View Full Version : Re: How to get composite video input into a Mac?


Richard Paquette
04-02-2004, 06:31 AM
In article <BC88E1A1.1272A%mlevin77[at]comcast.net>, Michael Levin
<mlevin77[at]comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm going to get a videocamera for taking movies from my microscope;
> either
> something as cheap as
>
> http://www.greatscopes.com/videoeyepiece.htm
>
> Or maybe something more serious. The question is: how do I get the
> composite
> video signal into my Mac? I have a G4 desktop model (with USB and
> firewire
> ports), currently running OS9.2 and soon to be upgraded to OSX. What's
> the
> easiest way to get real-time video into the computer for future editing?
> Thanks in advance for any help; if possible, please cc: replies to
> mlevin77[at]comcast.net.



look at http://www.elgato.com/products/eyetvusb.html

that work very well, but only with OSX.

Richard

Michael Levin
04-03-2004, 01:18 AM
On 4/2/04 12:31 AM, in article
paparicky-E24D31.21313601042004[at]news-server.bendcable.com, "Richard
Paquette" <paparicky[at]bendcable.com> wrote:

> In article <BC88E1A1.1272A%mlevin77[at]comcast.net>, Michael Levin
> <mlevin77[at]comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm going to get a videocamera for taking movies from my microscope;
>> either
>> something as cheap as
>>
>> http://www.greatscopes.com/videoeyepiece.htm
>>
>> Or maybe something more serious. The question is: how do I get the
>> composite
>> video signal into my Mac? I have a G4 desktop model (with USB and
>> firewire
>> ports), currently running OS9.2 and soon to be upgraded to OSX. What's
>> the
>> easiest way to get real-time video into the computer for future editing?
>> Thanks in advance for any help; if possible, please cc: replies to
>> mlevin77[at]comcast.net.
>
>
>
> look at http://www.elgato.com/products/eyetvusb.html
>
> that work very well, but only with OSX.
>
> Richard

cool - thanks!

Mike

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Mike Levin
mlevin77[at]comcast.net