DavidS: January 2010 Archives
Since a lot of Apple users use our iAadapt 51 toslink adapter to achieve Dolby 5.1 sound support, we thought it would be a good idea to mention this wonderful quicktime plugin called Perian.
Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component (Plug-in) that adds native support for many popular video formats. Perian allows Mac computer to do a AC3/DTS passthrough.
The Computer doesn't automatically output 5.1 you have some tinkering to configure it.
Also, there is an option to use a "gamma fix" to fix the full screen dimming issue if you are using your mac or mac mini as a media server and running it all through quicktime.
Perian enables QuickTime application support for additional media:
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File formats: AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6, and VFW
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Video types: MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivx, H.264, Sorenson H.263, FLV/Sorenson Spark, FSV1, VP6, H263i, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Snow, NuppelVideo, Techsmith Screen Capture, DosBox Capture
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Audio types: Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), and MPEG Layer I & II Audio, True Audio, DTS Coherent Acoustics, Nellymoser ASAO
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AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
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Subtitle support for SSA/ASS and SRT
Boot
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Support Issues for 27inch
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173
(That's why it's called Boot Camp.) Or if you want to run Windows and Mac applications at the same time -- without rebooting -- you can install Windows using VMware or Parallels software.
Boot Camp allows users to create a partition on a Mac and install Windows.
Unlike virtualization apps like Parallels or VMware Fusion, Boot Camp users must restart their computers to use Windows.
Now you can dual boot your Mac with Windows 7! Finally. The recent update for Bootcamp (to 3.1) includes support for Windows 7.
With 2 downloads one for 64-bit and one for 32-bit versions of Windows 7, the download also requires an authentic copy of Windows 7 or Windows 7 upgrade, and is only supported on more recent Intel-based Macs; no Macs produced before 2007 will support Windows 7, as outlined in this Apple support page.
If you're upgrading your Mac's other side from Windows Vista to Windows 7, you'll first want to download and install the Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7, which "safely unmounts the read-only Macintosh volume on Microsoft Vista."
**Note: If you are already running Windows 7 on your Mac in Boot Camp, you can simply run Apple Software Update while booted into Windows to get the updated Win7-friendly drivers.
Here is a demo showing how to run and setup bootcamp for the first time.
And another video showing what Boot Camp is all about.
Use one of our HDMI to Mini Displayport Adapters with your 27 inch IMac and you will have the best of all worlds.
Windows and Mac OS from the iMac, and the ability to bring PS3, Xbox, and Blu-Ray to the iMac screen as well.
