Beyond TV Link 4.7.1

Lets you get the complete Beyond TV experience from networked computers in your home Beyond TV Link will give you the complete Beyond TV experience from any networked computer in your home. It gives you full and complete access to your library of recorded shows.
You can even watch live television broadcasts through Beyond TV Link. Beyond TV Link delivers a connected digital home, powered by Beyond TV, the award-winning PVR software that lets you watch, record, pause, rewind and fast-forward television shows.
Main features:
Easy Fast-Forward and Rewind
- Pause, fast-forward and rewind not only your recordings, but also live television. Beyond TV supports multiple speeds of fast-forward and rewind and 30-second skip and 7-second instant replay.
Program Guide
- Powerful Program Guide
- Beyond TVs integrated electronic program guide (EPG) has up-to-date listings for the U.S. and Canada. Tell Beyond TV what kind of broadcast source you have and it will construct a personalized guide for you.
- Intelligent Recordings
- Tell Beyond TV which shows to record and itll do the rest. Record an entire TV series, a single show, or all of the new episodes of a show with the click of a button.
Watch TV with SmartSkip
- Skip Commercials With SmartSkip
- Tired of sitting through commercials? Seen the first five minutes already? Quickly watch recorded shows by skipping blocks of commercials or other parts of the show. SmartSkip lets you watch TV more efficiently and conveniently than ever.
- Turn on the SmartSkip feature and Beyond TV will automatically insert markers at major scene changes of all HD and SD recordings, creating chapters. Users can then easily skip quickly from one chapter to another at the touch of a button. Skip thirty second intervals, or play seven second instant replays.
Burn TV Shows to DVD
- New! Burn TV Shows to DVD*
- With Beyond TVs integrated DVD Burning Plug-in, creating DVDs of your TV recordings is simple and easy. Build a DVD library of all your favorite shows or just take your TV shows with you on the road. It will even include your SmartSkip information so you can skip commercials. And with our DiscSqueeze technology, your shows automatically get compressed to fit on a DVD.
- This feature requires purchase of Beyond TVs "DVD Burning Plug-In"
TV Show Search
- Search Smarter, Find Shows Faster
- Sure you like ER...but theres more than one show out there about double bypass surgeries. Search by title or keyword and see more shows about the stuff youre already interested in. Type in the name of your favorite program and our electronic program guide will show you all the times and channels on which its playing. Have a favorite actor or director? Just search on his name and Beyond TV will find all the matching TV programs.
- Support for over-the-air HDTV
- Beyond TV now supports recording free over-the-air high-definition television (HDTV). With SnapStream’s EPG you can easily browse and record HDTV channels and high-definition programs. Get a picture with six times the sharpness of standard television. Listen to Dolby Digital surround sound. HDTV support puts you in the action.
- See our HDTV Setup Center to learn more.
Browse by Category
- Have to see the Astros take on the Cubs? With expanded searching capabilities, Beyond TV 4 allows you to browse by category for sporting events, movies, and more. It’s like having a free, built-in movie store and a continuously updated game day guide. Now you can find exciting lesser known shows in the genres you love to watch.
- Support for MPEG-2, Windows Media and DivX
- Feel free to choose your recording format—Beyond TV 4 now supports DivX, Windows Media Video (WMV), and MPEG-2 formats. DivX and Windows Media are space-saving and portable. With files ten times smaller than MPEG-2 files, DivX and WMV offer the same great recording quality as the other formats in a fraction of the space. And with new support for DivX 6.1 and its Intel Hyper-threading and Dual Core optimizations, you can record or ShowSqueeze DivX up to 300% faster!
Web Admin
- Advanced Settings With the Web Admin
- If youre the kind of person who knows what he wants, and expects to get it, Beyond TVs Web Admin is just what youre looking for. It gives you extensive control over advanced settings and options through an easy to use web interface. Change the directory your shows are saved to, customize your channel lineup, and control the quality and format of your recordings. Configure specific ShowSqueeze, SmartSkip, and timeshifting settings and more.
Shrink Recordings with ShowSqueeze
- Save hard drive space and enhance portability with ShowSqueeze. ShowSqueeze lets you recompress any standard-definition (SD) or high-definition (HD) recorded show to Windows Media (.wmv) or DivX files. Opt to have all of your recordings automatically compressed or select specific shows to ShowSqueeze.
Portable TV In Your Pocket
- Need to entertain the kids on a long road trip? Tired of reading the newspaper on your morning subway commute? Transfer recorded shows in the WMV format to devices like Microsoft Portable Media Centers, Pocket PCs, Windows Mobile 5 smart phones and laptops for on-the-road viewing. Now you can take your TV shows with you and watch them anytime, anywhere.
- Extend Beyond TV Throughout the Home
- Deliver the Beyond TV experience to other PCs in your home with Beyond TV Link*. Beyond TV Link lets everyone in your home network access all the recordings on your entertainment hub. It’s like having Beyond TV on all PCs and laptops in your home! You can even watch live television broadcasts on networked PCs without having to purchase additional TV tuner cards.
- * Beyond TV Link is a separate add-on product to Beyond TV
Join the Community
- Do you want to know what other Beyond TV users are watching? Join the SnapStream Community by opting-in when you install Beyond TV and then let Beyond TV Buzz show you what you and everyone else is recording.
- Advanced Support for Multiple Tuners
- If two of your favorite shows happen to air at the same time, dont worry… Record more than one show at a time or watch one while recording another. Beyond TV offers advanced multi-tuner support to let you record more of your favorite TV shows.
Powerful Conflict Resolution
- Set recording priorities, and Beyond TV does the rest to record as many of your favorite shows as possible. For example, if two shows are scheduled to record at the same time, Beyond TV will record the one you want to see more, and search for a way to record the other one at a different time. It wont record the same episode twice, and will record programs based on your priorities, minimizing conflicts.
- Schedule Recordings Over the Web
- Forget to record your favorite show? Dont sweat it. Schedule recordings from the Internet browser or a web-accessible cell phone with Beyond TVs Remote Recording feature.
The Radio in Your PC
- Now you can play and timeshift FM radio stations with Beyond TV 4. Skip commercials or listen to your favorite song over again. FM Radio support lets you setup and easily access six preset stations.
Version restrictions:
- 21-day evaluation period