EyeTV 2.5 Update
EyeTV 2.5, a free update to the award-winning EyeTV 2 television software, includes many new features for viewing on the Mac, the iPhone, and iPod touch. With Wi-Fi Access, recorded television shows can be accessed for playback from an iPhone and iPod touch in a local Wi-Fi network. Many EyeTV users have requested the ability to record content that has been temporarily stored via timeshifting. To create a new recording after watching a live television show for a while, simply navigate to the beginning of the show, and click the record button. iPhone has arrived in the USA, and will land in Europe starting November 9. EyeTV 2.5 offers a one-click button for easy export of recordings for Apple’s mobile telephone as well as iPod touch. In France, EyeTV 2.5 supports IPTV for Freebox.
[B]Wi-Fi Access[/B]
Owners of an iPhone or iPod touch can access their library of EyeTV recordings and watch recorded shows over a local Wi-Fi network. iPhone or iPod touch connect via Safari to a web server running within EyeTV 2.5 and can browse the EyeTV Archive and its playlists. Movies can be selected via the touch screen and played back.
[B]Record from Live Buffer[/B]
The timeshift buffer contains the portion of a television show that lies in the past and has already been watched “live”. EyeTV 2.5 can record this portion and store it as a complete recording. To do so, navigate to the desired start point (by scrubbing in the timeline using the on-screen remote control, or rewinding, or jumping) and then click the red record button. The new recording will start from the actual playback position. All navigational controls such as Pause, Rewind, and Fast Forward remain fully functional while recording from the live buffer until you decide to stop the recording.
[B]IPTV Support for Freebox[/B]
EyeTV 2.5 adds support for watching live television streamed over the local network from the Freebox, an IPTV set-top box available in France for users who have purchased ADSL Internet access from Free. Free is one of the largest European IPTV providers with over 300,000 subscribers. This feature is available to customers who purchased hardware by Elgato, or have purchased an EyeTV 2 retail or upgrade license.
One-Click-Export for iPhone and iPod Touch For owners of brand-new iPhone and iPod touch devices, EyeTV 2.5 offers a simple export via mouse click to enable easy transfers of recorded television shows for later, off-line viewing on the go. Simply select the recording and click the new, convenient iPhone button in the EyeTV toolbar. EyeTV can also automatically export to iPhone when scheduled recordings have completed.
[B]Float-on-top[/B]
EyeTV 2.5 features the option to have the playback window float in front of all other windows, always remaining the frontmost window, even in front of other applications. This applies to live television windows as well as recordings. The floating window can be moved and continuously resized, and even supports picture-in-picture functionality.
[B]More New Functionality[/B]
In addition to the features highlighted above, the update contains many new enhancements. EyeTV 2.5 improves H.264 HDTV playback performance. H.264 HDTV playback remains quite CPU intensive and requires at least an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. EyeTV 2.5 now supports timeshifting functionality for analog TV tuners without built-in hardware compression, such as EyeTV Hybrid.
