[HM] Panther/G4 and music files

[Thom Holland]

Hi Jack,

I haven't worked with MP3 files either.  I am so behind the curve.  But, it 
would seem that you could import the music through the microphone jack on the 
back.  BTW, I also have the same G4 with the shiney doors.  I love it.

-Thom


Jack Honeycutt wrote:
> I am probably the last person in the world that does not have, or has 
> made a MP3 music file.
> 
> I usually put a CD in my stereo and listen to that. Well, all that has 
> to change.
> 
> I have some old 8 mm movie film that I am burning to a DVD for my 
> family.  I can figure that out.  I would like to put some music on the 
> DVD in the background.
> 
> I have some nice piano music that a buddy of mine played and I recorded 
> on a cassette deck.
> 
> I just bought a new G4 tower (the one with the shiny chrome doors on 
> it).  My old Mac computer speakers had RCA jacks that would not plug 
> into the tiny plug in the G4.  The G4 book was no help.  I thought it 
> would tell me which kind of plug, plus the impedance of the input so I 
> could plug my stereo into it.
> 
> Does anyone know what kind of patch cable I need to go from say, a 
> standard RCA type jacks (right & left channel audio) from a stereo to 
> the small plug in my back of my new G4?  Will I get a impedance 
> mismatch, or is all i need is a adaptor cable?
> 
> I take it that Panther has some built in software to record music that i 
> feed into it?  Or do I need to go out and buy some more software?
> 
> I need to figure a way to get audio files into the machine, so I can lay 
> down some audio in iMovie.
> 
> The speaker built into the G4 does a good job of reproducing sound, so I 
> don't no have a set of Mac speakers.  Does anyone know of lower cost 
> speakers that would work (kind of on a budget). The Mac brand are nice, 
> but sure cost a lot.
> 
> Any advice appreciated.  Maybe URL that would get me up to speed?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> jack in Portland Oregon
> Happy Holidays to all


-- 
Thom Holland

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