Thanks for the reply. I have tried and tried and I can't get the sound input (the minijack beside the headphone jack) to recognise, either. I open System Preferences ... Sound, and I get two tabs: Alerts, and Output. No Input choices at all.
Paul. On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 09:49 , Phil A. Lefebvre wrote: > On 01/07/03 at 9:18 PM -0500, The Mutter wrote: >> how to enable support for the analog video-in jacks (both composite >> and S-video). > > No can do. OS X will not even acknowledge their existence. There > were rumors of Linux hackers trying to get the PPC Linux drivers to > work in OS X, but haven't heard any more about it. > >> These are really important to me, since I have no >> television and I have always relied on my PowerMac to interface with my >> VCR, my PlayStation, and more recently my DVD player. I want to keep >> this arrangement in OS X! > > There are several ways to get analog video in with OS X, though none > will have the same quality as the built-in S-video. There are several > USB video input devices, some even with TV tuners. There are also > several FW analog video input devices. They cost more, and the > quality may not be much better unless you get a G4 to decode the DV. > However, if you have a DV camcorder, many of those do analog input > conversion on the fly. > >> Even if I could get the SOUND IN rca jacks working, that would be an >> improvement, at least, if I can't get the whole ball of wax. > > The standard sound in port should still work, although volume control > is a bit unreliable in OS X. > -- > __________________________ > Phil Lefebvre > Chicago, IL > > -- > Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive <http://www.mail- > archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
