A number of fixes found

I see I mentioned the Eyeconnect solution in the last post, but today I suddenly thought "why not try the same EasyFind method (finding all files which have anything to do with Gears, remove them , reinstall and cheer) on the long standing offline RTM problem". I did and damn me it worked.. so that's one more problem out of the world, and proof that my super faultfinding skills are still in place ;)

Another bit of news. After experimenting with EyeTV export formats, and finding the Apple TV format stretched things out like a comic strip, I ordered Turbo.264 for NOK 900. It should speed conversions up by 500% (12 minutes instead of 60).

Oh yes, and I moved the EyeTV Archive to the spare partition, now called EyeTV. It makes for quicker & easier backup, besides giving me 60GB to play with ;)

YES! EyeTV problems solved

It suddenly flashed into my mind that I had an Eyeconnect icon earlier in system preferences, some demo I had tried back in the Squeezebox days IIRC.

So I searched for remnants with EasyFind, removed them, de-installed EyeTV with Zapper, and re-installed from the CD. Even before the 3.0.2 update had completed, I could see Eyeconnect processes in iMac's activity monitor, and was able to access the recorded library via Safari on Madge and the iMac, though that will be of little interest as the picture is around  a third size.

iTunes and Syncopation synchronize recordings from either end, and viewing via iTunes on Madge is perfectly ok :)

Big question now is whether to invest NOK 1K in a Turbo 264 USB device which speeds up exporting and wi-fi preparation. I'll decide in the next week or so what's worth watching and whether its worth recording. Will also have a look at the Apple TV to see whether there's any benefit to be had from a storage &/or conversion point of view.

Elgato EyeTV 3 DTT stick

Yes! It arrived yesterday at lunchtime with EyeTV 3 software, and, after an update to 3.0.2, it didn't take long to get excellent NRK images from 4 or 5 channels. There were another 20-odd encrypted channels coming through loud & strong but those are not (yet?) accessible.

There is much to learn about EyeTV 3 software, and I must say this is one hell of a product for the price! The only problem I was left with at the end of the day was getting recording sharing to work in both directions, particularly in the most wanted direction, i.e. recorded on iMac and watched on Madge. I tried everything, including some hints on the Elgato Lounge (forum) without luck. Today I am going to see if actually having the stick installed at the Madge end affects the outcome..?

ScreenRecycler & JollysfastVNC

The letters VNC caught my eye first, and I nearly dropped it when the web page didn't display properly on Firefox.. however I downloaded it and sure enough it was very fast and FREE, where Vine viewer/server package cost me about $35 some while back. So this allows me to view Madge from iMac another way ;)

This morning I got round to trying ScreenRecycler - first on the PC, but I couldn't get either RealVNC or TightVNC viewers to work with it. So, over to Madge..

There I started JollysfastVNC and up it all came! I could push iTunes for example over to Madge from iMac together with the iMac's mouse cursor, start and stop radio stations. It was all a bit too small until I set the ScreenRecyclerMac display size to the same as Madge's - 1280 x 800 - then it looked more correct.

Is it something worth keeping for $20? I don't think so.. on iMac 'spaces' provides 4 times the effective screen space, and I don't use that at all!

Interesting app though, ref. what you can do with it.