Yes, it has a basic editor, which allows you to cut out adverts, or
any extra bits you've recorded at the beginning or the end. You get
to label your recording, plus put it into categories (basic database
software).
You can set up recording manually, or use the include free 3 month
subscription to IceTV. One click setting for recording. After the 3
months you can make up your own mind about the cost of the service.
EyeTV users get a discount.
On 28/01/2007, at 4:28 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
Thanks Susan. Does the EyeTV software allow any editing,
specifically cutting into chunks?
Severin
On 28/01/2007, at 4:23 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
Hi Severin, the EyeTV must be a digital version. I'm not sure that
there is any way of verifying that it will work, but if a set top
box works for the digital content, then and EyeTV will as well.
I've been using one for a couple of years.
It comes with its own software for exporting to Toast. You get a
choice of format, but it uses a compression called multiplexing
for most of the digital content that I have seen from TV, much
quicker than the encoding process from iMovie, say 10 minutes for
a 1 hour program. This is if you want to burn it to DVD.
There are two stages - exporting from EyeTV software to Toast,
then burning to DVD, and it depends how long the show is - but an
hour of TV might take about 10 minutes to export to Toast, then 10
minutes to multiplex and burn the DVD.
You can watch the movie using the EyeTV software, or export it to
Toast and burn directly to DVD, or will be able to watch it via
the AppleTV box on the television. In other words, it will all
work as you describe, except that the included software works
directly with Toast, as advertised on the Elgato website.
cheers, Susan.
On 28/01/2007, at 3:04 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
My younger son is looking to program record childrens programs
off air with EyeTV, edit and save on DVD for future consumption
by the young fry of the family. To date he has no hardware and
software but is looking to do this via an iMac and EyeTV and is
also talking of the still to come AppleTV box. He lives in
Burswood with very bad reception, despite best aerial, in fact
analog is just not viewable, but digital comes in fine via a
settop box.
I make no comment or criticism on the deeper issues of this but
have the following technical queries.
1. Is there a way of verifying that EyeTV will perform as well
as the settop box in this known poor reception area?
2. What format does EyeTV save to disk in with respect to
importing into iMovie, ie is there a need to convert to .dv first?
3. Having edited in iMovie, my own experience is that Toast is
the simplest way to convert and copy to DVD. iDVD is great if
you want to add menus and other glitz. In both cases the compute
time to convert to DVD to burn to disc is considerable. I
recently produced an iMovie/iDVD of a concert I had filmed,
edited and adorned and iDVD took about three hours to prepare
about 80mins for burning (single processor G5 1.8 so newer
machines will certainly improve on this).
Any suggestions welcomed.
The good news is that this may mean another convert to the Mac
family of a case hardened PC user. His brother likewise,
recently added an iMac to his family of PCs.
Severin Crisp
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