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    CC_SeriousFX DVD

    Posted by Adam Mercado on March 5, 2009 at 8:48 am

    I purchased this DVD many months ago, and am just now getting to play it.

    Wasted an entire evening trying to play this disc. The playback is so utterly poor it is unwatchable. I get half way through the first chapter and the playback stutters and freezes and loses sync (audio/video)

    I have an 8-core MacPro with 8GB RAM. This machine should be up to playing some flash video.

    I even tried copying the files to my local disc, as the DVD was apparently struggling to keep up. But no better there either. If the sneaky CC folks had not made the FLVs hidden maybe I could attempt to play them in VLC or something. I cant figure out where the actual media files are to playback outside of the bogus flash environment.

    Anyone else have similar issues? Any ideas how to hack this disk to get at the media files?

    Looked around for a customer support number but have not found one yet. I doubt i’ll be wasting any more money on bogus CC training crud.

    cheers
    mm66

    Adam Mercado
    Influxx Media Production
    Motion Graphics & Video Post Production
    Fullerton, CA

    Ron Lindeboom replied 17 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • David Bogie

    March 5, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    [Adam Mercado] “I doubt i’ll be wasting any more money on bogus CC training crud. “

    Good grief, man. Any DVD can have manufacturing issues. if you’ve been sitting on the thing for a couple of months maybe you scratched it. Most of the content on that DVD is available here on the Cow for download or through iTunes. It’s high class material.

    Ron or Tim should be available via email form the main landing page, give ’em a chance to send you a replacement. You may need to send them the original first since you’ve had it for so long.

    bogiesan

  • Ron Lindeboom

    March 5, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    Adam,

    The Serious FX & Compositing DVD was created by Andrew Kramer and at one point, it was the #1 seller in the entire catalog of DVD training titles.

    We have never had one complaint about that title and it has been discussed ad nauseum on this and other forums in the COW.

    It sounds as if you may have a defective disc and if so, we will gladly replace it.

    Gee, for contacting us you might even try the “Contact Us” link in this site. ;o)

    Don’t be a jerk, okay??? We never try to screw anyone and will gladly make good on defects, etc.

    Best regards,

    Ron Lindeboom

  • Ron Lindeboom

    March 5, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    Thanks for the vote of confidence, Bogiesan.

    Ron

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