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EyeTV Software Manual
Chapter 8 · Advanced Features
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The easiest way is to highlight the recording you wish to export in the EyeTV
Programs window, and then press the iPod button at the top of the EyeTV Pro-
grams window. That will export the file to a MPEG-4 format, and add it to an
“EyeTV” playlist within iTunes.
If you want more control over the file type, then use one of these two presets,
via the Export command from the File or Action menus.
The “for iPod (default)” preset encodes using Apple’s default QuickTime H.264
320x240 settings.
The “for iPod (recommended)” preset uses MPEG-4 compression, which en-
codes up to five times faster than H.264. The MPEG-4 preset also has higher
resolution output, which results in better quality, but generates a larger file. We
recommend this preset as it provides the best quality for viewing either on an
iPod screen or on a TV screen.
Neither preset requires QuickTime Pro. H.264 export requires QuickTime 7.0.3 or
later.
Here are the specifics of each preset:
iPod (default)
H.264 Video, 320x240 or 368x208, 600 kbps, 29.97 or 25 fps, baseline profile, mul-
tipass
MPEG-4 Audio, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kbps
iPod (recommended)
MPEG-4 Video, 544x408 or 640x360, 1500 kbps, 29.97 or 25 fps, one pass
MPEG-4 Audio, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kbps
Using EyeTV Exports With EyeHome
EyeHome, Elgato’s network media player, will automatically detect any EyeTV
recordings in your Programs window, for display on a TV. It can also play EyeTV
recordings exported to the MPEG Program Stream (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or MPEG-
4) and DivX AVI formats, if those exports are placed in the Movies folder in your
Home directory.
EyeHome cannot play any HDTV content from EyeTV, or any EyeTV 500 content.