Beoport-Mac with iMac G4

hi everyone,

a bit 'old skool' here. I have an old iMac G4 with OSX 10.4.11 connected to a BC9300, mainly for Spotify but sometimes for my iTunes as well. I don't know anything much about Beoport other than it will allow control of iTunes via Beo4. How does this actually work? Is it still available- or even is it worth the bother as my current system works very well and I appreciate the Mac is now very old and basically obsolete. To me it is just a fancy juke box for Spotify and iTunes, but Apple and B&O do seem to sit well together. 

Some info and advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Graeme.

 

Also does the bc 9300 have master link .... And which speakers do you have ?

Beoport needs special software and - because of the BC9300 - an external IR-Eye to be controlled with a Beo 4.
I can understand you old school love for the G4: The quicksilver versions where such beautiful designed machines! :)

 

Software:
- BM Link: http://www.odlund.se/bmlink/

- Linkplayer: http://www.conversation-it.co.uk/LinkPlayer/Linkplayer.html

 

The software accesses your iTunes library and you can control Play/Pause/Skip forward/Skip backwards with the Beo 4. I don't know if the Beoport requires a Masterlink device to work properly. I used it with a BS3000 with Masterlink and it worked fine for standard control but surely not for browsing your library.

 

@TWG I believe the OP will be able to use the BeoPort as a standalone audio master.

I am really frustrated that TWO posts have gone missing.

Anyway it is important to understand that BMLink reads the iTunes music files. It does NOT control the mouse / keys interface (eg like other Mac tools try to do)