Eyetv free program guide

Your final channel lineup needs to exactly match the one you will set up in EyeTV in the next step. It will give you a 7-day EPG listing. You won't see it in program listings until you go to the EyeTV Channels window and do these 3 things:. First , mark as active checkbox exactly the same channels you specified for your xmltvlistings channel lineup.

Second , in the EPG column, for each channel, open the drop down menu and select the bottom option, xmltv. This must be done manually for each active channel, but just this once.

Ignore the inactive channels. For each channel when you do this, you will be asked to assign the corresponding channel from your xmltvlistings lineup which is why you had to load it into EyeTV first. Third , save this as a new channel lineup see bottom of Channels page and delete the previously active one; the new one will become your active channel lineup for the EPG. That's where the program you will create in Step 1 is going to be put. And you're now ready to create it.

What this step will do : download the day EPG file from xmltvlistings. Open text editing software on your Mac. If you are using TextEdit, open Preferences and set it to do plain text files, not rich text. The rich text format RTF may contain formatting markers that will cause the program below to fail.

Open a window for a new file, and type in the program on the next page. Comments on step 1. Or instead add a much shorter but equivalent connection check in the launchd script in Step 2 below. I added a 30 second pause to make sure the download has time to complete that can be shortened if you wish. Using that concatenator, the next command runs after the preceding command exits without errors. This will perfectly compensate for a really big EPG on a really slow Internet connection on a really slow computer.

So no matter if it takes 3 seconds or 3 minutes, it will wait only as long as necessary. If you watch a lot of TV or often hear about programmes retrospectively, you'll wonder how you lived without it. Alan Stonebridge, MacUser Magazine. Dennis Sellers, Macsimumnews. Open Source Compliance.

EyeTV U6. Watch live TV on your Mac. At your Desk or in the Living Room. Save your Searches with Smart Guides. Organise channels. Record upcoming shows. Record an entire season. Smart Playlists. Easy Browsing. Edit your recordings. Export to all important file formats. Build up your iTunes Library.

Bill Mar 8 I'm to the point where I can't upgrade my OS much further. The developer apparently has a long way to go on the bit version. Non functional - no service. Just a rip-off! Version 1,2,3 all perfect, No4 is very very bad! No load off all pay channels!!! Can't add 1 channel what is missing. EPG info missing. Bad output options. Rob-h Oct 12 I put up with the quirks of the 32bit version and had to upgrade to the 64bit version when upgrading to macOS Catalina.

Scrolling through the program guide is a nightmare - you scroll up or down to look for a different channel and the display just jumps back to where it started and it repeatedly does this making it impossible to change channels. Also the fast forward and rewind keys have disappeared since the latest 'upgrade' to v4. Wish the developers would just sort it out! Libertyforall Sep 16 This app needs a demo mode or demo activation code, so we can see if it all works as expected before outlaying money.

And also doesn't take much movement to stuff up reception- slight movement of laptop can be all it takes. Currently have a reception problem with one channel only.. I've given this 1 star but in fact it is 0. Eye TV used to be a brilliant piece of software but ever since the German company took it over it has become useless.

All the reviews below are correct: all sorts of problems occurring with EyeTV3 on High Sierra but poor and now non-existent customer service; they sold me the latest software and a new EyeTV Netstream4S for use on a MacBook Pro with Catalina knowing there is no Userguide and no export facility - 6 months ago they said they were working on it!

This is not fit for purpose as under the Consumer Protection Act. I can't understand why they bought EyeTV if they weren't going to look after it. I am desperately trying to find an alternative system.

Does anyone know of one? Schramm Jul 10 I did not forget the rating. My vote is 0 stars. The 4. Therefore, please check for updates regularly or visit or software page here.

The key will be provided to you when purchasing the software license or one of our eyetv products. Operating system: macOS X With eyetv 3. In addition, the new eyetv 3. For a relaxed television experience, we continuously improve our eyetv 3. Based on the new technical conditions big parts of quality assessment and decoding software had to be rewritten, newly structured and adapted to the new conditions.

We do feel responsible for the occurring problems of our customers that occurred during the switch and are thankful for your patience and your forgiveness.