New to EyeTV 4 and it seems to be working under Mojave

[Worthington 0]

I bit the bullet and bought EyeTV4 yesterday, prior to upgrading from MacOS Mojave. Installation was easy and I still have a working copy of EyeTV 3. I had tried the beta version of 4 and ran away as fast as I could.

So far everything is as expected. EyeTV 4 recognises my old recordings, make new ones, seems to edit them and won't export them but Handbrake does. I did get some funny video jumps when streaming live TV to my old iPad 2. I think I've cured this by increasing the recording buffer to 20mb.

My next move is to upgrade to MacOS Monterey or Big Sur. Any advice in advance would be appreciated.

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7 hours ago, Worthington said:

I bit the bullet and bought EyeTV4 yesterday, prior to upgrading from MacOS Mojave. Installation was easy and I still have a working copy of EyeTV 3. I had tried the beta version of 4 and ran away as fast as I could.

So far everything is as expected. EyeTV 4 recognises my old recordings, make new ones, seems to edit them and won't export them but Handbrake does. I did get some funny video jumps when streaming live TV to my old iPad 2. I think I've cured this by increasing the recording buffer to 20mb.

My next move is to upgrade to MacOS Monterey or Big Sur. Any advice in advance would be appreciated.

EyeTV 4 beta? Where did you download it from? 

[Worthington 0]

2 minutes ago, expander said:

EyeTV 4 beta? Where did you download it from? 

It was available when they were writing it a few years ago.

[Worthington 0]

After a couple of days, I've gone back to EyeTV3, it is so much superior software compared with EyeTV4. Such a shame, such a missed opportunity by Geniatech.

For me, the font size of the program list and lack of the little on-screen controller (that has been on my desktop over 20 years) are two major omissions. I could wait for  easier exporting in a new upgrade plus fixing some of the glitches in the software and hope they will be achieved. I've used free PD apps in the past with EyeTV that were better than the current EyeTV4.

I am now looking for alternatives to EyeTV's hardware/software combination that will play live TV on my Mac and stream to my iPads. Even an old Mac Mini is in my field of vision or maybe my very old Powerbook, circa 2008, G4 or G5 Mac Pros (that sit on the floor with the snakes, dust devils and dragons) that will still do the job. Money isn't the problem, just elegance of the solution.

All suggestions welcome. I shall probably get a new iMac soon so EyeTV4 will be forced on me otherwise.