Experiences with iPhone 3.0
Hi all, The app WiFi finder does not seem to work anymore. Also, my home made ringtones (excerpts of iTunes files) have been deleted. Cheers, Walter -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Merv, you need to convert the .VOB files to a format that is accessible by iMovie. I use DVDxDVPro. It is shareware and ported from Windows. Pretty ugly implementation but it does work. The files are converted to .mov format and imports straight into iMovie. I'm not certain if Handbrake does this. I have used Handbrake to convert and shrink .VOB files into MP4s for the iPod. I would assume that if you save it as a large sized MP4 using Handbrake it might work. Once you import it into iMovies you can play around and edit it. Then you can create a menu through iDVD. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Merv, Is this from a Philips Brand DVD Recorder? With Phillips recorded DVD's you don't get two folders as in VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS like you do on a normal DVD. You get two folders called ...VIDEO_TS (like normal) and VIDEO_RM (the RM folder contains DAT files, IFO files,and VIDEO_RM.BUP files). From what I understand the RM files are only for navigation on a Set Top DVD Recorder or DVD Recorder with built-in Hard Drive. From: http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/video_rm.cfm Folders found in a DVD file structure can often contain a legacy folder called VIDEO_RM. Essentially, this folder is rather useless to most set-top DVD players as it is a folder referenced on Philips brand DVD recorders as well as Philips clones. For reasons unknown, Philips decided not to abide by standards of DVD file structures and used this VIDEO_RM folder to hold information about the recording device a DVD was created on. The folder, when viewed through several DVD re-authoring tools will show that it is useless much in the same way an AUDIO_TS folder is. If you have Toast 8 or Toast 10 you could convert the files(the files in the VIDEO_TS folder) to DV Stream that iMovie will accept. 1 At the left side of the Toast window, click Video and choose DVDVideo. 2 Drag Drop the VIDEO_TS folder into the Content Area 3 Select the files in the list 4 Click Export at the bottom of the Toast window, or choose Disc Export Video. 5 Choose the Format to convert to. DV: Creates a standard definition DV file that can be used with iDVD and iMovie. DV 16:9: Creates a widescreen DV file that can be imported into iDVD and iMovie. 6 Enter a name and choose the location to export to. 7 Click Save. Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it exports the video. Cheers, Ronni On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Eugene Thank you for responding. When you say DVDxDVPro is ported from Windows does this mean I must use it in a Windows environment or will it work in Mac? Merv Hi Merv, you need to convert the .VOB files to a format that is accessible by iMovie. I use DVDxDVPro. It is shareware and ported from Windows. Pretty ugly implementation but it does work. The files are converted to .mov format and imports straight into iMovie. I'm not certain if Handbrake does this. I have used Handbrake to convert and shrink .VOB files into MP4s for the iPod. I would assume that if you save it as a large sized MP4 using Handbrake it might work. Once you import it into iMovies you can play around and edit it. Then you can create a menu through iDVD. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Merv, DVDxDVPro costs $80 US. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22270 http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm Cheers, Ronni On 23/06/2009, at 4:03 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Hi Eugene Thank you for responding. When you say DVDxDVPro is ported from Windows does this mean I must use it in a Windows environment or will it work in Mac? Merv Hi Merv, you need to convert the .VOB files to a format that is accessible by iMovie. I use DVDxDVPro. It is shareware and ported from Windows. Pretty ugly implementation but it does work. The files are converted to .mov format and imports straight into iMovie. I'm not certain if Handbrake does this. I have used Handbrake to convert and shrink .VOB files into MP4s for the iPod. I would assume that if you save it as a large sized MP4 using Handbrake it might work. Once you import it into iMovies you can play around and edit it. Then you can create a menu through iDVD. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Ronni The DVD-VHS combo recorder is a Panasonic DMR-EZ47V and behaves like a set top box as well up to standard digital. Toast would seem to be a way to go except that I would have to upgrade from my old 5.2.1! Thank you for clarifying the file types and explaining their characteristics, and for the precise instructions if I go down the Toast path. Merv Hi Merv, Is this from a Philips Brand DVD Recorder? With Phillips recorded DVD's you don't get two folders as in VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS like you do on a normal DVD. You get two folders called ...VIDEO_TS (like normal) and VIDEO_RM (the RM folder contains DAT files, IFO files,and VIDEO_RM.BUP files). From what I understand the RM files are only for navigation on a Set Top DVD Recorder or DVD Recorder with built-in Hard Drive. From: http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/video_rm.cfm Folders found in a DVD file structure can often contain a legacy folder called VIDEO_RM. Essentially, this folder is rather useless to most set-top DVD players as it is a folder referenced on Philips brand DVD recorders as well as Philips clones. For reasons unknown, Philips decided not to abide by standards of DVD file structures and used this VIDEO_RM folder to hold information about the recording device a DVD was created on. The folder, when viewed through several DVD re-authoring tools will show that it is useless much in the same way an AUDIO_TS folder is. If you have Toast 8 or Toast 10 you could convert the files(the files in the VIDEO_TS folder) to DV Stream that iMovie will accept. 1 At the left side of the Toast window, click Video and choose DVDVideo. 2 Drag Drop the VIDEO_TS folder into the Content Area 3 Select the files in the list 4 Click Export at the bottom of the Toast window, or choose Disc Export Video. 5 Choose the Format to convert to. DV: Creates a standard definition DV file that can be used with iDVD and iMovie. DV 16:9: Creates a widescreen DV file that can be imported into iDVD and iMovie. 6 Enter a name and choose the location to export to. 7 Click Save. Toast displays a progress bar and status information as it exports the video. Cheers, Ronni On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Ronni That is getting close to the cost of a Toast update. Will have to take this up with my chancellor - a new pair of winter boots for her or Toast for me!! Merv Hi Merv, DVDxDVPro costs $80 US. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22270 http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm Cheers, Ronni On 23/06/2009, at 4:03 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Hi Eugene Thank you for responding. When you say DVDxDVPro is ported from Windows does this mean I must use it in a Windows environment or will it work in Mac? Merv Hi Merv, you need to convert the .VOB files to a format that is accessible by iMovie. I use DVDxDVPro. It is shareware and ported from Windows. Pretty ugly implementation but it does work. The files are converted to .mov format and imports straight into iMovie. I'm not certain if Handbrake does this. I have used Handbrake to convert and shrink .VOB files into MP4s for the iPod. I would assume that if you save it as a large sized MP4 using Handbrake it might work. Once you import it into iMovies you can play around and edit it. Then you can create a menu through iDVD. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Experiences with iPhone 3.0
I still have the ringtones I made and added prior to 3.0. Cheers Mike Fuller On 23/06/2009, at 2:42 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote: Hi all, The app WiFi finder does not seem to work anymore. Also, my home made ringtones (excerpts of iTunes files) have been deleted. Cheers, Walter -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Merv, sorry for the delay in my answer. DVDxDVPro was originally written for the PC and the code was rewritten to run under the Mac environment so it now runs natively on the Mac. It is obvious through its non conventional interface. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 4:03 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Hi Eugene Thank you for responding. When you say DVDxDVPro is ported from Windows does this mean I must use it in a Windows environment or will it work in Mac? Merv Hi Merv, you need to convert the .VOB files to a format that is accessible by iMovie. I use DVDxDVPro. It is shareware and ported from Windows. Pretty ugly implementation but it does work. The files are converted to .mov format and imports straight into iMovie. I'm not certain if Handbrake does this. I have used Handbrake to convert and shrink .VOB files into MP4s for the iPod. I would assume that if you save it as a large sized MP4 using Handbrake it might work. Once you import it into iMovies you can play around and edit it. Then you can create a menu through iDVD. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Phew!! That's quite a bit more than what I paid for it... Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 4:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Merv, DVDxDVPro costs $80 US. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22270 http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm Cheers, Ronni On 23/06/2009, at 4:03 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Hi Eugene Thank you for responding. When you say DVDxDVPro is ported from Windows does this mean I must use it in a Windows environment or will it work in Mac? Merv Hi Merv, you need to convert the .VOB files to a format that is accessible by iMovie. I use DVDxDVPro. It is shareware and ported from Windows. Pretty ugly implementation but it does work. The files are converted to .mov format and imports straight into iMovie. I'm not certain if Handbrake does this. I have used Handbrake to convert and shrink .VOB files into MP4s for the iPod. I would assume that if you save it as a large sized MP4 using Handbrake it might work. Once you import it into iMovies you can play around and edit it. Then you can create a menu through iDVD. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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http://store.apple.com/au/product/MA128G/B Who has opened one of these to change the battery? r -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Apple Remote
Dead easy. There is a small indentation in the bottom... push this in and the battery compartment pops out. Duncan On 23/06/2009, at 8:21 PM, Robin Belford wrote: http://store.apple.com/au/product/MA128G/B Who has opened one of these to change the battery? r -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Apple Remote
Thank you. I just wasn't pushing hard enough. A common enough problem. r On 23/06/2009, at 8:26 PM, Duncan Hardman wrote: Dead easy. There is a small indentation in the bottom... push this in and the battery compartment pops out. Duncan On 23/06/2009, at 8:21 PM, Robin Belford wrote: http://store.apple.com/au/product/MA128G/B Who has opened one of these to change the battery? r -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Apple Remote
Hi Robin I have. They are quite easy. There is a little button/indent in the bottom of the Remote. If you push on this, the battery compartment opens. It then slides out for you to replace the battery. Alos listed here:- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1306 and a youtube video from these links as well,.. http://www.google.com/search?client=safarirls=en-usq=how+to+replace+the+b attery+in+the+apple+remoteie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 23/6/09 8:21 PM, Robin Belford rbelf...@highway1.com.au wrote: http://store.apple.com/au/product/MA128G/B Who has opened one of these to change the battery? r -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
mpeg streamclip does a good job too www.squared5.com James On 23/06/2009, at 20:23, Brian Scott wrote: Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Brian, I followed your link and it appears it is no longer available and costs money when it is. Hi Merv, I found Shiiva http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/ 18765 which is free but it does not allow you to select which part of the VOB you can convert unlike DVDxDVPro. I think it expects you to convert the whole VOB and then you edit the part you want. This may be a little annoying if all you want is a 3 minute clip. Regards, Eugene On 23/06/2009, at 8:23 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Gigabit over power
These products concern me as a user of HF radio on my outback travels. I recall extensive discussion about the negative impact on internet over powerlines on HF radio transmissions and hadn't realised it was going to be accepted in Australia. I wouldn't mind Gigabyte download speeds, but not at the cost of me not being able to use HF whilst travelling. It's something to do with the wavelength of internet over powerlines interfering with the HF frequencies, effectively destroying the ability for it to be used anywhere near powerlines. Base stations all over the country would become useless, and render the system redundant. Sure, Sat phones provide an alternative, there is nothing quite like the crackle of the HF radio sched to give a feeling of not being alone and part of a big community of travellers that will help each out in a time of need. Many sat phone owners still run their HF as they I'd appreciate anyone being able to reassure me that in the years since this technology had been developed that it's negative impact on HF has been removed. Tim On 23/6/09 7:59 PM, WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au wrote: From: Craig Bruce craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au Subject: Gigabit over power Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:39:19 +0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) Just thought i'd let people know as there was the discussion the other day about ethernet over power that belkin just released the first 1000mb over power adapters http://www.belkin.com/pressroom/releases/uploads/06_22_09GigabitPowerline.html -- Craig Bruce Director -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Experiences with iPhone 3.0
On 23/06/2009, at 10:02 AM, Martin Hill wrote: As far as battery life is concerned if you want to use Find My iPhone you have to turn on Push which is unfortunate. I can go 2 days with Push off, but flick that little switch and I'm lucky if the battery lasts a day. I've calmed down a bit since the weekend, and the reality of daily use has hit. Nevertheless, it's definitely my impression that battery performance has certainly changed for the better, and I have Push turned on all the time. As far as other features are concerned, I am loving copy and paste, the ability to invite others to calendar appointments (we run Exchange at work) and internet tethering is excellent (only 1.6Mbps with Optus, but still far better than the 40kbps GPRS tethering I used to use with my old smartphone). Speaking of copy and paste, one of its most effective applications can be seen in the Notes application. If you've made a note of someone's name, phone number, a casual URL or a street address, Notes underlines it and makes it live. If you tap and hold on the underlined text a contextual menu appears: if the text is a phone number, you are give the chance to dial the number, create a contact from it or add it to a contact; if it's a street address, it offers to take you to that address in Maps, and so on. Very elegant, very simple. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Experiences with iPhone 3.0
On 23/06/2009, at 10:50 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Nevertheless, I still feel that the new operating system is making a difference for my iphone. The new phone must be very snappy indeed! Despite my slight over-reaction to the battery performance, I definitely agree that iPhone 3.0 has made a significant performance difference to my iPhone. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Experiences with iPhone 3.0
Walter If you are using WIFITrak Bitrino report version 2.5 (latest) is not compatible with iPhone 3.0 see http://www.bitrino.com/support.html Barry On 23/06/2009, at 2:42 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote: Hi all, The app WiFi finder does not seem to work anymore. Also, my home made ringtones (excerpts of iTunes files) have been deleted. Cheers, Walter -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Brian VisualHub appears to have been discontinued. Merv Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Gigabit over power
On 23/06/2009 9:08 PM, Tim Law wrote: These products concern me as a user of HF radio on my outback travels. I recall extensive discussion about the negative impact on internet over powerlines on HF radio transmissions and hadn't realised it was going to be accepted in Australia. I wouldn't mind Gigabyte download speeds, but not at the cost of me not being able to use HF whilst travelling. It's something to do with the wavelength of internet over powerlines interfering with the HF frequencies, effectively destroying the ability for it to be used anywhere near powerlines. Base stations all over the country would become useless, and render the system redundant. Sure, Sat phones provide an alternative, there is nothing quite like the crackle of the HF radio sched to give a feeling of not being alone and part of a big community of travellers that will help each out in a time of need. Many sat phone owners still run their HF as they I'd appreciate anyone being able to reassure me that in the years since this technology had been developed that it's negative impact on HF has been removed. Tim I think you'll find that the HF interference concerns mainly come from ISPs (or electricity companies pretending to be ISPs) using power lines to provide internet, as they do in some places overseas. These Gigabit over Power solutions are for inside your home, and should be designed so they don't interfere with the people next door using the same system. No long transmission lines to act as antennas to radiate the signal. Of course, smart power meters are now communicating over the power lines anyway, but probably at much less bandwidth, and thus much less likely to interfere. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer The love of liberty is the love Opinions for hire [POQ] of others; the love of power is http://newtonslore.com/fnord the love of ourselves - Hazlitt -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Merv, Yes, I agree with James. I have used MPEG Streamclip successfully to convert a DVD's .VOB files to DV. Which is what you want to achieve. Then import the DV file into iMovie and edit, then send to iDVD to create your DVD. This would be your cheapest way to go. You can then buy your wife a new pair of winter boots ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 23/06/2009, at 8:46 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: mpeg streamclip does a good job too www.squared5.com James On 23/06/2009, at 20:23, Brian Scott wrote: Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
It still works though ;) Brian On 23/06/2009, at 9:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Brian VisualHub appears to have been discontinued. Merv Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
DVD files and various convertors etc
Is it time to dedicate a Wamug meeting to this topic? We seem to have a enough members with expert knowledge to be able to put together a leaflet for the group with all the info in one place. It is certainly a minefield when one tries to play a DVD and it is spat back at you with words about wrong formats or your computer plays back a whole heap of incomprehensible file names. Mac -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recording DVD
Hi Ronni Thanks for the reassurance about the use of MPEG Streamclip. In the interests of domestic harmony I will certainly give it a go. Brian has also advised that VisualHub still works so if necessary I will attempt to find a download for that. Thanks to you, Eugene, Brian and James for taking up my cause. Merv Hi Merv, Yes, I agree with James. I have used MPEG Streamclip successfully to convert a DVD's .VOB files to DV. Which is what you want to achieve. Then import the DV file into iMovie and edit, then send to iDVD to create your DVD. This would be your cheapest way to go. You can then buy your wife a new pair of winter boots ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 23/06/2009, at 8:46 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: mpeg streamclip does a good job too www.squared5.com James On 23/06/2009, at 20:23, Brian Scott wrote: Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my troublesome DVD recordings has the following folders: VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS The first has files:The second has files: VIDEO_RM.BUPVIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_RM.DATVIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_RM.IFOVTS_01_O.BUP VTS_01_O.IFO VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_3.VOB VTS_01_4.VOB Neither the folders nor the files are accepted by iMovie or iDVD. A search of forums suggests the use of Handbrake to convert to mpeg or some other such format. I would like to separate the episodes and edit out unwanted film at the beginnings and ends, if iMovie will allow this after achieving a codex from Handbrake that iMovie will accept, and then burn the result on a new DVD that can be used on any DVD player. Is Handbrake likely to be the intermediate program that will allow importing to iMovie. This is all a new landscape for me. Cheers Merv At 6:57 PM +0800 21/6/09, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I have a combo VHS-DVD recorder connected to my TV set. On a standard DVD-R I can record up to 4.7 GB. Most one-off programs use less than half of the disk and if I don't Finish the disk I can put on two programs - but then it won't Finish the disk which means I can't play the DVD on any other DVD player. If I Finish after recording the first program then that prevents any further recording on the disk. Is there a work around for this matter? Suggestions appreciated. Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
You Tube video
Is there a way of capturing video from You Tube and is it OK to do so? Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: You Tube video
Hi Adrian, 2009/6/24 Adrian Skehan adrianske...@mac.com: Is there a way of capturing video from You Tube and is it OK to do so? You can download YouTube videos using keepvid.com and savetube.com, for example. Copyright and licensing is specific to each video, so you would have to check each one yourself. I don't know how those tools are viewed from the point of view of YouTube's terms and conditions - you would have to check. They are known to work, though. James -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: You Tube video
On 24/06/2009, at 1:10 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Is there a way of capturing video from You Tube and is it OK to do so? Hi Adrian, Some apps will allow you to download and others will also convert. TubeTV, Video Box, iTube Studio for Mac, Tube TV, Free Video Downloader for Mac. http://www.zamzar.com/url/ http://keepvid.com/ There was a WAMUG Thread commencing on 17 June 2009 Subject Capturing Video You could search the achives for the thread, all the above were mentioned. http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
