Apple 030-8681-A, 95014-2084 user manual Connecting video equipment

Connecting video equipment

If you want to see video on your computer from a VCR, laserdisc player, video camera, or other video equipment, you need to connect the equipment to the ports on the video input card.

You can connect one piece of equipment to the S-video port or one piece to the composite video port on the video input card.

Note: You can also connect two pieces of video equipment to the video input card simultaneously—one to the S-video input port on the card and another to the composite video input port on the card. For example, you can view a recording from a videocamera connected to the S-video port, then switch—using the Apple Video Player application, without having to disconnect cables—to viewing video from a VCR connected to the composite port on the card. However, you will hear sound only from that piece of equipment that is connected to the audio input ports on the card.

Preparing to connect video equipment

Before you start, make sure that

mboth the Macintosh and the video equipment are turned off

myou place the video equipment near enough your Macintosh for easy connection

myou determine which type of video connector you need for your video equipment (see the next section)

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