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Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - PeterB - 05-16-2014
I'm getting an old iMac G4 ready for a setup that likely won't see a whole lot of use, but it'd be nice to have up and working. What's the cheapest way to get a decent quality of video in on this machine? TiA
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - Forrest - 05-16-2014
What year or speed is the iMac? I believe the early models running less than 1 GHz were all USB 1, while the GHz models were USB 2.
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - The Grim Ninja - 05-16-2014
I think the purpose would help a lot in knowing what to suggest. To record? To monitor? Security? What sort of duration for the video?
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - cbelt3 - 05-16-2014
El Gato ?
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - jdc - 05-16-2014
what kind of video? from an iPhone? or a video cam? or?
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - davemchine - 05-16-2014
I would think an El Gato (or similar) product with hardware compression would be the only real option. A G4 just doesn't have the oomph to do much.
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - PeterB - 05-16-2014
Sorry guys. Additional info:
1) Yes, it's the USB 2.0 version of the iMac.
2) Video input isn't likely to be HD or anything... basically it's video-in from a microscope setup. More or less just to be able to see what's under the scope.
3) I too was thinking an ElGato product, but then I'd be stuck with whatever version of EyeTV runs under 10.4.x. The iMac does have Firewire, so that might suggest another option.
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - The Grim Ninja - 05-16-2014
You may want to look into a Firewire based video digitizer. One of the ones that were used to bring in DV [Digital Video] for editing in iMovie/FCP/ect. This would be a lot of data for recording, but it should be fine if you just wish to monitor things. I'm a bit fuzzy on Quicktime's capabilities from that OS, so I don't know if it'll be an adequate monitor. Apple sure has neutered QT over the years.
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - kj4btkljv - 05-16-2014
The Canopus (now Grass Valley) ADVC100 or ADVC110 is a bidirectional A/D converter.
http://www.amazon.com/Canopus-ADVC-100-Advanced-Digital-Converter/dp/B00007L68E
http://www.grassvalley.com/products/advc110
Jeff
Re: Ancient tech, part deux: cheapest way to get video in on an iMac G4? - Chakravartin - 05-17-2014
PeterB wrote:
2) Video input isn't likely to be HD or anything... basically it's video-in from a microscope setup. More or less just to be able to see what's under the scope.
What's it got for video-out?