Tony! Hulette
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VLC Player https://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738 it bypasses the region codes. I wouldn’t change your code to watch a DVD, use VLC instead of Quicktime player and it should work.
The other option is to use something like MacTheRipper to rip the DVD region free to your hard drive: https://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22715
The last option is to find on the web a region free firmware flasher for your SuperDrive (it’s a different one for most models and brands).
Tony!
P.S. Yes, it is always nice to see you and Ron at the shows. I look forward that at each one. I’m sorry I didn’t make it back for dinner, but I was running late and the traffic in LA is really bad, so I gave and went home.
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Yes, upgrade to Tiger on the new machine. It will transfer your users, applications, network & computer settings, and user data (files). Its very easy to use.
Tony!
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It’s built in to OS X. It’s called the Migration Assistant and you can find it in your Applications > Utilities folder.
Tony!
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[Kevin Monahan] “Jerry’s pic is the one that looks the least like him. He’s much younger and vivacious than he appears in that photo.Kevin Monahan”
Hey Kevin, you’re saying I look more like my picture in person, than Jerry does? Yikes, I better start eating right 😀
Tony!
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[Shane Ross] “I just got back from the DV Expo where I got the pleasure of shaking Gary Adcock’s hand. Now that makes three COW leaders I have met, including Michael Horton and Tom Wolsky. Still waiting to meet Ron and Kathlyn. “
Shane, I always enjoy meeting everyone at the trade shows and putting faces to the names as well. I’m surprised you didn’t stop and say “hi” to Ron and Kathlyn. They were both there in the Creative Cow booth (I was there too for a couple hours). It’s in the last row, near the back. If you go back tomorrow or Friday, look for them (hint: they have the Creative Cow shirts on).
Tony!
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[PDPost] “Would you guys have any advice as to which G5 to shoot for?”
Tough call right now. With the Intel Mac’s being the future its hard to justify any of the current Mac’s. Many of us will just stick with what we have, until the Intel based machines, make their appearance (probably more than a year away for the pro machines). But, at the same time those new Quads are looking pretty tempting for current Mac users. I would go with the Quad if you can. You don’t need it to have an effective & useful FCP system. But they are going to be viable much longer than the non PCIe machines.
You’re right, that you should always buy the fastest machine you can afford. If you go with the older style Mac, then I would strongly consider the AJA Io, because it will work with the new PCIe Mac’s and the Intel Mac’s when they are released. That way, when you do upgrade your Mac, you won’t have to replace everything (like the capture card).
I don’t think there’s really a wrong decision here. If you go with an older style system, with a Kona or BlackMagic card, you’re still going to be able to do what you want right now just fine. You’ll just be obsolete and need to upgrade sooner, than if you go with a newest Mac.
4 GB of RAM is a nice comfortable amount to have on your Mac. Its not only for running FCP, but because we/you will tend to open other applications at the same time (After Effects, Motion, DVD SP, Safari, Mail, Word, Excel, etc). You can get away with less memory (maybe half if you had to), but I think 4 GB is a good starting point. Make sure to buy it from someone other than Apple to save a ton of money. Crucial.com is who most of us recommend. Good prices, and very reliable company that stands behind their products. Also, they are the OEM for much of Apple’s and other computer makers memory anyway. Only buy matched pairs.
[PDPost] “Also, how about storage? I saw that Lacie is about to come out with a new product called Biggest Two Sata II 1TB for about $1200. Then, I saw that Firewire 800 based storage seems to be a hit. I can’t imagine doing much different work than what I’ve been doing for a while (commercials and corporates originated on Beta-SP) at this point, so perhaps a reliable SD setup would be more effective for now as compared to one that will be fast enough for HD?”
Go with a SATA solution.
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You might consider just getting an Io or Io LA for right now. It’ll give you what you need for SD and you won’t have to worry about PCI/PCIe compatibility issues while Apple is evolving the Mac’s, into whatever it is they are evolving into.
Later, when you need HD, you can just add a Kona 2, Kona LH, Decklink or whatever is the ‘hot” card at the time. You’ll still have the Io for SD and conversions, plus the HD card and the Io can coexist in the same machine.
Just a thought,
Tony!
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Yes, very cool Peter! Thank you much.
Tony!
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No problem Nick, glad to help.
Tony!
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Startup off of the OS X, installer disk and choose the “reset password” option from the pulldown menus.
Tony!