[Dave Gage]

[Bernhard Grininger] “Streamclip uses quicktime components to encode H.264:
means it either uses the same component as Compressor;
or it uses the available x264 component which is (due to Quicktime) not
that speed-optimized as the x264 implementation in HandBrake.”

Good to know. I always considered it the the DVD ripping app. I’ll download a newer version and give it a shot since it’s been years evening opening it up. From what you said, it sounds like HandBrake ships with the x264 codec or did you need to download it?

Bernhard, any idea why that one user I had couldn’t view my Apple encoded MP4s with his Android device, but could with the MPEG Streamclip encoding?

Thanks,
Dave

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[Jeremy Garchow] “Handbrake is great. I use it a lot.”

By this I guess you prefer it over MPEG StreamClip? No one in this thread has mentioned it as an alternative.

I recently had to stop using any Apple MP4 exporter like Compressor, QT 7, or direct FCP X exports because I had a user on my website that couldn’t view my video on his newer Android device (last time I tested, my MP4s worked on all devices and all flavors). I typically use x264 over H.264, but neither variation worked for this guy. I then tried an x264 export from MPEG StreamClip (with fairly default settings) and it worked for him. I never did figure out the problem and I haven’t had any complaints since this one fellow.

Back to Handbrake. I haven’t used it in many years since up until now Compressor was main export app, but why Handbrake over MPEG StreamClip?

Thanks,
Dave

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[Herb Sevush] “Best is Hitachi, Western Digital slightly behind and trailing the pack by a good margin is Seagate.”

Interesting about the Samsung stat. I’ve been using Samsung HDs ever since I could. I have not had a single one ever fail on me (but my demands are low compared to most of you folks). I stopped buying them because I couldn’t find them anymore and have recently switched to WD Black. The WDs seem fine, but are louder.

Dave

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[Bret Williams] “Shouldn’t it just be disabled when a computer is plugged in?”

At the very least, App Nap could be bundled in with the Energy Saver panel so it could be turned off globally. Haven’t checked, but I wonder if this being discussed over at the Apple discussion forums.

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[Rick Lang] ” I’m wondering if Mavericks has finally got this working properly. Sleep should never interfere with a hardworking process but before it seemed to occur if there was no keyboard activity.”

It seems to me, since basically forever, that the OS only understands a “busy” computer based on mouse movements or keyboard actions. It doesn’t seem that it has ever understood background processes as computer activity. I have always turned off every energy saving preference I could when it’s plugged in. When I want the computer to sleep, I put it to sleep.

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[Jeremy Garchow] “That would mean Apple would have to issue white paper for every app it makes.
I think there is still onus on a user to tune their system.”

For something like App Nap which clearly can affect higher end programs with rendering/ long Saves/Exports, something should be mentioned somewhere. There could at least there could be a one-time nag screen that pops up the first time you launch FCPX (and even Compressor and Motion) suggesting you turn off the “App Nap”. Imagine all the less sophisticated first time users with a new computer and constant beach balls thinking that this Apple editing program is really slow and sucks. This couldn’t be done for any apps that Apple doesn’t make like the CC Suite, but it would be nice for their own programs.

[Jeremy Garchow] “App Nap does not have it’s own control panel, however, so that one has to be learned the hard way. I happened to learn just be reading from other people’s experiences with it.”

Maybe it should have a control panel so that it could be globally turned off if desired by a user trying to tune their system. I learned about App Nap like you did. But, I gave up years ago being an early adopter, so I’m taking notes now and hopefully when I get to upgrade time, it won’t be too bad.

Dave

[Dave Gage]

Thanks for the info, it’s helpful. Keep us posted on how it works out.

I was planing on doing a clean install since it’s been so many years since the original Snow Leopard install, but I have heard that many at Macintouch have had good success installing on top of 10.6.8.

It’s possible if you are not going to use FCPX, a clean install might not be necessary. But it seems that since many people here are having problems when not doing a clean install, it would make sense for me to take the extra time do the clean install. But, when I upgrade my wife’s laptop (which I get stuck doing as “IT Guy”), I will most likely just install on top of 10.6.8 (and hope CS4 still works).

[Dave Gage]

[Jack Zahran] “This weekend I upgraded a clients C2D based iMac to Mavericks (10.9.1) from Snow Leopard (10.6.8). Really smooth upgrade process, just make sure you install the Mavericks migration update for Snow Leopard by checking for the latest upgrades.”

Did you install on top of 10.6.8 or do a clean install of Mavericks and then use the the 10.6.8 Migration assistant to move over mail data, apps, etc? If you did a clean install, I would think that the 10.9.1 Migration Assistant would handle the move of the 10.6.8 data and apps.

Dave

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[tony west] “OK, thanks to Jeremy’s tip I turned off that App Nap and so far it’s running a lot better.
It seems crazy to me that could have had that much of an impact on the performance.”

Wouldn’t ya think that maybe in the in the next release, 10.1.1, that Apple would have this off by default for this app. I’m still at 10.0.x, but have already read numerous times where people have had this problem in the new Mavericks/10.1 combo. Was this ever mentioned in the White Papers or a similar release by Apple?

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[Nikolas Bäurle] ”
You could use this:

https://www.belkin.com/us/p/P-F4U055/“

I wish I could find the same thing, but less expensive. Although they haven’t “officially” stated it’s in the works, I’m hoping for a new OWC Voyager type drive dock to come out with ThunderBolt (1 or 2). These days, a single drive is plenty good and fast for me for backup and I edit with built-in drives.

In theory, if and when OWC comes out with a new drive dock, it should include both USB3 and ThunderBolt 1 or 2. But, I’m only guessing and hoping.

Dave