Tony! Hulette
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lol – we all need to double our storage – it never ends 🙂
Tony!
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Download the AJA Data Rate Calculator: https://aja.com/ajashare/AJA_Data_Rate_Calculator_102b11.zip
Remember, a 1.2 TB RAID doesn’t have 1.2 TB of free space (and you always want to leave 10 – 20% empty – never fill it up completely).
Tony!
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[Grafur] “Say I have a CD with an .mpg file on it. Using your words, please write the instructions on how to locate that file from the time the CD is inserted in the CD player untill it hopefully plays. I don’t know the correct terminology to explain it to a Apple user.”
When you insert the CD into a Mac, it will just show up on the DeskTop and on the left side of any open window. You just open it by clicking on it to view its contents (like a PC). You can see all the files and folders on the disk and select any one to play. Usually, all you have to do is to double click on the file to open it in Quicktime and play it. You can also drag it to the Quicktime application icon to open and play it.
If they are using OS X (most are now), then you can actually see the video and play it without opening it, assuming they are in Column View and not Icon or List view in their windows (a very nice feature).
As far as performance goes, its always a good idea to copy files, especially video, to the hard drive before playing. However, it will work either way.
[Grafur] “If .pdf and .html files are also on this CD, are they available on a MAC? I know I am asking ignorant questions, I need the education.”
Of course. They’ll see them and can double click on them to open. No third party software is needed for any of this.
Now if you want to add some sort of interface to your CD’s, instead of just files, then you will need some software to build it. Last time I did that I used Macromedia Director. But I’m sure there are much simpler/easier/cheaper applications you can get to satisfy your needs. Again I suggest asking specific questions on some of the other Cow forum’s (like the Premiere forum) They would be more likely to have experience and easy solutions for you.
I hope that helps a little,
Tony!
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Copy the Widget preference files off of the backup to your new system. They are named something like this: widget-com.apple.widget.stickies.plist and are found in your Home > Library > Preferences folder. They will replace anything you’ve added (notes, etc) on your new system. You can’t merge them.
Tony!
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I hate to say it, but you need a faster Mac (bottom-line). I guess you could shoot your screen with a DV video camera, but that would be more expensive than upgrading your Mac if you don’t already have the equipment. Try to keep as few applications open as possible. Capture to your fastest hard drive, make sure you have plenty of room on it and your startup drive. If you can lower the quality/compression settings of the video your are capturing that would help (I haven’t used Snapz in awhile now, so I’m not sure what the current options are). If you can capture with no compression, it would be fastest, but if you need a compressed codec, then its going to take awhile. If you have a choice, try a different codec or different capture settings to compare.
Tony!
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Did you try repairing your permissions using Disk Utility?
Tony!
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Make sure you attached the little Bluetooth antenna to the back of your G5. If you have a metal desk, or a 2.4 GHZ phone near by it could be interfering with the signal as well. Make sure you’ve updated the Bluetooth firmware (and software) to the latest version: https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86493
Also, try these things: https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86496
For more tips and possible solutions I suggest searching the Bluetooth section of Apple’s Knowledge Base found here: https://www.apple.com/support/bluetooth/
Report back to us if you find a solution, as it may help others who are having similar problems.
Tony!
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Quicktime can play MPEG files (MPEG-1 is pretty poor quality/compression by today’s standards). You have to create/encode your CD’s as ISSO 9660 so the Mac can read them (or Apple formatted). If you are burning CD’s on a PC for use on the Mac, then you’re best bet is to ask the question on a PC forum (or maybe the Adobe Premiere forum on the Cow). It should be very easy to do, but I’m not a PC guy, so I never work going from PC to Mac (Its always the other way around). Maybe someone else will chime in with more experience/details (P.S. avi is the wrong format to use for Mac users).
Tony!
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I think this will answer your question, but if you need more info go to the Quicktime website and search for specific questions/answers https://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/:
QuickTime 5, 6, and 7 include the following:
MPEG-1 playback, both local and streaming on Macintosh and Windows computers
Layer 1 and 2 audio support
Support for RTP packing for streaming (RFC 2250)
Support for elementary and muxed streams
Enabling of frame-accurate access and effects compositing
The optional QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component requires QuickTime 6 or QuickTime 7. It will work with or without QuickTime Pro.The QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component provides QuickTime 6 and 7 users with the ability to import and play back MPEG-2 content, including both multiplexed (a.k.a muxed, where the audio and video tracks have are interleaved together into one track) and non-multiplexed (a.k.a. elementary) streams.
It is not possible to export the audio portion of a muxed MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio/video stream using QuickTime. For editing purposes, the entire MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 stream is treated as a single sample. You may create edit lists to display parts of the stream in the usual way, but if you flatten the movie data, the entire stream is saved, not just the parts displayed in the movie.
You cannot perform editing functions such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Add, and Add Scaled with MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 media using QuickTime Player, whether or not you have upgraded to QuickTime Pro.
Tony!