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Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me dual tune
Dear Aunt TUAW, What the heck is going on with eyeTV why after 3-4 years of promises do they still not support dual tuners, or channel sorting? i've tried to reach out to elgato in various different digital ways, but to no avail, does TUAW have any contacts they could touch on to figure this out? Alternatively, is there any mac software that will do what EyeTV does, and give me support for my dual Terratec H7 Tuners? Your loving nephew, Ole Dear Ole, Auntie contacted Nick Freeman over at Elgato, to see if he could lend a hand with your question. He looked into this and here's what he had to say. He writes, "We're sorry to hear that your two TerraTec H7 devices aren't working simultaneously with EyeTV, on one Mac. Let me tell you a bit more about how EyeTV can (and can't) work with multiple devices. EyeTV is able to work with many TV tuners, from a wide variety of manufacturers. We've been able to get most of those devices to work well when used with EyeTV alone, and even in some combinations. For example, EyeTV software works fine when using two Elgato satellite products on the same Mac, at the same time. We're happy to support many TerraTec products, but we can only officially support them for individual use. We can't certify using more than one of them on the same Mac at the same time. You have found one of the few combinations that simply doesn't work (two TerraTec H7 units on the same Mac), but since that hardware is from a 3rd party, we're not able to modify it to potentially add multiple unit support. We're constantly trying to improve EyeTV, and while we'll try to support more products in the future, we may not be able to resolve this issue with two TerraTec H7 units. We apologize that we're not able to offer the extra feature you desire." Auntie hopes that, at least, gives you some insight as to what is going on. Hugs, Auntie T.
Terratec's NOXON 2 radio / music server now does iPods
Joining the hordes of other fine music servers out there that have caved to the silent iPod demands, Terratec's latest has ponied up the ten-percent in order to boast about iPod compatibility. The NOXON 2 music streamer sports a stylish white, silver, and black motif, a top-mounted iPod dock, USB host port for connecting flash drives and external HDDs, optical audio output, headphone jack, streaming internet radio sans a PC, FM tuner, a wireless remote, built-in in Ethernet, and WiFi to boot. The device also supports OS X, Linux, and several flavors of Windows, 802.11b/g, 802.3(u), UPnP, WEP, WPA / WPA2, and a plethora of audio formats including MP3, M3U, PLS, OGG, AAC, WAV, and WMA. Notably, this unit actually packs its own 2.1 speaker system if you're on the go, which consists of a three-inch "subwoofer" and a pair of 1.5-inch tweeters, leaving us all to wonder where the integrated mids are. Still, such a convenient little streamer won't run you cheap, as Terratec apparently feels this thing is worth a whopping €349 ($473).[Via Slashgear]
Terratec's NOXON 2 music server now does iPods
Joining the hordes of other fine music servers out there that have caved to the silent iPod demands, Terratec's latest has ponied up the ten-percent in order to boast about iPod compatibility. The NOXON 2 music streamer sports a stylish white, silver, and black motif, a top-mounted iPod dock, USB host port for connecting flash drives and external HDDs, optical audio output, headphone jack, streaming internet radio sans a PC, FM tuner, a wireless remote, built-in in Ethernet, and WiFi to boot. The device also supports OS X, Linux, and several flavors of Windows, 802.11b/g, 802.3(u), UPnP, WEP, WPA / WPA2, and a plethora of audio formats including MP3, M3U, PLS, OGG, AAC, WAV, and WMA. Notably, this unit actually packs its own 2.1 speaker system if you're on the go, which consists of a three-inch "subwoofer" and a pair of 1.5-inch tweeters, leaving us all to wonder where the integrated mids are. Still, such a convenient little streamer won't run you cheap, as Terratec apparently feels this thing is worth a whopping €349 ($473).[Via Slashgear]
Rip your records with TerraTec's iVinyl pre-amp
If you have boxes full of vintage vinyl and old cassettes still taking up valuable space in your home but you haven't been inspired to convert all that music to digital format because it seemed like such a chore and you were starting to think it would be a wiser investment to just re-purchase it all... well you're kind of right. It is easier and some would say wiser. But just in case you are short on cash or you really dig those authentic pops and grooves on your old jazz 45's, TerraTec's PhonoPreAmp iVinyl might be just the tool to get you inspired.The iVinyl is a small box (a pre-amp, which you need to get audio in from your record player) that you plug between your analog audio source (records, cassettes, TV, radio, even DVD outputs) and an available USB port on your Mac. Then you can start recording AIFF right away, in real time. Using the included Roxio CD Spin Doctor you can edit, scrub or polish your tracks or you can just dump them into iTunes, burn them to CD or convert them to your preferred format for use on your iPod.So far it seems to only be available in the UK and it's not the cheapest method of doing this at roughly $150 USD, but if you have a large collection to rip it's not such a bad deal.[via Macworld UK]
