Ardour is great for recording your own music (in place of Garage Band) on a G3, but it doesn't really have that much to do with mass media. It requires a little tweaking as far as getting it to recognizing your microphone, and you need Jack along with it, for what its worth.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Reavok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With an ATI All-In-Wonder remote you can assign functions to keys for remote > operations. I recall, poorly, that Griffin made a remote controller as well > for iTunes. The All-In-Wonder can be programmed for more than iTunes, > including an Elgato Eye-TV, a device that will allow live play of any TV > source (given a working source) and digital recording (like a TiVo). > > There are only two older versions of the Eye-TV that will work on an iMac of > 400mhz and faster--the Eye-TV USB and the Eye-TV 200 Firewire, both no > longer in production and only available through venues like eBay. You may > find a unit or two or either still on the shelves at B&H or OWC, but only > sporadically if at all. Neither unit is actually rated to work with > anything less than a G4, but they will work with G3 units of 400mhz and > faster, with the caveat that the digital recording functions may be > compromised, especially with the USB version (which was funky to begin with > on any machine). And obviously, the Eye-TV 200 Firewire will require a > computer with firewire. > > I have and use all these devices on both iMac G3 and eMac computers. > Recording with the Eye-TV 200 firewire can work on a G3, but causes > occasional freeze-ups. Both USB and Firewire Eye-TV units work well on > eMacs. The computers were purchased for under $50usd each and the add-on > devices were similarly priced in acquisitions off eBay. That means I have > complete recording and playback of music and video, web-enabled, networked > stations for under $100 each. Now THAT is living. :) I look forward to > the days when the G5 and Intel iMacs drop so low in price as to warrant > replacing their CRT bretheren. > > Run > > on 9/4/08 1:02 AM, imaclist group at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Date: Wed, Sep 3 2008 8:13 am >> From: "Matt Wenham" >>... >> >> I have a couple of old G3 iMacs (Sage and Flower Power) hanging around >> doing very little just now, and may have a third on the way when my >> dad upgrades. I understand that Front Row can only be made to work >> with a hack, and that it runs very slowly on G3 machines anyway. So >> does anyone have suggestions for alternative media (audio and video) >> software which will run on a G3 iMac? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
