Elgato Systems EyeTV Software Manual 1.0 © 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.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Installation 3 Welcome to EyeTV! Chapter 2 3 Viewer Window 6 Watching Live Television Watching Multiple Programs Changing the Size of the EyeTV Viewer Window Adjusting the Display Options Closed Captions Snapshots from the EyeTV Viewer Window Chapter 3 Controller 10 Controller Button Descriptions Chapter 4 Programs Window Editor Program Guide 18 19 20 21 21 24 EyeTV Program Guide in North America: Powered by TitanTV™ New User Registration TitanTV Sections Navigatin
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 Searching for Programs Automatically Recording Programs 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 29 29 29 30 30 Chapter 7 Preferences 32 Chapter 8 Advanced Features 37 Burning Video CDs Burning Super Video CDs Burning DVDs Playing Video CDs O
EyeTV 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 Manual EyeTV System Requirements EyeTV requires the following minimum system configuration: • Macintosh computer with minimum PowerPC® G4 500Mhz or G5 processor. • Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later, with 256MB RAM (512MB recommended) • Minimum 20 MB free hard disk space • Approximately 2GB of free hard disk space for each hour of video to be recorded • QuickTime 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” button.
EyeTV 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 always appears immediately after EyeTV is started. Live television can be manipulated (i.e.
EyeTV Manual Changing the Size of the EyeTV Viewer Window You can change the size of the EyeTV Viewer window by grabbing the lower right corner and dragging it diagonally. The following pre-selected sizes are also available from the View menu. To watch full screen: Select Enter Full Screen from the View menu or press z-0. To exit full screen mode, press the Escape key or press z-0 again. To watch in a small size window (160x120): • Select Small Size from the View menu or press z-1.
EyeTV Manual Adjusting the Display Options You can adjust how the Viewer Window presents video. Overscan masks the edges of the window, to hide unwanted visual data. Deinterlace takes the visible lines usually present in an analog 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.
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. Or, you can press Shift-z-C which will create a snapshot file on your desktop from the active video window, named “EyeTVSnapshot.jpg”, “EyeTVSnapshot[1].
EyeTV 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 Manual Controller Button Descriptions Program Information Display This 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 the display between elapsed time, total time, and time remaining. 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.
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. (See Chapter 4, The EyeTV Programs Window). Playback Control Button Channel Listing - Use this drop-down menu to switch to any available channel.
EyeTV Manual Chapter 4 Programs Window This section describes the functions of the EyeTV Programs window. 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.
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. All Stored Recordings are shaded blue. Managing Stored Recordings To play a recording, simply double-click it from the list, or highlight it and click the Play button at the top of the window.
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. For more details, refer to the Program Guide chapter (Chapter 6).
EyeTV Manual 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). 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).
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.
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). A drawer containing the editor will open below the window.
EyeTV 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 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. Use the spacebar to play/pause the video. • When you are close to the spot you want to cut, press the Add Marker button. This adds a pair of markers that start at the current position.
EyeTV Manual Compacting a Recording Compacting a recording saves disk space by replacing the original recording with a new recording, minus the marked clips. Before proceeding with the compaction, a preview of the operation is displayed: 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.
EyeTV Manual 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. This adds a pair of markers that start at the current position. Note that the playhead is connected to the marker with a violet bar. This means that the playhead is now locked to the marker. 4) Drag the left hand marker to the approximate beginning of your cut. Notice the playhead following the marker.
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 CDR/RW media. Choose Export Clip from the File menu and save the first chunk. Repeat until done. Then burn each chunk to a Video CD. Twice the amount of time is available for recordings stored in Standard quality.
EyeTV 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.
EyeTV Manual TitanTV Sections Once you log into TitanTV, there are four main sections available to you, each with its own tab, right below the TitanTV logo: Command Center – This is a general resource screen for your account, with messages and reminders from TitanTV, along with access to your favorite Movies, Actors and Shows. My Guide – This is the main section of TitanTV, with all of the programming listings. More about this is in the next few sections.
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. If your favorite guide isn’t showing, then go to My Account – Edit Providers/Tabs.
EyeTV Manual Searching for Programs Use the Quick Search box found on the top right of the My Guide section. The Advanced Search link allows you to choose which source/lineup you wish to search and what criteria to search with. You can look for a certain program title, actor, category of program (comedy, educational, drama, etc.). The results of your TitanTV search including program title, affiliate name, channel number, as well as date and time of the episode, will be displayed on the same page.
EyeTV Manual • Log on to TitanTV, and go to My Account – Edit PVR/Tuner Devices. • For the Remote Scheduling Settings, select PVR Being Used = EyeTV. • Select Programming Guide on the left side of the screen, and then make sure that PVR/Watch Icons = Display in Grid and 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.
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. Navigating through the Program Guide There are two main ways to view all of the programs available to you: By Date, or by Filter.
EyeTV Manual 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. Categories – Navigate through a detailed hierarchy of program types, and narrow things down to just what you’re interested in.
EyeTV Manual appear in tvtv. Otherwise, when you synchronize, they will be set to Channel 0. (See Chapter 7, EyeTV Preferences, Setup Preferences).
EyeTV 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 General EyeTV 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 five sections in the preferences dialog box: General, Storage, Setup, Controls and Guide.
EyeTV Manual Start EyeTV when device is plugged in - Check this box to have the EyeTV software launch automatically when you plug in the EyeTV unit to your Macintosh. Uncheck this box if you prefer to launch EyeTV manually. If you want EyeTV to wake from sleep, auto-launch, or boot the system for scheduled recordings, this box must be checked (see Chapter 5, Advanced Recording Features). Always open Live TV window at startup - Check this box to open a Live TV window whenever EyeTV is launched.
EyeTV Manual Keep Live TV Buffer in RAM – Checking this can improve system responsiveness, especially on lower-end 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. EyeTV (e.g.
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. Only active channels appear in the channel popup in the EyeTV Controller. You can also change the channel order by dragging and dropping channels to a different position in the list.
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. (See Chapter 6, The EyeTV Program Guide). For Europe, select your country’s tvtv service.
EyeTV 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 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. Burning Video CDs Perform the following steps to burn a recorded program to VCD: • Open the EyeTV Programs window and select the video recording you wish to archive by clicking on it once to highlight it.
EyeTV Manual Cancel the burning process in Toast, and then change the setting in the “Disc Options” drawer from VCD to SVCD. SVCDs hold far less than VCDs, due to the different video format involved. Note that unless the recorded stream conformed to the VCD specifications for MPEG-2, Toast will need to re-encode the recording, which takes time.
EyeTV Manual audio. QuickTime Pro is not necessary for this feature. Exporting QuickTime Movies Programs that were recorded in either the Standard or High Quality (HQ) setting can be exported to a QuickTime file for use in other programs. Perform the following steps to save a recorded program as a QuickTime movie: • Open the EyeTV Programs window and select the video recording you wish to save by clicking on it once to highlight it • Choose Export… from the File menu.
EyeTV Manual DV Stream (16:9) – Widescreen DV, good for preserving the original aspect ratio with no letterboxing. QuickTime Movie – Offers you full access to all possible QuickTime codecs, selected from the Options… button. AVI – Exports with an AVI wrapper, which can help cross-platform compatibility. MPEG-4 – The latest MPEG codec, offering high quality at lower bitrates. 3G – Creates a small MPEG-4 file suitable for portable devices.
EyeTV Manual 41 Small Size Screen Half Size Screen Normal Size Screen Maximum Size Screen Open Editor z–1 z–2 z–3 z–4 Option–E Fast Forward Single Frame Forward Slow Forward z-→ (right arrow) (hold down) z-→ (right arrow) (tap once) z–Option-→ (right arrow) Fast Backward Single Frame Backward Slow Backward z-← (left arrow) (hold down) z-← (left arrow) (tap once) z–Option-← (left arrow) Jump Forward Instant Replay Go To Beginning Go To Live → (right arrow) ← (left arrow) z–B z–L Channel Up Channel
EyeTV 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.
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Model Number: PX-TV402U Trade Name: PLEXTOR Responsible Party: PLEXTOR Corp. Address: 48383 Fremont Blvd, Suite 120, Fremont, CA 94538-6509, USA Telephone Number: 510-440-2000 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
