Elgato Systems EyeTV 2 Software Manual 3.0 © 2006 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.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Installation 3 3 Chapter 2 Viewer Window 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 Chapter 3 Controller 12 13 Welcome to EyeTV! Watching Live Television Watching Multiple Programs Using Multiple Digital Channels Using Digital Multifeeds Changing the Size of the EyeTV Viewer Window Changing the Aspect Ratio of the Viewer Window Adjusting the Display Options Teletext Subtitles DVB Subtitles Overlay Window Snapshots from the EyeTV Viewer Window Controller Button Descriptions Chapter 4 Pr
EyeTV Manual 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 Searching for Programs Automatically Recording Programs 38 38 38 40 40 43 43 44 44 45 45 Chapter 7 Preferences 46 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Chapter 8 Advanced Features 53 53 54 54 58 59 60 General Preferences Recording Preferences Controls Preferences Guide Preferences Display
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 1 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. This chapter contains installation instructions for the software.
EyeTV Software Manual Installation Step One: Installing EyeTV Software • 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 • Navigate to the folder where you installed the EyeTV Software and double-click the EyeTV icon.
EyeTV Software 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” button.
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 2 Viewer Window The EyeTV Viewer window displays live or pre-recorded programs on your Macintosh. This chapter describes how to use the EyeTV Viewer window. Watching Live Television With EyeTV you can watch live television in several different window sizes or in full screen mode. A live television window usually appears immediately after EyeTV is started. Live television can be manipulated (i.e.
EyeTV Software Manual how to watch multiple pre-recorded programs, please see Chapter 4, The EyeTV Programs Window). Using Multiple Digital Channels With digital television products EyeTV can play and record two or more TV channels that reside on the same transponder/multiplex simultaneously. A simple explanation is that digital TV channels are often subdivided into multiple subchannels. That means there could be multiple channels of related content available, instead of just one.
EyeTV Software Manual (like 11-1 for regular programming, and 11-2 for weather). Look on your channel list, and note these subchannels. You cannot watch content from two different transponders at once (CBS and NBC), unless you had two separate tuners. That would require two separate EyeTV units. Looking for identical frequencies would be the way to determine if channels are on the same multiplex. Look in the frequency column of the Channels section of the Programs window, to see the frequency.
EyeTV Software Manual The following pre-selected sizes are also available from the View menu. To watch full screen: Select Enter Full Screen from the View menu, press z-0, or double click on the viewer window To exit full screen mode, press the Escape key press z-0 again, or double click on the viewer window To watch in a small size window: • Select Small Size from the View menu or press z-1. To watch in a half size window: • Select Half Size from the View menu or press z-2.
EyeTV Software Manual Closed Captions Most programs in the US have embedded subtitles, known as Closed Captions. These are designed for the hearing impaired, with extra features that normal subtitles don’t have. To turn on the display of Closed Captions, go to View – Closed Captions. All EyeTV units in the US and Canada support Closed Captioning. Teletext Subtitles For all EyeTV models that support the PAL broadcast standard, EyeTV has subtitling support via Teletext pages.
EyeTV Software Manual the EyeTV infrared control. Pressing the return key on the keyboard forces it to display for a few seconds. You can control how long it will display, by using the General Preferences (“Display program information after channel changes”). Please note that the amount of information available varies. Full information (program title, start, duration, rating, genre, next program) is typically available for digital broadcasts.
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 3 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. Note that some additional functions are available through the Controls menu and keyboard shortcuts.
EyeTV Software Manual Controller Button Descriptions EyeTV Information Display This blue area displays the name of the program currently being watched or recorded, the elapsed time, and the channel on which the program is playing. Clicking the time display toggles between elapsed time, total time, and time remaining.
EyeTV Software Manual cord a longer program, please highlight the recording in the Recording section of the EyeTV Programs window, press the Info button, and edit the schedule there. Because EyeTV has only one tuner, and can only handle one video source at a time, channels and inputs cannot be changed while recording. Once a recording has started, the cache is flushed so you cannot skip backwards beyond the start time of the recording.
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 4 Programs Window This section describes the functions of the EyeTV Programs window. Programs Window Sections The EyeTV Programs window is organized into a number of sections, accessible from the Categories column on the left. Recordings, Schedules, Channels and Program Guide are the default sections, and Favorites and Playlists can also be added to the Categories column.
EyeTV Software Manual those items from the File menu, with New Playlist or New Favorite Channels. At the bottom right corner of the Programs Window there is a slider. Move it to the left, and items displayed in the Programs Window will shrink. Move it to the right, and they will be magnified. Recordings Each time you record something using EyeTV, a new entry will be added to the list in the Recordings section of the EyeTV Programs window.
EyeTV Software Manual on the remote, a new recording is automatically added to the EyeTV Programs window. If you are recording from the tuner, then it should be named as per the Program Guide information. Otherwise, it is displayed as a “Live Recording”, with the date and time listed. You can enter the program information for this recording, or change the stop time, by highlighting it in the Programs Window and clicking the Info button.
EyeTV Software Manual of the EyeTV Programs window. The listing will become more restrictive with each additional character entered. Recordings are sorted by Title, Duration, Date and Size. To sort the Recordings section, click on one of the columns, like the Date column, and the sort will happen. Click again to reverse the order. You can change the order of the columns, by clicking on the label, and then dragging it to the left or right.
EyeTV Software Manual The total amount of schedules is listed in the Categories column, next to the Schedules section. Managing Schedules To add a manually scheduled program, select the Schedules section, click the New button at the top of the window and fill in the program’s parameters, including Title, Episode, Description, Date and Time (When), Duration, Repeats and what channel or input (Where).
EyeTV Software Manual To view more details about a recording, or to change its title or description, select the recording and click the Info button. When a repeating schedule is recording, the clock icon will turn red. Using the iPod column, you can select a recording to automatically export to iTunes, in the iPod format. Schedules are sorted by Title, Duration, When, Where, Repeats and iPod. To sort the Schedules section, click on one of the columns, like the When column, and the sort will happen.
EyeTV Software Manual Channels EyeTV-compatible hardware devices have built in tuners, to select channels. The type and amount of channels depends on what video source your particular device is using. To detect channels, you need to use the Auto Tune process. This is usually done via the Setup Assistant, located in the Help menu. If you need to tune again, at the bottom of the Channels section there are controls to select your Country and Service, and then to Auto Tune.
EyeTV Software Manual To search for particular channels, use the Search field at the top right corner of the EyeTV Programs window. The listing will become more restrictive with each additional character entered. The Action menu, which looks like a gear, allows you to do the following to channels: Rename - Change the name of the highlighted schedule. Clear Custom Channel Names - Sets renamed channels back to their defaults. Manually Add Channel - Allows you to add a missing channel, by frequency.
EyeTV Software Manual Program Guide EyeTV has a built in Electronic Program Guide (EPG), that lists upcoming programs available for viewing or recording. Information for that list is gathered from online sources like TitanTV and tvtv, depending on where you live. If you need to update your Channel Lineup, that option is in the Action menu of the Channels section. To update the Guide, that option is in the Action menu of the Program Guide section.
EyeTV Software Manual Yellow - Music Turquouse - Sports Light Blue - News Red - Childrens Green - Documentary There are also symbols representing (below, in order) Widescreen, Subtitles, Multilingual, Dolby, TV, Stereo, HDTV, Closed Captions, and Black and White. Click on the title of any program to find out more information about it. Click on the small, red circle to schedule it for later recording. It will then appear in the Schedules section.
EyeTV Software Manual Favorite Channels At the bottom left corner of the Programs Window there is a button with a + sign. Use that to name and add a Favorite Channels list. Or, select New Favorite Channels from the File menu. Once a Favorite Channels list is added to the Categories column, you can drag items to it, from the Channels section. If you drag channels from the Channels section to an empty space in the Categories column, you will automatically create a new Untitled Favorite Channels list.
EyeTV Software Manual board. There is no limit to how many Favorite Channels lists you can create. Playlist At the bottom left corner of the Programs Window there is a button with a + sign. Use that to name and add a Playlist, which is a grouping of recordings. Or, select New Playlist from the File menu. Once a Playlist is added to the Categories column, you can drag items to it, from the Recordings section.
EyeTV Software Manual choose a playlist. There is no limit to how many Playlists you can create. Advanced Recording Features Auto-Launch of EyeTV to Record EyeTV can launch automatically two minutes before a scheduled recording is supposed to begin. For this to work, set the General Preferences to “Start EyeTV when device is plugged in” (see Chapter 7, EyeTV Preferences).
EyeTV Software 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). A drawer containing the editor will open below the window.
EyeTV Software Manual Visual Editor Drawer There are a number of items in the editor drawer: Timeline: The horizontal blue bar represents the overall length of the recording. Light blue sections mark the clips of video. The yellow section in the screenshot is the currently selected clip. The currently selected clip can also be saved as a QuickTime movie or EyeTV recording. In this example, the selected clips are commercials that will be discarded later.
EyeTV Software Manual The Action menu, which looks like a gear, allows you to do the following via the editor: Compact - Permanently remove marked sections Export Clip - Save the marked section as a separate file Save Clip as Recording - Saves the marked section as a separate EyeTV recording. Clear All Markers - Permanently remove all markers Invert Markers - Reverse which sections are marked, and which are not.
EyeTV Software Manual • If you need to manually drag the playhead during this operation, e.g. for large-scale navigation, the marker-playhead lock will come apart. To enable the marker-playhead lock again, click on either the left or right marker of the pair. The playhead will snap to that marker and the violet bar designates the lock. Compacting a Recording In the Action menu, there is a Compact command.
EyeTV Software Manual Examples of Using the Visual Editor Delete Undesirable Content (like Commercials) Here is a detailed step-by-step example of how to cut out a clip from the middle of a recording: 1) Open the Editor. 2) Move the Playhead to roughly to where you want to edit. You can always pause or play the video by using the space bar. When you’re close to the spot you want to cut, click on a thumbnail to move the playhead to it. 3) Press the Add Marker button.
EyeTV Software Manual Export Clip Any part of a recording can be saved as a separate movie. Use the editing tools to mark your favorite scene or video clip. Click into the marked area so that it is highlighted yellow, then choose Export Clip from the Action menu. Save Clip As Recording Any part of a recording can be saved as a separate EyeTV recording that is listed in the EyeTV Programs window.
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 6 Program Guide This chapter will show you how to use EyeTV’s program guide to find shows that interest you, and automatically record them to your Mac’s hard disk. TitanTV is the provider of TV listings for EyeTV users in North America. tvtv is the provider of TV listings for EyeTV users in Europe. Program Guide EyeTV has a built in Electronic Program Guide (EPG), that lists upcoming programs available for viewing or recording.
EyeTV Software Manual you have any newly scheduled content. The following is a description of these two services, including how their websites are organized. To sign up for either, use the EyeTV Setup Assistant, found in the Help menu. 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 Software Manual ings. 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 Discussion” to talk about EyeTV.
EyeTV Software Manual following is a description of each tab: Digital Programming Guide - The default grid that appears when you log onto TitanTV.com or when you click the Digital tab at the top of the page. This tab displays the programming for all the digital broadcasts that you currently receive. Analog Programming Guide - Click the Analog tab to display the programming grid for analog stations you can receive.
EyeTV Software Manual same page. Tuning to Live Television Watch Now Icon Clicking the Watch Now icon (located next to currently playing programs) sends program information to EyeTV, which then automatically tunes to the associated channel so you can watch live television programs on your Mac.
EyeTV Software Manual PopUp Menu. • Go to your TitanTV Guide. Move your mouse over the recording you want to schedule, and a PopUp menu will come up, with the Remote Scheduling option. Your schedule will be placed in a queue. Schedule more if you like. • Then, EyeTV will check with TitanTV to find your schedules, according to the preferences. To Check TitanTV Now, see the File menu.
EyeTV Software Manual EyeTV Program Guide in Europe: Powered by tvtv Elgato has partnered with tvtv, one of Europe’s most comprehensive TV listings services, 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 to automatically record so you can watch them later at a more convenient time.
EyeTV Software Manual 2. Next you have to create a new tvtv account. 3. Choose an account name (Login) and a password. This one has to be confirmed. After inserting your email address, click Continue. 4. The next page shows you the used product: EyeTV. All you have to do is click Continue.
EyeTV Software Manual 5. On page 3 of 3 you have to enter your name and address and a few other settings before clicking Continue again. 6. Now, close the browser window to get back to the EyeTV Setup Assistent. 7. Back to the Setup Assistant you have to confirm your tvtv account and password. Then you can check the box for automatically checking for schedule changes. Then click Next. 8. A window pops up showing you when your account expires.
EyeTV Software Manual 9. Congratulations! Now you are registered and can use tvtv for scheduling programs. Navigating through the Program Guide There are two main ways to view all of the programs available to you: By Date, or by Filter. View by Date View Daily Programs - It’s easy to view current programming: Press the Daily Programs button to view what shows are available all throughout the day. For each channel, the grid is subdivided into Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night.
EyeTV Software Manual Network programming, or even add More Channels to your listings. View by Filter On the left side of the screen is a Menu bar, which offers the following ways to filter through programs: Films – Choose from one of the many subcategories, from Comedy to Period film. Today’s choices will be listed for all of your channels. Series – Pick the genre, and tvtv will display all of the regular series that fall into that area.
EyeTV Software Manual Automatically Recording Programs Record Icon – When viewing programs by date, if you click on a show’s title you’ll see this icon. If you view listings by a certain filter, you’ll see it next to every program scheduled for a future time. Pressing the Record icon sends program information to the tvtv Job List. From there, it is stored until the next time EyeTV synchronizes with tvtv. (See Chapter 7, EyeTV Preferences, Guide Preferences).
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 7 Preferences This chapter will show you how to use the EyeTV Preferences menu item to configure EyeTV to your specific needs. You can open the Preferences by clicking on the EyeTV menu and selecting Preferences…, or by pressing z-, (comma). Here you can adjust your EyeTV settings to suit your personal preferences. There are seven sections in the preferences dialog box: General, Recording, Controls, Guide, Display, Sound and Device Settings.
EyeTV Software Manual Automatically check for updates - Check this box if you’d like EyeTV to periodically check for software updates. If an update is posted, then you will be notified when starting EyeTV. Display program information after channel changes determines how often the blue overlay window is displayed. If you do not want the overlay to appear at all, then select Never.
EyeTV Software Manual ting used. 2000MB is the default size, which represents different amounts of time, depending on your EyeTV hardware, and the quality setting. Keep Live TV Buffer in RAM – Checking this can improve system responsiveness, especially on lower-end Macintoshes. Press Change.... for Live TV Buffer Size, to activate this feature. Extend Recordings - This setting helps automatically recorded programs deal better with slight variances in individual channels’ show start and stop times.
EyeTV Software Manual Guide Preferences Program Guide This is where you can manually select the service 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 (see Chapter 6, The EyeTV Program Guide). For Europe, select your country’s tvtv service. In Japan, choose one of the iEPG choices. In Australia, IceTV is available. Make sure to press press Change...
EyeTV Software Manual Remote Programming You can choose to automatically check for schedules you may have added using your guide’s website. This will happen when you have a network connection, and you can elect to wake up your Mac to check for schedule changes. Display Preferences Here you can adjust how the Viewer Window presents video.
EyeTV Software Manual Overscan masks the edges of the window, to hide unwanted visual data. Full Screen allows the video window to be stretched to fit screens wider than 4:3, as long as the original video occupied at least 75% of the screen area. The tab key can be used to toggle stretching. Deinterlace takes the visible lines usually present in an analog TV signal and blends them together. Motion-Adaptive, the default, intelligently deinterlaces when needed.
EyeTV Software Manual Device Settings Here you can adjust your hardware’s capture settings, including the Encoding and Picture options. Specifics are included in the separate guide for your particular hardware.
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 8 Advanced Features This chapter will show you how to use some of the advanced features of EyeTV. EyeTV has been integrated with Roxio’s Toast 7 Titanium disc recording software to make it easy for you to archive your favorite shows onto Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), or DVD. Toast has a built in Media Browser. Select Media - EyeTV, and drag items from the listing of EyeTV recordings to Toast.
EyeTV Software Manual Opening QuickTime Movies EyeTV can now play back any QuickTime movie, along with audio-only files. Just use Open QuickTime Movie command in the File menu, and then you can present the movie at any size you wish, even full screen. You can even play AC3 audio. QuickTime Pro is not necessary for this feature. Exporting QuickTime Movies All recorded programs can be exported to a QuickTime file for use in other programs.
EyeTV Software Manual MPEG Program Stream – The standard EyeTV format, creating a muxed MPEG file (audio and video intermixed). Suitable for Toast. MPEG Elementary Stream – Separate audio and video files, useful for importing into other programs like DVD Studio Pro. DV – Creates a DV file that can be used with iDVD, iMovie, Toast and other programs. DV 16:9 – Creates a widescreen DV file that can be imported into iMovie HD, Final Cut Pro or Express.
EyeTV Software Manual Exporting To PSP (PlayStation Portable) EyeTV can export footage to the PSP, in the correct resolution and format, be it 4:3 or widescreen. If you have letterboxed footage in EyeTV, you can use the Aspect Ratio controls to select widescreen, and the exported footage will be masked appropriately. 1) Highlight the recording you wish to export in the EyeTV Programs window. 2) Select Export from the File menu. 3) Choose the “for PSP” export format. 4) Save the file.
EyeTV Software Manual The easiest way is to highlight the recording you wish to export in the EyeTV Programs window, and then press the iPod button at the top of the EyeTV Programs window. That will export the file to a MPEG-4 format, and add it to an “EyeTV” playlist within iTunes. If you want more control over the file type, then use one of these two presets, via the Export command from the File or Action menus. The “for iPod (default)” preset encodes using Apple’s default QuickTime H.
EyeTV Software Manual EyeTV Archive EyeTV recordings and schedules, along with other information about your setup, are kept in the EyeTV Archive. The Archive is a normal folder, which has to be called “EyeTV Archive” for EyeTV to use it. You can move the Archive folder wherever you like, but you must tell EyeTV where to look for it, in the Recording part of the Preferences. Inside the Archive are a number of files, which have specific purposes: EyeTV Archive.
EyeTV Software Manual You can also drag recordings from the Recordings section of the EyeTV Programs window, to the Finder. That will make a copy of that recording, in the .eyetv format. Move that copy to wherever you like, even to another EyeTV Archive. If .eyetv files are moved elsewhere in the Finder, then double-clicking them will launch EyeTV. 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: http://www.elgato.
EyeTV Software Manual EyeTV Keyboard Shortcuts Use the following keyboard shortcuts to control playback of live television or pre-recorded programs. Note: The z key is marked with the Apple symbol on most Macintosh keyboards. 60 Function Shortcut Key(s) Play/Pause Record Stop Space bar z–R z–.
EyeTV Software Manual 61 Tuner Input A/V Input z–T z–V Snapshot to Clipboard Snapshot to Desktop z–C z–Shift–C Aspect Aspect Aspect Aspect Aspect z–Option-0 z–Option-1 z–Option-2 z–Option-3 z–Option-4 Ratio: Automatic Ratio: 4:3 Ratio: 14:9 Ratio: 16:9 Ratio: Wide Closed Captions Control–Shift–C EyeTV Help EyeTV Preferences z–? z-: (semi-colon) Chapter 8 · Advanced Features
EyeTV Software Manual Chapter 9 Troubleshooting This chapter will show you how to troubleshoot EyeTV. Downloading Updates Elgato is dedicated to making EyeTV a better product. We will be releasing updates to the 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.
