Elgato EYETV Manual
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- Page 1 Elgato Systems EyeTV Software Manual © 2004 Elgato Systems LLC 900 Kearny Street • Suite 750 San Francisco, CA 94133 United States of America Elgato Systems GmbH Nymphenburgerstr. 86 80636 München support@elgato.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 Welcome to EyeTV! Viewer Window Chapter 2 Watching Live Television Watching Multiple Programs Changing the Size of the EyeTV Viewer Window 7 Adjusting the Display Options Closed Captions Snapshots from the EyeTV Viewer Window Controller Chapter 3 Controller Button Descriptions... - Page 3 EyeTV Manual Navigating the Guide Tabs Searching for Programs Tuning to Live Television Automatically Recording Programs Remote Scheduling Programs EyeTV Program Guide in Europe: Powered by tvtv New User Registration Navigating through the Program Guide View by Date View by Filter...
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Page 4: Welcome To Eyetv
EyeTV Manual Chapter 1 Installation Installation This chapter will show you how to install EyeTV software and launch EyeTV for the first time. Welcome to EyeTV! This guide shows you how to begin watching and recording television programs on your Macintosh. It covers installing and configuring EyeTV software and includes instructions for using the most common features of EyeTV. - Page 5 • Insert the EyeTV software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. • Drag and drop the EyeTV application where you would like to install it. We recommend your Mac’s Applications folder. Step Two: Launching EyeTV for the First Time •...
- Page 6 EyeTV Manual Registering EyeTV Online Registering EyeTV entitles you to the following benefits: • Notification of product updates • Technical support • Special offers To register: • Open your web browser and go to www.elgato.com/ registration.html • Enter the requested information and click the “Register”...
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Page 7: Chapter 2 Viewer Window
EyeTV is started. Live television can be manipulated (i.e. paused, instant- replayed, fast-forwarded) at any time using the Controller buttons (see Chapter 3, The EyeTV Controller) or using commands from the Controls menu. To close or re-open the Live TV Window, select Close Window or Open Live TV Window from the File menu. -
Page 8: Changing The Size Of The Eyetv Viewer Window
EyeTV will automatically try to choose the correct aspect ratio. Typical TV has a 4:3 ratio, while a few widescreen formats also exist. If you would like EyeTV to always choose a certain ratio, you can pick that from the View menu. This could be useful if you are trying to remove letterboxing, or display content on a widescreen monitor. -
Page 9: Adjusting The Display Options
TV signal and blends them together. Motion-Adaptive, the default, intelligently deinterlaces when needed. You may want to turn Deinterlace off if you are going to have EyeTV output directly to a TV set, like through your computer’s S-Video port. -
Page 10: Snapshots From The Eyetv Viewer Window
EyeTV Manual To turn on the display of Closed Captions, go to View – Closed Captions. EyeTV 200 (in US and Canada) is the only unit that currently supports Closed Captioning. Snapshots from the EyeTV Viewer Window If you want to capture a snapshot of the current frame of video, you can press z-C, which will save the picture to the clipboard. -
Page 11: Chapter 3 Controller
Chapter 3 Controller Controller This chapter will show you how to use the EyeTV Controller. The Controller enables you to fully manage your TV viewing experience. You can use the Controller while watching either live or pre-recorded programs. The picture and table on the next page describes the function of each of the buttons on the Controller. -
Page 12: Controller Button Descriptions
Timeshifting Control Buttons Play/Pause - Click this button to play/pause the current program. In the case of live television, EyeTV keeps recording the live feed onto your disk. The pause time remaining for your now timeshifted show depends on the free space available on your disk. - Page 13 EyeTV Manual EyeTV Navigation Buttons EyeTV Programs - Click this button to bring up the EyeTV Programs window, which displays all of the shows that have been or will be recorded. Program Guide - Clicking this button launches your default web browser and brings up the TitanTV or tvtv web site so you can view TV program listings and schedule shows for recording.
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Page 14: Scheduled Programs & Stored Recordings
The EyeTV Programs window is a list of all previously recorded programs and all programs scheduled to be recorded. Each time you record something or you schedule something to be recorded using EyeTV, a new entry will be added to the list in the EyeTV Programs window. -
Page 15: Stored Recordings
EyeTV Manual Once a scheduled program has actually been recorded, its shaded color will change from pink to blue. Stored Recordings Programs that have been previously recorded are called Stored Recordings. Once a Stored Recording has been played, the “New” icon is replaced by a snapshot of the last frame viewed. -
Page 16: Managing Scheduled Programs
EyeTV Manual Managing Scheduled Programs To add a scheduled program using the EyeTV Program Guide, click the Guide icon at the top of the window. This button launches your default browser and brings up the TitanTV or tvtv web site. Clicking the RECORD button next to a program tells EyeTV to schedule the program to be automatically recorded. -
Page 17: Advanced Recording Features
EyeTV when device is plugged in” (see Chapter 7, EyeTV Preferences). Waking From Sleep to Record The EyeTV software can wake up your Mac to enable scheduled recordings to run (this feature only works with Mac OS 10.2 or later). Automatic wake up occurs two minutes before the scheduled recording starts, in order to allow your Mac time to wake up. - Page 18 EyeTV Manual Please Note: In all of the above cases, if you have extended the scheduled recording time in the Recording Preferences, EyeTV will launch two minutes before the padded time. For example, with the two minutes of default padding, EyeTV will launch four minutes before the scheduled time.
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Page 19: Opening The Eyetv Visual Editor
EyeTV Manual Chapter 5 Editor This chapter will show you how to use EyeTV’s built in Visual Editor Opening the EyeTV Visual Editor The Visual Editor is normally hidden from view. To begin editing, select a recording in the EyeTV Programs Window, and click the Edit button. (Or, press the grey button in the top right hand corner of the video window). -
Page 20: Visual Editor Drawer
When the editor is visible the right and left arrow keys can be used to navigate between thumbnails. When the editor is closed, and EyeTV is playing over a clip marked for deletion, the right arrow skips playback to the end of the clip. -
Page 21: Fine Tuning Edits
EyeTV Manual Fine Tuning Edits In order to find a good start or end for your clip within a recording, EyeTV offers the following navigational aids to assist you in “drilling down” to the best location: • Drag the Playhead with your mouse to roughly go to where you want to edit. -
Page 22: Compacting A Recording
If you are unsure whether to proceed with compacting, you may also preview the results by saving the entire recording as a QuickTime movie or burning a DVD or Video CD. The marked clips will not be exported, but will remain in the EyeTV recording archive. Examples of Using the Visual Editor... - Page 23 Any part of a recording can be saved as a separate EyeTV recording that is listed in the EyeTV Programs window. Use the editing tools to mark a clip so it is highlighted in yellow, and then choose Save Clip as Recording from the File menu.
- Page 24 EyeTV Manual Segment a Long Recording into VideoCD size Chunks For recordings stored at High Quality, drag the playhead to about 32 minutes into the recording. 32 minutes of HQ video will generally fit onto 700 MB CD- R/RW media. Choose Export Clip from the File menu and save the first chunk.
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Page 25: Eyetv Program Guide In North America: Powered By Titantv
Elgato has partnered with TitanTV, the nation’s most comprehensive TV listings service, to provide you with accurate information about the programs available in your area. EyeTV’s program guide will help you find shows to watch now or automatically record, so you can watch them later at a more convenient time. -
Page 26: Titantv Sections
More about this is in the next few sections. My Account – All of the settings for your grids, and how they interact with EyeTV (your PVR). Adjust things to exactly suit your needs. Community – This is a general forum for all things TitanTV. You can leave messages here for other users to see, or you can use the “Elgato PVR... -
Page 27: Navigating The Guide Tabs
EyeTV Manual Program Description – Click the program’s title to view a description of that program. Navigating the Guide Tabs TitanTV offers more types of programming than any other TV listings Web site. It is easy to look at what programming is available through any of the sources that come to your house by selecting a guide tab at the top of the page. -
Page 28: Searching For Programs
EyeTV which then schedules the program to be automatically recorded. Remote Scheduling Programs Remote Scheduling allows you to send program information to EyeTV from any computer with Web access. To use Remote Scheduling with TitanTV, follow this procedure •... -
Page 29: Eyetv Program Guide In Europe: Powered By Tvtv
EyeTV’s Program Guide will help you find shows to watch now, or to automatically record so you can watch them later at a more convenient time. -
Page 30: Navigating Through The Program Guide
EyeTV Manual used by tvtv and EyeTV to access and synchronize your listings. You will also need to select EyeTV as the Personal-TV product you’re using. You must sign up as a tvtv user before using the EyeTV Program Guide. -
Page 31: Searching For Programs
Job List. From there, it is stored until the next time EyeTV synchronizes with tvtv. (See Chapter 7, EyeTV Preferences, Guide Preferences). Make sure that you name your EyeTV channels exactly the same as they Chapter 6 · Program Guide... - Page 32 EyeTV Manual appear in tvtv. Otherwise, when you synchronize, they will be set to Channel 0. (See Chapter 7, EyeTV Preferences, Setup Preferences). Chapter 6 · Program Guide...
- Page 33 General Preferences Play sound when EyeTV is in background - Check this box to toggle sound on or off when EyeTV is running in the background. Play sound in the Dock - Check this box to toggle sound on or off when the viewer window is minimized to the Dock.
- Page 34 “EyeTV Archive” by default. Click Change to move this location. Live TV Buffer Size - EyeTV sets aside a certain amount of disk space in the EyeTV Archive in order to buffer live television. The higher the amount of disk space, the longer EyeTV can pause live television, depending on the quality setting used.
- Page 35 Macintoshes. Setup Preferences The Setup preferences are initially set through the EyeTV Setup Assistant. You can customize your channel lineup or modify your hardware setup here. NOTE: The Setup Preferences’ display changes depending on the model of hardware that is attached.
- Page 36 EyeTV Manual After EyeTV has built a list of available channels you may customize this list by adding descriptive names for each channel. Select a channel and click Options… to edit its name. You can also choose to ignore a channel by unchecking the Active box, or by Option-clicking on the channel in the channel list.
- Page 37 EyeTV Manual Guide Preferences This is where you can manually select the website to use for your EyeTV Program Guide. Choose TitanTV if you are in the US, and that service will launch whenever you press the Guide button on the EyeTV Controller or the Programs window.
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Page 38: Burning Video Cds
This chapter will show you how to use some of the advanced features of EyeTV. EyeTV has been integrated with Roxio’s Toast 6 Titanium CD recording software to make it easy for you to archive your favorite shows onto Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), or DVD. -
Page 39: Burning Dvds
CDs have DAT files, with titles like AVSEQ01.DAT, in a MPEGAV directory. Simply drag and drop these DAT files onto EyeTV, or navigate to them and open them up using the Open QuickTime Movie command in the File menu. The Video CD will start playing automatically once a DAT file is opened. -
Page 40: Exporting Quicktime Movies
You will be presented with following screen: Under Format, you will have a number of preset options: Email, Web, iMovie, DVD Studio Pro and Toast. EyeTV will create the correct files for use with those applications. You can also choose the specific format you prefer: MPEG Program Stream –... -
Page 41: Eyetv Tips And Tricks
MPEG-4 – The latest MPEG codec, offering high quality at lower bitrates. 3G – Creates a small MPEG-4 file suitable for portable devices. EyeTV Tips and Tricks If you’re interested in finding new and exciting ways to use EyeTV, then please visit our Tips and Tricks page: www.elgato.com/eyeTV/tipsntricks.html Included there are links to 3 rd party applications that extend EyeTV’s... - Page 42 EyeTV Manual Small Size Screen z–1 Half Size Screen z–2 Normal Size Screen z–3 Maximum Size Screen z–4 Open Editor Option–E Fast Forward z-→ (right arrow) (hold down) Single Frame Forward z-→ (right arrow) (tap once) Slow Forward z–Option-→ (right arrow) Fast Backward z-←...
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Page 43: Downloading Updates
EyeTV software periodically, that add new features and functionality to EyeTV, as well as fixing any bugs encountered. Please check the Elgato web site often to download the latest version of EyeTV software at www.elgato.com/support/downloads.html Getting Help If you are still experiencing problems after troubleshooting, you can get expert help directly from Elgato by sending an e-mail to support-de@elgato.com, or by... - Page 44 This warranty is void: a) if the unit is operated or stored under abnormal use and maintenance conditions; b) if the unit is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification or alteration is expressly authorized in writing by PLEXTOR; c) if the unit is subjected to abuse, neglect, lightning strike, electrical fault, improper packaging, or accident;...
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