I'd go with something like this over the EyeTV thingy, personally. (Looking at the breakout cable here, I only see unbalanced audio and S-video, which is fine, but it's not exactly what they say it is.)
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Jessica - Dec 31, 2006 5:57:23 am PST #9970 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2006 7:16:59 am PST #9971 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Do you want to be able to output video?
No, except to a TV, which I already do via the DVI monitor output.
I'd go with something like this
Ooh, thanks Jessica. That looks pretty good! And I hadn't seen a close-up of the EyeTV breakout cable; I agree that it's more lame than advertised.
sumi - Jan 01, 2007 9:14:32 am PST #9972 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Thanks! That is what I want to do -- I will save as a .wav (once I get the proper converter) and burn and delete.
Ginger - Jan 01, 2007 1:05:39 pm PST #9973 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I need electricity advice. I'm wiring in a new ceiling fixture. The fixture has a green ground wire, and the existing box and support has a green ground wire wired to a green grounding screw. I cannot, to save my life, make the fixture's grounding wire stay under the damn green screw. This is mostly due to the laughable statement, "attach grounding wire to grounding screw while holding the fixture in your other hand." Can I just put the two green wires together with a wire nut?
DXMachina - Jan 01, 2007 1:56:08 pm PST #9974 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Can I just put the two green wires together with a wire nut?
Yes. As long as the ground eventually connects to the box, you'll be shock free.
tommyrot - Jan 01, 2007 4:08:12 pm PST #9975 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, be sure to cut the red wi-- no, the green one!!
Sorry....
Ginger - Jan 01, 2007 4:23:07 pm PST #9976 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think that every time I wire something.
I'm going to work under the assumption that the green wire is grounded to something, because it's called "grounding wire." I realize that logic is a way of going wrong with confidence.
tommyrot - Jan 01, 2007 4:24:49 pm PST #9977 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do you know what "sheets" are on a sailing ship?
Nope, not the sails. The ropes.
(punctuation oopsie)
Ginger - Jan 01, 2007 4:29:27 pm PST #9978 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Since wiring isn't leaning so much on hundreds of years of tradition and barrels of rum, I'm hoping it's a bit more literal. I'm sure there's some rum involved, but I generally associate drinking with roofers.
DXMachina - Jan 01, 2007 4:52:56 pm PST #9979 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Nope, not the sails. The ropes.
Some of the ropes, the ones that actually control the sails.