Could i use my 2009 macpro as a freeview recorder

[sparkie1984]

Hi guys,

Could i use my Mac pro as a freeview recorder?

If so how would i do it?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Mike Oxard]

Yep, very easily with a freeview tuner from Elgato:

http://www.elgato.com/

The eyeTV software it comes with is very good, with some very nice features.

 

[sparkie1984]

Thanks mike!

Can i use the Mac to hook to my tv and act as a dvr then?

The graphics card has a dvi output which i guess I could convert to hdmi

 

[blacka4]

yes you can. I am thinking about doing the same thing with my THPC Mini

 

[sparkie1984]

yes you can. I am thinking about doing the same thing with my THPC Mini

Did you have any products in mind to use?

Shame we can't get a pci card version, or are they no beter than USB?

 

[Mike Oxard]

USB versions are handy if you have a laptop as you can take it away with you. The Elgato Netstream DTT looks pretty good if you want to keep things tidy and have more than one computer to watch TV on.

 

[sparkie1984]

Yeah I see the point about the USB although my Mac pro isn't very portable unfortunately!!!!!

The net stream looks quite good although it doesn't appear to allow recording

 

[Mike Oxard]

I think the Netstream just sends the signal to your computers and you install the eyeTV software on them, eyeTV handles all the recording and gets the program schedules from tvtv.

 

[Mike Oxard]

Yeah I see the point about the USB although my Mac pro isn't very portable unfortunately!!!!!

It's got handles on the top, what more can you need!

 

[sparkie1984]

It's got handles on the top, what more can you need!

Ha ha! True! They are so heavy though! Never felt such a heavy machine

 

[BertyBoy]

Please tell me you're going to use it for more than just a Freeview recorder.

 

[sparkie1984]

Not that o should have to jstify myself but I am moving and won't have sky for a while so thought I'd take advantage of my spare hard drive bay and plonk a spare 1tb drive I have in there!