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    Elgato Sharing

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jamste, Mar 14, 2009.

  1. Jamste

    Jamste Notebook Geek

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    hey there,

    I'm thinking about getting the Elgato hybrid for my iMac and Macbook. I'm wondering, is it possible to be able to share it over a wireless/lan network.

    My idea is: Connecting the Elgato to a wireless router or sharing the Elgato off one of the macs. In doing so, installing eyetv 3 on both macs so both macs are able to watch TV. I guess its really impossible for both computers to be able to watch too different channel simultaneously...

    Any ideas? - Thanks in advance,

    Regards,
    James
     
    Jamste, Mar 14, 2009
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  2. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    I really don't think it would be possible. Elgato would put some kind of software/firmware on it so that you can't use it on more than one computer at a time. If it's installed on one computer, you can't install it on another without it being uninstalled from the other computer. If people were able to share it over a network, the people would take advantage of it and not buy more than one of them and therefore Elgato would loose profits. ;) So the simple answer is no. ;)
     
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