accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
Hello, A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Are there any 3rd party programs that would allow me to view these videos and be able to convert them to Quicktime or to some format that I can import into iDVD ? Any suggestions would be much appreciated, Amber PS - this is the error message I received: QuickTime cannot open the file: AV02152006_101558-1.mpg it is not a file that QuickTime understands (-2048) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Are there any 3rd party programs that would allow me to view these videos and be able to convert them to Quicktime or to some format that I can import into iDVD ? Any suggestions would be much appreciated, Amber PS - this is the error message I received: QuickTime cannot open the file: AV02152006_101558-1.mpg it is not a file that QuickTime understands (-2048) Try VLC ? -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:37 am -0800, Amber Robey wrote: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Are there any 3rd party programs that would allow me to view these videos and be able to convert them to Quicktime or to some format that I can import into iDVD ? Any suggestions would be much appreciated, I'd try VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard Startup
On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:24 PM, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: Hmm... the one time I got the bad disk sign, I was able to get back using the boot disk. Did you manually select the boot disk in the startup disk control panel ? Can you boot off of an OS9 disk ? Mad Dog Yes, I did that. I think I've found the problem. I have another 60g drive I use as a FW External backup for my Pismo. That drive will boot in the Lombard. I believe the problem is a bad Toshiba HDD. I'm going to contact them for a replacement. Thanks for everyone's help and patience. Henry -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Are there any 3rd party programs that would allow me to view these videos and be able to convert them to Quicktime or to some format that I can import into iDVD ? Remember the discussion on open-source goodies? http://www.videolan.org Go there and get VLC. It's quite wonderful. cheers, A.J. -- Racing is life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting -- Steve McQueen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Remember the discussion on open-source goodies? http://www.videolan.org Go there and get VLC. It's quite wonderful. cheers, A.J. Good Morning A.J, Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On 17/02/2006, at 6:38 AM, Amber Robey wrote: Good Morning A.J, Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? Amber Hi Amber, If you're looking to burn to DVD, I've found Toast 7 to be pretty good at handling a variety of files. Amanda -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:38 AM, Amber Robey wrote: On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Remember the discussion on open-source goodies? http://www.videolan.org Go there and get VLC. It's quite wonderful. cheers, A.J. Good Morning A.J, Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? You can try burning it to DVD and reimporting. Apple wants another $20? $30? for the mpeg-2 codec for QT. B -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
Hi, Basically, what I am trying to do is link several different video files together to make one custom iDVD for my Dad's 65th Birthday. I am getting film clips from several family members and friends (some in England, some in Canada here). I need to edit all these different film clips and merge them together to create an iDVD presentation that I can burn to a DVD for him. So, I need to find a way that I can access these files and convert them to Quicktime. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On 17-Feb-06, at 6:51 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi Amber, If you're looking to burn to DVD, I've found Toast 7 to be pretty good at handling a variety of files. Amanda Hello Amanda, Yes...Toast would normally be great just for burning to DVD but I need to link all these videos together in iDVD. I am trying to put together a DVD for my dad's 65th Birthday and have relatives and friends in England and Canada sending me video, sound clips and photos. It's turning out to be quite a big job now and I was hoping to be able to take all of these videos and photos etc into iMovie and/or iDVD to create a DVD for him of everybody wishing him Happy Birthday. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
Amber Robey wrote: On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? You can get VLC to output separate audio and video streams in a format that quicktime would understand. If you have QT Pro you can then combine the audio and video and output it as a DV stream which iMovie would understand, at a cost of about 6G/hour of video. Or you can output them into something more useful and mux them together and burn them all using free tools. Its complicated and time consuming. You'll need a few tools and need to learn about how a video stream is put together, the basics, to use the tools. Or, buy/upgrade to Toast 7, its rather good about taking stuff like you've got and making a watchable DVD from it, albeit without fancy iMovie type eye candy. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....
Silly me, I tried to reply to a few posting to the list I got via the Google group vs the older list and this is an excerpt of the nice things Google had to say to me. What am I doing wrong? You do not have permission to post to group g-books. You may need to join the group before being allowed to post, or this group may not be open to posting. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/g-books/about to join or learn more about who is allowed to post to the group. Help on using Google Groups is also available at: http://groups.google.com/support -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
Amber, Have you tried ffmpegX? http://homepage.mac.com/major4/ If you have at least a G4, it should be fast enough for you to experiment with several different conversion settings to see which works best. Phil Amber Robey wrote: On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....
On 17/02/06 10:42, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silly me, I tried to reply to a few posting to the list I got via the Google group vs the older list and this is an excerpt of the nice things Google had to say to me. What am I doing wrong? You do not have permission to post to group g-books. You may need to join the group before being allowed to post, or this group may not be open to posting. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/g-books/about to join or learn more about who is allowed to post to the group. Help on using Google Groups is also available at: http://groups.google.com/support You have to subscribe the email address you want to use before you can post to the list. From that email address, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then, you can create an account for that email address if you want to change your subscription preferences (digest over regular emails, etc.) -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On 17-Feb-06, at 7:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amber, Have you tried ffmpegX? http://homepage.mac.com/major4/ If you have at least a G4, it should be fast enough for you to experiment with several different conversion settings to see which works best. Phil Hi Phil, Thanks a million - I'll give it a try. I guess my other option is to try and get them to send it a format that might be easier to work with. I have to be able to blend all the video clips together with numerous photos and sound clips. It's going to be a big job but well worth the effort. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....
Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 17/02/06 10:42, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silly me, I tried to reply to a few posting to the list I got via the Google group vs the older list and this is an excerpt of the nice things Google had to say to me. What am I doing wrong? You do not have permission to post to group g-books. You may need to join the group before being allowed to post, or this group may not be open to posting. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/g-books/about to join or learn more about who is allowed to post to the group. Help on using Google Groups is also available at: http://groups.google.com/support You have to subscribe the email address you want to use before you can post to the list. From that email address, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then, you can create an account for that email address if you want to change your subscription preferences (digest over regular emails, etc.) I already did all that good stuff, I'm getting the Google list posting along with this maclaunch list. But when I reply to the Google messages I get the error quoted above. Of course since I can't post there to ask how to be able to post there, I'm stuck posting here asking instead. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
format for video
Hello again, Thanks for all your help with this everybody !!! I have tried the FFMPEGFX application but running into trouble as it cannot seem to convert the video into anything I can use in iDVD. It is the relatives in England whose clips are giving me trouble. Both of them have PC's and seem to be sending in MPEG format. Are there other formats that might be easier to convert and import into iMovie or to open and run in Quicktime ? Is there a way to convert the clips into Quicktime format ? If I can get them into Quicktime format, I can use them in iMovie and iDVD. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format for video
On 17/02/06 11:31, Amber Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello again, Thanks for all your help with this everybody !!! I have tried the FFMPEGFX application but running into trouble as it cannot seem to convert the video into anything I can use in iDVD. It is the relatives in England whose clips are giving me trouble. Both of them have PC's and seem to be sending in MPEG format. Are there other formats that might be easier to convert and import into iMovie or to open and run in Quicktime ? Is there a way to convert the clips into Quicktime format ? If I can get them into Quicktime format, I can use them in iMovie and iDVD. Amber I would have thought that ffMPEGfx would have been able to provide you with different output formats, like DV. Isn't what you are seeing? iDVD, if I remember correctly, will only accept DV format. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Remember the discussion on open-source goodies? http://www.videolan.org Go there and get VLC. It's quite wonderful. cheers, A.J. Good Morning A.J, Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? Amber The most flexible way will cost you $20 - that' s the price of Apple's QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component. With that installed, you can use the wonder - and free - program MPEG Stream Clip to export the video to dv. Or, if you just want to produce a dvd, you can do it for free. Just use MovieGate to make a dvd. You can create a menu and chapters for it. (this way, of course, you don't get to edit the video, but you get a dvd ready in under a half hour :-)) You can get both MPEG Stream Clip and MovieGate from the excellent french site www.macetvideo.com rant I fail to see why iDVD does not support mpeg2 files, even if the qt mpeg2 component is installed /rant That's one more point in favor of MovieGate: if the video files are already mpeg2, they do not need to be reencoded to produce a dvd. Luis Sequeira -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Partitioning my Lombard OS9.2.2
I just got my Lombard back from Wegener's...took them 6 weeks to put a 30g HD and transfer my data, which they failed to mention was a 35.00 in addition to the 50 bucks to look at it. I didn't realize that transferring data from a 6g partitioned HD takes several hours of tech time. gee Anyway I have a new HD and apparently a new System...but no partitions. I like the partitions because I could run DiskWarrior from another partition. The only thing my $300 to nice on list G-list friend did for my Lombard last summer. also...or still... on 2/17/06 10:14 AM, Brian Scott Oplinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I already did all that good stuff, I'm getting the Google list posting along with this maclaunch list. But when I reply to the Google messages I get the error quoted above. Lucky you I can't get the Google list postings... patient, Kristina -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format for video
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 4:31 pm -0800, Amber Robey wrote: Are there other formats that might be easier to convert and import into iMovie or to open and run in Quicktime ? Is there a way to convert the clips into Quicktime format ? If I can get them into Quicktime format, I can use them in iMovie and iDVD. Did you try the Streaming/Exporting Wizard in VLC? Looking at the available formats, there's MPEG-1, 2 and 4, and H.264, among others. I think MPEG-4 and H.264 will only play in QT Pro, but wouldn't MPEG-1 and -2 open in standard QT? TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On 17-Feb-06, at 8:47 AM, Luis Sequeira wrote: The most flexible way will cost you $20 - that' s the price of Apple's QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component. With that installed, you can use the wonder - and free - program MPEG Stream Clip to export the video to dv. Hi Luis, If I buy this MPEG2 Playback component, will I then definitely be able to convert the MPEG video to DV ? Will it convert any MPEG video file or just certain ones ? Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Partitioning my Lombard OS9.2.2
I just got my Lombard back from Wegener's...took them 6 weeks to put a 30g HD and transfer my data, which they failed to mention was a 35.00 in addition to the 50 bucks to look at it. Ouch. It takes maybe two hours to do it yourself, if you're handy with a screwdrier. I didn't realize that transferring data from a 6g partitioned HD takes several hours of tech time. gee I didn't either. Then again, I've only swapped hard drives on PeeCees and PowerBook 190s... Anyway I have a new HD and apparently a new System...but no partitions. I like the partitions because I could run DiskWarrior from another partition. It's time to drag out that old OS 9 install CD and run Disk Utility. It's your only way of doing so, as far as I know. Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format for video
Did you try the Streaming/Exporting Wizard in VLC? Looking at the available formats, there's MPEG-1, 2 and 4, and H.264, among others. I think MPEG-4 and H.264 will only play in QT Pro, but wouldn't MPEG-1 and -2 open in standard QT? You've got it backwards. MPEG4 and H.264 play in standard QT 7, but MPEG 1 and 2 are part of a $20 MPEG playback upgrade, that isn't even part of Pro, AFAIK. MPEG-4 has been part of QT since QT6, which is on the ever-faithful Lombard running OS 9.2.2.. Remember, iTunes requires the QT libraries for playback and Apple's AAC codec is based on MPEG-4. If you don't believe me, go into OS 9, find a .m4a iTunes file and change the extension to .mp4, then open it. It'll work. Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....
On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote: Of course since I can't post there to ask how to be able to post there, I'm stuck posting here asking instead. Ask google support. they do respond... -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Lombard frying batteries???
Dear listers, This is the second time I've had to email NewerTech support about replacing a battery, in the past month, but I'm starting to wonder if it's not my Lombard that's causing my battery problems, instead of the batteries themselves. I know the charging board is good on it, AFAIK, and the batteries did quit showing up as charged, with a corresponding light on the LED indicators on the side of the battery. Still, it's curious as to how a good company can send me two bad batteries in a row, without the possibility of a machine problem.. Well, hopefully you'll all have some good advice for me, Caleb P.S. Is it wrong to send messages to both the Google Groups and the old Maclaunch list, or is it acceptable? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format for video
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 5:09 pm -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you try the Streaming/Exporting Wizard in VLC? Looking at the available formats, there's MPEG-1, 2 and 4, and H.264, among others. I think MPEG-4 and H.264 will only play in QT Pro, but wouldn't MPEG-1 and -2 open in standard QT? You've got it backwards. I thought I would :) MPEG4 and H.264 play in standard QT 7, but MPEG 1 and 2 are part of a $20 MPEG playback upgrade, that isn't even part of Pro, AFAIK. Ah, ok. So Amber should be able to export to MPEG-4, and get his files into QT? MPEG-4 has been part of QT since QT6, which is on the ever-faithful Lombard running OS 9.2.2.. Remember, iTunes requires the QT libraries for playback and Apple's AAC codec is based on MPEG-4. If you don't believe me, go into OS 9, find a .m4a iTunes file and change the extension to .mp4, then open it. It'll work. Thanks for the clarification! TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
On 17-Feb-06, at 9:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've got it backwards. MPEG4 and H.264 play in standard QT 7, but MPEG 1 and 2 are part of a $20 MPEG playback upgrade, that isn't even part of Pro, AFAIK Caleb Hi Caleb, Thank you for your input on this query. I was able to convert/ transcode the file into MPEG4 and then open it up in Quicktime and in iMovie. However, the quality is not greatlots of tiny blocks and a lot of video/audio stuttering that was not present when I played the original mpeg video file in VLC. If I purchase this upgrade, would it allow me to import the original video into iMovie without the loss of video quality that I described above ? i.e. with the MPEG-2 Playback Component upgrade, will I be able to open the original file directly into Quicktime or import into iMovie and get close to the original quality of video (which was very clean/sharp) ? If so, I'll go ahead and buy it. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....
On 2/17/06 10:14 AM, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I already did all that good stuff, I'm getting the Google list posting along with this maclaunch list. But when I reply to the Google messages I get the error quoted above. Of course since I can't post there to ask how to be able to post there, I'm stuck posting here asking instead. Worked OK for me just now! Tom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard frying batteries???
Dear listers, This is the second time I've had to email NewerTech support about replacing a battery, in the past month, but I'm starting to wonder if it's not my Lombard that's causing my battery problems, instead of the batteries themselves. I know the charging board is good on it, AFAIK, and the batteries did quit showing up as charged, with a corresponding light on the LED indicators on the side of the battery. Still, it's curious as to how a good company can send me two bad batteries in a row, without the possibility of a machine problem.. Well, hopefully you'll all have some good advice for me, Caleb I dont know why, but I have had _zero_ luck bringing any third party WS or lombard batteries back to life. BTI or Newertech. Mad Dog -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: G-Books Google List
It does seem improper to cull e-mail addresses for mass messages. One thing about the MacLaunch system that seems to work better for me is the easy opportunity to reply to digest entries from Eudora without going to my browser and the easy opportunity to respond off list. These do not seem real options in the Google list. Or am I missing it? Cliff At 12:51 PM -0500 2/15/06, G-Books wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: P. Turtle-Bear Guillermo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: G-Books Google List Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:34:01 -0700 Hello everyone. Twice, I have received personal email (blasted to individuals signed up for the google group I think) about issues with the google groups list. List nannies - get your act together - some people seem to be having trouble signing up and once signed up they have no clue as to how to unsubscribe. I had to figure it out myself, since we are given very little instruction. I wanted to use the same email as on the maclaunch server so I used the email signup option (send an email to: g-books- [EMAIL PROTECTED]). That worked fine, except that when I went to the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/g-books I was told I was not a member. So, I scratched my head and sent a message about this to the list (maclaunch), but got no useful response. The light bulb went off and I realized that I had to sign in online to get into the google group (even though I was already subscribed!!! - got the confirmation email), so I created an account (duh!). All is well now. BUT I would like that people not cull our individual email addresses for their own uses!!! Turtle-Bear -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: G-Books Google List
On 17/02/06 14:53, Cliff Rediger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It does seem improper to cull e-mail addresses for mass messages. One thing about the MacLaunch system that seems to work better for me is the easy opportunity to reply to digest entries from Eudora without going to my browser and the easy opportunity to respond off list. These do not seem real options in the Google list. Or am I missing it? Cliff, Have you tried the digest from Google Groups? I'm asking because I haven't used it. Since it's called a digest, I would imagine that you should be able to do what you do now in Eudora, unless the Google Groups digest is really different. BTW, just a friendly reminder from your friendly G-Books List Nanny to, please, post your reply below the text you are quoting. It's much easier to follow the discussion and see who you are responding to. -Laurent. G-Books List Nanny -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: iBook as Desktop
I use a 15 Powerbook with iCurve and an external Dell LCD. There is a hack out there which will allow some iBooks to use monitor spanning (2 separate screens) as opposed to mirroring (2 identical screens). You will love the extra workspace when you are home. I use a 21 at home which lets me watch TV using picture in picture. At work I have a 17... No TV though :-/ I also have an external keyboard for both (Apple Wired at work and Wireless at home) and mouse. TjL -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: G-Books Google List
On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: It does seem improper to cull e-mail addresses for mass messages. One thing about the MacLaunch system that seems to work better for me is the easy opportunity to reply to digest entries from Eudora without going to my browser and the easy opportunity to respond off list. These do not seem real options in the Google list. Log into the Google Groups page, then My Groups, then on Manage my Subscriptions. There you can set it to receive it as e-mail, digest, etc. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard frying batteries???
I dont know why, but I have had _zero_ luck bringing any third party WS or lombard batteries back to life. BTI or Newertech. Well, I called NewerTech and they think it's a bad PMU, but I still want a second opinion. They did say that they could get approval for another replacement, if I wanted to, however. So, are there any other symptoms of a bad PMU other than fried batteries? I really don't want to ship my machine off, because it's got all my stuff on it, and it's got a couple of cracks in the lower case, and one to the left of the LCD on the inside of the lid that I don't want to stress any more than I have to. Also, before I forget, does anyone know the keyboard combination to force the fans to come on, because I suspect that mine has a bad fan, as well. *sighs as he's planning on spending the price of a used TiBook to get the Lombard fixed* Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: G-Books Google List
Bruce Johnson wrote: Log into the Google Groups page, then My Groups, then on Manage my Subscriptions. There you can set it to receive it as e-mail, digest, etc. Does this mean I *must* have a Google account just to be able to get a digest to the list? Or is there a way to email in a request for a digest like there is to email in a request to get the listings individually? Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard frying batteries???
I dont know why, but I have had _zero_ luck bringing any third party WS or lombard batteries back to life. BTI or Newertech. Well, I called NewerTech and they think it's a bad PMU, but I still want a second opinion. They did say that they could get approval for another replacement, if I wanted to, however. So, are there any other symptoms of a bad PMU other than fried batteries? I really don't want to ship my machine off, because it's got all my stuff on it, and it's got a couple of cracks in the lower case, and one to the left of the LCD on the inside of the lid that I don't want to stress any more than I have to. Also, before I forget, does anyone know the keyboard combination to force the fans to come on, because I suspect that mine has a bad fan, as well. *sighs as he's planning on spending the price of a used TiBook to get the Lombard fixed* Caleb Did you notice any odd behavior ? For example my primary lombard will charge my one good battery even though the battery reads 100%. This worries me. You can always try swapping out the PMU - if I knew where it was. Mad Dog -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard frying batteries???
I dont know why, but I have had _zero_ luck bringing any third party WS or lombard batteries back to life. BTI or Newertech. Well, I called NewerTech and they think it's a bad PMU, but I still want a second opinion. They did say that they could get approval for another replacement, if I wanted to, however. So, are there any other symptoms of a bad PMU other than fried batteries? I really don't want to ship my machine off, because it's got all my stuff on it, and it's got a couple of cracks in the lower case, and one to the left of the LCD on the inside of the lid that I don't want to stress any more than I have to. Also, before I forget, does anyone know the keyboard combination to force the fans to come on, because I suspect that mine has a bad fan, as well. *sighs as he's planning on spending the price of a used TiBook to get the Lombard fixed* Mate Not sure what you are saying here ... You are spending money like buying a Ti to repair a Lombard - WHY ? There is no PMU board on a Lombard - so what is being replaced/repaired ? Even if you are sending it away, take yer HD out - really easy in a Lombard ! -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard frying batteries???
Mate Not sure what you are saying here ... You are spending money like buying a Ti to repair a Lombard - WHY ? There is no PMU board on a Lombard - so what is being replaced/repaired ? Even if you are sending it away, take yer HD out - really easy in a Lombard ! A: I like the Lombard/Pismo form factor much better than the TiBook form factor. Also, the Lombard, if I spread the upgrades out over a long enough time, it'll pay for itself in productivity. Plus, the Lombard is much easier to upgrade... B: I had no clue that there was no PMU on the Lombard. Thanks for telling me. C: I know how easy it is to remove a HD on a Lombard, and I've rebuilt a PB 190 from parts, so I know how to do that stuff. Thanks for the info, Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
From: Amber Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 17-Feb-06, at 9:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've got it backwards. MPEG4 and H.264 play in standard QT 7, but MPEG 1 and 2 are part of a $20 MPEG playback upgrade, that isn't even part of Pro, AFAIK Caleb Hi Caleb, Thank you for your input on this query. I was able to convert/ transcode the file into MPEG4 and then open it up in Quicktime and in iMovie. However, the quality is not greatlots of tiny blocks and a lot of video/audio stuttering that was not present when I played the original mpeg video file in VLC. If I purchase this upgrade, would it allow me to import the original video into iMovie without the loss of video quality that I described above ? i.e. with the MPEG-2 Playback Component upgrade, will I be able to open the original file directly into Quicktime or import into iMovie and get close to the original quality of video (which was very clean/sharp) ? If so, I'll go ahead and buy it. Amber Amber, there is no guarantee that the MPEG-2 Component will playback your relatives' videos. Is the video your relatives sent to you indeed MPEG-2? It could very well be MPEG-1. As Caleb incorrectly posted, MPEG-1 playback is and has been built-in to Quicktime for many versions. The problem is either the files your relatives sent were not mastered correctly, so Quicktime is not opening them, or they are in a format Quicktime doesn't handle, like MPEG-2, or they are not really MPEG at all and are just mislabeled as such (they may be some Windows Media codec). How long are the videos? If they are only a few minutes long and you have lots of disk space to use temporarily, try to use ffmpegX or VLC to transcode the video to DV. Or try H.264 instead, as I too have seen the ffmpeg MPEG4 encoder to be buggy. Going the DV route will produce a better end result, since you will only be transcoding once, not twice. If you are still having problems, can you drop the relatives MPEG files onto the window in ffmpegX? In the status boxes on the left side, it should tell you what format, resolution, bitrate, etc the Video and Audio are. The GUI uses mplayer to read out this info. What does it say about those files? Phil -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
As Caleb incorrectly posted, MPEG-1 playback is and has been built-in to Quicktime for many versions. Eh, I got it halfway right, at least. I've never had reason to work with MPEG-1, so I was playing the guessing game there. The MPEG-4 stuff is all correct, though. Amber, I'd try opening them with Windows Media Player, if you've got it. It's a miserable piece of horribly buggy code, but it does work, some of the time. As Phil said, VLC usually does a pretty decent job, or it has on my Linux box with plenty of horsepower and disk space.. Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
iBook as Desktop
(I'm waiting to hear more about 10.4.3/10.4.4/10.4.5 for my iBook, and when I have an extra $100 I'll upgrade the eMac to Tiger) Thanks for any input. Concetta I've upgraded my BW (G4/450) and iBook (G3/500) from 4.3 to 4.4 to 4.5 and have had no problems at all. Hey, all, thanks I received a couple of posts encouraging me to go ahead and upgrade from 10.4.2 to 10.4.5. So I'm going to take the plunge... Thanks for giving me courage... Concetta -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
