Sure streaming live TV over my wireless network is cute, but being able to ditch my remote control and wireless keyboard is way higher up my list that this application.ĥ/5 for how well it does what it does, but ultimately it gets one star from me for not actually doing anything useful. The guide is what's on now rather than the week ahead that I know exists on my Mac. So I was pretty astonished that there is absolutely no remote control capability at all. I was very excited when I got spammed by Elgato about this application andni must admit that I only skimmed the applications description.
So just type password and press enter, even if you dont see it on your screen). Why did Elgato bother with this application? Was it to con EyeTV customers out of some more money in the hope they were getting an iPhone remote that controlled EyeTV as well as the Apple one controls iTunes? I think it must be because I can't believe they developed such a complicted application for the handful of people who prefer to watch TV on a tiny screen rather than the one attached to the Mac running EyeTV. If you are prompted to enter your Macs user password, enter it (when you type it, you wont see it on your screen/terminal.app but it would accept the input this is to ensure no one can see your password on your screen while you type it.
If you’re using the OS X firewall, be sure to allow incoming connections for both EyeTV and EyeConnect. EyeTV Netstream is an Android Video Players & Editors app developed by Geniatech Inc., LTD. Sometimes, fully automatic configuration may not be possible outside of your local network. Simply activate the option "iPhone/iPad Sharing" in the EyeTV preferences. There is no need to reconfigure your local Wi-Fi network.
“We expect EyeTV to return to the App Store when the 1.0.1 version is approved.The EyeTV app turns your iPad and iPhone into the ultimate portable television! Access the EyeTV software and hardware running on your Mac at home anywhere you have an LTE/3G or Wi-Fi connection.
“The code was removed and a 1.0.1 version of the EyeTV app was submitted,” Elgato said in an e-mail statement sent to Macworld. Sling Media’s SlingPlayer Mobile, for example, doesn’t support video over a cellular connection, though a prerelease version of the streaming app did.Īpple requested that Elgato remove the code from its EyeTV app, and the developer is complying. Apps that can stream live TV are generally limited to doing so over Wi-Fi, and not AT&T’s 3G network. That’s a big no-no, as far as Apple and wireless partner AT&T are concerned. The reason? Elgato had left some test code in the app that enabled users to stream live TV over the 3G cellular network. Less than a month after debuting at the App Store, EyeTV from Elgato Systems has disappeared from the store’s virtual shelves.Įlgato says its mobile app for letting users of the EyeTV desktop TV software watch live TV and recorded programs on their iPhones was pulled by Apple on Saturday morning.