Belkin AV360

I've just bought a new iMac 27" but want to use it for everything. This means my ps3, and my xbox. AND, my wii. After a lot of research, it looks like the best thing is the Kanex or the Belkin AV360 HDMI-to-Mini DisplayPort Converter. Since I've established this, now I need to know how I can hook up my wii to my imac, and in the best quality. I came across this; 'VD-W3 Wii HDMI Upscaler Processor'. If I were to use this, and then use a HDMI cable to hook up to the Belkin or Kanex, would I be able to play my Wii through the iMac?

Maybe a Kanex instead?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B003T5OJKK

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I have a 27" thunderbolt display NOT the iMac, and I'm trying to connect my xbox 360 to it via the Belkin AV360. I plug everything in and it does not work? I check all the power cables and and connections and still not he issue. Iv'e tried C-F2 also. Help

I have a 27" thunderbolt display NOT the iMac, and I'm trying to connect my xbox 360 to it via the Belkin AV360. I plug everything in and it does not work? I check all the power cables and and connections and still not he issue. Iv'e tried C-F2 also. has anyone used this devive (AV360) on there own 27" thunderbolt display (not the imac) and gotten it to work? If so I'd appreciate the help.

There are multiple reasons that lead to issue. You should read the troubleshooting guide to get the right solution to solve the issue: iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch not recognized in iTunes for Windows - Apple Support

Belkin av360 Hdmi/xbox 360 adapter not working? Kanex ok?

I have a Belkin AV360 adapter to connect my xbox 360 to my 27" imac display. It has recently stopped working i.e. I cannot switch to the external input. Does anyone else have this problem or a solution? Also is anyone using a Kanex XD and does that still work (it uses an external power supply rather than being connected via usb like the belkin)? I believe there has been a software update that has invalidated the usb drivers on the belkin.

Mine stopped working randomly in early 2012. I read elsewhere online that the boxes were sometimes faulty and just stopped working. I contacted Belkin, because this product has a "Lifetime Warranty" and I was able to send in my faulty unit and received a replacement free of charge. The replacement worked fine.
It's been a while, but try contacting Belkin about it. Part # F2CD007

Can I use an imac27"(may11unit) at times as a display for a pc using Belkin AV360 adapter?

I need to use the Imac at times for a PC application (cannot use bootcamp) for work. The PC video card has hdmi out. Will a Belkin AV360 with the mini display output work and allow the imac to be used as a display?

You could always run your Windows PC as a VMware Fusion (or Parallels Desktop) virtual machine, on the Mac under Mac OS X. Then, you would not need the physical PC at all. VMware even has a utility for converting a physical machine into a virtual machine.
http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/importer_tool.html
And, of course, Mac OS X will always be available.

Why wont my imac 27'' not work with the Belkin AV360?

Recently bought a Imac 27'' a couple of months ago. Thought I would buy a Belkin AV360 converter to play my PS3 and XBOX through onto my Imac. Plugged it all in and it doesnt work. apparently you have to press Commmand and F2 at the same time to turn the screen onto the ps3 but that doesnt work. Does this belking ocnverter only work with older models of the Imac?

at some point forget when
apple removed support for some firewire things in their pin30 connector which caused some older
accessories to stop working sounds like that could be what you're expeierncing

Help with my belkin av360 please

mid 2010 imac 27inch
belkin av360
xbox360
command f2 and fn command f2 does not work please help me i have a belkin av360 and an xbox 360 set to 720p there is nothing wrong with my keyboard yet i cannot find any way to get the display to show my xbox can anyone help please

Sounds like the AV360 is faulty. Raise a support call with Belkin. Mine stopped working a few days ago and since the product has a "lifetime warranty", they should be able to replace it. They had replacement stock in Australia (where I am) but this might be hard in other parts of the world since they stopped manufacturing these in 2010 (I think). When you raise a support call, the model number is Part # F2CD007 :)

Belkin AV360 Converter with 27" iMac

I bought the converter online from the Apple Store and it arrived today. I installed the plug and play cords provided with the converter. I then connected HDMI cable from my Directv receiver into the converter. My problem is with the sound. The sound is barely audible and is coming from my internal speakers instead of my harman/kardon sound sticks. I increased the volume to its max position and it still remained barely audible. I tested all connections. I double checked the system sound preferences. Does anyone have a suggestion to fix this problem?

Mid 2011 and later iMacs have Thunderbolt instead, which prevents you from using the iMac as an external dispaly for your PlayStation 3 or Xbox.
In the case of the Late 2009 and Mid 2010 27-inch iMacs, there's an adapter that allows you to connect the PlayStation 3 or Xbox to the iMac, but it doesn't work in iMacs with Thunderbolt ports

Belkin AV360 stopped working after 10.7.3 update

I'm using BelkinAV360(bought from Apple Store) to use Playstation 3 with my iMac. It worked perfectly until the 10.7.3 update. Now the screen is just blank when I turn on my PS3! Is there any fix available for this issue?

I'm having same kind of problems. Did you find out how to fix it?

QT Pro -- Did I miss something in the documentation?

Someone please check me on this, because I think I must be getting senile. After many years of thinking about it, I finally popped the whopping $30 for Quicktime Pro (for QTP7 on my 27" iMac Core 2 Duo, OS X 10.6.7). It installed without problem -- though it's rather disconcerting that it still looks, smells, and largely acts like QT Player 7. I had a no-fun-at-all-time trying to open video clips that wouldn't open with the In and Out selection markers, so I couldn't trim, or cut and paste, or do anything at all to edit them in a time-linear sense. I DL'd the QuickTime 7 User Guide PDF with the "Getting Started With QuickTime Pro" PDF and read it and re-read it several times, tried QT Pro help, but I couldn't find a single bit of information on why some video formats would open with the In and Out selection markers, and thus be editable, and others would not.
After 2 solid days of knocking my thick skull against the wall, I finally had my Archimedean Eureka Moment, and realized that ALL the files that WOULD open with the In and Out selection markers were .mov files, while files I was trying to open unsuccessfully were .mpg, .mpeg, m2v, .mp2, mp3, .mp4s, and suchlike. I went back through the QuickTime 7 User Guide PDF AND QuickTime Pro Help, as well as searching here on Apple's support forum, and on other Apple/QT discussion groups, and NOWHERE could I find anything that said files had to be in .mov format to be editable with the In and Out selection markers. Can someone please point out to me the pertinent section of the documentation I must have missed, where that MOST important information is presented.
In a Hail Mary guess, I thought that perhaps the "QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component for Mac OS X" might help solve my problems, though it's description didn't sound that promising: "This add-on to QuickTime or QuickTime Pro provides the ability to import and play back MPEG-2 content, including both multiplexed (also known as muxed, where the audio and video tracks are interleaved together into one track) and non-multiplexed (also known as elementary) streams." Yeah, I got that, but does it do anything ELSE in QT Pro, like give the user the ability to edit.mpeg video with the In and Out selection markers in QuickTime Pro? I could not find THAT information either, and I'm really not keen on plunking down another 20 bucks for a function as simple as playing back .mpeg files, when I have several utilities that already allow me to do that.
What I'm using QT Pro for right now is chopping up free, non-commercial,non-copyrighted or copy-protected, legally-belonging-to-me, guitar lessons so I can break them down into small sections at a time that I can loop and learn before going on to the next section of the lesson -- very handy. So, I'm sorry, but I don't really think I'm a candidate for the thousand-dollar Final Cut Studio, or even the two-hundred dollar Final Cut Express. I'm retired, and on a fixed income, and I can only afford what I can afford.
So PLEASE, someone tell me if I'm stuck with no choice but to convert my videos to .mov format before I can edit them in QT Pro, or have I, in my dotage, overlooked another, cost-free way, of actually using QT Pro for what I want to do, without all the monkey-motion of converting everything.
Thanks for your time,
Bart Brown

I may or may not need QT Pro (a moot point, as I already have it)
As previously indicated, hang onto it if you plan to do any layering, masking, and/or picture-in-picture video composites. It is handy for quick clip modifications not requiring use of a full video editor.
I DO need the $20 MPEG-2 component (nickel & dime, nickel & dime, nickel & dime, nickel & dime)
I HAVE FFMPEG X
I HAVE MPEG Streamclip
The Apple MPEG-2 Playback component is only needed if you plan to use MPEG-2/M2V content in QT based applications. That is, applications like QT and MPEG Streamclip which access codecs for which your system is configured. Utilities like FFmpegX, VLC, and HandBrake have their own codecs embedded within their respective applications.
In regards to MPEG Streamclip (and AC3)...
Rather than try to cover each individual point as you brought them up, let me summarize the situation by enumerating your options.
1) The Apple QT MPEG-2 Playback component does not support any audio compression formats. It is a video codec only just as H.264 is a video codec. Either the audio is QT compatible or it is not. If it is not, then your best option is to convert non-compatible audio to a QT compatible compression format.
2) If you really want to play AC3 DD5.1 audio on a Mac, the best way is to use the VLC media player and send the AC3 audio data to an external DD5.1 decoder via the VLC "passthrough" option. (I use the Logitech Z-680 for external decoding and amplification of optical digital or 6-channel analog data.)
3) No matter what AC3 codec you install on your Mac, for it to work on the Mac, the audio will either have to be mixed down to two channels for core audio processing on the system or you will have to install an auxiliary audio card capable of outputting the AC3 decoded audio as 6 separate channels of audio which can also be handled by the core audio system software. (I use a 6-channel M-Audio card here for audio usually transcoded to either 4, 5, or 6 channels of AAC or AIFF compressed audio data.)
4) While MPEG Streamclip only supports 2 of the 6 DD5.1 channels at a time as QT compatible audio channels at a time, the user can select which two channels are output. Most users opt for the "stereo mix" option but could just as easily select the "Front Mix", "Surround", "L/R Ch.", "Center Ch.", "LS/RS Ch.", or "LFE Ch." option. You can even make multiple passes to decode/export all 6 channels of audio and attempt to re-assemble them as separate audio tracks, 3 paired stereo tracks, or a single "surround" audio track if you have the required hardware support for playback.
Anyway, I've DL'd my AC3, I'm buying my MPEG-2 component (which I still think is a ripoff: why leave out ONE critical component -- when you've included dozens of others for free -- and make your customers pay, AGAIN, to make the $30 software you just paid for from the same company into a $50 software package so it will do what you want it to do? To me, that dog don't hunt).
As has been stated many times, QT is based on the idea that multiple parallel tracks of data (up to 99) can all be played back synchronously using a single external clock. Multiplexed MPEG-1/2 content, on the other hand, employs spatial synchronization—two different technological approaches. By interspersing blocks of audio data between blocks of video data in a single data stream, one form of data is prevented from "overrunning" the other. AVI works in a similar manner using parallel tracks of data. Only in this case, frames of audio data are interleaved with frames video data to maintain synchronization. The main difference here, however, is that, as far as QT is concerned, the frames are only a half frame "out of sync" while the MPEG-1/2 data is "out of sync" by an undetermined degree. Since QT cannot equate a specific time reference to corresponding frames of audio and video content, it cannot properly convert or edit this content. In short, the MPEG-2 Playback component is not a "critical" component since QT was never designed to use it and only added it in response to user requests. As to pricing, If you wish to perform transcoding of WMV content, the Flip4Mac codecs alone run from $29 to $179 depending on what level of capabilities you require. (And you still need the QT 7 Pro key.) Your main problem here is that you are editing in an QT non-compatible compression format designed for content delivery rather using a QT compatible, edit specific compression format. I assume this was a result of have the Tape-DVD recording device on hand and decided this approach was easier than going the more conventional route of converting to DV using a DAC device. As a result, your data is probably compressed to about 1/5 the data rate/size of a DV file. Unfortunately, you will likely have to pay a price in terms of quality and work flow problems. Still, I suspect you would be less than willing to go back to square one with your tapes and re-digitize the content a second time.
What MORE am I going to need to accomplish that, do you know?
Whether you are editing a "muxed" MPEG-2/AC3 file or a DVD title consisting of one or more VOB files (also containing "muxed" MPEG-2/AC3 content), the work flow is essentially the same. Simply drop all of the non-zero VOB files in the title set to the MPEG Streamclip work window, fix the timecode breaks, and start your editing as if you were working with a single MPEG file.
NOTE: unless it has changed, FFmpegX may still be limited to 2 GB MPEG file sizes for processing while I believe MPEG Streamclip has a 4 GB MPEG file size limit. I assume this may not be a problem for you if you are working with "snippets" but could be a problem if edits are merged to overly long files. In either case, the VOBs are encoded to files of 1 GB or less and should not present a problem even if you are working with a multi-VOB title set.
why do I have to go through the kludge of recording tape to DVD, then sneaker-netting the DVD to my iMac to get the digitized video on my computer?
You don't. You could have used any analog-to-digital converter device. For instance, many old Hi-8/Digital-8 camcorders and most recent DV camcorders have the ability to convert your VHS output directly to DV content which can be captured in any video editing (e.g., iMovie), dedicated capture (e.g., the free Vidi app) or even QT X/QT 7 Pro applications. The content is digitized in real time to your computer. Files would probably be 4-5 times larger than your DVD or MPEG files, but the resulting quality (depending on the original tape quality) might be better and the content is fully compatible will all QT apps (assuming you don't somehow corrupt the files).
On the other hand, if I already had all of those DVDs on hand, I might consider using HandBrake to convert them to H.264/AAC files and then simply trim and merge the resulting files for distribution. I.e., Handbrake includes its own embedded codecs and is capable of batch processing files while you sleep or are busily engaged in other activities. And, the resulting files are editable at the frame level in the QT 7 Pro which you already have.
Why is it that Mini Port on the new iMacs is unable to take direct HDMI INPUT from a digital video source at 1080p natively? It's pretty depressing A) having, once again, to buy some $130 adapter to even GET digital input into the 27" iMac, and B) even if you CAN get digital input, being limited to 720p (Belkin AV360™ Mini DisplayPort Converter for 27" iMac. Belkin's description: Accepts full 1080p signal, provides 720p to iMac) on a 2560 x 1440 display.
You would have to ask Apple. My guess is that they don't want to get involved in HDCP support issues and besides, previously this port has been limited to output only and is still described as such on the Apple Store Tech Specs web page.
As I'm nearly 63 years old, I'm absolutely gobsmacked at the progress in computer technology from my first Sinclair Z80 to my Amiga 1000 to my first Mac -- a IIci ($5000!), to now, but I thought the whole idea was to make things easier.
Still have a few years on you. (Let's just say I'm on the high side of 65 and leave it at that.) I started with the Polymorphic 88, System 16 (S-100, 8080 processor with all of 16 K of memory) and worked my way through an Apple //, Mac 128K, Mac IIci, 8500AV, two G4s, a PPC G5, and am now on my first Intel Core Duo laptop. (The last five are still "in service" and the Poly-88 is somewhere in the storage shed.) They say that a program expands to occupy the memory available to contain it. In a similar manner, as things become "easier," we tend to expand our horizons into more difficult fields of endeavor.
Do you know of a good place to start to try to learn about this stuff?
Normally in a case like this, I would recommend you contact your local Mac/Apple User Group and see if they have an active Video SIG. By discussing your goals and available hardware/software, they may be able to find a work flow that meets your needs, minimizes your investment in time and effort, and avoids the need to purchase anything additional. For instance, is it your intention to post media on the internet, archive it for future editing purposes, distribute it to immediate friends and/or relatives, what is more important—time or quality of your content, what do you mean by "clean up," etc? These are likely the questions that will determine which work flows best suits your needs and in which order they should be applied.

How can I use iMac mid 2007 24" 2.8GHz as screen for Xbox

I am about to buy a new Xbox with Kinect. I would really like if there was some way I could use my iMac as a screen with it. There is not a lot of space in front of our TV, so playing (and jumping etc) in front of the mac will be ideal. I have searched around and havent really got an answer. I guess the Belkin AV360 only works with the 2010 27" iMac and the mid 2007 iMac does not have any dvi in ports. I am not sure if the EyeTV Hybrid in game mode would do the job? Has anybody used it to connect xbox/ps2 etc?
I have thought of getting another LCD for it, but there just isnt enough space in our small apartment for another tv.
Any suggesstions would be appreciated.
Many thanks

Short answer, you cannot.
Dah•veed

Is There Any Way To Connect My Mid 2009 MacBook To My Standard Definition TV.

Is There Any Way To Connect My Mid 2009 MacBook To My Standard Definition TV With Scart, S Video & Composite ?
I Was Going To Connect It With The Apple Video Adapter But Then I Looked At This Web Page That Said It Won't Work With My Model Of MacBook.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3235?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I Was Hoping Someone Could Sugest Something Else Pehaps Using The VGA Adapter Plus The Video Adapter.
If Nesacerry I Can A Component Video Scart Adapter.
Can Anyone Help ?

I connect an XBox 360 to my LED Cinema display with the Belkin AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter. I can't imagine why it wouldn't work with the Apple TV. It is limited to 720p, however.
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Mini-DisplayPort-Converter-iMac/dp/B00477ORBK/ref=s r_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316343901&sr=1-7
I hope this helps.

Does apple have any products to facilitate video input on iMac 27"?

I want to input video to my iMac 27". I assume you can add a display port video card to a pc, what about VGA and hdmi support? Has apple addressed this? I know there was the belkin av360, apple doesnt like It anymore?

The iMacs support Video Input since iMac mid 2009 i have Play Station 3 connected on my new 27" iMac mid 2011. Im using the Belkin's HDMI to MiniDisplay Port Adaptor (It is only posibble to use the "DisplayTargetMode" from iMac-OtherMac, you have just to press cmd+f2) For all the other devices you will need an Adaptor cuz' otherwise u won't be able to input at all, or you will not be able to use High Resolution hope this helped ppl, gl.

HDMI to mini displayport

Hi
The belkin av360 hdmi-to-mini displayport converter is used for ps3 xbox, does this also work with a PC, so in effect the iMac becomes an external display
Many thanks

It should work from a PC with an HDMI output, yes.
Regards.

HDMI to Display port

Hello, I want to play my Xbox 360 through my 27" iMac (2010/2011) would any be able to tell me what i need, ive seen a couple of converters such as the Belkin AV360 and the Kanex XD however these seem a bit pricey. Are there any products out there that will do the same job?

Those converters are your only option. Since the conversion requires quite a bit of circuitry to do, there won't be any cheap ways of doing this.
Regars.

Broken Graphics card Target Display mode

I have a 2009 iMac that now has a faulty graphics card, the computer crashes once photoshop runs.
I don't have the mac at the moment to test, but could I still get target display mode to work?
How well does the mac need to run before TDM can work?. If I power it up, sometimes it won't get any further than the apple logo, can it work then?
Thanks
Matt

I purchased a Belkin AV360 and it did not work with Target Display Mode on my new mid 2011 iMac.
After a bit of searching on why it didn't work I've found all sorts of articles on this issue with older display port devices not working with target display mode on the new Thunderbolt macs. I sure hope this can be resolved with a firmware update, or by someone (Belkin/Kanex) making a new Thunderbolt compatible adapter.
And I don't know if anyone has confirmed it yet since the feature is so hard to take advantage of now, but I'm hoping this years iMac at least accepts 1080P signals in addition to 720P and the native panel resolution. It would be worth the wait for an adapter if it accepts 1080P as well, which would make it at least more future proof since everything has gone to 1080P so rapidly.
I was really counting on my new iMac doubling as a TV/Console display in my room - it was part of what justified the high price of the investment and the convenience of the all-in-one design. I would be very pleased if Apple can help resolve this.

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