How can I play movies-MacPro-to my TV?
I need some "simple" help regards playing QT movies directly from my Mac Pro to my TV.
Up until now, I have taken a arduous crazy route: I copy a movie to an external firewire drive; then connect that drive to my laptop (an older G4). Then I connect the laptop to my even older VCR, because it has RCA plug import/export ports - and that VCR is connected to my TV.
Like I said, crazy!
I have been scouring the forums and keep reading about Radeon and ATI but I am at a loss as to how to match up what I have with what I am reading about.
When I use System Profiler, and select Hardware - Graphics/Displays. I see "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT" at the top of the list. Beyond that, I'm dumb.
My TV is fairly new and has many ports for input. (Not sure which to tap into for my purposes).
I do have an Apple DVI to Video Adapter-for my laptop.
I don't know if I can use that to connect my Mac Pro (via RCA plugs or S-Video) to my TV.
When I search I mostly get wrong info - that is, no matter how I enter Mac Pro, I get back MacBook Pro.
But I do get some helpful info, as such: Use the DVI to Video Adapter to connect the DVI port on a Mac Pro (with ATI X1900 XT), MacBook Pro, or Mac mini to any S-video or Composite enabled device."
But...Duh. That brings me back up to the top of this post.
I try. Sometimes I succeed. And sometimes I just hope someone else has figured it out and is willing to help.
noodlehead confoun.. d deD
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.4), whoa, trying to adjust