With just a few enhancements…

If VLC and Plex can stream EyeTV files on the Mac directly to iOS then why is Elgato still tediously converting recordings first? It takes forever before you can start watching, even with a fast Mac as it doesnt use all available CPU, so I just use Plex. But, EyeTV can stream live TV yet mysteriously not recorded shows until theyve been converted. This makes no sense.

The app says EyeTV is not running on the Mac. Really? Then how am I able to actually watch the recordings and live TV?

I really miss the skip forward/back buttons in iOS that are on the Mac. For some reason they are missing on the app. The only option is to use single-speed fast forward or rewind. Very clumsy and inconsistent.

It doesnt resume where you left off playing. Read that sentence again. Hard to believe, right?

There is no way to delete recordings from the library. Another odd omission.

You cannot create a manual schedule. You must pay for the TV Guide subscription that is full of errors just to schedule a recording, but it cant be edited to adjust the times.

When I set up/delete a manual schedule on the Mac, it does not appear/disappear in the Schedules window on the iOS device unless I switch away to one of the other tabs and return. Thats real old-fashioned programming and shouldnt be happening in a modern app. A change on the server should immediately be reflected on the client.

Once a manual schedule is set up on the Mac, it cannot be edited in iOS, it can only be deleted. BUT, if you delete it it doesnt disappear from the window. The Delete button changes to a Record button, which when tapped, does nothing. If you then navigate away from the Schedules tab and return, I found 4 schedules with no title. Checking the Mac, they appear there as 0 seconds long, to be recorded 2000-12-31 19:00. So yeah, kinda buggy and feature poor.

Similarly for playlists, you cant create/delete them in iOS, they dont appear/disappear until you navigate away from the Recordings tab and return, you cant see the criteria for Smart Playlists in iOS so you better give them a good name.

Basically, Elgato needs to take a page from the MythTV and Plex playbooks and create separate client and server components. The client on the Mac and iOS should then have identical features. As it stands now, the iOS client is a stripped down version of the native Mac app.

Other than a new paint job, the same limitations remain as the previous version.

RSMAC about EyeTV, v2.0