Oz Apple Stores?
Are they coming? http://www.apcstart.com/site/tgaden/2006/06/363/apple-stores-in-australia-by-christmas Bob
Re: DVD HDD recorders
Severin I have just upgraded to an NEC NDH 80 that has an 80GB hard drive and writes both + and -DVD and DVD RW . Has worked a charm on storing a couple of world cup matches and I'm currently recoding from video some old Eagles games that were on VHS. about $460 from Harvey Norman down from $680 Peter On 16/06/2006, at 5:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Due to the karking of a VCR I am looking to buy a DVD HDD recorder. One requirement is to record off air for subsequent importation into iMovie. Currently I have been doing this by recording to VHS, playing back into my camera and then transferring into the computer. I envisage transferring via DVD in future. Format of DVDs is my query. Am I correct in the supposition that DVD+R or DVD+RW is not compatible with my Superdrive? Further, if anyone has words of wisdom on this area it would be most appreciated. I should mention that I already have a combo DVD player/VHS recorder so I do not need VHS tape facility, which I will phase out of my operation now. 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 -- 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]
Itunes/Iphoto/non playing
Gday, has anyone on the list heard how apple are progressing with resolving the conflict of Iphoto's crashing when selecting music ( a follow up from Rods last ) I thought that with the way Apple are pushing the music side of the business they would be keen to resolve this Asap. TIA Bill
Re: DVD HDD recorders
Due to the karking of a VCR I am looking to buy a DVD HDD recorder. One requirement is to record off air for subsequent importation into iMovie. Currently I have been doing this by recording to VHS, playing back into my camera and then transferring into the computer. I envisage transferring via DVD in future. Format of DVDs is my query. Am I correct in the supposition that DVD+R or DVD+RW is not compatible with my Superdrive? Further, if anyone has words of wisdom on this area it would be most appreciated. I should mention that I already have a combo DVD player/VHS recorder so I do not need VHS tape facility, which I will phase out of my operation now. Severin Crisp I'd highly recommend checking that the disks it writes can be imported into iMovie. They're likely to be MPEG program streams which are not in a format that iMovie can necessarily read, even if your drive can read the disks. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer There are many worlds and many Opinions for hire [POQ] tales, but not much time http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord - Roland of Gilead
Download managers
HI, I have been using Deep Vacuum as a download manager but in the last month I have been having trouble with some sites. I have upgraded to the latest with no improvement but can still download using Firefox. Can anyone recommend an alternative download manager? Smiles Aurora
Re: DVD HDD recorders
Severin I entered the market when these dropped below $1,000 (watched them for a year starting at $2,500!). Picked up a Pioneer DVR-520H-s with 80GB drive (DVR-720H-s same and has 160GB). Link to Pioneer's archive http://www.pioneer.com.au/ home_entertainment/archive.html (The DVR-510H-s on this page pre- dates the 520/720 and also has DV OUT). Reason for picking the 520/720 (other than price) was the DV OUT facility, it can be connected to the Mac and imports to iMovie via firewire. It acts as if it is a video camera (not an external hard disk). Important - it was the only model range readily available with DV OUT making importing into iMovie easy. Unfortunately it has been replaced by a model with DV IN and no DV OUT (DVR-530H / DVR-630H http://www.pioneer.com.au/ home_entertainment/dvdplayersandrecorders/index.html). I've kept an eye on the market and have not yet seen another model / range with DV OUT. Could not find 510/520/720 models on eBay. DVD HDD units typically record in MPEG2 format and create video format disks (either video or VR formats) for use in DVD players, not data format disks for importing into iMovie. Therefore you'll need to: - find another model with DV OUT or - rip the DVD's to your disk and convert to a format that iMovie can handle (DV, DV Widescreen, HDV1080i, HDV720p, MPEG-4, iSight) On the Superdrive formats, check System Profiler.app, and firmware updates. Hope this helps. Paul On 16/06/2006, at 5:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Due to the karking of a VCR I am looking to buy a DVD HDD recorder. One requirement is to record off air for subsequent importation into iMovie. Currently I have been doing this by recording to VHS, playing back into my camera and then transferring into the computer. I envisage transferring via DVD in future. Format of DVDs is my query. Am I correct in the supposition that DVD+R or DVD+RW is not compatible with my Superdrive? Further, if anyone has words of wisdom on this area it would be most appreciated. I should mention that I already have a combo DVD player/VHS recorder so I do not need VHS tape facility, which I will phase out of my operation now. Severin Crisp Thank you Paul van der Mey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mob. 0419 201 477
Re: multi button gaming mice for Mac ???
Hi Mark I find the Logitech MX310 great. You can easily program the buttons in the WoW interface just like you can they keys. I've got side left -shadowbolt, side right-shadowburn, mouse wheel-conflagerate and middle button-circumstantial depending where I am. It's not really enough buttons but I find the rest can be used with the mouse or keyboard and those extra important ones can be mapped near asdw. Hope this Helps Ruben A. Franke Having sunk in to a deep state of WOW addiction I need to upgrade my mouse as a standard MS mouse + Nostromo gaming pad isn't L33t enough . Anyone like to suggest a 5+ button programmable mouse that's compatibles with Macs? (other than Microsoft) looked at the Logitech site and they only say they (or more to the point their button mapping software I guess) as being Windows compatible. -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) Ubi fumus, ibi fumus -- 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]
Re: DVD HDD recorders
On 16/06/2006, at 5:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Due to the karking of a VCR I am looking to buy a DVD HDD recorder. One requirement is to record off air for subsequent importation into iMovie. Currently I have been doing this by recording to VHS, playing back into my camera and then transferring into the computer. I envisage transferring via DVD in future. Format of DVDs is my query. Am I correct in the supposition that DVD+R or DVD+RW is not compatible with my Superdrive? Further, if anyone has words of wisdom on this area it would be most appreciated. I should mention that I already have a combo DVD player/VHS recorder so I do not need VHS tape facility, which I will phase out of my operation now. Severin Crisp Hi Severin, I used transfer from VCR to my computer also (except I used an analogue to digital device instead of a camera) and in the end I settled for an EyeTV that way you are more sure of getting a format that you can deal with on your computer than maybe you would using a DVD HDD recorder. Cheers Brian
