Using Echo AudioFire4 with Quicktime Broadcaster

Just purchased an Echo AudioFire4 to use as the input source for Quicktime Broadcaster on my Mac mini server.
The AudioFire4 shows up just fine in the audio source drop down and if I use either of the front panel inputs, which are inputs 1 & 2 it works.
However if I connect the source to either input 3 or 4 on the back panel it get nothing in Broadcaster. The audio shows up just fine in the AudioFire Console application. From trying the AudioFire4 with other audio applications its pretty clear that the applicaiton needs to have a place where you can choose inputs 3 &4 before you can get the audio from these inputs. So either QT Broadcaster has a place to do this I don't know about or I'm out of luck and can't use inputs 3 &4. Does anybody know of a way to make inputs 3 & 4 work with QT Broadcaster?
Thanks
Alan

I had thought of that but I am worried that i would shell out the money for one only to find out that Broadcaster doesn't recognize it. The documentation for Broadcaster claims that it requires a firewire camera. I am wondering if anyone has had any success or failure with this?
Not a QT Broadcaster user myself, but do have v1.5 installed on my G5. On reading your query, I tested it with an old, original (unstable stabilized) Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge and newer Canopus ADVC-300 converters. Both were correctly identified by name if properly connected when QT Broadcaster application is opened. And, although "hot-swapping" the converters did not cause any problems while QT Broadcaster is running, neither did it force the software to rescan and identify the "change" in hardware device.
For the purpose of the tests Nikon digital still cameras (990 and D-70) with analog video output and a Sony camcorder with analog and digital outputs (in both tape and throughput modes) were used as the source and the output was recorded/saved as a QT movie file by QT Broadcaster. While I could only get the D-70 to output singleframes (didn't take the time to look for the book), all other sources produced much better quality than expected using the default DV to QVGA/15fps settings -- even when using an old 1930's B&W movie as the taped source.
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