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I took at look at Ko’s tutorial, very good. But what specifics to I enter when the script asks about mail servers, etc.?
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Russell,
I will be back to my client’s facility later today, I’ll give it a try. This is a huge help, thank you very much.
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The conclusion I came away with from this thread and talking with other editors and technicians, is in System Preferences/Energy Saver/Sleep, set the “Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive for:” to “Never”. At the end of the day go green and “Shut Down” your computer.
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I am running a MacPro (10.5.6).
I will try your Quicktime component test and/or reinstalling Quicktime 7.6 when I can pull my head out of “deadline mode”.
I have a simultaneous thread going on the Apple/Support/Quicktime/Discussions forum and someone there recommended repairing permissions, which I did this morning, but still have the issue. I did notice however, that it was not able to repair all of the permissions. I’ll admit there was some lingo in the report box on the permissions that couldn’t be repaired that might as well be hieroglyphics to me.
I will certainly reply back to you/this thread when I find a resolution. Everyone in my community that I have spoken to about this problem says I am lucky that I have been able to play AVI files in QuickTime as long as I have, they have all found it to be quite problematic and avoid it at all costs.
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Kevin,
I exported it directly from AE and had the same result. I did, however, open up the AVI files in question in the application MPEG Streamclip and they played fine.
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The other settings in the Compression type pulldown would be:
BMP
Cinepak
DV-PAL
DV/DVCPRO-NTSC
DVCPRO-PAL
DVCPRO50-NTSC
DVCPRO50-PAL
NoneKeep in mind my client has requested an uncompressed (None) file.
When the AVI is finished being exported, I open it back up in QuickTime. My thinking is the application that created the file should be able to play it back, no? I did try to play the AVI file back in After Effects, but had the same result (white frame). VLC acted strange, attempting to play the video file
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Kevin,
Thanks for the info on AVI files, I’m always learning.
What I’m trying to do is export an uncompressed AVI file out of QuickTime Pro. So I open my rendered uncompressed .mov file in QuickTime Pro, go to File/Export, select the export dialogue that reads “Movie to AVI”. In Options, I have the Video Compression setting set to None.
Is there something I’m missing/not doing correctly?
Scott Skaja
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The answer is what I was looking for. I now know and have disabled the sleep function. Thanks for your help.
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Hi Bob,
I did hire a reseller to install this. They are the ones that contacted AJA for me and they have guided me through the steps to find a resolution to this problem. When the issue first arose, the techs at Apple were the ones to inform me that the Kona card was causing the issue. Through help from the reseller, AJA, Apple and this forum we figured it out. I am a 25 year veteran in post-production and I think I might have learned quite a bit in that time. But as you well know, things change at a rapid pace now, which is why there are so many forums out there. I feel there is always room to learn new things, like why is my computer having an issue. I agree that the “Genuis” bar is not the be all to end all, but at least it’s a place to start. I am the sole employee of my business and make a respectable living at post-production and animation, but I cannot afford to sign a contract with my local video pro tech service company.
As for my outburst at Gary yesterday, I apologize. We all have bad days, Gary caught me at a bad moment. I am currently 3 days behind schedule on my current project and wasn’t in the mood to have tech issues or to be talked down to.
From one professional to another, thank you all for the help.
Scott Skaja
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Thank you for the advice. I apologize for my less than professional responses to this matter, my frustration got the best of me. I will follow-up with Apple.
Scott Skaja
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