I have a usb to antenna dongle I know on windows you use windows media center how about on a mac what program do I use.
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how do you watch tv on your mac?
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As FearlessSpiff says Elgato EyeTV is generally the way to go on OS X.
If you take a look at http://www.elgato.com/uk/eyetv/eyetv-3 you can see whether your current usb tuner is compatible with the Elgato EyeTV software (the list is near the bottom of the page), though it isn't free.
If you take a look at http://www.elgato.com/uk/eyetv/eyetv-3 you can see whether your current usb tuner is compatible with the Elgato EyeTV software (the list is near the bottom of the page), though it isn't free.
EyeTV on the mini, mini into the VGA on the same monitor that the Mac Pro uses for DVI. That way I can keep the mini on for recording and still work on the MP.
Am I missing something with eyetv? I don't see where you have an ota tuner option. You need a cable or satellite box. That makes it a very expensive analog video recorder.
This seems to be one area where Apple and people who develop for it have no interest in providing a workable solution. Windows Media Center is built in and compatible with a wide variety of tuners and other video recording hardware. It's easy to setup and use. It's something I miss after moving to OSX. I liked having a small window on my screen with live ota or playback of shows I missed, while I worked on other things.
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Hmmm, just noticed the UK site has newer / more hardware than the US site. I'd love to see eyetv 3 available in the US.
This seems to be one area where Apple and people who develop for it have no interest in providing a workable solution. Windows Media Center is built in and compatible with a wide variety of tuners and other video recording hardware. It's easy to setup and use. It's something I miss after moving to OSX. I liked having a small window on my screen with live ota or playback of shows I missed, while I worked on other things.
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Hmmm, just noticed the UK site has newer / more hardware than the US site. I'd love to see eyetv 3 available in the US.
Looks like Elgato has just recently reduced the number of devices available in the US.
They used to have them available.
If you already have a compatible usb tuner, then you can get the EyeTV software on its own for OSX.
Check out one of the Silicon Dust HD HomeRun tuners:
http://www.silicondust.com/
You'll need to pair it with an OTA antenna, such as the Mohu Leaf:
http://store.gomohu.com/the-leaf-indoor-hdtv-antenna.html?gclid=CIHTg6yZn7wCFZBj7AodUBcA-Q
After Comcast kept raising my rates, I was going to "cut the cable," and my research pointed me toward the HD HomeRun and the Leaf as my best options. I was waiting for the new version of the HDHR, which will do on-the-fly H.264 conversion, to be released this month, but Frontier offered me almost the same package as I was getting with Comcast, at a little more than a third of the price, so I switched to Frontier. I did get a Leaf for the bedroom TV, though, and I only have a cable box on the living room TV. The leaf works great in my area.
I've seen the base-model OTA HDHR for as low as $75, and the Leaf costs $40. Pair those with a Mac and the EyeTV software for your DVR.
Intresting. I started looking last summer, and EyeTV had a small USB dongle with a built-in tuner. They stopped selling it later in the year, with no explanation. I saw a lot of postings from people saying that theirs had stopped working after a few months, and that the connector broke easily, so perhaps it was just poorly designed. That was when people told me about the Silicon Dust products.
EyeTV with Elgato DTT DeLuxe. Sadly, not directly supported by XBMC. I honestly wish I bought a Homerun instead.
Another vote for the HD Homerun. I've got one sitting on my network and it streams TV captured from my antenna over Ethernet.