Play external av device (XBox) through "video in" port to monitor via G3

After a half a year with a MacBook, i've decided to come back to my PowerMac G3 for good and fun reasons. So i have a B&W G3 which has 6over 600megs of RAM, and currently an ATI Raedon 32mb video card, the thing is i have this ATI Rage 3D PRO card with a VIDEO IN port and S-video out and in ports. I want to hook up my xbox's av cord to the VIDEO IN and play my xbox through my computer to my monitor, is this possible? Also since im using my ATI Raedon 32mb can i use this other card as a secondary one? What kind of applications do i need to be able to run an external av device through my PowerMac G3. Im pretty sure its quite possible cause ive done with an old Quadra.

It sounds like you have one of the ATI Xclaim video cards. One has 4MB on-board and has a slot to add a VRAM chip but it won't be very good in OS X if it will work at all. The other is a Xclaim 16MB card with no add-on VRAM slot and works in OS X up to 10.4 (I think) and would be good to run a second monitor.
I think you can do what you want but you need the XClaim TV Tuner box (if you have the XClaim card) that can still be found on eBay. You will need the ATI proprietary "S-Video like" input cable that connects the tuner box to the card. A regular S-video cable will not work.
You can then use the RCA input jacks on the TV Tuner box to attach Xbox. I think you will also need the XClaim software from ATI to run the box but it may work with Apple Video Player you can download here in the old software section. You cannot use this with OS X and must use OS 9 or earlier with the box.

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