The Software is Free But... - bakutofino

trashing the application due to the cost of a data subscription that was made necessary by a third party syndicate is disingenuous on your part.

since elgato seems to be unwilling and unable to implement tv listings for canada, this is the only option you have to get that functionality for eyetv.

macprogramguide used to work with the free tv schedule data feed from zap2it, that sadly got discontinued.

thanks to developers like cool mac software, schedules direct was formed and stepped up to the plate to negotiate a license for that feed for non-commercial use by third party software.

i signed up when the cost was $20 for THREE months, which dropped very quickly due to a growing subscriber base.

i for one am happy it works as promised, keeps getting updated with new features often and the cost for getting a tv schedule that works in canada is worth 5 cents a day to me.

now if only elgato would get off their ass...

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Tuesday, June 24 2008 @ 11:36 AM PDT

The Software is Free But... - scifiguy

It isn't really Elgato's fault. I talked to them at MacWorld in January, and it isn't that they aren't trying to find program guide solutions, it's that they have been unable to get a partnership arrangement like the one they have with TitanTV (which has been sucking lately). They need the partnership in order to incorporate the program listing service into their software.

So just like you advised the previous poster, make sure you direct your frustration to the correct source. I think it would be cool if they used Schedule Direct, even if it did cost. I have never had trouble getting listings from them like TitanTV.

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Tuesday, September 23 2008 @ 10:15 AM PDT

I am, like you... - friedchikkin

...unwilling to pay for a subscription fee because TV simply isn't that important of a thing in my life.

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Wednesday, September 30 2009 @ 10:47 PM PDT