Posts tagged Apple
Free TV Channels
Mar 6th
The danish public service channels from “Danmarks Radio” can be streamed and viewed directly from QuickTime, iTunes, VLC player etc. on both Mac and Windows by downloading a few channel files (.mov). This of course also opens the option to stream and view the channels in Frontrow on Mac:
All you have to do is to download the files and add them to your library:
Download TV Channels (danish channels)
A friend of mine is monitoring the channel streams at his website, here you can see how reliable each stream are >> Stream Status
Sources:
Watch Digital HD TV on your Mac
Dec 26th
If you like me would like to have the opportunity to watch digital HD TV on your Mac, here is my recommendations. Recently I bought a product from Elgato, namely the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid, which I am actually quite satisfied with.
Elgato EyeTV Hybrid
EyeTV Hybrid is an all-in-one TV USB stick for your Mac, including DVB-T, DVB-C, Analog TV & FM-Radio tuner. Even though it is quite small, it contains a full-size and built-in coaxial plug and does not require an adapter to connect cable or an aerial. The EyeTV Hybrid also comes with a composite (RCA) and S-Video break-out cable to connect a variety of devices to your Mac, such as a set top box for premium channels and satellite, a VCR, or a Camcorder.
EyeTV Hybrid can record digital TV in the full quality digital content as encoded by the broadcaster. The included EyeTV 3 software lets you watch and timeshift live television on your Mac. Record, subscribe to TV series, and create Smart Playlists. Edit unwanted content and send your favorites to iTunes to sync automatically. Recordings can be share over a local network with other Macs and accessing them on an iPod or iPhone via Wi-Fi.
Feature summary:
- Watch, rewind, fast forward, and pause live TV and FM radio on your Mac
- Record hours of television and FM radio and edit out unwanted content
- Create TV series subscriptions with Smart Guides
- Organize recordings in Smart Playlists
- Export recordings automatically to your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV
- Access recordings via Wi-Fi and share with other Macs on a local network
- Watch live tv on iPhone over Wi-Fi or 3G
- Includes an EyeTV Remote, which I by the way will comment on later on.
Product site: Elgato EyeTV Hybrid
Additionally I can recommend a couple of application to make the experience of the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid even better.
Remote Buddy
A powerful remote control solution for the Mac, that lets you control the EyeTV, any many other applications with Apple Remote, iPhone, or iPod Touch. With this application you can put the EyeTV Remote in the drawer, and only use the Apple Remote or iPhone as remote.
Product site: Remote Buddy
Aurora
Aurora lets you wake up your Mac in the morning or any other time, and fortunately it has support for EyeTV. Aurora can play both EyeTV TV and radio channels, this is quite nice if you like to wake up to some morning news or like as I do.
Product site: Aurora
XBMC / Plex
XBMC or Plex (build on XBMC) is only related to the EyeTV in sense of making your Mac a better media center. They both have a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. They can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats as well as online streaming audio and video. The real power of these applications are found in its library features, I especially like that it can automatically retrieve movie metadata from IMDb; imagery, description, rating etc. Whether to select XBMC or Plex might be a subjective matter.
Mac Themes for Windows 7
Nov 1st
Running Windows 7 on Boot Camp on your Mac, you might like some Apple or Mac OS X like themes for your Windows 7 installation. Here is a couple try out. I am also look for more and better Mac or Black themes for Windows 7, so please post if you found some nice ones…
All of these themes are installed without extra patching of you operation system, download the themes below.
Download the themes:
Use Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset with MacBook
Nov 5th
After I bought my Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset for my iPhone a thought came to my mind, namely, whether it was possible to pair the headset with my MacBook and using it together with e.g. Skype.
Pairing the iPhone headset with the MacBook can be done seamlessly, just go to the Bluetooth in the menu bar, select “Set up Bluetooth Device…” and choose “Headset”, then press and hold the headset button for about eight seconds, until you hear the startup tone and then five quick high beeps. The headset is now discoverable and will remain so for about five minutes. The status light blinks green while the headset is discoverable.
Unfortunately, I believe that the audio quality over Bluetooth is quite unsatisfying, it seems to be poor and a bit crackly. Therefore it is kind of tricky to recommend using the Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset for that purpose.
Manual Eject Stuck CD/DVD from a Mac (MacBook)
May 8th
In general a CD or DVD can be ejected on a Mac (MacBook) using the physical eject button or from the finder without any problems, but occasionally this don’t work and the disc icon might disappear from your Desktop and you can’t get the disc out of your computer. However, there is a trick you can try to extract the stuck disc.
- Restart your Mac.
- After you hear the startup chime, press and hold your trackpad button.
- After a minute or so, and you think nothing is gonna happen, the disc ejects.
- Release the button once the disc ejects.
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