Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-31 Thread Chris Blouch
Many TV cable boxes have a pair of audio outputs RCA (left/right) audio outputs which you can then hook to anything that takes a standard line-in. I have mine connected to my home stereo which sounds much better than the little speakers in the TV. Actually, I should say that I used to have it

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-24 Thread hank smith
how do you control your sattle lite box from your tuner? - Original Message - From: Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:59 AM Subject: Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac? The EyeTV software or the remote control

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-24 Thread hank smith
can you download eyetv lite? - Original Message - From: Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 7:50 AM Subject: Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac? I don't use a sattle lite box. I only have a usb tv-tuner which I just

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-22 Thread Søren Jensen
@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:11 AM Subject: Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac? I can't find the beginning of this thread and I can't give any info about watching TV on the Mac but for $5 you can buy a cable that allows you to connect a VCR, DVD player, or a digital

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-21 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi all. I've all the answers in one mail, so I don't spam the list with multiple mails. :) On 20/08/2009, at 20.27, Chris Blouch wrote: I believe that's what the EyeTV software does: http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/software/EyeTV3/product1.en.html That's true. I'm using

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-21 Thread Chris Blouch
I had heard it was not that great in the past but there have been several releases since then. Are you having issues with the current version or a previous one. Kinda hoping the newer versions had fixed a lot of these issues. CB Søren Jensen wrote: Hi all. I've all the answers in one mail,

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-21 Thread Søren Jensen
I haven't tried the newer versions yet, so I can't tell. I'll let you know if the latest version is more accessible. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 21/08/2009, at 19.45, Chris Blouch wrote: I had heard it was not that

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-21 Thread hank smith
, - Original Message - From: John G. Heim jh...@math.wisc.edu To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:11 AM Subject: Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac? I can't find the beginning of this thread and I can't give any info about watching TV on the Mac but for $5

watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread a radix
Hello everyone, I wonder if it is possible to use some kind of tv card with the mac so that you can use it as a tv tuner? I know I could use something like slingbox to connect my existing digital tv receiver and use it on the internet but I am not sure if it is still available, available in

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Blouch
I would like to think that that the HD standards are the same in different countries now so we don't have the NTSC v. PAL issues. That said, I thought this little USB TV tuner seemed interesting: http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/hybrid09/product3.en.html Not sure if that's the

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I have a TV tuner for my Windows PC, its a Leadtech HDTV2000 PCI card though I know that a USB version is available, not sure whether it would work with the Mac though but the point is that this tuner is world band compatible, meaning that it was specifically designed to work in many

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Blouch
Bunch of Mac tuner stuff here: http://www.mac-digital-tv-tuners.com/ CB Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! I have a TV tuner for my Windows PC, its a Leadtech HDTV2000 PCI card though I know that a USB version is available, not sure whether it would work with the Mac though but the point is that

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. Yeah. It's possible. I use a Pinnacle USB td-tuner. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 20/08/2009, at 10.21, a radix wrote: Hello everyone, I wonder if it is possible to use some kind of tv card with the mac so that

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread a radix
Hello, wow that is fantastic news, so it has drivers for the mac or it works plug and play? Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Søren Jensen To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 5:36 PM Subject: Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread a radix
Subject: Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac? Hi! I have a TV tuner for my Windows PC, its a Leadtech HDTV2000 PCI card though I know that a USB version is available, not sure whether it would work with the Mac though but the point is that this tuner is world band compatible, meaning

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay next question, are you able to use software with this thing to record video on your Mac? if you can then I - along with many others I'm sure - would be most interested. On 21/08/2009, at 1:36 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi. Yeah. It's possible. I use a Pinnacle USB td-tuner. Best

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Blouch
I believe that's what the EyeTV software does: http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/software/EyeTV3/product1.en.html and their eyeconnect lets you stream that media to other devices: http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/software/EyeConnect.en.html CB Dane Trethowan

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Dane Trethowan
hmmm, I'm looking at the site now, doesn't seem to be a trial link or anything which is most helpful smile, I'm sure I've heard of this software before but there seems to be some doubt to its accessibility, I'll keep an eye on that one so thanks for bringing it to my attention. On

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I have heard that the same software that works on Linux works on the Macintosh. I don't know if it is accessable. I at one point (about 4 years ago) was looking at a product called iTV that was able to convert analog TV signals into a USB stream and also included DVR abilities. Jon On

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread a radix
Subject: Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac? I believe that's what the EyeTV software does: http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/software/EyeTV3/product1.en.html and their eyeconnect lets you stream that media to other devices: http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread John G. Heim
I can't find the beginning of this thread and I can't give any info about watching TV on the Mac but for $5 you can buy a cable that allows you to connect a VCR, DVD player, or a digital converter box to the sound input jack of your Mac. I don't have a TV any more. I just have a converter box.

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2009-08-20 Thread Dan
Hello, Where can one find this particular cable? Dan On Aug 20, 2009, at 3:11 PM, John G. Heim wrote: I can't find the beginning of this thread and I can't give any info about watching TV on the Mac but for $5 you can buy a cable that allows you to connect a VCR, DVD player, or a

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread hank smith
what tv app do you use? On Aug 20, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi. Yeah. It's possible. I use a Pinnacle USB td-tuner. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ On 20/08/2009, at 10.21, a radix wrote: Hello

Re: watching (analog) tv on the mac?

2009-08-20 Thread hank smith
does any one have the eyetv lite? mine came with my card I can't find the cd they don't offer a download and I don't want to pay 29.99 plus shipping just to repurchase the cd as I said I have the usb card just lost my eyetv lite disk can any one send me the software Hank On Aug 20, 2009, at