Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tom Stiller Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: No "Accept" button in OS X window when using HDMI video out Date: 15 Mar 2014 14:53:01 GMT Organization: Old Men With Beards Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: clusterfux X-Trace: individual.net FlBpEfBGHMRY3t6t1NgEzgy5GFcdML9/6xu0d1W1xIviatjO8d Cancel-Lock: sha1:zT3bu5naVwRdcMaKpwEaWIS1waw= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:21543 On 2014-03-15, Lewis wrote: > In message > Tom Stiller wrote: >> My wife has a new MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) rinning OS X >> 10.9.2 and connected to an Epson Projector via HDMI <-> HDMI cable. > >> Everything seems to work properly except that an incoming Facetime video call >> does not display an "Accept" button so the call cannot be completed. If we >> disconnect the HDMI, there is still no accept button for that call. > > The projector does not support audio over HDMI, right? You have to run a > separate audio cable, yes? And the projector is your only monitor at the > time, I am guessing. > > This means that Facetime has no way to establish the audio portion of the > call and in particular, doesn't have a microphone available. So, it > tells you about the call so you can answer it on some other device, > because you can't answer it on the projector. > >> If we re-originate the call with the HDMI cable unplugged, the "Accept" button >> is displayed, the call can be completed, and we can reconnect the HDMI cable. > > Yeah, that sort of makes sense. > >> My wife intends to show a video, then accept a Facetime call and then show >> another video. While the above works, it adds additional complexity to an >> overall task which is complicated enough as it is. > > Is she mirroring her laptop display to the projector? Have you tried > setting it as a second display instead? She's just plugging in the HDMI cable so I guess the video is being mirrored. I'll check it out when I fet access to all the devices again.