Originally posted by Chaser
Just trying to get educated on the options for routing video out of the i-mac. For example, the firewire does output i-movie video and sound through the Canopus. Since the Canopus outputs s-video and sound from an i-movie firewire feed, why not dvd? That's the question. The vga adapter will handle dvd video output, but then I'll have to find a solution to handle the dvd sound output question.
I think that the video adapter handles sound as well. This video adapter has connections for s-video and for RCA. As far as I know, both s-video and RCA have hook-ups for stereo sound.
If this isn't true, then the video adapter is pretty much useless and Apple took a step back. On my iBook (500, Combo), the TV output is handled by the headphone jack. A special AV plug is used and gives me the RCA connections (video, L, R). When the newer iBooks were intro'd, they went with the mini-vga plug for the TV output options. They standardized this on the iBook and the iMac (and then later with the 12" AlBook).
Anyways, I'm pretty sure that the video adapter supports sound.
EDIT - I just went and checked that Apple link that I gave you. I says that the Video Adapter only supports video. That pretty much sucks. How are you supposed to watch a DVD movie on a TV with an iBook or an iMac? There must be a way to hook up the mini-jack to RCA connections. Maybe Radio Shack has some options. The iMacs do have the mini-jacks, right?