So I finally got a chance to test this thing and the USB extension cable supplied is no good, it shows up when plugged directly into the USB port, not through the cable. Shows up on both the PC and the iMac but I can’t get any video feed from my Sony Hi8 8mm video camera.
I think it may be the output on the camera but I only have an s-video cable (the later Sonys use a proprietary 4 conductor 3.5mm composite video cable that I don’t have and will take two weeks to get from eBay). I tired a composite cable with an s-video adapter and that didn’t work either. I have the old Sony most of these tapes were originally recorded on and it has composite outputs but it was dropped (and I then found out it had been dropped and glued back together BEFORE I bought it as when I opened it up I found lots of broken glue joints). I haven’t tried it in a while but as I recall it also had a tracking problem. I really hate video tapes and their tracking problems, seems like every VCR I have had over the years has had the tracking and a belt or two go out and you have to remove a LOT of screws to fix either… I have a third Sony video camera but it doesn’t work at all. This is getting pretty complicated… I did find more video tapes I didn’t know I had including one of me playing my guitar the our local Cherry Festival in 1999! I guess I could just watch it on the 1.5” LCD on the camera with sound on only one side of the headphones…. Russell Courtenay Sent from my old iMac > On Mar 28, 2017, at 10:50 AM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > >> On Mar 27, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Russell Courtenay <unknownid...@gmail.com >> <mailto:unknownid...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I have been wanting one of these for years to play around with but hesitated >> to pay $70 for the El Gato device so I plunked down a whole $7 for a generic >> version off of eBay. >> >> The auction said 'Mac' in the title but I didn't believe that as it showed a >> 3" cd, which I KNOW won't work on any Mac, but I figured I'd try it anyway, >> most of the software is built into modern operating systems I suppose... >> >> So I couldn't resist and popped it open to reveal some very generic looking >> chips… > > \Plug it into your Mac, then open System Information, go to the USB section > and see if it says the product and vendor id is: > > Kensington Slimblade Trackball: > > Product ID: 0x2041 > Vendor ID: 0x047d (Kensington) > Version: 1.07 > Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec > Manufacturer: Kensington > Location ID: 0xfa133000 / 12 > Current Available (mA): 500 > Current Required (mA): 100 > Extra Operating Current (mA): > 0 > > > Googling that will often lead you to the OEM and suitable downloadable > drivers. WIthout the driver it won’t properly show all the details or work, > but it’s often enough info to hunt down the drivers, or at least the OEM. if > mac drivers exist… > > But, as Michael Shaw says any non-slot loading optical drive will also work > with those 3” cd’s. > > > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml > <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> and our netiquette guide is at > http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > <http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml> > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > <http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
