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Old 9th Jun 2009, 18:45
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Sorry, I can't work out from your post what you actual question is. Is the DVD intended for playback in a domestic (non-computer) player, for a start?

If it's a computer DVD, then it's likely that they don't have the correct decoder (likely to be one of the MPEG-4 family. Avoid AVI (which is essentially a container for many formats) if you can, since it's (yet another) deliberate attempt by Microsoft to lock out competing technology.
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Old 9th Jun 2009, 19:03
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Er I have edited the whole thang in Avid Xpress Pro 5.8, normally no probs to burn to any format/region DVD, but this time it's on a small Mac, not networked, need to convert it on the machine..'cos they now want it to play as part of a PowerPissPoorPoint
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Old 9th Jun 2009, 19:37
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These things are a bit of a minefield, & I'm not a video expert. I'm only guessing (and may be wrong), but I suspect your Quicktime on the Mac has encoded with some kind of MPEG-4 that that the playback machine does not have. I'm not sure from what you say whether the target is Windows or OS X.

The best utility that I know of for troubleshooting this kind of thing (Windows only) is Gspot GSpot Codec Information Appliance which (on Windows) will show you what you have installed, and also for a specific video file, what is actually required to play it.

On OS X (and Windows), VLC player will give you quite a lot of information (somewhere in the media stream / information settings; I don't currently have a copy to hand to check).

Have a look in the settings for Avid Xpress (I've never used it) & see what it's encoding with. If it's H264, for example, then DivX is a good candidate if the target is Windows.

Sorry to be vague but that's about the limit of my experience.
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Old 9th Jun 2009, 19:54
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Yup, , thanks Tim for getting back so quick, H264, and old divvix was next port of call - breaking news for students of this post, will call back in an hour
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Old 10th Jun 2009, 09:44
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New (potential) Mac user here...

Hi folks!

Very tempted these days (due to probably fatal motherboard failure) to jump ship and bite the Apple but I have few concerns...

I am a fairly experienced CorelDRAW, Photoshop & Adobe suite user (not a professional one though) and I am a bit concern about availability of these packages as well as MS Word and Excel as they are the basis for my CV & Logbook.

Anyone that can share his/her experience even through PMs?

Many thanks

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Old 10th Jun 2009, 10:03
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Photoshop, Adobe Suite and MS Office are all fine through OS X, Office as per previous comments.

No idea about Corel, though.
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Old 10th Jun 2009, 12:26
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Originally Posted by papazulu

I am a fairly experienced CorelDRAW, Photoshop & Adobe suite user (not a professional one though) and I am a bit concern about availability of these packages as well as MS Word and Excel as they are the basis for my CV & Logbook.

CorelDraw is not available for OSX - as you are used to Adobe products then the obvious alternative is Adobe Illustrator.
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Old 11th Jun 2009, 14:30
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I'm trying to sync email to my better halfs iphone but coming up against a few problems. Problem is this, we have an mobile me account with two alias' one for her and one for me. My mail arrives and stays in the inbox and hers goes into a subfolder by way of a rule that redirects it. Works great on the imac. However when syncing the iphone/imac she only receives whats in the inbox. Can't work out how to get her folder to the iphone. I know that her folder is stored locally on the imac but is their anway it will sync?
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Old 14th Jun 2009, 15:36
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OK! Staring at the beauty that is my (sorry, 'our') new 24" IMac is getting me no nearer a wireless connection! The Imac is telling me that access requires a WEP password, whereas the router has 'Security Disabled' which was the only way I could give access to Sammi for her laptop while she stayed with us when at Goldsmiths' College. Even activating WEP and using a password won't give me access.

Thoughts. oh Oracle?
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Old 14th Jun 2009, 15:57
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Assuming that you're actually trying to connect to your own router (sorry to state the bleedin' obvious), then make sure the router isn't set to only allow specific MAC (as in hardware, not Apple Mac) addresses to connect. It won't have been set like that by default, but some people do turn on MAC-filtering.

Other than that, I've seen odd problems that sound exactly like this with some routers like this, but only with Windows machines. Do you have other machines that can connect wirelessly? Are you running any VPN or network software on your Mac? It's not an old router that doesn't support 802.11g?

Are you broadcasting your SSID, and can your Mac see it? Again, some people 'hide' their network SSIDs, however this doesn't really offer any security, since many network tools will still find them.

You may of course know all this; apologies if so.
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Old 14th Jun 2009, 17:16
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Tim

Yes, I am trying to connect to my own router. And no, you were not stating the obvious. Yes, it supports 11g and 11b. Yes, the SSID is being broadcast.

How do I find out the MAC of the IMac? Then I could add it manually.
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Old 14th Jun 2009, 17:30
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Turned Access Control 'Off'. Connection made! And to prove it here I am.

Not a lot of security involved though. How important/'dangerous' is this?
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Old 14th Jun 2009, 18:52
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Simplest way to find you MAC address is System Preferences/Network and then it's listed under the "Airport ID" heading.

(Here follows a bit of a stream of consciousness, owing to a bit too much beer on an empty stomach), and is all somewhat of a simplification. Regarding security, it depends. If you live more than a couple of hundred yards from anyone else, then I'd not worry at all (unless you're a Famous Person). If you're in a block of flats surrounded by teenage computer nerds, then it's more of a worry. The level of risk depends on many things.

I'd say: Set a decent access password on your router, so that if someone gets in, they can't lock you out of your own network. Then try to get some kind of security running somehow. Now that you've connected, try to turn on some level in the router: pehaps WEP, or ideally WPA. Reboot everything (router & computers) & check it all still works. Swear a bit if it helps.

I wonder if the password thing might be a misunderstanding between what WEP & WPA reqire: Generally, if you specify WEP (Which is an older standard), then keys are 26 hex digits (0..9, a..f), whereas WPA are 'proper' passwords. This might be a clue?

Macs are generally far more secure than any Windows machines (for several reasons), so the main danger to you I'd say is someone getting into your LAN by connecting to your router since there's no security. If they *can't* get onto your LAN, then (assuming your router is reasonable) then they can't affect your machines (unless the machines have opened ports to the Internet from themselves, such as some games etc. do), or you allow websites to install dodgy software etc.

If people do connect to your LAN, then if you have a strong password on the router, then the shouldn't be able to break your LAN, however you are then reliant on the strength of your computers (running Linux or Mac OS helps here). The best solution is multiple layers: Good Operating System (not Windows), don't run in an Admin account, run a firewall.

Personally, I run a mix of Macs, Linux & Even XP (with no anti-virus software at all) on my LAN, I broadcast my SSID (network address), using the old 128-bit WEP security (relative simply crackable if you really want to). I've never had trouble (and I've been using the internet since the early '90s), but then again, I know my neighbours (& having set some of their computers up for them, I know what they *don't* know.).
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Old 17th Jun 2009, 07:46
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Problems on the PC of SWMBO!!

I function on my iBook G4, without any serious hassles.

The other day, I upgraded the iTunes and Safari for my wife on her PC with the latest versions available.

I find that I am now beset with sound problems on the iTunes there: as any song/ tune is playing, the sound keeps going off and on intermittently, in no discernible pattern. All speaker connections are OK -- the power light to the external speakers does NOT keep going on/off -- so it is not that. I have pulled out the connection to the CPU and put it back -- no difference.

Whilst I am not good at trouble shooting on a PC at all (having never really used one! -- always a Mac-person for the last 22 years!!) I am foxed with this problem.

So, two questions:

1. What is the problem here?
2. Should this question be posed by me on the parallel PC thread? &
3. Am I being paranoid or do some of you agree that this is a problem of someone of Bill Gates' nerds interfering with the functioning of Apple software on PCs?
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Old 22nd Jun 2009, 13:49
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I'm in the same situation as you. I use Macs and my wife is still on PCs.

Without knowing specifics about your wifes pc, It is hard to narrow the problem down. I'd be tempted to post on the pc page as well (In case you havn't already?)

I know you mentioned gaps in the music, but is it skipping or lagging? If skipping, I would think it's to do with the audio side of things. If it's lagging, it could be to do with a memory problem?

Have you 'run diagnostics' (In the help column.)

Hope this helps?

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Old 22nd Jun 2009, 17:10
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Ta ever, shinobi1


As you had guessed, I had posted this on a thread for PCs in this Forum.

Honestly speaking, I was at a loss how to decipher what was required of me to do! But someone advised me to check all connections etc.

So, I methodically did that: powered off and disconnected the speakers, re-loaded the iTunes. Blew into the connectors, reconnected, powered up and volia! It worked!!

Never look onto the mouth of a gift horse, me Dad used to tell me! So, I have left well enough alone -- and a happy SWMBO!

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Old 24th Jun 2009, 18:12
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(weird, why is ordering a new computer so scary? ...afeared of the inevitable set up hassle, wire tangle nightmares, configuration times and brain breakers ahead.. yes even with Mac.... Iīm afraid I will be back here.)

Prophetic words or self fulfilling prophecy?
Picked up iMac yesterday, been mainly going since.
The Time Capsule is not compatible with our router. Which we need for the home phone to work. Hours and hours of endless updating for nought. The Apple support goons speak only Swedish ( I donīt) here in Norway, and refuse to do English.
I know enough Swedish to understand that I am a fool not to have done the first backup with an ethernet cable (how the **** was I supposed to know if nobody told me) and since I have a Telenor router they canīt help me.

Called the shop and informed them I was loading the whole thing in the car and taking it back to them.
Was told that Jamil would call me back in a jiffy.
He did, 6 hours later.

Sorted the time machine and advised me to take an Apple course. Which I had already tried to enroll in but theyīre done for the summer.
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Old 24th Jun 2009, 18:54
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These Apples! Enough to give you the pip!!

Slight problems with my IMac, but nought compared to you Juud!

The display makes my output look like that of a 'photographer'!
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Old 25th Jun 2009, 03:54
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Papazulu,
Your Photoshop, and I believe your Adobe Suite, can be exchanged for the Apple versions for basically the cost of shipping. You will have to down load, complete and return a certificate of destruction of the Windows versions.
As long as your versions are the current ones Adobe will replace your Windows versions with the Apple versions.
If you have a version that is no longer current you will have to pay an upgrade fee to the latest edition. They do not replace previous versions.
If you contact Adobe make sure it is sales that you contact, not support.

Not sure where you are located but that is the procedure in North America with my experience being from Canada.
Altogether fairly painless as long as you deal with sales, as I mentioned.
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Old 3rd Jul 2009, 10:37
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I want to throw my Macbook Pro out the window!

Help! My Mac has been running soooooo slooooooooow! I have run a couple of virus/trojan finders and cleared six suspect files off my machine. The problem is still there. In particular every now and again (frequently), when I click on something with the cursor, the little disc that spins round occasionally to show you the thing is thinking just spins and spins, for at least 1 minute, so when on the internet it is getting very frustrating. Can anybody tell me what they think it may be and how to fix it?

Thank you!
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