FOR SALE game Diablo with Diablo 2 expansion set as new.
Hello. The above is a dungeons and dragons type game. Kill the monsters and get the treasures. The graphics are excellent ( Even by todays standards.) and you can play seven different characters for months of fun and frustration. Can be played on net work, by phone to friends computer and over internet (BattleNet). Contains 4 CDs instruction manuals and a thick strategy guide. Suitable for 15 years or over. I have heard that it may not work on macs with RAM 1GB and over. I have G5 1.6GHz.768 MB RAM. system 10.3.9. Apple 20 inch LCD screen. Game uses full screen or window. Runs faster in window. I had to down load updates to run on my mac System Info on game box. Single player. G3 processor. Mac OS 8.1 or higher (meaning up to OS 9) 64 MB physical RAM plus Virtual memory. 650 MB available hard drive space. 4 x CD-ROM drive. Video support for 258 colour display at 800 x 600. mouse, keyboard. Multiplayer System Requirements and options. G3 processor. Mac OS 8.1 or higher (meaning up to OS 9) 64 MB physical RAM plus Virtual memory. ( More RAM less disk use.) 950 MB available hard drive space. 4 x CD-ROM drive. Video support for 258 colour display at 800 x 600. mouse, keyboard. Battle.net connection requires a low-latency 28.8 kbps internet connection. I advise at least G4 mac and faster internet connection as I played on BattleNet on west coast USA so as to play with English typing players. $80 including postage Regards from Alan.
Re: Satalite Map (satellite?)
Nice system! Does not produce any results with Safari 1.2.4 except those blue Q:mark squares. However, Netscape is fine. OS 10.3.7. I like this system because with something like Multimap its easy to get lost. Bill -- Dr Bill Parker Editor Solar Progress The ANZSES Journal Box 322 Mount Lawley 6929 Australia Phone 08 9371 6373 0437 289 088 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.anzses.org/ http://www.solarhouseday.com
exe files
Good morning all Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please?
Re: exe files
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:51:31AM +0800, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please? A .exe file is generally a Windows programme. I would suggest that you treat an animated .exe as a virus unless proved otherwise, *especially* if you've received it via e-mail. You'll need Windows to view the animation and/or get infected.
Re: Satalite Map (satellite?)
On 05/07/2005, at 7:03 AM, bill parker wrote: Nice system! Does not produce any results with Safari 1.2.4 except those blue Q:mark squares. However, Netscape is fine. OS 10.3.7. I like this system because with something like Multimap its easy to get lost. HI Bill, I am running Safari 1.2.4 on OS10.3.8 , but I also applied the Safari enhancer package. The Map Link produced a picture for me straight up. OS10.3.8 is supposed to have some extras and the update is FREE . You may want to apply it. Bob Bill
Shock and horror
Hi, Just called to register my new ibook for its apple care and guess what happened. The unthinkable... an Indian call centre. I have to admit it was better than HP's but still. Bit cheap there Mr Jobs - what happened to quality. What a way to start the morning. Smiles Aurora
Recording of Vynils and audio cassettes onto CD
Hi Anyone with ³professional quality turntable² and ³audio cassette recorder² who can record from LP records And ³audio cassettes² onto CD Happy to discuss a reasonable renumeration or access to my music collection. Regards Ray
OS10.3 on 500mhz iMac
I have been trying to load OS10.3 on a 500mhz slot loader iMac without success. The CDs are genuine (purchased) and get about half way into the first CD before it all stalls and I have to restart and eject the CD. Currently on 10.2.8; plenty of Ram. A previous attempt caused a kernel panic and a Kev panic. Zapping the pram somehow got me out of that situation. Any ideas on this prob? TIA Kev
Re: OS10.3 on 500mhz iMac
On 05/07/2005, at 9:50 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: I have been trying to load OS10.3 on a 500mhz slot loader iMac without success. The CDs are genuine (purchased) and get about half way into the first CD before it all stalls and I have to restart and eject the CD. Currently on 10.2.8; plenty of Ram. A previous attempt caused a kernel panic and a Kev panic. Zapping the pram somehow got me out of that situation. Any ideas on this prob? Hmmm ! First question that comes to mind is have you checked that you have the right firmware version ? And, how are you going about this ? Are your CD's full system or upgrade ? Are you trying.. is it .. archive and Instal ? or upgrade ? Bob TIA Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: exe files
Thanks for the replies to my exe query. They are legit files, I know what's in them. I want to run them on my Mac. Looks like I'm out of luck. Thanks again to all who replied. Best wishes edward On 05/07/2005, at 10:04 AM, thefrogs wrote: Simply put: No! They are Microsoft progs. You could run Virtual PC or another emulator but It may well be a Virus if it is not a legit program. So be careful. tom samson On 05/07/2005, at 7:51 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Good morning all Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please?
Re: Shock and horror
Hi, Or from another point of view, good on them for improving the employment opportunities for Indians. I just finished reading a terrific book called Q and A by Vikas Swarup and it has left me feeling rather sympathetic. I wonder what Apple sales are like in India? Cheers Paul On 05/07/2005, at 8:20, Aurora wrote: Hi, Just called to register my new ibook for its apple care and guess what happened. The unthinkable... an Indian call centre. I have to admit it was better than HP's but still. Bit cheap there Mr Jobs - what happened to quality. What a way to start the morning. Smiles Aurora -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Shock and horror
I thought the same once when calling a help line, but I just happened to be talking to an Indian immigrant. It doesn't really worry me either way, as long as we get decent service, and as long as they pay the staff reasonable wages. Kind regards, Kelly On 7/5/05, Aurora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just called to register my new ibook for its apple care and guess what happened. The unthinkable... an Indian call centre. I have to admit it was better than HP's but still. Bit cheap there Mr Jobs - what happened to quality. What a way to start the morning. Smiles Aurora -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Shock and horror
On 05/07/2005, at 10:53 AM, Paul Doyle wrote: Hi, Or from another point of view, good on them for improving the employment opportunities for Indians. I just finished reading a terrific book called Q and A by Vikas Swarup and it has left me feeling rather sympathetic. I wonder what Apple sales are like in India? Cheers Paul On 05/07/2005, at 8:20, Aurora wrote: And what happened to the jobs of those at the Australian call centre? Apple did the same thing to TAC (who service techs call for help). There were some great guys in there who were very knowledgeable and helpful :-( Its great that some Indians have work, but hopefully those who lost their jobs when all these call centres closed here have found work again. From what I have read, this is also happening in the US. And not only call centre work - programming and general tech jobs too. All to make that bottom line look better for the next day's trading on the NASDAQ ;-) Let's hope those who did lose their jobs found work again. Seeya Rod!
[MEETING] Reminder - 7.30pm Tuesday 5th July - tonight
Hi All Just to let you know what is coming up for this month's meetingwhich is tonight, Tuesday 7th June, 7.30pm. Welcome to Members Normal QA Session Main Demonstrations for this meeting There will be a 5min demo on Podcasting. (Peter H or Matt H will be doing this.) Peter Hinchliffe is demo-ing Mac OS Services as well as FlySketch Peta North from Camera Solutions will be coming along to talk and demo Digital Cameras. One not to be missed!! Bob Howells will be doing a demo on upgrading an older machine to run OSX (using Xpostfacto). Finish the night with either a game demo or a movie trailer. Tea and Coffee and general Chit chat See you then! Enjoy!! Kind Regards Daniel Kerr
Strange awakening
We have five phone points in the house, four of these have phones plugged in and the fifth is my computer connection. My G4/400 OSX10.4.1 uses ethernet to a D-Link DSL-504 ADSL router and via splitter and filter a phone link for computer fax is made to the modem port. The fax connection is used as send only and set not to receive so the modem does not respond to incoming phone calls. All the phones have filters and the system performed perfectly for months, that is, until recently our ancient Audioline answerphone gave up the ghost and has been replaced by a fancy Panasonic unit. Everything still works fine except that when the computer is asleep an incoming phone call now wakes it up. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I will try the obvious unplugging of the phone line to the modem socket on the G4, but I would appreciate advice as to where to look for a log or whatever that my point me to the root cause. Thanks in advance Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp
Re: Strange awakening
On 5/07/2005 1:23 PM, Severin Crisp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have five phone points in the house, four of these have phones plugged in and the fifth is my computer connection. My G4/400 OSX10.4.1 uses ethernet to a D-Link DSL-504 ADSL router and via splitter and filter a phone link for computer fax is made to the modem port. The fax connection is used as send only and set not to receive so the modem does not respond to incoming phone calls. All the phones have filters and the system performed perfectly for months, that is, until recently our ancient Audioline answerphone gave up the ghost and has been replaced by a fancy Panasonic unit. Everything still works fine except that when the computer is asleep an incoming phone call now wakes it up. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I will try the obvious unplugging of the phone line to the modem socket on the G4, but I would appreciate advice as to where to look for a log or whatever that my point me to the root cause. Thanks in advance Severin Crisp Hi Severin More than likely not, but just check System Preferences/Energy Saver. Under Options there is Wake when the modem detects a ring. More than likely not that, but good to rule it out. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
iMac system 9
I have just managed to get an iMac 333 up and running but I get a blue screen with a command line indicating a boot failure. Otherwise I can get a screen up for about one and a half minutes before it blanks out. The Drive is good. I can hear the CD spinning and loading but I cannot see what 's happening. After the Commandline there is a prompt but I have no idea what should go next. I have another drive with system 10 on do I load up unix to test the screen/video ram itsself tom samson
Re: iMac system 9
On 5/07/2005 2:32 PM, thefrogs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just managed to get an iMac 333 up and running but I get a blue screen with a command line indicating a boot failure. Otherwise I can get a screen up for about one and a half minutes before it blanks out. The Drive is good. I can hear the CD spinning and loading but I cannot see what 's happening. After the Commandline there is a prompt but I have no idea what should go next. I have another drive with system 10 on do I load up unix to test the screen/video ram itsself tom samson Hi Tom If you type mac-boot it should carry on like normal. Then you should be able to carry on and do everything else. If that doesn't work email back and the next thing you can do is reset the Open Firmware (not a nice thing to do all the time.) Hope the above helps. (Once you have it working make sure to see if there is any firmare upgrade that needs to be done.) Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
Wireless/wired data transfer
Hi all, Recently added a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router to my home ADSL network (Netcomm 1300 plus 4 modem) and then successfully managed to configure an Airport Express (using WDS) to extended its range. I now have a Mini Mac connected directly via ethernet to the Linksys router, and a latest model G4 powerbook connected wirelessly to the network via the Airport Express. Both running Tiger 10.4.1. 98% of things have worked fine since configuring this setup. The one major problem I have experienced is during file transfers using Finder between these two machines. Invariably, file transfers will stall mid-transfer, often causing Finder to have a conniption that force quit or kill via Terminal sometimes won't even solve. Not all file transfers fail in this manner, but most do, and the problem exists when attempting to transfer files in either direction. As far as I can tell the problem also appears to be independent of the type of file transferred. The one solution I have found is to zip the file before transfer (data/resource fork issue?). However, having to zip large (i.e 200MB) files before transferring is hardly ideal, so I'm on the hunt for a more permanent solution. Anyone have any experiences to share? I haven't been able to find much (read anything) on this specific problem at all despite a pretty extensive web search. If anyone has anything to shed on the matter it would be most helpful. I appreciate that there are a number of links in this transfer chain so any information could potentially be of use. Cheers, Matt. - Matt Huitson School of Psychology University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley, WA 6009 Australia Work +61 8 6488 3639
mpg in Quicktime
How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? I cannot find a way to select what file types it can play. Do I need Quicktime Pro? Is there another way other than burning a disc to play with Windows Media Player on my laptop? Andrew
Re: [MEETING] Reminder - 7.30pm Tuesday 5th July - tonight
Hi All, I am having a clean out and looking at getting rid of all my old Mac gear. An old powerbook 520 and a performer 5400 plus a couple of old printers, zip drives, external drives and some other bits. Any advice on the best way to get rid of this gear would be appreciated. I would be delighted to hear that gear like this is able to be sold but any non land fill solution would be good. Cheers Paul
Re: mpg in Quicktime
On 05/07/2005, at 3:29 PM, Andrew wrote: How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? I cannot find a way to select what file types it can play. Do I need Quicktime Pro? Is there another way other than burning a disc to play with Windows Media Player on my laptop? Andrew Hi Andrew, These may be mpeg-2 files, which QT will not play without buying the mpeg2playbackcomponent from Apple. If you don't want to buy it then use VLC for the files that will not play in QT Player. http://www.videolan.org/ Cheers, Ronni When Microsoft asks you, Where do you want to go today? Tell them, Apple!
Re: Wireless/wired data transfer
Matt First things first - try to isolate the problem. Plug the 2 Macs into the Netcom modem and try the file copy, then plug them both into the Linksys, then one in the Netcom and one in the Linksys. If all works well then it is a wireless problem. So, turn off the Airport Express (APE) and connect the PB to the Linksys wireless network and try the file copy, the turn off the Linksys, plug the APE and Mini into the Netcom and use the APE wireless for the PB and try the copy. If all of this works it would seem likely to be the interaction between the Linksys and the APE - perhaps configuration, perhaps standards incompatibility. Good luck Cheers Greg From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:07:20 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Wireless/wired data transfer Hi all, Recently added a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router to my home ADSL network (Netcomm 1300 plus 4 modem) and then successfully managed to configure an Airport Express (using WDS) to extended its range. I now have a Mini Mac connected directly via ethernet to the Linksys router, and a latest model G4 powerbook connected wirelessly to the network via the Airport Express. Both running Tiger 10.4.1. 98% of things have worked fine since configuring this setup. The one major problem I have experienced is during file transfers using Finder between these two machines. Invariably, file transfers will stall mid-transfer, often causing Finder to have a conniption that force quit or kill via Terminal sometimes won't even solve. Not all file transfers fail in this manner, but most do, and the problem exists when attempting to transfer files in either direction. As far as I can tell the problem also appears to be independent of the type of file transferred. The one solution I have found is to zip the file before transfer (data/resource fork issue?). However, having to zip large (i.e 200MB) files before transferring is hardly ideal, so I'm on the hunt for a more permanent solution. Anyone have any experiences to share? I haven't been able to find much (read anything) on this specific problem at all despite a pretty extensive web search. If anyone has anything to shed on the matter it would be most helpful. I appreciate that there are a number of links in this transfer chain so any information could potentially be of use. Cheers, Matt. - Matt Huitson School of Psychology University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley, WA 6009 Australia Work +61 8 6488 3639 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Wireless/wired data transfer
. . . . while we're on this subject, what is the received wisdom regarding options for going wireless between a Netcomm 1300 plus 4 modem and g4 powerbook. Graham
Re: [MEETING] Reminder - 7.30pm Tuesday 5th July - tonight
I am having a clean out and looking at getting rid of all my old Mac gear. An old powerbook 520 and a performer 5400 plus a couple of old printers, zip drives, external drives and some other bits. I've got a stack of stuff like this as well... Andrew
Re: mpg in Quicktime
Thanks Ronda. I'll give it a try. Andrew On 05/07/2005, at 3:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 05/07/2005, at 3:29 PM, Andrew wrote: How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? I cannot find a way to select what file types it can play. Do I need Quicktime Pro? Is there another way other than burning a disc to play with Windows Media Player on my laptop? Andrew
Re: Shock and horror
On 5/7/05 2:51 PM, Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And what happened to the jobs of those at the Australian call centre? Apple did the same thing to TAC (who service techs call for help). There were some great guys in there who were very knowledgeable and helpful :-( Its great that some Indians have work, but hopefully those who lost their jobs when all these call centres closed here have found work again. From what I have read, this is also happening in the US. And not only call centre work - programming and general tech jobs too. All to make that bottom line look better for the next day's trading on the NASDAQ ;-) Let's hope those who did lose their jobs found work again. Unfortunately most don't. The other big looser is the customer. I'm running a poll on our site on this very issue and although only about a half dozen votes have been submitted so far, everyone who has voted felt the quality of service from India is nowhere near as good as the Australian based support. I personally tried calling about upgrading a dual G4 to an Xserve. The guy on the other end kept thinking I had a Dell instead of a Dual G4 and kept asking if it was a laptop or a desktop. After 10 minutes without getting past this point I hung up in disgust. I ended up buying the Xserve on eBay because I couldn't get any service from Apple. Big companies and government are selling Australia's future down the river. In Sydney when you walk past any government office eg Centrelink, RTA, Tax Office etc you see that between 50-80% look like they're Indians. Companies like Apple, Telstra etc sack local support staff and move everything to India all to save money with no concern for quality of service to customers. I receive around 50-200 phone calls a week from marketing companies based in India (the telephone equivalent to junk mail SPAM) representing Australian companies, a nasty result of VOIP making it so cheap for these international call centres. I saw a report on the ABC around 18 months ago about a company in Australia with the contracts for outsourcing many of these jobs whose directors comprise ex politicians (both sides), lawyers, retired union leaders, public servants and ex company directors. They're scrambling for every dollar they can rake in and have no concern for Australian jobs. I'd like to see a royal commission into this scandal, but it won't happen. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://australian.macusersgroup.org
Old Gear.
Perhaps some sort of WAMUG swap meet. We could all bring a box full of old gear and take a different box of old gear home;-) On 05/07/2005, at 17:13, Andrew W. Hill wrote: I am having a clean out and looking at getting rid of all my old Mac gear. An old powerbook 520 and a performer 5400 plus a couple of old printers, zip drives, external drives and some other bits. I've got a stack of stuff like this as well... Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Old Gear.
Yes we could certainly organise something like that I would think. Will discuss this tonight with some of the other committee members and see what we come up with. Kind Regards Daniel Kerr On 5/07/2005 6:07 PM, Paul Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps some sort of WAMUG swap meet. We could all bring a box full of old gear and take a different box of old gear home;-) On 05/07/2005, at 17:13, Andrew W. Hill wrote: I am having a clean out and looking at getting rid of all my old Mac gear. An old powerbook 520 and a performer 5400 plus a couple of old printers, zip drives, external drives and some other bits. I've got a stack of stuff like this as well... Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
Saving streamed M3U files
I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC). One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was downloaded) - I can't for the life of me remember which one! I suspected an update somewhere along the line has fixed this so you can't do it (so it always streamed and can't be saved). Anyone got any ideas? Failing that there's always WireTap or similar... Cheers, Antony. -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = ==
Re: exe files
Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Thanks for the replies to my exe query. They are legit files, I know what's in them. I want to run them on my Mac. Looks like I'm out of luck. Thanks again to all who replied. Best wishes edward On 05/07/2005, at 10:04 AM, thefrogs wrote: Simply put: No! They are Microsoft progs. You could run Virtual PC or another emulator but It may well be a Virus if it is not a legit program. So be careful. tom samson On 05/07/2005, at 7:51 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Good morning all Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please? It is possible they are VisualBasic Applications, I have seen them before, they behave like GIFs. I cant think of a way to run them though. Maybe VisualBasic for Applications can do something but I'm just guessing. Possibly the world's most obscure graphics file? Good luck Paul
re: Shock and horror
Hi, In reply and some how I feel like defense. I don't care where they are located if the service is good but it wasn't when HP went to India and from my call this morning Apple India isn't either. It isn't the workers fault I know but they can't/or are not allowed to answer a question that isn't on their script. I don't mind spelling things or repeating answers but I would like them to be able to answer simple questions such as if I'll get a renewal notice. You get such wonderful service from the apple service centres and in the past from Apple Australia I just find it sad that making money for shareholders overtakes the reputation of the brand. What I am trying to say in a very inarticulate manner is that I felt the loss of community that Apple has always represented to me. Smiles Teresa
Re: Saving streamed M3U files
Antony N. Lord wrote: I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC). One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was downloaded) - I can't for the life of me remember which one! I suspected an update somewhere along the line has fixed this so you can't do it (so it always streamed and can't be saved). Anyone got any ideas? Failing that there's always WireTap or similar... Cheers, Antony. I know that old 2.X versions of winamp (the only other mp3 player there has ever been! ;) did let you 'pipe' the audio straight to disk instead of playing it, in other words it ripped mp3s. I cant remember if I tried an mp3 stream though. M3Us are text files containing the relevant url and other info that the player in question needs. Im happy to say I can no longer test this for you ;) Cheers Paul, now G7 powered, G3 + G4 ;)
Re: Saving streamed M3U files
Paul wrote: Antony N. Lord wrote: I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC). One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was downloaded) - I can't for the life of me remember which one! I suspected an update somewhere along the line has fixed this so you can't do it (so it always streamed and can't be saved). Anyone got any ideas? Failing that there's always WireTap or similar... Cheers, Antony. I know that old 2.X versions of winamp (the only other mp3 player there has ever been! ;) did let you 'pipe' the audio straight to disk instead of playing it, in other words it ripped mp3s. I cant remember if I tried an mp3 stream though. IIRC it wrote WAV data. Useful for temporary storage, not so useful for archival due to its size. There are tools out there that'll do that, and there are tools out there that'll write the raw MP3 stream to disk too. I can't remember names right now. Google might help, especially with the term streamripping (and variants thereof). -- Craig Ringer
Re: mpg in Quicktime
On 05/07/2005, at 3:29pm, Andrew wrote: How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? File Open File Select relevant file? or command+o with QT active then select relevant file. If it is greyed out chances are it is not QT compatible, no need for file types extensions this is Apple. I cannot find a way to select what file types it can play. .mpg would suggest it is a Windows mpeg file strange but possible. Quicktime should fire it up as long as it is not an mpeg2 which will require the mpeg2 codec for QT which was $39 or free if you have FCP, DVDSP or relevant alternatives. Their is also VLC or command line mplayer if no luck with QT. Free, available at versiontracker? - http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx Do I need Quicktime Pro? Most probably not, but a very very helpful tool at a bargain bin price. So, many uses for such a small donation - http://www.apple.com/ quicktime/pro/ Is there another way other than burning a disc to play with Windows Media Player on my laptop? Many, but incorporates a bit more than this product from Microsoft can offer. WMP9 (Actually free download for OS X) very useful for windows media files wmv etc, but for a better solution try Flip4Mac - http://flip4mac.com Cheers! Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] If an object is an object why is substance not a substance?
Re: Shock and horror
Craig Ringer wrote: elsniupo I've never heard them tell anyone to use a provided system restore CD that reformats the computer and erases all data without even prompting the user, for example - unlike one big OEM with a 3-letter name. Craig, The number of letters does not matter, HP, Dell, Compaq (now HP) IBM, Acer etc all have the same problem :( I have customers who have done this as been told by tech support, and then wondered why they could not find their data :( Not to mention not knowing that the updates they have installed since need to be installed to be able to read their backups There is nothing like personal tech support, just wish the average luser (non apple / *nix user (ie M$ user) would appreciate this. Regards, Kat.
Re: Shock and horror
This trend is called Globalisation. Instead of competing with the cheapest product or service in Australia, we now compete for the cheapest in the world. Its why consumer appliances are so cheap and why labour costs are getting squeezed. Its also why John Howard wants to dismantle the minimum wage system. Anyway, this is getting seriously off topic, so I'll end there. Bill Currie On 5/7/05 7:07 PM, Aurora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, In reply and some how I feel like defense. I don't care where they are located if the service is good but it wasn't when HP went to India and from my call this morning Apple India isn't either. It isn't the workers fault I know but they can't/or are not allowed to answer a question that isn't on their script. I don't mind spelling things or repeating answers but I would like them to be able to answer simple questions such as if I'll get a renewal notice. You get such wonderful service from the apple service centres and in the past from Apple Australia I just find it sad that making money for shareholders overtakes the reputation of the brand. What I am trying to say in a very inarticulate manner is that I felt the loss of community that Apple has always represented to me. Smiles Teresa -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
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Aurora wrote: It isn't the workers fault I know but they can't/or are not allowed to answer a question that isn't on their script. I don't mind spelling things or repeating answers but I would like them to be able to answer simple questions such as if I'll get a renewal notice. The whole scripted support thing amazes me. It's entirely beyond me what the people who put these policies in place think they're achieveing, other than angering their customers and ensuring their support staff will never gain skills so as to become more useful to the company. I can see that they might want to place clear boundaries on support, for example no, we're an ISP, we won't help you fix your computer because it has eight million viruses on it. Here are a few companies you can call... . They go a lot too far with this though, to the point that it becomes simply bizarre. I've called one big OEM, who I shall leave nameless, and been told I can't help you with that, it's not on our script then asked the same question a different way and got an answer. Hilarious. Ha this reminds me a lot of BigPond's support line - I don't know if I got through to India or just got two different people with Indian accents - if the former at least BigPond's service center didn't have the audacity to have them fake being a local like a lot of US companies do where the call center staff have to be Americanised (or is that Americanized) and know how to talk in an americanised Indian accent and know enough about Gridiron/baseball, know about the current US news and weather etc to hold a conversation. the trouble was back then they new jack5h17 about macs and the scripted response was purely for Mac OS 89. I was trying to set up a late model G4 iMac and the guy on the other end kept telling me I had to boot in to OS 9 to be able to connect and I kept telling him that these models WOULD NOT boot in to OS 9 then he would try and tell me how (Apple Icon top left of screen/System preferences/start up disk etc with him adamant that It would work and when I did it just to prove it wouldn't work (including holding the phone to speakers so he could hear the reboot chime) I asked him to speak to his supervisor and to make them aware that thier information was incorrect his supervisor then came on the line and after going through everything all over again stated that the machine was certainly faulty and that I need to have it repaired or have the OS re installed. sigh -- ~ Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9380 2308 (GSE) 9380 1855 (ECEL) ECEL Computer Support Officer, University of Western Australia. CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO Hunter S Thompson(?)
