1 quick question from a newbie

First let me introduce myself. Hi my name is Jbird123 whats yours?
Ok now then, I just got FCE today.
First question is do I need a camera with a fire wire port, I have a cannon fs100 that only has usb. what setup do I choose for this camera.( In the easy setup menu it only has fire wire options) can I use this or will I need to get one with a fire wire port?.
I also read threw the maual a little and put my scratch disk setting to my external fire wire hd. What about the FCE document folders? I put this on the external hd aswell, (autosave, capture scratch, render files, ect.) Was that cool or what?
I plan on only using this software for uploading vids to youtube. Thanks for any responses.

I know what you mean about not wanting to have your external hard drive connected all the time. However, I believe that if you have any of those locations (including capture scratch) set to your external it will need to be connected to your computer in order to boot FCE (I know mine does). I could be wrong, so an easy way to check would be to set everything but capture scratch to your internal and then see if it needs the external to boot up.
About the external editors, they would not explain your need to render your audio. Rendering is needed after almost any change is made to your media in the timeline. The external editors are so if you right click on your media, and click "open in editor," then it will open up that program to edit it. I personally keep these open in editor fields blank as I prefer to edit my media in their default editors instead of taking the risk that the media will be changed in any way when opened in an external program. (Then again, I don't have Soundtrack, and so can't advise you in that area.) Setting the external editor to Soundtrack would not explain your need to render, that is probably because the changes you made can't be previewed in real time.
Hope I was of help.

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I want to set up VOIP trunk between two fixed location. Location A is home while location B is work. There is a VPN between the two, they are on different subnets. I want to access the PSTN line at site B (work) from Site A (home) using VOIP. In other words I want to use the PSTN at work to make voice calls when I work from home.
Can I just install SPA3102 in work and use SPA901 at home. No SIP server just direct trunk between the two. In other wods can I just "dial" the SPA3012 using the SPA901 and get a PSTN dial tone. No other devices will be involve just point to point between these two.
Is this possible, is it easy to set up?
Many thanks
Peter
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I found teh answer in the excellent "SPA3000 bac to back document". It seems this question has been asked many times apologies, for those new to VOIP it as much knowing what question to ask and what to actually search for!
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Hi there.
Just a quick question about the Intel iMacs.
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Would the 24":3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with 4GBs of RAM and 1TB hdd be more than enough to handle video/audio editing with Final Cut Pro Studio, some gaming (such as newer MMO games or RPG/FPS games) and maybe running VMware Fusion for running Windows apps and games that I have/use that are either not available or not yet supported by Apple?
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I love the look and feel of the iMac although I don't think you can get more than 4GBs of RAM or more than ONE hard drive inside (which isn't a big concern as I can always use external drives) so I'm just wondering if upgrading to the extra ram and hdd space from the get go would be a great help without having to worry about adding more later.
I'd like to be able to just use the iMac than the Mac Pro because the price difference seems to jump up quite a bit between iMac and Mac Pro. I'm just worried if that type of iMac setup wouldn't be enough for what I need.
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The iMac in general is more than enough to perform those tasks well however the Mac Pro still has it's advantages. Lenn already went over those so take a look at these speed scores as they may help you to make your decision.
http://www.marketingtactics.com/Speedmark/
Either way I recommend getting the base RAM configuration from Apple and purchase RAM from OWC.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/6400DDR2S4MP/
http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?sort=pop&model=284&type=Memory&TI=0 655&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades
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Please excuse the naivete of this question. I'm completely ignorant on everything pertaining to wireless internet. My old Powerbook 400mHz G4 Titanium has never had wireless of any kind until this week when I bought a PCMCIA wireless adapter. Never used wireless, don't know anything about it.
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I imagine the same would go when I'm in town sitting in the library. They welcome you to use their internet access, but it's in a busy end of town and I'm sure I'll see numerous services available there too.
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What's the deal with sitting in your living room and using your neighbor's internet access? I know it's not ethical and we should all get our own, but what are legalities? And say I hopped on to someone's internet access +quite accidentally+...how does one get caught if you do it quietly? And have people actually gotten into trouble beyond these two guys that made national news?
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You may find this technical article I've written helps you:
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I just got my iPhone this week and some questions popped up. I know that some of them might fit better in other categories than "basics"...
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c) Is there another Sync programm than iTunes?
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c) If stolen, can I remotely delete it or search it via GPS?
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I can answer some of them:
Is there a way to have an automated signature for each acount (this should be a basic feature!!!)
No
b) Can I save e-mail attachments in specific folders? (eg a word doc)
No. You can't save attachments - just view them
b) Can I get access to the Folders on the iPhone, so I can copy (for example Music) for differnt sources to the iPhone?
No. The iPhone cannot be directly accessed like a hard disk. There are third-party apps that allow this to a certain degree, but you can't add Media to the iPhone via this method.
c) Is there another Sync programm than iTunes?
Not really. There's some that may do some features, but not a complete replacement for it. What's wrong with iTunes?
d) Can I delete Apps which I don't use (eg. Weather, Stockmarket...),
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a) How can i created different Folders in the photoalbum, so I can sort them and don't have to scroll for ages...
http://www.question-defense.com/2009/08/15/how-to-create-photo-albums-on-your-ip hone-on-a-windows-xp-computer/
a) Can i create my own ringtones (eg an mp3)?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756
c) If stolen, can I remotely delete it or search it via GPS?
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a) is it normal that when you use push mail and make a couple of calls a day the battery only last for max. 20 hours?
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hi there!
i'm trying to improve my geek skills and could use some direction from smart people like yourselves.
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Steph
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Okay, I just received a new iPod (30GB, black) as a gift and have a few questions.
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Hi folks, I have performed a basic search and didn't turn up an answer to these so am looking for some guidance please.
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Hello!
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Alanna J wrote:
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Hello. I just got a new Macbook, and so far I love it. No battery or wi-fi problems (yet). I am actually enjoying figuring out how to do things differently on a Mac. But I do have one question:
On my previous Windows PC, after I would sync content with my iPod, and after ejecting it from iTunes, I would then have to 'Safely Remove Hardware' from Windows. I have not been able to find this function on my Macbook (and do I even need to do it once the iPod is ejected from iTunes?). I just want to make sure I don't muck up my iPod (two years and not a single issue with it!). Thank you for any advice you may have.

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