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Great, but one glaring flaw... 
- Version: 2.9.6, 11/19/2009 02:08PM PST
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saghi--2008
I've used Audio Hijack Pro for years and love it.
The new version of Audio Hijack Pro, the 64-bit compatible version, has one huge flaw - it requires that you restart certain apps in 32-bit mode. We don't want to restart in 32-bit mode! Part of what makes some of these updated apps preform so well, like Quicktime 10 for example, is that they're 64-bit!
So as it is, you take a performance hit if you want to hijack audio from Safari or Quicktime X (and many others I'm sure).
The software is still worth it, I think, I just don't hijack Safari or Quicktime X anymore. I'm really hoping they'll get this one figured out.
Also, would love to see the volume controls for each app MUCH larger, having to delicately nudge the mouse to adjust the slider in increments of 4% is a little cumbersome. I'd like to see a Mackie style board, just like their mixers, with nice tall vertical level controls, with ability to adjust in 1% increments instead of 4%.
The new version of Audio Hijack Pro, the 64-bit compatible version, has one huge flaw - it requires that you restart certain apps in 32-bit mode. We don't want to restart in 32-bit mode! Part of what makes some of these updated apps preform so well, like Quicktime 10 for example, is that they're 64-bit!
So as it is, you take a performance hit if you want to hijack audio from Safari or Quicktime X (and many others I'm sure).
The software is still worth it, I think, I just don't hijack Safari or Quicktime X anymore. I'm really hoping they'll get this one figured out.
Also, would love to see the volume controls for each app MUCH larger, having to delicately nudge the mouse to adjust the slider in increments of 4% is a little cumbersome. I'd like to see a Mackie style board, just like their mixers, with nice tall vertical level controls, with ability to adjust in 1% increments instead of 4%.
Kill Tiger Support? Aaarrrggghhh... - Version: 2.9.4, 9/28/2009 08:42AM PST
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freevito
No review here...except to say that I've been an Audio Hijack Pro user for many years. Great application. Evidently the emergence of Snow Leopard provides Rogue Amoeba with the excuse/reason/motivation/impetus to drop support for Tiger, which I am still compelled to use until a certain project is finished. Not that I mind; Tiger works fine.
But it looks like support for AHP in Tiger stopped with v2.9.2. Fooey. Are Leopard and Snow Leopard that much different from Tiger that AHP has had to change so drastically as to make 10.4.x support economically untenable? Apparently so.
Margins must indeed be razor-thin in the software market.
But it looks like support for AHP in Tiger stopped with v2.9.2. Fooey. Are Leopard and Snow Leopard that much different from Tiger that AHP has had to change so drastically as to make 10.4.x support economically untenable? Apparently so.
Margins must indeed be razor-thin in the software market.
Use:
I mostly use AHP to time-shift internet streams.
Versatile:
AHP allows you to record anything you can hear on your Mac into a broad spectrum of user-customizeable formats.
Install SoundFlower (free) to AHP and you can divert multiple simultaneous inputs to multiple simultaneous outputs.
I use AHP to time shift, but I also use it as an tuner-timer. When scheduled, AHP hijacks a stream and sends it to Airfoil. Airfoil sends the stream to Apple Airport Express-hosted speakers throughout the house, garage, and patio. (AHP is so robust that you can configure AHP differently: AHP can use iTunes to send the stream to Airport Expresses directly.)
Reliable and Stable:
AHP is a "set and forget" application. You can set AHP to record and leave for weeks. The only worry is filling up your hard drive.
AHP never crashes of its own free will. Once or twice a year, Mac OS X may crash AHP, but the AHP Schedule Helper restarts AHP.
From nothing to scheduled in 60 seconds or less:
My friend announced that he will play a special, radio program on one day. I wanted to record it. I selected AHP2, added a new session (I should have copied a previous session.), entered the URL, selected the source (iTunes), added date and time and length, and AHP2 was ready. I tested it. Perfect. I selected the recording format to AAC. I need to add the tags, but, hey, that's trivial.
Tech Support:
Rogue Amoeba's tech support rivals or soundly beats the best in the business.
I had trouble with audio lag in an older Mac (skipping). Even though the problem was not theirs, RA was extremely courteous and helpful and developed a solution that I still use.
Summary:
AHP2 is amazingly robust, and, absolutely, positively indispensible! And, you can go from nothing to scheduled in 60 seconds or less.