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SVideo, Composite, Component input for Cube?
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My G4 Cube is sitting mostly idle these days, and I figuure it might see better use as a media PC attached to my 27 inch VGA monitor. To do so, Things need to be as hands off as possible from the keyboard/mouse, and I need the ability to have SVideo and Composite inputs at a minimum. Component would be nice to get 480p output from my consoles.
So, what device would work with the G4 Cube to give me these inputs, and what program can I use to display the signals live and full screen?
Control wise, I plan on using an ATI Remote Wonder. DVD wise, I figure the 10.3 DVD player will do fine.
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The ATI All-in-wonder is a nice card for this. It goes in your AGP port. There are Firewire and USB devices that are for video in, but they cost much more than the all-in-wonder and do not work as well.
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The problem is that I doubt the All in Wonder cards would fit inside the G4 Cube. So most likely the solution I would need is a Firewire solution.
The firewire solutions I have found so far all seem to be geared around video editing and not real time display.
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1. There aren't any All-in-Wonders for Mac anymore. There haven't been for years.
2. Even if there were, it wouldn't fit in a Cube.
3. FireWire capture devices don't have Component input.
4. FireWire capture devices have latency.
I'd scrap the idea.
tooki
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Sorry!
I remembered using All-In-Wonders in the past. Didn't know the stopped making Mac ones  .
What about this This? You could buy a TiVO for this price, but...
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I did come across a firewire input device with component inputs for a decent price, but again it was marketed as a video capture device and thus nothing out of the box would display a live feed.
I'm looking at one of the eyeTV solutions currently here, and possibly a component to VGA converter to just bypass the Mac when using a component input.
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Originally posted by tooki:
3. FireWire capture devices don't have Component input.
I'd scrap the idea.
tooki
They do you just need to look harder
http://www.aja.com/products_Io.html#io
Granted this box won't work with iMovie or FCE
It is made to be used with Final cut Pro
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I think the only video input for Macs that will give you lag-free video is the AlchemyTV PCI card, but that is only for PowerMacs with PCI slots. I guess you're out of luck.
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