't change. For example, if I press 7 on my keyboard, not the channel that is on the seventh place of my channel list will be shown, but the one that was initially assigned the number 7. 🫣

    Were you able to fix that somehow?

  4. Posted · Report reply

    Sorting channels

    There is no way to sort the channels, is there?

    I'm running EyeTV 4 8528 on Ventura. Sorting the found channels manually will not change the sorting number. Importing the channel list from an older build is simply not working, it will always reset to the default channel list.

    I was looking for an xml file or something similar that stores the information about the channels, in the hopes of rewriting it to sort the channels that way, but there doesn't appear to be a file that stores the channels? At least not one that I can edit, like the .eyetvloc file.

    It seems like the most basic feature for an application like EyeTV, but like so many other things, it's just not possible. I really wish Geniatech would spend more time and effort making EyeTV 4 the application that EyeTV 3 once was.

  5. Posted · Report reply

    On 7/22/2023 at 8:33 PM, Il Gatto said:

    If you have an old ElGato branded Hybrid it is possible that it just won't work on Apple Silicon. I have two M1 Macs and my old Hybrid does not work with them. It might show a single DVB-C channel but it won't find any other channels. I bought a newer refurbished T2 Hybrid from the European Geniatech Sales page and this does work, of course with all compromises that EyeTV 4 brings.

    Thank you for your reply mate!

    My eyetv T2 Hybrids are most definitely Elgato branded, I have been using them for years.

    I might order this one from Amazon, it seems to be a newer Geniatech branded one.

    Thanks again!

  9. Posted · Report reply

    Hi eweri!

    2 hours ago, eweri said:

    Were you able to give EyeTV 4 the right to control EyeTV Helper? It in the Preferences under Security -> Automation. The Web-Site says that you should add grant EyeTV access to EyeTV Helper but it not possible to grant this right manually.  

    No, in macOs Catalina I cannot grant EyeTV access to control EyeTV Helper in System Preferences > Security > Privacy > Automations. I don't think you can add permissions manually. In macOS Mojave on my other machine it is there.

    iPhone/iPad access worked when I enabled Full Disc Access for EyeConnect in System Preferences > Security > Privacy like you suggested and as detailed here. Even without the Automations entry.

    However, there seems to be a problem with the latest release (8526) as I don't get any audio when I stream to my iPhone/iPad.
    When I terminate the processes EyeTV Helper and EyeConnect using Activity Montitor and stream to my iPhone/iPad using EyeTV build 8524 I do get audio.
    Maybe having two EyeTV builds on my system causes a conflict with EyeConnect... I don't know.

     

    I'm happy to report that three bugs I detailed in my previous post seem to have been fixed in the latest build 8526.

    • black borders left and right of the TV window when going from fullscreen to window mode 
    • the channel/program information being displayed incorrectly in the center of the window, sometimes missing the black background 
    • sometimes wrong aspect ration when going fullscreen 

    I would gladly post more bugs that I come across, but I'm not sure if Geniatech even reads them.

    So Geniatech, if you read this let me know! An official forum for EyeTV 4 would also be appreciated, maybe a thread to post bugs? You guys really need to work on your communication with your customers – replying to a few comments on Facebook isn't enough.

  10. Posted · Edited by Rammy · Report reply

    On 3/19/2021 at 9:54 AM, eweri said:

    I setup EyeConnect in Security preferences to "fulldiskaccess" and than live TV was possible - but video of HD (1280x720 Video) is scattering on my iPad.

    Thank you for that tip – I thought iPhone/iPad access was just broken in EyeTV 4, turns out enabling Full Disk Access for EyeConnect does the trick.

    Hey Geniatech, it would be really helpful if EyeTV 4 told me to enable Full Disc Access for EyeConnect. 🙄

     

    On 3/19/2021 at 9:54 AM, eweri said:

    but video of HD (1280x720 Video) is scattering on my iPad. (...) I wanted to view some recordings from the shared library but this was not possible at all. Always got the message "preparing for access ..." but nothing happened. Even when I select "Prepare for iPhone access" from the content menu in EyeTV 4 nothing happens.

    Full HD channels (1920 x 1080) stutter in EyeTV 4 (8524) and when streamed to iPhone/iPad.
    HD Ready channels (1280 x 720) work fine on my Mac mini (2018, Catalina, 3,2 GHz 6-Core i7, 8 GB RAM) and when streamed to iPhone/iPad.
    Streaming recordings from the library to iPhone/iPad does not work – I get the same message "Preparing for access" and nothing happens. "Prepare for iPhone Access" in EyeTV 4 similarly does nothing.

     

    There's a slew of other bugs in EyeTV 4, from the top of my head...

    • the app crashing when changing channels using the number-keys in fullscreen
    • the channel list not saving, or not being able to select a previously saved channel list
    • black borders left and right of the TV window when going from fullscreen to window mode
    • the channel/program information being displayed incorrectly in the center of the window, sometimes missing the black background
    • the slider to scrub forwards and backwards sometimes not working correctly
    • closing the TV window (Cmd-W) and pressing spacebar to reopen/resume does not work
    • sometimes wrong aspect ration when going fullscreen


    EyeTV 4 (8524) isn't as bad as some people make it out to be here in the forum, but it still requires a lot of work. I'm hoping Geniatech will address these bugs quickly.

  11. Posted · Report reply

    Hello!

    I hope to find a solution to a problem with the breakout cable. EyeTV does not get a signal from the breakout cable any longer. It has been working fine two days ago, all of a sudden I can no longer get a signal. The source is not the problem, the composite cables work fine on a TV.

    I have two breakout cables and tried both on two different EyeTV Hybrids. That's why I'm confident it's not a hardware problem, but a problem with the software.

    I tried reinstalling the software, deleted the preferences, disconnected the hardware for a couple of minutes. No signal, not in EyeTV 3 or the EyeTV 4 Beta.

    I'm hoping that this is a common problem. I want to digitize my deceased father's VHS-C tapes, even bought an old Panasonic VHS-C camera.
    I'm grateful for any help. Thank you!

    • EyeTV Hybrid
    • MacOS Mojave / OS X Yosemite