Many reviewers mention this causing OS/computer freezes and lockups. Is this still an issue with current (2014) versions of the software?
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I've been using Elgato EyeTV, from the the EyeTV 200 many years ago to my current EyeTV HD, and I've never had computer freezes or lockups. Although you may not get smooth playback of 1080 HD recordings on an old Mac, I was able to play HD video just fine on my previous Mac mini 4 years ago (early 2009 model). I'm now using a Mac mini (mid 2011) model.
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I would say it is more a function of the speed of your computer, and ElGato warns that highest quality HD capture and recording requires a fast computer. I have a 2012 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro and I've not experienced any freezes or lockups.
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Did not have any problems with mine. OS-Windows 7 Professional-has worked just fine, no nastygrams from Microsoft saying I was using anything out of the way.
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Sorry, I can't help. I got rid of it quite some time ago, I used it on Win7. and didn't care for it's performance. I am now on 8.1.
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I'm running Mac OS 10.5.8 and have had zero issues. Even the course update versions loaded without any issues. I can't comment on other versions of the OS, but so far easy as can be.
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I am using OS 10.9 and it is working fine. I have not tried it on old versions of the OS.
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Yeah I've had it freeze up. Just takes a hard reset (Holding power button). Doesn't happen too often to me...
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I have several of these. I've used Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 6.6 and CentOS 7.0 without any major problems.
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You should not encounter any issues. I'm running 64bit with Windows 8.1 and everything is fine. I'm not a techie though I'm trying to be one. Using the Click free backup has been great. Very easy to use! Great product!
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I bought elements 11 when it first came out and I've been using it ever since on my MacBook without any issues. Beware though it's a memory hog so close all other apps while editing to avoid hangs.
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I have trouble with it crashing the browser from time to time. I think it was a windows 8.1 issue thou
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I do not operate in a Windows environment, so I'm not certain how that will impact the performance. I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS AMD 64bit and use the editing software that is open source. I have no issues with this at all. This is a quad core unit and it runs fairly quickly. I am very satisfied with my rig.
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I'm not. It does mirror with win 8.1, but it does crash a lot. There is no stutter with 8.1, only the crashes. It is only in beta form so it should improve at some point.
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OH NO!!! I didn't have any problems...just installed like normal...sorry I couldn't help more. :-)
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I'm using it with Windows 7. I've noticed that every time I shutdown I bluescreen. So, just don't reboot :)
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No , But my game started freezing up 1 , Or 2 times almost every time I play since I added the add-on .
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8.1 crashes unexpectedly. Not even the computer geeks know why, yet. fyi. Might want to wait till that gets fixed
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A couple things come to mind: (1) I think one can only run the program once a day or at least that's all I can get out of it and (2) go to the apps store and get the latest version of the program. They have some awareness that the program locks up, but I do not think that they fixed it. Good luck.