Min Shared_pool_size

HI ALL,
Can i know Minimum shared_pool_size in 8.1.7.4 bec we are planning to upgrade my old prod server.
Ravi

Hi Ravi, there are additional memory required for internal Oracle 10g mechanism, such as for AWR, ASH buffer, etc. and you need to take into account different SGA calculation in 10g. In your case, I would agree with suggestion above to use SGA_TARGET parameter to make your life easier. Set this parameter to at least 10% larger than your current 8i total SGA size.
There is a blog specifically on Oracle 10g shared pool:
http://sysdba.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/how-to-calculate-the-minimum-size-of-the-shared-pool-in-oracle-10g/

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45 min long session of log file sync waits between 5000 and 20000 ms

45 min long log file sync waits between 5000 and 20000 ms
Encountering a rather unusual performance issue. Once every 4 hours I am seeing a 45 minute long log file sync wait event being reported using Spotlight on Oracle. For the first 30 minutes the event wait is for approx 5000 ms, followed by an increase to around 20000 ms for the next 15 min before rapidly dropping off and normal operation continues for the next 3 hours and 15 minutes before the cycle repeats itself. The issue appears to maintain it's schedule independently of restarting the database. Statspack reports do not show an increase in commits or executions or any new sql running during the time the issue is occuring. We have two production environments both running identicle applications with similar usage and we do not see the issue on the other system. I am leaning towards this being a hardware issue, but the 4 hour interval regardless of load on the database has me baffled. If it were a disk or controller cache issue one would expect to see the interval change with database load.
I cycle my redo logs and archive them just fine with log file switches every 15-20 minutes. Even during this unusally long and high session of log file sync waits I can see that the redo log files are still switching and are being archived.
The redo logs are on a RAID 10, we have 4 redo logs at 1 GB each.
I've run statspack reports on hourly intervals around this event:
Top 5 Wait Events
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wait % Total
Event Waits Time (cs) Wt Time
log file sync 756,729 2,538,034 88.47
db file sequential read 208,851 153,276 5.34
log file parallel write 636,648 129,981 4.53
enqueue 810 21,423 .75
log file sequential read 65,540 14,480 .50
And here is a sample while not encountering the issue:
Top 5 Wait Events
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wait % Total
Event Waits Time (cs) Wt Time
log file sync 953,037 195,513 53.43
log file parallel write 875,783 83,119 22.72
db file sequential read 221,815 63,944 17.48
log file sequential read 98,310 18,848 5.15
db file scattered read 67,584 2,427 .66
Yes I know I am already tight on I/O for my redo even during normal operations yet, my redo and archiving works just fine for 3 hours and 15 minutes (11 to 15 log file switches). These normal switches result in a log file sync wait of about 5000 ms for about 45 seconds while the 1GB redo log is being written and then archived.
I welcome any and all feedback.
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Lee,
log_buffer = 1048576 we use a standard of 1 MB for our buffer cache, we've not altered the setting. It is my understanding that Oracle typically recommends that you not exceed 1MB for the log_buffer, stating that a larger buffer normally does not increase performance.
I would agree that tuning the log_buffer parameter may be a place to consider; however, this issue last for ~45 minutes once every 4 hours regardless of database load. So for 3 hours and 15 minutes during both peak usage and low usage the buffer cache, redo log and archival processes run just fine.
A bit more information from statspack reports:
Here is a sample while the issue is occuring.
Snap Id Snap Time Sessions
Begin Snap: 661 24-Mar-06 12:45:08 87
End Snap: 671 24-Mar-06 13:41:29 87
Elapsed: 56.35 (mins)
Cache Sizes
~~~~~~~~~~~
db_block_buffers: 196608 log_buffer: 1048576
db_block_size: 8192 shared_pool_size: 67108864
Load Profile
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Per Second Per Transaction
Redo size: 615,141.44 2,780.83
Logical reads: 13,241.59 59.86
Block changes: 2,255.51 10.20
Physical reads: 144.56 0.65
Physical writes: 61.56 0.28
User calls: 1,318.50 5.96
Parses: 210.25 0.95
Hard parses: 8.31 0.04
Sorts: 16.97 0.08
Logons: 0.14 0.00
Executes: 574.32 2.60
Transactions: 221.21
% Blocks changed per Read: 17.03 Recursive Call %: 26.09
Rollback per transaction %: 0.03 Rows per Sort: 46.87
Instance Efficiency Percentages (Target 100%)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Buffer Nowait %: 99.99 Redo NoWait %: 100.00
Buffer Hit %: 98.91 In-memory Sort %: 100.00
Library Hit %: 98.89 Soft Parse %: 96.05
Execute to Parse %: 63.39 Latch Hit %: 99.87
Parse CPU to Parse Elapsd %: 90.05 % Non-Parse CPU: 85.05
Shared Pool Statistics Begin End
Memory Usage %: 89.96 92.20
% SQL with executions>1: 76.39 67.76
% Memory for SQL w/exec>1: 72.53 63.71
Top 5 Wait Events
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wait % Total
Event Waits Time (cs) Wt Time
log file sync 756,729 2,538,034 88.47
db file sequential read 208,851 153,276 5.34
log file parallel write 636,648 129,981 4.53
enqueue 810 21,423 .75
log file sequential read 65,540 14,480 .50
And this is a sample during "normal" operation.
Snap Id Snap Time Sessions
Begin Snap: 671 24-Mar-06 13:41:29 88
End Snap: 681 24-Mar-06 14:42:57 88
Elapsed: 61.47 (mins)
Cache Sizes
~~~~~~~~~~~
db_block_buffers: 196608 log_buffer: 1048576
db_block_size: 8192 shared_pool_size: 67108864
Load Profile
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Per Second Per Transaction
Redo size: 716,776.44 2,787.81
Logical reads: 13,154.06 51.16
Block changes: 2,627.16 10.22
Physical reads: 129.47 0.50
Physical writes: 67.97 0.26
User calls: 1,493.74 5.81
Parses: 243.45 0.95
Hard parses: 9.23 0.04
Sorts: 18.27 0.07
Logons: 0.16 0.00
Executes: 664.05 2.58
Transactions: 257.11
% Blocks changed per Read: 19.97 Recursive Call %: 25.87
Rollback per transaction %: 0.02 Rows per Sort: 46.85
Instance Efficiency Percentages (Target 100%)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Buffer Nowait %: 99.99 Redo NoWait %: 100.00
Buffer Hit %: 99.02 In-memory Sort %: 100.00
Library Hit %: 98.95 Soft Parse %: 96.21
Execute to Parse %: 63.34 Latch Hit %: 99.90
Parse CPU to Parse Elapsd %: 96.60 % Non-Parse CPU: 84.06
Shared Pool Statistics Begin End
Memory Usage %: 92.20 88.73
% SQL with executions>1: 67.76 75.40
% Memory for SQL w/exec>1: 63.71 68.28
Top 5 Wait Events
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wait % Total
Event Waits Time (cs) Wt Time
log file sync 953,037 195,513 53.43
log file parallel write 875,783 83,119 22.72
db file sequential read 221,815 63,944 17.48
log file sequential read 98,310 18,848 5.15
db file scattered read 67,584 2,427 .66

Oracle hands for 12 min during "alter database open"

Dear all,
After a disk failure/replacement in a SAN disk array that we are using for storage, we had to restore our Oracle database. After the restore the database does not start properly: It takes around 12 min to move from the state "Mount" to the state "Open". It finally opens but even after this, when I start SAP, only 5 workprocesses connect and logging into SAP is not possible, the gui just hangs
There are no errors in the alert_RSP.log. I attach an extract here to show the time difference between the mount state and the open state
Thu Apr 19 11:16:07 2007
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Thu Apr 19 11:16:29 2007
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
SCN scheme 3
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
Starting up ORACLE RDBMS Version: 9.2.0.7.0.
System parameters with non-default values:
processes                = 240
sessions                 = 288
timed_statistics         = TRUE
event                    = 38068 trace name context forever, level 100
shared_pool_size         = 620756992
sga_max_size             = 1159695232
shared_pool_reserved_size= 20401094
java_pool_size           = 167772160
enqueue_resources        = 8000
filesystemio_options     = SETALL
control_files            = /oracle/RSP/sapdata1/cntrl/cntrlRSP.dbf, /oracle/RSP/origlogA/cntrl/cntrlRSP.dbf, /oracle/RSP/sa
parch/cntrl/cntrlRSP.dbf
db_block_checksum        = FALSE
db_block_size            = 8192
compatible               = 9.2.0
log_archive_start        = TRUE
log_archive_dest         = /oracle/RSP/saparch/RSParch
log_buffer               = 1048576
log_checkpoint_interval = 0
log_checkpoint_timeout   = 0
db_files                 = 254
db_file_multiblock_read_count= 8
log_checkpoints_to_alert = TRUE
control_file_record_keep_time= 30
dml_locks                = 5000
replication_dependency_tracking= FALSE
transaction_auditing     = FALSE
undo_management          = AUTO
undo_tablespace          = PSAPUNDO
undo_suppress_errors     = TRUE
undo_retention           = 43200
remote_os_authent        = TRUE
db_domain                = WORLD
session_cached_cursors   = 800
hash_join_enabled        = FALSE
background_dump_dest     = /oracle/RSP/saptrace/background
user_dump_dest           = /oracle/RSP/saptrace/usertrace
max_dump_file_size       = 20000
core_dump_dest           = /oracle/RSP/saptrace/background
optimizer_features_enable= 9.2.0
sort_area_size           = 2097152
sort_area_retained_size = 0
db_name                  = RSP
open_cursors             = 800
optimizer_mode           = choose
sortelimination_cost_ratio= 10
btree_bitmap_plans     = FALSE
pushjoin_predicate     = FALSE
optimizerjoin_sel_sanity_check= TRUE
optimizer_index_cost_adj = 10
optimpeek_user_binds   = FALSE
optimizeror_expansion = DEPTH
PMON started with pid=2
DBW0 started with pid=3
DBW1 started with pid=4
DBW2 started with pid=5
DBW3 started with pid=6
LGWR started with pid=7
CKPT started with pid=8
SMON started with pid=9
RECO started with pid=10
Thu Apr 19 11:16:31 2007
ARCH: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES
ARC0 started with pid=11
ARC0: Archival started
ARC1 started with pid=12
ARC1: Archival started
Thu Apr 19 11:16:31 2007
ARCH: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES COMPLETE
Thu Apr 19 11:16:31 2007
ARC0: Becoming the 'no FAL' ARCH
ARC0: Becoming the 'no FAL' ARCHARC0: Thread not mounted
Thu Apr 19 11:16:31 2007
ARC1: Becoming the heartbeat ARCH
ARC1: Becoming the heartbeat ARCHARC1: Thread not mounted
Thu Apr 19 11:16:31 2007
ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT
Thu Apr 19 11:16:36 2007
Successful mount of redo thread 1, with mount id 1209727119
Thu Apr 19 11:16:36 2007
Database mounted in Exclusive Mode.
Completed: ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT
Thu Apr 19 11:16:36 2007
ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Thu Apr 19 11:16:37 2007
LGWR: Primary database is in CLUSTER CONSISTENT mode
Thread 1 opened at log sequence 6727
Current log# 12 seq# 6727 mem# 0: /oracle/RSP/origlogB/log_g12m1.dbf
Current log# 12 seq# 6727 mem# 1: /oracle/RSP/mirrlogB/log_g12m2.dbf
Successful open of redo thread 1
Thu Apr 19 11:16:37 2007
MTTR advisory is disabled because FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET is not set
Thu Apr 19 11:16:38 2007
SMON: enabling cache recovery
Thu Apr 19 11:16:49 2007
Successfully onlined Undo Tablespace 27.
Thu Apr 19 11:16:49 2007
SMON: enabling tx recovery
Thu Apr 19 11:16:50 2007
Database Characterset is WE8DEC
Thu Apr 19 11:29:09 2007
Completed: ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Please note the time difference between 11:16:50 and 11:29:09, when the database is mounted and we are just waiting for it to open
I run dbverify, all ok
I reviewed note 521264 and my issue is described in case 2c. However, after reviewing all 127 datafiles and online redologs, I do not have any files with an "S" in their permissions
We run Solaris 10, Oracle 9.2.0.7 and WAS 6.40 SP16
Any help will be very much appreciated
Many thanks
Andreas

Hello,
Here are the details:
R3trans -d returns 0000 instantly. I am not including trans.log here as the connection to the database works . I have no space issues neither, have around 70GB left under /oracle
The startup log is as follows
Trace of system startup/check of SAP System RSP on Fri Apr 20 08:38:10 BST 2007
Called command: /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/startsap
Starting SAP Instance DVEBMGS00
SAP-R/3-Startup Program Rel 640 V1.8 (2003/04/24)
Starting at 2007/04/20 08:38:10
Startup Profile: "/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/START_DVEBMGS00_rspda002"
Execute Pre-Startup Commands
(6285) Local: /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/sapmscsa -n pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/sapmscsa: SCSA is attached and useable.
/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/sapmscsa: finished.
(6285) Local: rm -f ms.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
(6285) Local: ln -s -f /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/msg_server ms.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
(6285) Local: rm -f dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
(6285) Local: ln -s -f /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/disp+work dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
(6285) Local: rm -f co.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
(6285) Local: ln -s -f /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/rslgcoll co.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
(6285) Local: rm -f se.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
(6285) Local: ln -s -f /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/rslgsend se.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00
Starting Programs
(6304) Starting: local ms.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
(6305) Starting: local dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
(6306) Starting: local co.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 -F pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
(6307) Starting: local se.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 -F pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
(6285) Waiting for Child Processes to terminate.
Instance on host rspda002 started
ps -ef | grep dw is shown below: It only starts 5 -6 dialog processes. All the other processes are not started (normally I have around 40 )
rspda002:rspadm 33% ps -ef | grep dw
rspadm 6317 6305   0 08:38:17 ?           0:00 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6310 6305   0 08:38:16 ?           0:01 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6311 6305   0 08:38:16 ?           0:00 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6624 5523   0 08:43:35 pts/1       0:00 grep dw
rspadm 6305 6285   0 08:38:11 ?           0:04 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6312 6305   0 08:38:17 ?           0:01 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6313 6305   0 08:38:17 ?           0:00 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
That is ps -ef | grep sap
rspda002:rspadm 32% ps -ef | grep sap
rspadm 6317 6305   0 08:38:17 ?           0:00 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6310 6305   0 08:38:16 ?           0:01 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
    root 12375   650   0 11:15:58 ?           3:56 /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/saposcol
rspadm 6311 6305   0 08:38:16 ?           0:00 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6309 6305   0 08:38:16 ?           0:01 icman -attach pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6306 6285   0 08:38:11 ?           0:00 co.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 -F pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6307 6285   0 08:38:11 ?           0:00 se.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 -F pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6304 6285   0 08:38:11 ?           0:00 ms.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6308 6305   0 08:38:16 ?           0:02 gwrd -dp pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6622 5523   0 08:43:29 pts/1       0:00 grep sap
rspadm 6305 6285   0 08:38:11 ?           0:04 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 20243   650   0 15:11:34 ?          13:11 sapccm4x -DCCMS pf==/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6285   650   0 08:38:11 ?           0:00 /usr/sap/RSP/SYS/exe/run/sapstart pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/START_DVEBMGS00_r
rspadm 6312 6305   0 08:38:17 ?           0:01 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
rspadm 6313 6305   0 08:38:17 ?           0:00 dw.sapRSP_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/RSP/SYS/profile/RSP_DVEBMGS00_rspda002
Many thanks
Andreas

Iphoto crashing after using mini-dvi to video adapter

Hi, IPhoto on my Macbook is crashing. I can open it, then as soon as I scroll down it locks up and I have to force quit.
This started happening right after I used a Mini-DVI to Video Adapter cable to hook my macbook up to my TV. The adapter/s-video connection worked and I was able to see the video on the tv. But iphoto immediately locked up the computer when I went to slide show and now it locks every time I open it.
Any ideas?
Thank you:)
Dorothy

It means that the issue resides in your existing Library.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

Wrong 'mini dvi to video' adapter for my 12" Powerbook 1.33

I recently bought the M9319 mini dvi - video adapter for my 12" Powerbook 1.33 to find that the mini dvi on the adapter is a different size to the one on the computer and the adapters supplied with the computer.
I've been doing a bit of research into this and it seems a bit of a grey area. Apple have not made it clear in advertising this product that it is only suitable for the newest 12" Powerbooks and even state that it will work with a 1.33 machine in their following article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86507
Has anyone had a similar experience, or suggest an alternative product that will work? Did Apple make an older version that works with the 1.33?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Graeme.

Just took the adapter to my local Apple store and they identified it as a mini VGA to video adapter - not what it said on the packaging!
I've noticed a few posts with this problem, so just double check before you leave the store that the packaging matches the product.

Apple Mini DVI to Video Adapter - do you need cables as well?????????????

Apple Mini DVI to Video Adapter
i have this already,but do i need a certain cable to go into the TV. as it only has one port instead of the usual 3 av leads have???
help please,confused...............

Look in your question and you'll find the answer...
Apple mini DVI to Video Adapter
...the usual 3 av (audio/video) leads...
DVI is video only so you only need one port... if you were hooking up audio and video you'd need three (1 for video - 2 for the left/right audio channels)

Macbook + mini-DVI to video adapter problems!

Hi,
My roommate and I both have Macbooks - I got mine in June '06, it's one of the older black 80 gb models and hers is a white 120 gb that she got in August '07. We bought a mini-DVI to video adapter so we could watch DVDs and video files on our TV, but have been having some trouble with it lately. At first, it worked perfectly with her computer, but in the past few weeks has been malfunctioning - when she plugs it in, the default background shows up on the TV screen but nothing else, any windows she has open only show up on the TV if she drags them to the right on her screen until she can't see them on her computer anymore, so we're unable to watch anything fullscreen. Any tips on how to fix this?
Also, the adapter has never worked with my computer - any time I plug mine in, my computer display becomes enlarged and slightly distorted, and on the TV screen is distorted by horizontal lines that move up and down the screen. Any ideas here?
Thanks so much for the help!

Hi cbeth,
welcome to macbook forum.
For your friend macbook, try to press F7 back and forth to switch between mirror and expanded mode.
Try to update your macbook hardware firmware and software using software updater and repair permission after that...application/utilities/disk utility/repair permission.
Also reset your PRAM and PMU.
Open your friend system preference / display and try to compare and set yours similar to hers, including resolution, color depth, refresh rate.
Good Luck.

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter for eMac ?

Hi,
I use an Apple Mini DVI to VGA on my eMac to expand my monitor space, connect to an old Pinceton 15" lcd, both are on 1024 x 768 res in millions colors, and work fine.
My question is I have plan to buy an Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter since some of my project require a transfer process to an old vcr or Sony TRV-27 mini dv cam.
Would the adapter compatible for my eMac mini DVI port ? because eMac is not mentioned as apple compatible for this adapter at apple store, yet there is a review said it work great on ones eMac.
Anybody else using this adapter that would share with me ?
Thank you.

look like it is indeed an apple mini vga adapter that I use, and now I need an adapter that allow me to connect to a TV, VCR or Mini-DV camcorder.
will that Apple Mini-DVI to Video adapter compatible to my eMac. Or do they have mini-vga to video adapter on aapple store.
Thank you any information.

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter

I have just purhased a new Macbook. My first mac ever
My question is regardng the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter.
Do I read that correctly that I can hook my macbook up via rca and s-video but not composite? Does Apple make one cable that will do both?
I would like the ability to hook up to a projector which will likely be composite. As well RCA/S-video via t.v or DVD inputs.
Thanks
Tig

For VGA you will need the Mini-DVI to VGA adapter. For composite video you will need the Mini-DVI to video adapter. If you want sound while using the video adapter you will need a 3.5mm to rca stereo cable. This is a y cable like this Example of 3.5mm to RCA Y cable
FYI the RCA output on the video adapter is composite video.

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter Question

I want to hook up my macbook (late 2008 model) to my tv. Will the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter
work? If it will work on my tv then what else do I need to get? It looks like you need other wires to hook up to your tv? Thanks in advance for your help!

The new MacBooks that use the NVIDIA 9400M video chip do _not_ support output to analog TVs. Thus, with the current MacBooks the only way to get output to an analog TV is with a third-party VGA-to-analog TV converter box -- you can't just use one of Apple's cables (although you'll need the mini display port to VGA adapter cable to connect to a third-party VGA-to-TV converter box).
More specifically, you can _not_ use one of Apple's $19, DVI to Video (composite/S-Video) adapters on the new MacBooks.
See also this discussion:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1927674&tstart=15

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter doesn't fit my aluminum iMac

I previously had a 17" white iMac (pre-Intel) machine, and about 6 months ago I bought the mini-DVI to video adapter so I could connect it to my television. Worked like a charm. But I recently bought a new aluminum iMac, and the adaptor doesn't fit into the mini-DVI port in the back of the machine. It appears the adaptor and port are both male ends.
Has the port changed on the aluminum iMacs? The product description for the adaptor on Apple's website says it works with iMac (Intel Core Duo). Isn't the aluminum iMac an Intel Core Duo? I can't figure out why it doesn't fit and which cable I'm supposed to be using instead.
Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi Paul
Yes the Intel iMac [Spec's|http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMacMid2007.html] call for the (M9319G/A) Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter!
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M93 19G/A
The iBook, eMac, or iMac G5 use the Mini-VGA to Video adapter.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=722 C6629&nplm=M9109G%2FA
Dennis

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter Questions

I'm in the processing of producing an instructional video using an Intel Core Duo iMac and iMovie. This content will be distributed primarily via broadcast over cable TV. Considering this, I'd like to be able to edit and view my dv footage on a TV monitor as I work.
I was told by the Apple Store person that the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/6314001/wo/jY18n ncCp3Nx2tYjws52iCaPkH1/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.2.3) will enable me to
1. Mirror my desktop to simultaneously show me what my iMovie edits will look like on a TV; and
2. Enable me to edit in iMovie using the TV as my desktop.
Am I understanding the capabilities of the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter correctly?
Regarding Cables
1. I currently use an RCA composite cable to view dv footage from my camcorder directly on the TV. Is this the same cable I'd attach to the Mini-DVI to Video Adapter?
2. The DVD recorder/player my TV signal is routed through has an s-video port. Is there a benefit to using an s-video connection in addition to/or instead of the RCA connections?
Thanks for helping me understand this setup scenario!
core duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)
core duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Ditto to Karsten's post:
"Mirroring" a Mac's output to a TV, or plugging in an adaptor to provide a display on a Mac's screen and simultaneously on a TV ruins the Mac's display while this is happening by lowering its resolution. Ugghhh! (..I've tried this several times, in order to get a 'TV' signal out, showing the Mac's desktop, but it's hopeless..)
Karsten's method is the best - output to camcorder via the normal FireWire cable, and plug a TV or monitor into the camcorder's A/V Out socket!
[..Note, though, that Matti has pointed out that - what was it..? - during editing, some updating of the TV-thro-camcorder display doesn't work correctly. I can't remember exactly what the problem was, and I don't see it mentioned on Matti's Bugs Page, but there was some slight oddity. Nevertheless, this is still the best way of viewing on a TV or monitor..]

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter and Mac mini (2009)

Can anyone tell me whether the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter listed here:
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/M9319G/A
works with the latest Mac mini (early 2009)?
If it does not what other solutions are there to connect to composite, component or s-video?

KC from Ann Arbor, MI had this to say as a review on the page to which you have linked;
10-May-2009
I bought a Mac Mini (May 2009) and this Mini-DVI to Video adapter with plans to use it to send an S-video signal to an analog TV. Though the sales staff at the Apple store said it should work, it does not. The graphics card apparently should support it, and it may be addressed with a future driver update, but as of now this does not work. I have used a mini-DVI to VGA adapter and monitor to verify that the port is working, and also verified that the S-video cable and TV input work. There are third party VGA to S-video/RCA adapters available so I plan to use one of those for my purposes. This is probably a 5-star product when used with the right Mac; however, Apple should have made it clear that having a mini-DVI port on your Mac is necessary but not sufficient for this to work - hence the 3 stars.

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter - Can't get it to work!

Bought the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter to hook up my Macbook to my TV. I tried it when it first arrived and it worked within minutes of setting up. Great! I go to set it up and use it again a week later, and it wouldn't work at all. I went through every possible setting I could to try and get it to work, nothing. Do these things have a tendency to go out or short out or something? I'm getting nothing but scrambled screens, grey screens, etc. Nothing seems to work.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
Any other solutions for playing my laptop on my TV?

Hey Rob,
Is your profile information accurate? The MacBook 2,1 was introduced in November of 2006 and discontinued in May of 2007, so the mini-DVI to video adapter ought to work.
What, exactly, do you see on your screen? Are all of the connections nice and snug? Do you have another RCA cable you can try? You can use a white or red one if you want; they all will work as long as you're connecting the video adapter to the yellow port on the TV.
~Lyssa

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Your probably not doing anything wrong. There are thousands of users with Similar issues and it seems to be with many different adapters.
We have Mini DP to VGA (3 different brands) and they all fail most of the time. This seems more prevalent with LCD Projectors. I've tested some (50+) with VGA Monitor (HP) and they all worked, LCD Projector (Epson, Hitachi, and Sanyo) and they all fail, DLP Projector (Sanyo) and one worked.
My Apple Mini DP to DVi works most of the time. My Mini DP to HDMI (Generic non Apple) works every time.
The general consensus is that Apple broke something in the OS around 10.6.4 or 10.6.5 and its not yet fixed. As we are a school we have logged a case with the EDU Support group so will see what happens.
Dicko

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