Sunday, December 13, 2009

Play Xbox 360 on Your Mac

For a few months now I have been trying to figure out how I can play Xbox 360 on my pretty new iMac and no one was able to help me find an answer. Not the people at the Apple Store or anyone else so I had to become more creative with my search. I started looking up hdmi to firewire cords and DV female to firewire cords and came up short. Until I found this:
The Pinnacle Video Capture For Mac is a sleek and simple way to add analog video capture capabilities to a Mac. The user can capture video in an iPod-native format from a wide range of analog sources -- camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR. Imported videos are automatically added to iTunes, ready to sync with an iPod or Apple TV. The built-in MPEG-4 encoder frees up the Mac’s processor for other tasks.

Not only can you play Xbox 360 games on your iMac, you can also record them. Though using this product will not allow you to take advantage of the HD capabilities of Xbox 360, you still will be able to play in full screen using your mac.

Specifications

  • Video inputs: Composite video (RCA), S-Video (mini-DIN)
  • Audio inputs: Stereo audio (RCA x2)
  • On-board MPEG-4 compression hardware
  • Connection: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 or USB 1.1
  • Capture from any video source with composite (RCA) or S-Video output

Features

  • Easy connection – Just plug it into a USB 2.0 or 1.1 port on your Mac
  • Flexible recording – Record video from any analog source: camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR
  • Video for iTunes® – Videos automatically added to iTunes, ready to sync with iPod® or Apple TV™
  • Hardware encoding – Built-in MPEG-4 encoder frees up the Mac’s processor for other tasks
  • Capture Formats - Hardware compressed Mpeg-4

1 comment:

  1. why would anybody need to record their Xbox 360?

    Answer:

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