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The Tube Changelog

What's new in The Tube 2.10.2

Dec 28, 2011
  • New: tizi @ Home support
  • tizi users (http://tizi.tv) can now watch TV with The Tube when tizi is connected to a Wi-Fi network in tizi @ Home mode.
  • Did your Mac go to sleep or dim the screen while watching TV? The option "Ignore energy Saver settings" should now work as expected.
  • Solved an issue that was causing The Tube to crash for some users.
  • We fixed a few other bugs and issues and improved memory usage after using timeshift.

New in The Tube 2.9.7 (Jul 10, 2010)

  • NEW: Intergration of TV Movie Flat Rate EPG service (German-speaking countries only)
  • Improved overall EPG management in preferences

New in The Tube 2.9.6 (Apr 23, 2010)

  • NEW Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for US TV channels from Tribune Media DataServices support to work directly with their systems
  • NEW The Tube supports the Hauppauge DVB-S WinTV-NOVA-S receiver
  • NEW The Tube supports the Hauppauge WinTV-Aero TV receiver
  • NEW The Tube supports the Hauppauge WinTV-Ministick
  • NEW The Tube supports the PCTV picoStick receiver
  • NEW TV channels with new integrated search function
  • NEW Switch channel keyboard shortcut (channel number enter)
  • IMPROVED Simplified TubeTalk sign-in
  • IMPROVED More options for showing new posts in TubeTalk chats
  • IMPROVED Fast-forwarding and rewinding of recordings and in the TimeShift storage
  • New recordings are displayed in the archive in the correct order
  • The Tube recordings are automatically synced with ITunes, if the setting is chosen in TubeToGo
  • Stations can not be switched with Apple Remote, while streaming Live TV to the iPhone
  • TV Movie EPG shows the correct channel info for RTL Television
  • Fixed errors in the audio playback in Italy

New in The Tube 2.9.5 (Nov 25, 2009)

  • NEW: Global scanning option. Scans all frequencies, regardless of your selected country
  • NEW: Support for the new aluminum Apple remote
  • Improved stability under Mac OS X 10.6.2
  • Restores the iMovie and Apple TV export options
  • The Tube will no longer automatically quit if you remove your TV device
  • Over the air EPG updates are now delayed for 12 hours if you select "update later"
  • Resolves an issue with Miglia Analog TV tuners
  • The default volume setting is now louder

New in The Tube 2.9.4 (Sep 3, 2009)

  • NEW: Now supports Hauppauge WinTV HVR-930c / myTV-930c.
  • NEW: The Tube supports a Live TV feature which displays the progress of a show on your iPhone.
  • Putting your Mac to sleep after a recording now works reliably.
  • Reordering channels no longer interrupts recordings.
  • UI issues in TubeTalk when using Snow Leopard have been resolved.
  • The details view scrollbar works reliably in Snow Leopard.
  • The Tube installer no longer requires Rosetta.
  • Snow Leopard installer problems have been solved.

New in The Tube 2.9.3 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • Tuning has been improved drastically. We recommend running "File ? Search Channels..." again
  • Now supports Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Stick 70e
  • Now supports Terratec Cinergy T USB XXS
  • DVB-T / DTT problems with older EyeTV hybrid devices have been solved
  • Now supports the new EyeTV DTT (introduced August 08)
  • Now supports EyeTV DTT Deluxe
  • The program guide update dialog window will no longer reappear after a while if you select "not now".
  • Changed timer for EPG update to 15 secs
  • Fixed an issue where attaching a device might interrupt playback of recordings

New in The Tube 2.9.2 (Jan 2, 2009)

  • New: Transform your iPhone into a mobile TV receiver with Live TV.
  • New: Now Supports Pinnacle PCTV nanoStick.
  • Fixed a significant crash which occured when using TubeGuide US.

New in The Tube 2.9.1 (Dec 23, 2008)

  • Energy saving settings have been fixed.
  • Audio preferences are now saved correcty when quitting.
  • Refresh of the ATSC and DVB-T program guide now works correctly with the TubeStick again.
  • TubeGuide US now works correctly with analog channels.
  • Fixed a crash related to scheduled recordings and hidden TV picture.
  • The On-Screen-Display is only shown when switching again.
  • Fixed some localization issues.

New in The Tube 2.9.0 (Nov 18, 2008)

  • TubeGuide US with detailed TV listings
  • IceTV integration
  • Extended Compatibility with TubeStick
  • Compatibility with Hauppauge Nova-TD
  • Compatibility with Hauppauge HVR-900
  • Compatibility with Elgato EyeTV Hybrid
  • Accelerated channel search by filtering encrypted channels
  • Better scanning performance
  • Intelligent matching of channel names
  • TV guides can now be configured in preferences
  • Support for logical channel numbers in UK and Australia
  • Hauppauge HVR-900H: Audio is no longer muted in France and US
  • AppleScript support for logical channel numbers
  • Added support for daylight savings
  • TV Image is not blocked anymore when updating EPG
  • When scheduling manual recordings, channels won't be mixed up anymore

New in The Tube 2.8.1 (Sep 4, 2008)

  • Crashes due to bad reception or disconnected antennas have been resolved.
  • Problems with audio reception and Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H have been fixed.
  • Issues with the Composite and S-Video input of the TubeStick hybrid have been fixed.
  • Manual recordings now always record the correct channel.

New in The Tube 2.8 (Aug 20, 2008)

  • TubeStick hybrid: We have boosted the digital reception quality, a new channel search is required for digital signals.
  • TubeStick hybrid: A crash while switching channels on the same transponder has been fixed.
  • TubeStick hybrid: Problems while switching channels with Mac OS X 10.4 have been resolved.
  • TubeStick hybrid: The on-screen display now shows the channel number correctly.
  • The Tube is now available in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish
  • The Tube is fully compatible with MobileMe.
  • Shared data streams are detected and displayed much more reliably. This especially improves reception of local channels.
  • Added a confirmation dialog to prevent accidentially deleting channels.
  • New locations are now immediately active and selected.
  • Jumping in timeshift and recording with shift-left/right and option-shift-left/right cursor keys has been improved.
  • The EPG import performance and stability has been improved.
  • The XMLTV EPG importer now handles IceTV XMLTV feeds correctly.
  • Fixed an issue which caused EPG entries being displayed multiple times.
  • Assigning DVB-T EPG service to channels works more reliably now.
  • An issue where the EPG information in the channel list and the on-screen display was out of sync has been fixed.
  • The EPG header translations have been fixed for non-English languages.
  • The TV-Movie EPG works correctly on Mac OS X 10.4 again.
  • Assigning different EPG services now updates the channel list correctly.
  • The timeshift controller works much more reliably now.
  • An Aqua-style scroll bar has been replaced in the TubeTalk sign-in panel.

New in The Tube 2.7.4 (Jun 5, 2008)

  • Just in time for the European Football Cup 2008. The Tube now supports the following devices: equinux TubeStick (DVB-T/DTT), equinux TubeStick hybrid (ATSC/QAM/analog), Miglia TVMini, Miglia TVMini HD, Miglia TV Mini Express, Miglia TVMini2 Express, Miglia TVBook Pro Express, Miglia TVMicro, Miglia TVMicro Express, Terratec Cinergy T2, Twinhan DTV Alpha, EyeTV for DTT, Digitus DVB-T Digital USB, Freecom DVB-T USB Stick, MSI Technology, Digittrade DVB-T Stick USB Stick
  • A crash during startup has been fixed. This occured in some cases when multiple audio devices where connected to the Mac. Thanks to our community for helping us with this problem
  • The EPG refresh progress will now also be shown in the preferences

New in The Tube 2.7.3 (May 24, 2008)

  • Fixed a startup problem on Mac OS X 10.5. Users with this issue should download from the update http: //www.equinux.com/goto/getthetube
  • An issue with &qout;green&qout; screen on PPC Macs has been solved
  • Analog devices will now also work in Denmark
  • XMLTV data is now interpreted in a more flexible way regarding different time zone settings
  • Resizing the window before a TV picture is available works correctly now
  • A crash while receiving corrupted ATSC or QAM data has been addressed
  • Fastest Export for Apple TV now works correctly
  • The settings for Digital Cable EPG have been removed because Digital Cable does not provide an EPG
  • An issue with the fullscreen mode has been fixed

New in The Tube 2.7.1 (May 16, 2008)

  • A sound issue on Power Mac and Mac Pro has been fixed
  • Crashes caused by AC3 decoding with certain channels have been fixed
  • The window is now correctly resized after startup when using curtain mode
  • The Tube handles corrupted EPG stores more reliable now
  • Problems with digital audio on Mac minis have been resolved
  • The window size is now handled more intelligently when switching between SD and HD channels
  • The TubeToGo web gallery was accidently reset under rare circumstances. This has been resolved
  • The Quartz Composition preview is now also updated when using the keyboard to switch compositions

New in The Tube 2.7.0 (May 13, 2008)

  • The Tube can now share live TV with iChat Theater from Digital Input source: DTT on Tubestick; ATSC or QAM on TubeStick hybrid (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard needed)
  • Preview your recordings using QuickLook in Finder (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard needed)
  • New visual design while switching channels. Choose among 12 animations or provide your own Quartz Composition (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard needed)
  • Reminders for shows can now be automatically added to iCal (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard needed)
  • Time Machine support has been added (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard needed)
  • Add your recordings folder to the Dock as a Stack (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard needed)
  • The TubeToGo Gallery is now available as a RSS compatible Podcast and can now be subscribed by iTunes and the AppleTV
  • The new TubeToGo Podcast can now be added to the iTunes Music Store listing by one click
  • Friends can now be informed from The Tube about the TubeToGo Podcast and Web Gallery
  • Follow Most Viewed Channel has been improved and works more reliable
  • Refreshing the EPG from the Preferences works without update sheet

New in The Tube 2.6.1 (May 6, 2008)

  • The Tube says hello to the USA. The Tube 2.6.1 now supports the all new TubeStick hybrid, the newly announced TV receiver for digital and analog Television that comes over cable or free-to-air Antenna
  • Tuning information can be submitted to equinux and will help to build up a worldwide database of tuning frequencies that will be available to all The Tube users.
  • The Tube now supports Closed Captioning for ATSC, Digital Cable (QAM) and Analog devices
  • The export setting for TubeToGo recordings have been optimized
  • TubeTalk can now handle various channel naming schemes
  • An issue where the TubeToGo storage location was not shown correctly has been fixed
  • A crash in the EPG channel assignment tab has been fixed
  • Importing third party EPG Services is now more robust
  • Importing DVB EPG data has been optimized
  • The helper application for exporting movies was restructured and renamed

New in The Tube 2.6.0 (Apr 11, 2008)

  • New: With the completely new EPG engine subscribing to and configuration of XMLTV feeds is easier than ever before
  • New: The Tube now supports the Electronic Program Guide from TV Movie for German TV Channels
  • New: Electronic Program Guides are now automatically refreshed every 12 hours
  • The EPG detail view has been improved
  • Tips are shown in the EPG list if the chosen EPG service supports it
  • A new window for EPG details has been added
  • Scheduled recordings can now be deleted with AppleScript
  • Tuning of analog signals has been improved
  • Problems with AC3 decoding have been resolved
  • Channel sorting while tuning has been optimized

New in The Tube 2.5.1 (Mar 10, 2008)

  • The Tube starts up correctly even if there are no "Local Web Sharing" preferences
  • SmartZoom does now correctly handle sidebar changes
  • Users without a valid TubeToGo license are now notified correctly
  • The web gallery status is now updated more frequently
  • Issues during playback of recordings have been resolved
  • Synchronization with iTunes has been optimized
  • Problems with empty TubeTalk nicknames have been fixed
  • Drawing glitches in TubeTalk have been removed
  • Issues with duplicate channels in the Czech Republic have been resolved

New in The Tube 2.5.0 (Mar 4, 2008)

  • New: TubeToGo, watch and schedule TV recordings on the go with your iPhone, iPod touch or web browser
  • New: Follow the most popular TV channels
  • New: With TubeToGo your recordings can be automatically synchronized with iTunes
  • New: Dolby Digital (AC3) is now available
  • New: Smart Zoom 2, zoom in and out of The Tube window without mouse click or keyboard
  • New: View live channel ratings
  • Improved: Various causes for crashes have been sorted out
  • Improved: Active TubeToGo users are marked in the TubeTalk user list
  • Improved: New TubeTalk messages are displayed more prominently in the channel list
  • Improved: TubeTalk now also shows when users enter and leave the channel
  • Improved: The Electronic Porgramm Guide can be now filled for all channels with one mouse click
  • Improved: The automatic deactivation of Timehift has been optimized
  • Improved: The automatic On-Screen Display can be disabled
  • Improved: The signal is re-tuned multiple times if there is bad reception
  • Improved: The Tube has a new decoder engine which improves the stability and performance, especially with bad reception
  • Improved: The Tube can now export multiple recordings at once
  • The automatic creation of the Movie folder has been fixed
  • An issue where TV buddy details have not been shown correctly has been fixed
  • Issues with the feature "record till show ends" have been resolved
  • The creation of recording thumbnails has been improved
  • Issues with headless operation of The Tube have been resolved
  • Some export settings have been corrected
  • Crashes during channel assignment have been resolved
  • Crashes caused by specific EPG data have been resolved
  • A problem which caused TubeTalk to disconnect during playback of recordings has been fixed

New in The Tube 2.0.1 (Dec 21, 2007)

  • Application stability has been improved
  • Signing in for TubeTalk is much faster now
  • An infinite regression when signing in for TubeTalk with a wrong password has been fixed
  • The chat history is preserved when switching channels
  • Searching with Spotlight now works under Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)
  • Public channels in Austria (ORF) are found again
  • The sidebar is now always redrawn correctly when switching the window size
  • Free disk space is checked in the recording location (if located on an external volume)
  • The Tube handles non-standard iTunes locations properly (when exporting to iTunes)

New in The Tube 2.0.0 (Dec 14, 2007)

  • New: TubeTalk provides a chat room for each channel
  • New: With Buddy Surfing enabled, The Tube follows another TubeTalk viewer's channel switches
  • New: Sortable recording library (by date or title)
  • New: Multiple recordings can be exported in parallel
  • New: The storage location for recordings can be configured in the preferences
  • New: Recordings are found by searching for their title with Spotlight
  • Neu: QuickLook will display a preview picture for The Tube recordings (Mac OS X Leopard required)
  • Improved: The Tube wakes up the Mac from sleep for scheduled recordings
  • Improved: Manual recordings can be stopped automatically when the recorded show ends
  • Improved: The EPG displays only shows not overlapping with scheduled recordings (configurable)
  • Improved: Channels switching is much faster between channels using the same frequency range

New in The Tube 1.5.5 (Nov 23, 2007)

  • OSD control has been revised to circumvent the annoying �bouncing OSD� effect
  • Improved tuning results for UK customers
  • Current recordings are displayed properly in the EPG list
  • Support for Miglia TVMini 2
  • Improved update mechanism for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

New in The Tube 1.5.2 (Sep 19, 2007)

  • The helper application for reporting crashes has been extended to improve the information flow between users and developers
  • Crash reports are compiled more efficiently and exclude all information irrelevant for debugging
  • AppleScript support has been fixed to provide proper start and end dates for scheduled recordings