Re: Video Problem

[Dan]

At 5:14 PM -0800 12/4/2010, Amanda Ward wrote:

iMac G5 - 1st Gen
1 GB ram
500 GB HD
Leopard 10.5.8
Playing video with VLC 1.0.8

I'm having a problem with my iMac G5 and playing video (.avi files). 
Used to play them just fine, but recently, without warning, the 
video pauses (the two vertical bars) and the machine goes into sleep 
mode. The farther I get into a video file the closer together the 
pause/sleep episodes get. Kinda seems like a heat issue, but I'm not 
sure.


Does the problem occur if you play the video with a different player 
app?  With non-avi's?


How's the temp in the room?  Are the mac's fans runnin?

...Are there temp sensors in that Mac?  If so, use something like 
iStat Menus to monitor CPU use and temps.


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Video Problem

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All...

I'm having a problem with my iMac G5 and playing video (.avi files).

Used to play them just fine, but recently, without warning, the video pauses 
(the two vertical bars) and the machine goes into sleep mode. The farther I get 
into a video file the closer together the pause/sleep episodes get. Kinda seems 
like a heat issue, but I'm not sure.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for any advice!!!

Amanda

iMac G5 - 1st Gen
1 GB ram
500 GB HD
Leopard 10.5.8
Playing video with VLC 1.0.8

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Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 4, 2010, at 4:26 PM, OzSanta wrote:

>> 
>> the 'M' slider? Mine has just Input Volume and a mute checkbox showing.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> My New 27" iMac lets me change the input volume; sadly, since it's 3 miles 
>> away, I cannot test the volume, but IIRC it works just fine.
> 
> Sorry my mistake. The 'M' slider is part of the Audio MIDI Setup.app in 
> Utilities.

Ok yes mine is grayed out, too.

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Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

[OzSanta]

On 05/12/2010, at 6:23 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> 
> On Dec 3, 2010, at 8:08 AM, OzSanta wrote:
> 
>> The 'M' slider on my new iMac is greyed out in Sound Preferences, and is set 
>> very low. I presume it's the reason for  the low input. Can anyone verify 
>> whether their 'M' slider is active/inactive on an iMac please?
> 
> 
> the 'M' slider? Mine has just Input Volume and a mute checkbox showing.
> 
> 
> 
> My New 27" iMac lets me change the input volume; sadly, since it's 3 miles 
> away, I cannot test the volume, but IIRC it works just fine.

Sorry my mistake. The 'M' slider is part of the Audio MIDI Setup.app in 
Utilities.

Regards

Santa

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Re: Can't print a PDF...

[Jack Suggs]

This is the iMac list, you're looking for the iM-a-racist list.

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Re: Can't print a PDF...

[Bill Spencer]

On Dec 4, 12:10 pm, Terry McCune  wrote:
> On 12/4/10 8:53 AM, William Spencer wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi there: For some reason I cannot print a PDF (on the second machine
> > listed below) from Acrobat Reader to the Laserwriter on the minimal
> > network. The print dialogue shows the file spooling to the printer,
> > the green light on the printer starts blinking, then everything resets
> > as though the job is done...but nothing actually printed. I can print
> > everything else to it (web pages, documents, etc.), and I can print
> > PDFs to a direct-connected inkjet printer. This has just started
> > happening in maybe the past month or so. Any ideas?
>
> > As usual, my thanks in advance!
>


> Hi
> Have you tried opening the PDF in Preview and printing from there? That
> might help to isolate the issue. I'm curious to know the difference
> between your "minimal" and "direct-connected" networks.
>
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I couldn't when I clicked Preview from the Acrobat Reader print screen
(got a message saying Preview is not supported), but I took Dan's
advice and uninstalled the Adobe reader, then opened the PDF directly
in Preview and everything's fine. I'll just stick with Preview, then.
And the "minimal" network just means two computers and a wireless
router. The "direct-connected" bit means the printer is hooked up
directly to this machine and is not on the network (except as a shared
printer). Thanks all! Bill

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Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 3, 2010, at 8:08 AM, OzSanta wrote:

> The 'M' slider on my new iMac is greyed out in Sound Preferences, and is set 
> very low. I presume it's the reason for  the low input. Can anyone verify 
> whether their 'M' slider is active/inactive on an iMac please?


 the 'M' slider? Mine has just Input Volume and a mute checkbox showing.



My New 27" iMac lets me change the input volume; sadly, since it's 3 miles 
away, I cannot test the volume, but IIRC it works just fine.

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Re: Can't print a PDF...

[krys weaver]

it mite be turnd off so you can't print it IE-LOCKED look under ADVANCED and
then SECURITY then SHOW SECURITY PROPERTIES then click SECURITY TAB

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Dan  wrote:

>  At 11:53 AM -0500 12/4/2010, William Spencer wrote:
>
> IMac Core Duo 1.83 ghz/1 g RAM/Snow Leopard
>
>
> For some reason I cannot print a PDF (on the second machine listed below)
> from Acrobat Reader to the Laserwriter on the minimal network. The print
> dialogue shows the file spooling to the printer, the green light on the
> printer starts blinking, then everything resets as though the job is
> done...but nothing actually printed. I can print everything else to it (web
> pages, documents, etc.), and I can print PDFs to a direct-connected inkjet
> printer. This has just started happening in maybe the past month or so.
>
>
> Check your console log for error messages.
>
> Try printing from Preview.
>
> Uninstall that abomination, er Adobe Reader, and try a much older version.
>
> ...I've had all sorts of problems like this with recent versions of
> Reader.  @#$% crapware.  My fav now is tax forms that print fine from
> Preview but crash Reader...
>
> - Dan.
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Re: Can't print a PDF...

[Dan]

Title: Re: Can't print a PDF...


At 11:53 AM -0500 12/4/2010, William Spencer wrote:
IMac Core Duo 1.83
ghz/1 g RAM/Snow Leopard

For some reason I cannot print a PDF (on
the second machine listed below) from Acrobat Reader to the
Laserwriter on the minimal network. The print dialogue shows the file
spooling to the printer, the green light on the printer starts
blinking, then everything resets as though the job is done...but
nothing actually printed. I can print everything else to it (web
pages, documents, etc.), and I can print PDFs to a direct-connected
inkjet printer. This has just started happening in maybe the
past month or so.

Check your console log for error messages.

Try printing from Preview.

Uninstall that abomination, er Adobe Reader, and try a much older
version.

...I've had all sorts of problems like this with recent versions
of Reader.  @#$% crapware.  My fav now is tax forms that
print fine from Preview but crash Reader...

- Dan.
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Re: Can't print a PDF...

[Terry McCune]

On 12/4/10 8:53 AM, William Spencer wrote:
Hi there: For some reason I cannot print a PDF (on the second machine 
listed below) from Acrobat Reader to the Laserwriter on the minimal 
network. The print dialogue shows the file spooling to the printer, 
the green light on the printer starts blinking, then everything resets 
as though the job is done...but nothing actually printed. I can print 
everything else to it (web pages, documents, etc.), and I can print 
PDFs to a direct-connected inkjet printer. This has just started 
happening in maybe the past month or so. Any ideas?


As usual, my thanks in advance!


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Hi
Have you tried opening the PDF in Preview and printing from there? That 
might help to isolate the issue. I'm curious to know the difference 
between your "minimal" and "direct-connected" networks.


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Can't print a PDF...

[William Spencer]

Hi there: For some reason I cannot print a PDF (on the second machine listed 
below) from Acrobat Reader to the Laserwriter on the minimal network. The print 
dialogue shows the file spooling to the printer, the green light on the printer 
starts blinking, then everything resets as though the job is done...but nothing 
actually printed. I can print everything else to it (web pages, documents, 
etc.), and I can print PDFs to a direct-connected inkjet printer. This has just 
started happening in maybe the past month or so. Any ideas? 

As usual, my thanks in advance!

***

Bill Spencer in Maryland
IMac Core Duo 2.4 ghz/2 g RAM/Snow Leopard
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Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

[Wallace Adrian D'Alessio]

Without catching up on the details here I want to point out that some Mac
audio inputs are " line level " and need to be connected to powered mics.

We ran into that at the university when they got new mics.

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Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

[OzSanta]

On 04/12/2010, at 9:26 AM, Andrew Liu Anderson wrote:

> Santa wrote:
> 
>> even shouting will not drive the blue bars past
>> half way.
>> 
> Hey Santa!
>  I do audio recording for a small town radio station on both eMac and iBook 
> (both G4's), usually using QuickTime. I rarely see the blue bars go up to, or 
> even past half way. I assume that Apple uses some sort of audio compression 
> scheme to keep folks from clipping their audio.
>  Do you have an audio manipulation program such as "Audacity", that will 
> allow you to look at the recorded waveforms after you have saved the file? If 
> so, you may find that the RMS levels may be less than half way, but the peaks 
> are higher than you were expecting them to be... Audacity will also allow you 
> to amplify, compress, equalize (among other things) the sound & resave the 
> file if need be.
> 
> Cheers,
> Drew


Thanks Drew. That's exactly want I've resorted to, using Audacity to record, 
then boosting the signal. There are no high peaks when recording, just low 
levels uniformly across the whole waveform. It's a PITA tho, to have to do 
that, then paste each track into iMovie.  Using the usb mic at high gain is 
picking up breathing, and the internal mic does a better job, just too low.

Regards

Santa


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Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

[OzSanta]

On 04/12/2010, at 1:54 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote:

> On 10-12-02 12:58 AM, OzSanta wrote:
>> unless I  can figure out why the input is so low.
>> 
> Your problem is certainly perplexing to me.
> 
> As we sound engineers sometimes say: be sure you're high and then tone it 
> down:
> 
> Albeit you are not doing "speech recognition" when you select system 
> preferences/Speech then Speech Recognition/Settings Microphone/Internal 
> Callibrate button have you made sure the setting is at "high" ?
> 
> And when you go to system preferences/Sound/Input are all the settings there 
> at "high".
> 
> At the moment i forget what it's called but if you are near RadioShack or an 
> electronics store there is a  audio microphone "booster" that may help or may 
> be the answer for your low input level.

Thanks Tina & Walter.

Tina, I don't want to return this iMac only to find that it's a common fault.

Walter, everything, Speech input, Line in in System preferences/Sound,  & Audio 
Midi, is  turned up to the max.

The best I can get is with the usb mic turned up to 20dB, and that's not as 
good as sound as my last iMac using the input mic.

The 'M' slider on my new iMac is greyed out in Sound Preferences, and is set 
very low. I presume it's the reason for  the low input. Can anyone verify 
whether their 'M' slider is active/inactive on an iMac please?

Regards

Santa

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Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

[OzSanta]

On 02/12/2010, at 7:27 PM, John Hobbs wrote:

> 
> On 29 Nov 2010, at 04:26, Santa wrote:
> 
> I've turned the System Preferences/Sound/
> Input level up, but even shouting will not drive the blue bars past
> half way.
> 
> Is Internal mic.  or Line In selected in that panel?

Internal mic

Out of another forum, I've tried the Audio Midi input.app from Utilities. I can 
set the gain on a usb mic to 20dB, but only set the gain on the internal mic to 
12dB.

I've lodged a bug report with Apple, and they have responded asking for more 
info.

Regards

Santa

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