Chuck Reti
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The only way to determine this is to contact the stations or networks to whom you are submitting your work. No two have the same delivery specs. Quite sure, though, that DVD would not be acceptable. Likely a QT file to their specification, or digital tape, on format specified by the station or network.
They may accept material for auditioning/screening on DVD or a low-res file, but again, they’re the ones who will tell you what they require. -
[Jon Zanone] “your drives are running at 7200rpm – not fast enough to play back video.”
This comes as a great surprise to the thousands of us using 7200rpm drives, internal and external, IDE, FW and SATA, for SD video.
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The Parental Controls option is there in Tiger as well.
As Zane said, set up a user account for the family members.
With yourself logged in as Administrator, go to System Preferences>Accounts. Select the user name, click the
“Parental Controls” tab, and set up as you wish. You cannot apply Parental Controls to an Administrator’s account. -
You should be able to just double-click the vertical bar at far left edge of a Finder window to restore the sidebar. Or, click-hold and drag from the far left side toward the center and the sidebar should drag into view. Use the tiny indented dot as a guide where to click or grab.
To hide the sidebar, double-click or drag the interior vertical separator bar fully to the left.
Clicking the oblong “pill” in window’s upper right will hide/reveal both the sidebar and top toolbar. -
You can export each bin as an ALE file. Then (you, if on a Mac, or the FCP editor) use donationware Sebsky Tools ale2fcp utility to convert the ALE files to batch lists which can be imported in FCP. Details on the process with the app and at its website.
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You can use iTunes to do the conversion.
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I would strongly suggest that you not map Avid keys with FCP layouts. You should approach this as you would when learning a language- learn the Avid “grammar” and “idioms” on their own. I frequently switch between the two, and it really is a much better way to approach the issue.
Like FCP, Avid does have “tool tips” available when you point to it’s screen icons, which are no more or no less cryptic than FCP’s, and most perform similar functions. You should have a Keyboard layout reference chart with your installation documents, and you can call up the KB layout on screen anytime (Settings>Keyboard). I prefer sticking with the “default” main Avid KB setups but I do customize F keys with frequently-used commands, using the Command Palette. Google for other info, there is an fcp2avid.net site that might be helpful.Chuck Reti
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Make sure your Spotlight Prefs (System Prefs>Spotlight>Privacy) allow indexing of those volumes, which, as mentioned, does take some time to do. You could also use, as I do, a third-party search app such as DevonTechnologies’ EasyFind . Fast, and easily customized to search wherever and for whatever files you wish.
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If you already know what files you want to delete, you can simply open the Library (or any) folder and delete them, It’s OK, you’re allowed. I don’t get how Spotlight will aid you here, since the unnamed utility you speak of already lists what “stuff” you have, and if this software is any good, it should be telling you where these items are, so you can just open their folders and delete them. Since you know you want to kill- LiveFonts, etc, just Trash them, what’s the problem?
I just opened my Library folder, and in the folder’s search window, typed in name of a deeply nested FCP item, which it located for me in seconds. I also typed the same item name directly into Spotlight search, and again, within seconds, there it was. So, how does Spotlight not allow you to search the Library folder?
What Spotlight won’t do, as already mentioned, is search for “invisible” and System-related files, which despite your protestations, are invisible because mucking with them would have an adverse or fatal effect on performance of the computer or applications.
Anyone who wants to find an “invisible” file can easily do so, just not via Spotlight. No big deal. Try freeware EasyFind, among others, or learn to use the Go to Folder command, or the Terminal.
Way too much whining going on here 🙂 -
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