SnapStream Bumps Price of Beyond TV to $99 – But Adds Plenty of Worthwhile New Features
By Alexander Grundner |
December 1st, 2008
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Big news from the SnapStream camp. Beyond TV 4.9 – repackaged and priced at $99 – now includes Clear QAM support for recording unencrypted cable transmissions (including programming available in HD), a built-in Placeshifting web player (first glimpsed at in Sept.), and native H.264 (iPod compatible) video transcoding and DVD burning (both previously plug-ins available for $29.99). Full release notes after jump.
Version 4.9 Release Notes | Build 6073
New Features
- QAM support
- Placeshifting
- Tech support upload through Web Admin
- Add recording-level setting for “max days” expiration
- StreamSnip on the fly for ATSC and QAM recordings
- Add option to tag recordings automatically with the name of user who scheduled them
- Create a new MPEG-2 transport stream demux
- Improved support for Hauppauge HD PVR
- Support Hauppauge HVR-2250Bug Fixes
- ShowSqueeze from HD/QAM to iPod Classic/Nano no longer fails
- H.264 iTunes conversions no longer have audio/video sync on iPod Touch and iPhone 2.X firmwareImprovements
- The DVD Burning & H.264 Plug-In is now buit-in by default to Beyond TV and Beyond TV Link
- Add “send ENTER / OK / SELECT before channel change” option to IR blaster tuning
- Improved recorded shows section in the Web Admin
- Add Replace Showsqueeze (the oppisite of replace originals) to Recorded Shows views
- Various small useful tweaks to information displayed in the Web Admin
- Improved SmartChapter accuracy
- Improved SSL support in the Web Admin
- Faster Scheduler Startup
- Faster Library startup
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Poor Greg – 7 days 4 hours ago