Re: Video Recorder for the Mac

[David de la Hunty]

I have an ancient (4 years old) Canon MV600i (Hi8 digital tape based)  
which has been superb and works seamlessly with iMovie through a usb  
cable. These days naturally hard disc recording is vogue but for what  
it's worth Canon, for one, seems a compatible brand.

DD

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Re: Video Recorder

[Chris Griffiths]

Thanks everyone for your feedback.

In the end I got a Canon MD160 with MiniDV tape. Great little video  
recorder. And it works well with the mac.


Thanks again!! Chris Griffiths

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Re: Video Recorder for the Mac

[gary dorn]

On 19/09/2007, at 8:33 AM, Chris Griffiths wrote:


Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if someone can suggest a video recorder under $1000 
for shooting the family etc. Just want to make sure it is easy to 
use with a mac.


Thanks!

- avoid the temptation to go with the DVD-recording type. Rather, 
look at tape or solid state instead. The quality is better on tape, 
since when recording straight to DVD the video has to be compressed. 
The other problem is that they invariably do not have Firewire 
connectors so they don't play nice with iMovie.



and when the DVD disk is inserted and  mounted onto your mac, all you 
get is a DVD video/audio folder which you have to rip with handbrake 
or similar to extract what you want to play with...  PITA


well thats my experience with a Sony DCR 805E ( DVD) handycam

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Word problem

[Peter Bull]

Hi,
 I have a problem with MS Word (now there's a surprise). I have written a
training manual consisting of one section of 4 pages and the rest of the
text which is 128 pages, giving 132 as the total.
After a bit of editing the page count has increased to 134. I converted the
Word document into a PDF and there are now two blank pages in the PDF file
but they are not visible in the Word document. The PDF is used for printing
so obviously I don't want two blanks in there.

Any  clues as to how I can get rid of the two  "invisible" blanks?

Thanks,

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VNC Clients

[Chris Watt]

Hi Guys,

I am after recommendations for a better VNC client than Chicken of the
VNC.  While CotV is nice, it doesn't allow me to set what colour depth
I want, which is reallly important for me to connect to servers
world wide!

Does anyone know of something that will allow me to set colour depth
and so on as the standard RealVNC client does for windows?  Preferably
free as I don't use it often enough to make it worth paying for.

Cheers!
Chris

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Re: Video Recorder for the Mac

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 19/09/2007, at 8:33 AM, Chris Griffiths wrote:


Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if someone can suggest a video recorder under $1000  
for shooting the family etc. Just want to make sure it is easy to  
use with a mac.


Thanks!

Regards Chris Griffiths


As Susan says, there are so many brands and options that it's  
difficult to make objective recommendations. Your best bet is look  
through the Made4Mac lists on www.apple.com.au, and look for good  
(user) reviews. I an only make one generic recommendation - avoid the  
temptation to go with the DVD-recording type. Rather, look at tape or  
solid state instead. The quality is better on tape, since when  
recording straight to DVD the video has to be compressed. The other  
problem is that they invariably do not have Firewire connectors so  
they don't play nice with iMovie.


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Re: Webcams?

[Antony N. Lord]

With 10.4.9, Apple has included a driver for USB webcams.  They must 
be UVC compatible, such as the Xbox 360 camera (about $50).  The 
third page of the skype link has more information on which Logitech 
cameras are supported under 10.4.9 without a driver.


I did find the note about UVC cameras on the Skype forums.

Interestingly many people are reporting that (for example) some 
Logitech models do / don't work depending on what revision the webcam 
hardware is even though they're both marked UVC on the box (and 
there's no way to tell which version of the hardware it is).


I think I'll give it a punt anyway!

Cheers, Antony.

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Re: Webcams?

[Stephen Atherton]

Antony,

I have heard good things about this one
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/imagewebcam/apps.html

Cheers,
Stephen
On 20/09/2007, at 8:48 AM, Rod wrote:



On 19/09/2007, at 10:26 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote:

Given that Logitech has abandoned Mac support for their webcams  
(unless you use third party drivers) and Microsoft isn't in the  
Mac game either can anyone recommend suitable units / suppliers?


I'm also curious to hear if anyone IS using IOxperts drivers or  
similar with Logitech / MS webcams.


Primary goal : get family members webcams so they can Skype each  
other.


Cheers, Antony.



To use that old cliche, Google is your friend:




resulting in:



With 10.4.9, Apple has included a driver for USB webcams.  They  
must be UVC compatible, such as the Xbox 360 camera (about $50).   
The third page of the skype link has more information on which  
Logitech cameras are supported under 10.4.9 without a driver.


Seeya

Rod!

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Re: Webcams?

[Rod]

On 19/09/2007, at 10:26 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote:

Given that Logitech has abandoned Mac support for their webcams  
(unless you use third party drivers) and Microsoft isn't in the Mac  
game either can anyone recommend suitable units / suppliers?


I'm also curious to hear if anyone IS using IOxperts drivers or  
similar with Logitech / MS webcams.


Primary goal : get family members webcams so they can Skype each  
other.


Cheers, Antony.



To use that old cliche, Google is your friend:




resulting in:



With 10.4.9, Apple has included a driver for USB webcams.  They must  
be UVC compatible, such as the Xbox 360 camera (about $50).  The  
third page of the skype link has more information on which Logitech  
cameras are supported under 10.4.9 without a driver.


Seeya

Rod!

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Re: Video Recorder for the Mac

[Susan Hastings]

Hi Chris, that's a difficult question because it really depends on so 
many factors and its sometimes best to do your own research. All of the 
current video cameras are compatible with Macs if yoi have the right 
system and software eg intel Mac and ilife 08. Susan


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Re: Webcams?

[Robert Howells]

Check this one out !








On 19/09/2007, at 10:26 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote:

Given that Logitech has abandoned Mac support for their webcams  
(unless you use third party drivers) and Microsoft isn't in the Mac  
game either can anyone recommend suitable units / suppliers?


I'm also curious to hear if anyone IS using IOxperts drivers or  
similar with Logitech / MS webcams.


Primary goal : get family members webcams so they can Skype each  
other.


Cheers, Antony.

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Webcams?

[Antony N. Lord]

Given that Logitech has abandoned Mac support for their webcams 
(unless you use third party drivers) and Microsoft isn't in the Mac 
game either can anyone recommend suitable units / suppliers?


I'm also curious to hear if anyone IS using IOxperts drivers or 
similar with Logitech / MS webcams.


Primary goal : get family members webcams so they can Skype each other.

Cheers, Antony.

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Re: off topic camera won't turn on

[Rosemary Horton]

Unfortunately no.  It's now gone off to be repaired 23 weeks!!


On 18/09/2007, at 9:39 PM, Bill Cole wrote:


Hi Rosemary,

I had an  "Ixus v " camera  some time ago ( great camera, but not  
quite the same as your ) ocassionaly  I found that if you didn't  
make sure that the flap where you put the battery wasn't closed  
correctly it showed the same symptons that you describe.


Hope this is the problem

Bill



On 18/09/2007, at 9:18 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote:

I thought someone might know . My relatively new  (April) Canon  
Poweshot sd750 ixus 75 won't turn on. I had just finished  
downloading photos to the computer and the camera screen went  
black. I thought the battery might be dead so I swapped in the  
spare..no go. I charged the batteries (both of them..though one  
seemed fully charged anyway)


Absolutely nothing. I've taken out the battery and card and  
reinserted a number of times. Anyone got any ideas?



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Re: Ext Dual Layer DVD Burner

[Mark Secker]

actually this reminds me - as I never got to looking at this problem 
earlier. are you able to watch DVD's from external DVD drives or do 
they have to be a model supported by apple's standard drivers?? the 
list of compatable drivers on xlr8yourmac is  old and none of the 
models listed were stocked anymore by PLE, Austin, Tang or Netplus.


The DVD drive on my G5 tower is playing up - reads and writes CD's 
and writes to DVD, will _generally_ read a data DVD but watching a 
DVD movie results in the movie freezing (this is using both Apple's 
DVD player and VLC). I can rip the DVD to disk - takes a long time as 
the drive is obviously doing repeated read attempts (you can hear it 
shuffling the disk).






Hi Clive

Buy a pioneer drive about $55 from PLE or Netplus then buy an external case
with a firewire interface.  Of course you can see Daniel Kerr and he will be
able to help.

 DVR-112D. This new model supports scintillating 18x write speeds on both
DVD-R/+R media, and 10x burning on Dual/Double Layer media. Pioneer drives
remain the leaders in speed and versatility, with the facility to write
4.7GB of data to write-once media or store up to 8.5GB on Double Layer
media.

Regards

Roger

On 19/9/07 3:00 PM, "Ikon Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 If anyone has any experience with purchasing and use I would
 appreciate any information.

 Regards

 Clive

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Re: Ext Dual Layer DVD Burner

[Roger Kortas]

Hi Clive

Buy a pioneer drive about $55 from PLE or Netplus then buy an external case
with a firewire interface.  Of course you can see Daniel Kerr and he will be
able to help.
 
 DVR-112D. This new model supports scintillating 18x write speeds on both
DVD-R/+R media, and 10x burning on Dual/Double Layer media. Pioneer drives
remain the leaders in speed and versatility, with the facility to write
4.7GB of data to write-once media or store up to 8.5GB on Double Layer
media. 
 
Regards

Roger

On 19/9/07 3:00 PM, "Ikon Design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If anyone has any experience with purchasing and use I would
> appreciate any information.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Clive
> 
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Re: Video Recorder for the Mac

[Malcolm McCallum]

I'll buy that one Rod ;-)
Mac
On 19/09/2007, at 3:10 PM, Rod Kevill wrote:


Forget the video recorder, I find the AK-47 far more effective


(OK, ok - I know, it's not strictly Mac compatible... B^)


On 19/9/07 8:33 AM, "Chris Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if someone can suggest a video recorder under $1000
for shooting the family etc. Just want to make sure it is easy to use
with a mac.

Thanks!

Regards Chris Griffiths

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Re: Video Recorder for the Mac

[Rod Kevill]

Forget the video recorder, I find the AK-47 far more effective


(OK, ok - I know, it's not strictly Mac compatible... B^)


On 19/9/07 8:33 AM, "Chris Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Just wondering if someone can suggest a video recorder under $1000
> for shooting the family etc. Just want to make sure it is easy to use
> with a mac.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Regards Chris Griffiths
> 
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Ext Dual Layer DVD Burner

[Ikon Design]

If anyone has any experience with purchasing and use I would  
appreciate any information.


Regards

Clive

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