Re: Problems recording SBS with EyeTV 250

2016-07-29 Thread David Noel
I'm delighted to report that by following Alan Smith's recommendations, I've managed to get all the EyeTV tuner channels good again. The important steps appeared to be cleaning or re-seating all the links between the aerial and the tuner -- not only at the tuner itself, but also at a booster/splitt

Re: Problems recording SBS with EyeTV 250

2016-07-17 Thread David Noel
Many thanks to Alan for the comprehensive list of things to check. I already do buffering and start recording 10 min ahead, but I'll work through Alan's other recommendations and hopefully will find a solution. Cheers David On 17 July 2016 at 23:00, Alan Smith wrote: > David > > I have some ex

Re: Problems recording SBS with EyeTV 250

2016-07-17 Thread Alan Smith
David I have some experience with EyeTV and television reception - and their problems. First check the signal strength of SBS as indicated by EyeTV. Compare with other channels. Do you use live TV buffering? I feel that problems I used to have with short breaks disappeared when I set the bu

Problems recording SBS with EyeTV 250

2016-07-17 Thread David Noel
I have an Elgato EyeTV 250 tuner on my iMac (10.6.8) with which I record TV programs on at a time I can't watch. Results are generally quite satisfactory on all channels except for SBS. SBS broadcasts at 184.50 MHz, and recordings on any of the SBS/NITV channels at this frequency suffer from missi