Re: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
On 2/18/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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.. I know this is a long-shot, but could there possibly be any incompatibility due to the different video format that her British relatives originally used to record the video? I know the computer formats should be the same from country to country, but.. Later..Howard -- 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 ....
I'm still trying to track down that message I deleted re: using/setting https when reading gmail on FireFox. Can anyone provide the steps, please? TIA! Later..Howard -- 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???
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... Sorry in my attempt at brevity I managed to lose all coherence - blame the ale ! I was trying to say, why pay that much for a repair - you could buy a couple of complete ones for that price ?!! B: I had no clue that there was no PMU on the Lombard. Thanks for telling me. Well, there is no PMU board, there is a power board under the trackpad, so I guess it is that one, a pretty cheap and easy to replace part. 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. You were concerned about sending the machine away with all your stuff on it, I was pointing out that it is a 10 second job to remove it on a Lombard, probably easier than any other Powerbook, so there is no need for that worry. -- 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: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
On 18-Feb-06, at 5:35 AM, Howard Katz wrote: I know this is a long-shot, but could there possibly be any incompatibility due to the different video format that her British relatives originally used to record the video? I know the computer formats should be the same from country to country, but.. The computer formats may be the same but the video formats are not. The videos are all in Pal format vs the North American NTSC format. However, I am not sure if this really makes a difference once they load them onto the computer. I would not be able to play a PAL format video on my VCR but if it was digitized on a computer, I believe I can access it on my PB, similar to what I am doing now. I have been able to access them using the VLC Streaming/Exporting wizard but when I try to play back in iMovie, there is a lot of video and sound stutter. Apple has recommended the MPEG-2 Playback Component add on but the girl I spoke to at Apple did not seem very sure as to what it actually was for...just that it MIGHT help. 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: G-Books Google List
On Feb 17, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote: 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? Yes, you need to create an account on Google Groups to get the emailed digests, because you need to set your preferences, AFAIK. All you need enter is your email address and a password; and they already HAVE your e-mail address... -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- 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
On Feb 17, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Concetta Z wrote: (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 I have only gotten into trouble *once* updating one of the Macs at the school (of about 35-40), and that once was easily fixed (an AR of 10.2 followed by re-applying the update, whole process took about 35 minutes). I could have fixed even quicker had there been another account to log onto on the machine. The only upgrade that has ever been a serious problem was 10.3 and the Great Firewire Drive Massacre. Now, if you go to Macintouch or Macfixit along about update time, you would believe that every software update Apple has ever issued has been fraught with horrible, data-eating, computer-killing monster bugs. Some people have their ritual Boot from the CD, run Disk Repair, reboot, run Permissions repair, reboot in Safe mode, run the update whilst shaking a rattle and chicken feathers over the keyboard to ensure a successful update. Me, I fire up Software Update, then put it in the back and keep on working usually on fifteen things at once. I have, to my knowledge, never run Permissions Repair on my systems, Disk Repair (on my boot drive) only once (and the problem was something else entirely) and the only time I've ever had a problem was when I tried to install Tiger via a DVD drive in what turned out to be a flaky external firewire enclosure. Took me a day to recover from that one, because I ended up manually restoring my home folder, amid a number of permissions issues. However, I ALWAYS do an upgrade (10.3.x to 10.4.x) via Archive and Re- install, most people I've ever seen who had problems have gone the Upgrade route. As I said, updates (10.4.4 to 10.4.5) I usually run while I'm doing other things. Of all my systems only one isn't a complete frankenmac: my Pismo laptop, and IT has a slot loading DVD/CDRW transplanted from a defunct TiBook. I attribute my good luck to three things: 1) Clean Living...I rarely put tequila on my Cheerios anymore. 2) Plenty of Exercise...they won't let me put the coffeepot in the office, so I have to walk ALL the way down the hall. 3) I have Backups of my Stuff. Irreplaceable files, such as iPhoto Libraries, and iTunes purchases are backed up on multiple CD or DVD disks, stored in different locations, and I have an external FW drive that I back up my home directories to on a regular basis. There's also a bootable system installed on that drive, so in an emergency I can start up my systems from it as well. 4) All my Desktop systems are on uninterruptible power supplies, all from APC http://www.apc.com/. They deliver clean, regulated power to the computer, which helps ensure the best performance and longest life for the electronic components. I don't get the oddball component failures and suchlike that are common on these lists. Since laptops are powered through adapters, and have batteries, this is less important for them, because much of the regulating is done automatically. There are other brands than APC, but we use them exclusively at work (counting the systems under people's desks we've probably got a couple of hundred of 'em) and are very pleased. Of my rules, I suspect #3 is the most important, followed by #4. -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- 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
Yes, you need to create an account on Google Groups to get the emailed digests, because you need to set your preferences, AFAIK. All you need enter is your email address and a password; and they already HAVE your e-mail address... -- Bruce Johnson No, not true. I did it all from ny Internet Cable address with no problem, and I'm receiveing the Digest. Maybe, just maybe, people do not read the instructions carefully. We are so used to the easy-of-use of the Mac, that we are spoiled. :-) Best regards. Hugo Diaz -- The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl -- 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???
Caleb, did you reset the PMU? Resetting the Power Manager PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze Keyboard)computers have a reset button located on the back of the computer behind the I/O door. Press the button once to reset the power manager. The PMU is located (AFAIK) on the main logic board. There is a separate Power Supply Card (separate from the Sound Card which contains the power-in jack), located under the trackpad. I'm not sure exactly how (or if) its failure can lead to the symptoms you've described. *Not not-all-that-helpful advice* Really, the best thing to have in this sort of situation is a second identical complete working PowerBook. It makes things so much easier to have known-good working parts to swap in and out for testing purposes. */Not not-all-that-helpful advice* dan k -- . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- 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
I signed up for the G-Books Google list. They said I was signed up and sent me an e-mail confirmation which I replied to. I have yet to receive any mail that appears to be from the Google based list either through my ISP mailbox or through my g-mail ?? Woody I'm still getting mail from mail.maclaunch.com of course. -- Woody, Retired in Albuquerque mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 35 Quality Middle School Art Lessons in powerpoint format, on one CD $17 (includes shipping) http://www.taospaint.com/QualityLessons.html Ordering Address: PO Box 91703 Albuquerque, NM87199-1703 “The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars.” from: “Art Fear” Woody's Watercolor Portfolio: http://www.taospaint.com/Portfolio/Watercolors.html Newest Fantastic Triplet Pics: http://www.taospaint.com/DancePics/Triplets.html My newest watercolors: http://www.taospaint.com/Portfolio/Recent.html -- 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 Feb 18, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Amber Robey wrote: The computer formats may be the same but the video formats are not. The videos are all in Pal format vs the North American NTSC format. However, I am not sure if this really makes a difference once they load them onto the computer. I would not be able to play a PAL format video on my VCR but if it was digitized on a computer, I believe I can access it on my PB, similar to what I am doing now. Ah, there is you problem. You cannot mix 25fps (PAL) with 29.97fps (NTSC) on a DVD or within a single video file. You will need to transcode the PAL material up to NTSC framerate. This can introduce the stuttering you were speaking of earlier. There's not really much of a way around it, though. Try using a couple of different encoders and make sure that you set the output framerate to 29.97 before hitting any encode buttons. Then pick the one that has the best framerate conversion. You;ll still end up with a bit of a blur where you're introducing frames, but different encoders will produce better/worse results. -Dylan -- 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 18-Feb-06, at 4:23 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Feb 18, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Amber Robey wrote: The computer formats may be the same but the video formats are not. The videos are all in Pal format vs the North American NTSC format. Ah, there is you problem. You cannot mix 25fps (PAL) with 29.97fps (NTSC) on a DVD or within a single video file. You will need to transcode the PAL material up to NTSC framerate. This can introduce the stuttering you were speaking of earlier. There's not really much of a way around it, though. Try using a couple of different encoders and make sure that you set the output framerate to 29.97 before hitting any encode buttons. Hi Dylan, I had been told that Quicktime Pro 7 and the MPEG-2 Playback Add-on would allow me to transcode these files so that they will not stutter. I was hoping that somebody here had both and could test this for me with a small file before I go ahead and buy the two. Another suggestion was to use Toast to convert them somehow but so far, I have not been able to make this work. It keeps reverting to PAL format because the video file is in Pal format of course. Is there someway to adjust the frame rate 20 29.97 in VLC or can you recommend a better encoder that will do this for me. I am desperate to get this sorted out as I have to have all these files merged together in a DVD presentation within the next week. Thanks, 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: Lombard frying batteries???
Caleb, did you reset the PMU? Resetting the Power Manager PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze Keyboard)computers have a reset button located on the back of the computer behind the I/O door. Press the button once to reset the power manager. I'll try that right now. I remember doing it before, but that was after I accidentally kicked the plug out of the wall before I got the NewerTech battery. The PMU is located (AFAIK) on the main logic board. There is a separate Power Supply Card (separate from the Sound Card which contains the power-in jack), located under the trackpad. I'm not sure exactly how (or if) its failure can lead to the symptoms you've described. I'm pretty sure that the Power Supply Card would take the whole machine out with it, if it's as you describe it. *Not not-all-that-helpful advice* Really, the best thing to have in this sort of situation is a second identical complete working PowerBook. It makes things so much easier to have known-good working parts to swap in and out for testing purposes. */Not not-all-that-helpful advice* SARCASM Does a PowerBook 190 count? I've got two of them, one complete and one in pieces, if that'll help test Lombard parts./SARCASM 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 ---
Compiling Firefox on Mac OS 9
Dear Listers, Have any of you tried compiling any of the newer Mozilla builds on OS 9, since there isn't an official build? I'm running 1.2.1 right now, but I'd like to run Firefox, but I'm not going to buy a copy of OS X to get a new web browser, and I think iCab still hasn't hit its stride, yet. Any tricks to getting the Apple Developers Toolkit to compile it? Thanks in advance, 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
On Feb 18, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Amber Robey wrote: I had been told that Quicktime Pro 7 and the MPEG-2 Playback Add-on would allow me to transcode these files so that they will not stutter. I was hoping that somebody here had both and could test this for me with a small file before I go ahead and buy the two. VLC wil play mpeg2. If it plays in the free VLC, then it will play in the expensive, double-quicktime purchase. 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: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
On 18-Feb-06, at 8:50 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Feb 18, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Amber Robey wrote: I had been told that Quicktime Pro 7 and the MPEG-2 Playback Add- on would allow me to transcode these files so that they will not stutter. I was hoping that somebody here had both and could test this for me with a small file before I go ahead and buy the two. VLC wil play mpeg2. If it plays in the free VLC, then it will play in the expensive, double-quicktime purchase. Hi Brian, VLC will play them but that's about it. I need to be able to edit them in iMovie (recognizable by Quicktime) and so far, I haven't been able to find a way to do that with VLC...do you know how ? 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/MPEG-2 Playback Component
On Feb 19, 2006, at 12:11 AM, Amber Robey wrote: I had been told that Quicktime Pro 7 and the MPEG-2 Playback Add- on would allow me to transcode these files so that they will not stutter. I was hoping that somebody here had both and could test this for me with a small file before I go ahead and buy the two. VLC wil play mpeg2. If it plays in the free VLC, then it will play in the expensive, double-quicktime purchase. Hi Brian, VLC will play them but that's about it. I need to be able to edit them in iMovie (recognizable by Quicktime) and so far, I haven't been able to find a way to do that with VLC...do you know how ? Amber Nope! I was responding to your above question about whether you could be sure of the double purchase giving you capability to view in QT. So it should do that for sure. VLC indicates thay are mpeg2 right? I would expect that spending the $ to let you play them, would also let you edit them, but this is Apple, and I have not the capability to test as I'm not going to fork out the double $ to get Pro and the codec (I have one of the iLife bundles that came with my laptop though). VLC isn't an editor; If you have access to a XP machine, you could try the free nanoedit utils for working with mpeg2 files that come with a Hauppauge.com card, available for download from their support pages for the PVR-350; it may or may not require the hardware but I think not. If you have flexibility in quality or window size, and really don't wish to pay the $ for the 2 QT pieces, you *could* play them with VLC (especially if played in a window), capture them again with the SnapzPro demo, and have them in a regular video format that iMovie should take. I'm not an iMovie guy but that should/might work. Depends on how badly you wish to avoid spending $ and what you want for quality, I guess. HTH. 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 ---
