And not only for playing DVDs, I had read a post the other day, not usre if it was on this list or over on macvisionaries, but in the attempt to get ventrilo going on a Mini, somebody had an issue where VO was always saying busy, and that was due to the requirement of a monitor, or an adapter to fool the mini into thinking there was one. On Dec 29, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
I'm not sure if it's the Mac operating system, or the video hardware in the Mini itself, but if you don't have a monitor connected to the Mini (or don't fool it into thinking that) your system will behave oddly. It expects to find a monitor there, and finds none. It runs a bit slower, often will not play video, and generally exhibits odd behaviors. I suspect it to be the Mac operating system waiting for communications from a monitor that is not connected, and trying repeatedly to establish a connection to it. Naturally, this doesn't effect machines like the iMac or any laptops, as they already have a screen integrated. The adapter in question is the DVI to s-video/composite video. This has enough circuitry in it to make the mini believe there is a monitor connected, as it's not practical to assume the receiving s- video or composite device will be able to send the proper communication signals. So, this adapter sends the proper signals, even if a screen is not connected to it.On Dec 29, 2008, at 13:57, Ignasi Cambra wrote:I'm thinking of geting a mini. Why do I need to make it believe that there's a monitor connected to it?I----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak@xxxxxxxxxxx >To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:02 AMSubject: [macvoiceover] Re: what is the monitor adapter for the mac mini called?The monitor adaptor for your mac mini came with the mac mini, so you should already have one; by this I mean the adaptor that allows you to use a monitor with your mac mini. Rhis is the dvi to vga monitor. The adaptor I got that you are probably referring to is not a monitor mac mini so to tpeak though I can understand why you would call it that; it is an adaptor that will make your mac mini think you have a monitor though that isn't really its purpose. This is a dvi to video adaptor and the part number when I ordered it was m9267/a.-- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverThe major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.--Douglas AdamsClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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