Component video output from Mac Mini?
DaveC
O O O O O
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Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr
R G B HD VD
I want to connect my Mac Intel Mini that has a Mini-DVI connector to this
display.
I've read that the Mini cannot output component video. True?
Is there an accessory converter that will convert the Mini-DVI to component
video?
Other solutions?
Or am I hosed?
Thanks,
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DaveC
> video?
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FYI, I found this MacIntouch page with lots of people who have found
solutions:
<http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/intelmini/topic4100.html>
Gregory Weston
DaveC <m...@bogusdomain.net> wrote:
> A plasma display (not a TV) has 5 RCA jacks labelled with 2 different labels:
>
> O O O O O
> - - - - -
> Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr
> R G B HD VD
>
> I want to connect my Mac Intel Mini that has a Mini-DVI connector to this
> display.
>
> I've read that the Mini cannot output component video. True?
True.
> Is there an accessory converter that will convert the Mini-DVI to component
> video?
Yes. But so far they've been fairly expensive.
> Other solutions?
In all sincerity, if I was committed to hooking up a Mac to component
inputs, I'd probably just punt and get an Apple TV. Last time I looked,
which was admittedly a while ago, this wasn't substantially more
expensive than the converter box. Meanwhile it consumes less power (and
fewer power outlets) and space than the mini+converter solution.
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DaveC
This is an option I hadn't considered. A great possibility.
One of my concerns is one of playability of weird formats. I've relied on VLC
as a player for literally everything and hardly ever been disappointed. How
is ATV for playing, for example, .flv and .mkv formats?
The other concern is streaming content. Can I watch hulu.com content and
other (cbs.com) on Apple TV? How?
Bob Harris
<0001HW.C5A090DF...@news.sf.sbcglobal.net>,
DaveC <m...@bogusdomain.net> wrote:
> > I'd probably just punt and get an Apple TV.
>
> This is an option I hadn't considered. A great possibility.
>
> One of my concerns is one of playability of weird formats. I've relied on VLC
> as a player for literally everything and hardly ever been disappointed. How
> is ATV for playing, for example, .flv and .mkv formats?
>
> The other concern is streaming content. Can I watch hulu.com content and
> other (cbs.com) on Apple TV? How?
>
> Thanks,
There is a way to install Boxee on an AppleTV which will give you
a lot of features not normally available with AppleTV, such as
other codex and hulu, plus other video sources.
I did a Google search for "installing boxee on appletv" and came
up with instructions for installing boxee.
Bob Harris
DaveC
or getting a video transcoder and connecting that between the Mac Mini and
the plasma?
Besides the obvious stand-alone advantage (Mini doesn't have to be with in
cable distance of the plasma)...
Pros & cons?
John Schaaf
> A plasma display (not a TV) has 5 RCA jacks labelled with 2 different labels:
>
> O O O O O
> - - - - -
> Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr
> R G B HD VD
>
> I want to connect my Mac Intel Mini that has a Mini-DVI connector to this
> display.
>
> I've read that the Mini cannot output component video. True?
>
> Is there an accessory converter that will convert the Mini-DVI to component
> video?
>
> Other solutions?
>
> Or am I hosed?
>
> Thanks,
It looks like a DVI to VGA adapter going into a VGA breakout cable
(probably 5 BNC connectors requiring BNC to RCA) would work. The R G B
HD VD appears to be a computer input. AFAIK the Mac DVI is both digital
and analogue so it should work.
David McCall
"John Schaaf" <john....@rcn.com> wrote in message
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to go with the RGB inputs. Some RGB sources have the sync on green,
while others send H and V sync as separate signals. There must be a
a switch to go between RGB and Component inputs.
David