The Tube 2.7 brings placeshifting to the Mac: Stream live-TV via iChat to any location and take full advantage of the power of Leopard
South San Francisco, USA / Munich, Germany − May 12, 2008: Now Mac users can enjoy digital TV with The Tube, regardless of their
current location. equinux has released The Tube 2.7, featuring
placeshifting, another free update to its innovative TV software that
adds live-streaming of content via iChat. The Tube users can share the
show they're currently watching with others via iChat, tell friends
about their TubeToGo web gallery and subscribe to a podcast of their
latest recordings, e.g. on the Apple TV in the living room. The Tube
also adds numerous other Leopard-exclusive features.
Placeshifting: Share live-TV with friends via iChat
The Tube 2.7 introduces Placeshifting: The current digital TV show can
be shared with others via iChat. Leopard users can simply drag a The
Tube icon into an active video chat to enjoy the show with friends via
iChat Theater. The iChat partner can even record a video clip of the
show being shared.
Subscribe to a TubeToGo podcast of TV recordings
Users can now subscribe to an RSS format podcast directly within iTunes
of their TV shows that have been recorded and published to a TubeToGo
web gallery. The podcast can then accessed directly by an Apple TV
device, which can download any new recordings automatically. Users that
would like to share their web galleries with friends can now invite
them to take a look via email. To help keep track of TV shows, users
can now also add individual entries from the electronic programming
guide (EPG) to iCal and automatically be reminded when a show is about
to start.
More power for Leopard users
The Tube users can now benefit even more from the power of Mac OS X
10.5: The Tube 2.7 can add a stack of a user's recordings to Leopard's
Dock and they can also be previewed with QuickLook. The Tube uses Core
Graphics animations throughout its interface and can exclude The
Tube-recordings from Time Machine-Backups, in order to save valuable
backup space for other files.
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