Ok I see there is a lot of too-ing and fro-ing about what works and what doesnt and why not with the 2009 mac mini's.
here is the lowdown. for a start the mini dvi to composite video adaptors which did work on pre 2009 model mini's will NOT work on 2009+ models. Apple in their infinite wisdom have dropped the analog output which these adaptors used to pretend there was a monitor connected. The mini dvi connection is now DVI-D (Digital only) previous models had DVI-I which contained both analog and digital signals you can tell the difference between the full size DVI connectors by checking if it has 4 pins around the larger flat pin at 1 end. These are DVI-I. The DVI-D connectors are missing the 4 pins AND have a slightly smalller flat pin hence some monitors not connecting to the included mini DVI to DVI-D connector that comes with the new Minis. Ok I hope this clarifies things a bit ;) I had the same issue with the analog output, admittedly my mini is used for a HTPC but the problem is the same. I eventually had to buy 2 things. 1. a mini DVI to VGA adaptor - AU $19 2, usb powered VGA to composite video Convertor - AU $50 delivered on ebay. these 2 combined will do what the analog adaptor did by providing a pretend monitor output. the convertor has composite video out, s-video out (will be digital pass through) and vga passthrough will also be digital. here are 2 links i found from a simple google search http://www.newtechindustries.com/newtech/computer/vga_to_composite_svideo_converter.html http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.26804 I hope this helps clarify some issues over adaptors etc. On a side note most of the apple sales persons i talked to did not know of the change to DVI-D and it was only through trial and error and a small 1 line note on a review site that got things sorted. HTH And yes they should make it work headless!!! Kieren On Nov 25, 3:43 am, "Rich Ring" <richr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello: > I have finally gotten around to purchasing the mini to dvi adapter that many > folks told me would solve the problems I am having with my Mac Mini's poor > performance on the web, and its inability to play DVDS. I have been very > busy because of a change in my job description, so I've kind of put the Mac > on hold. However, life is calming down and I decided to get down to it with > the mac. Imagine my frustration when, I received the adapter today, > connected it to the back of my Mac, started the machine, and I have no > speech. If I start the machine without this adapter connected, VO comes up > as expected, and if I subsequently plug in the adapter all is still well, > but Safari is still just as slow as it was before. I'm wondering why the > system doesn't seem to come up if the adapter is plugged in. If any of you > have an idea what could be causing this and, better yet, if any of you have > a solution, I will be incredibly grateful. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jess Smith" <theeternal...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:09 AM > Subject: A question about streaming audio in vlc media player > > Hi all, > > Whenever I stream audio in Vlc through an m3u playlist, the player skips > ahead to the next track in the playlist before the current one finishes > playing. What's going on here, and how can I fix this? > Thanks. > > Jes. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
