A challenge for the pros

this one is a tough one.. ive checked all the forum archives this topic has not been "discussed" yet so maybe there is a "pro" out there up to the challenge!! i am trying to convert an mpeg1 into dv for use in imovie. streamclip 1.5.1 will not work i get the message "cannot find video or audio track" is anyone up to the challenge ?? can u figure this one out ?!!

Will the MPEG open in QuickTime and display as Mpeg track? Do you KNOW it is MPEG1?
Give iSquint a try to see if it has the same problem but as they both are built on QuickTime, they both may have the same problems.

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Turn off the Printers color management function for the Pro-100

I've tried everything to get this printer to print realistic colors. I had the Pro-9000 MK II and it was spot on. I'm running Mac OS 10.9.1 and downloaded all the current drivers for the Pro-100. The colors are way off. I am using Print Studio Pro, Under color management I'm selecting the ICC profile for the paper being used, the printer profile was downloaded from Canon's web site and that's selected the same paper type. Color matching is grayed out.
My monitor has been calibrated so I know that's not the issue. Especially since the Pro-9000 was right on the mark. Any suggestions???
Thanks in advance.
Rob
Mesa, AZ

Rob:
“I am using Print Studio Pro, under color management I'm selecting the ICC profile for the paper being used, the printer profile was downloaded from Canon's web site and that's selected the same paper type. Color matching is grayed out.”
I use the same setup as you and I print with, Print Studio Pro and LR4. My monitor is not calibrated. I only use Canon ink and Canon paper and the corresponding ICC profiles. My color output is exceptional. Black & white is good but not exceptional.
When I purchased this printer (a couple of months ago) I just followed the installation instructions and it worked great (for color prints) right out of the box. You may want to try a reinstall to see if that solves the issue. The Pro-100 is a very good printer.
Tinman
Mesa, AZ
Nikon D600; Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G, 85mm f/1.8G, 70-300mmG f/4.5 - 5.6 VR

I got logic pro and i was wondering if possible paying a little less for an upgrade!! or do i have to pay the full price for the pro x?!!!

I got logic pro and i was wondering if possible paying a little less for an upgrade!! or do i have to pay the full price for the pro x?!!!
Or if apple would work around this some way or another?

If you bought Logic 9 less than a month ago then Apple will most likely refund you so that you can buy Logic X instead.
The full (only) price of Logic X is as staed on the App Store. This price (whether people agree or disagree, like it or not like it) is still less than any upgrade price for any other DAW.
A lot of people here are saying they bought Logic 9 6 months or a year ago and want a cheaper price. For me, I started on Logic 5.5. Logic 6, you could pay an upgrade price that was way over what the full app is now but you had to add costs as things like Space Designer were extra. Their serial numbers, once purchased, got added to you XS Key, which was a dongle that never got hacked in 6 and a half years.
Apple, on acquiring Emagic, dropped the price from $1000 to $499, included all the things you had to pay extra for then dropped the price to what it is now once they went over to the App Store. They also dropped the un-cracked dongle.
So myself and a lot of other people here went 5.5 to 6 (added the goodies that were extra) to 7 to 8 and to 9. When there was an upgrade price, the price was around what the app is now.
I'm amazed at how many people see this as a full price and want money off whereas in reality a complete piece of softwaser is being offered for an upgrade price.
My first paragraph will answer your question and you probably won't care about the rest of the post. $199 or £139 IS an upgrade price.

What to buy for the pro Logic set up

Here is the question I am new to working with computers to create music however I am a professional composer (meaning this is what I do for a living) I need advice on what I need to get started from nothing.
1. what computer do I need to use Logic and make it work to its fullest.
3. is there any other hardware or soft ware I need besides just the computer and Locic to make it work.
2. I sometimes compose up to 60 different tracks at a time. I recently was working on a friends computer(G5 with logic pro) and it sometimes could not play all the tracks.
3. most of the work I am getting into is creating soundtracks for cartoons and movies. I need a set up to help me compose. any suggestions would help.

Well the basics are computer, extra RAM, software (logic), audio interface, MIDI interface, external hard drive, and monitors (speakers).
The rest depends on how you compose and record. If you use lots of samples and soft synths then you'll need the external hard drive and extra RAM to store and run them. You can never have too much RAM. The fastest drives are SCSI drives but they are much more expensive than Firewire. I do notice a difference in response time but for me it's workable. The faster the drive spins, the faster it spits out your samples to the computer. You may also want to use this drive to record to.
If you use sounds from MIDI keyboards or racks you may use less RAM but you'll need a beefier MIDI interface. Since you're doing film stuff one that can stripe SMPTE and sync is a plus. I only use a Roland JV2080 for MIDI so the single MIDI port on my DIGI002 is plenty.
If you're mainly composing traditional orchestral scores then it may not be necessary to get the most super fast computer, especially if you have budget restrictions. For me, most of the need for the processing power comes from running plug-ins, like reverbs, or effects like vocoders, and that may not be stylistically appropriate for your music leaving you with processing room to spare. Although higher track counts use plenty of processor power too. Always go with the fastest computer you can afford.
Just my two cents. Good luck.
G4 Dual 1.8G Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Timeline/work question for the pros

Hey folks,
Looking to assess how long a project would take. I'm a mediocre coder at best so I'm wondering for a skilled flash coder, how long would a menu take to build. All artwork would be provided for the project, but simply linking existing buttons to specific pages and having a launch button on each to fetch a url. What do you think something like this would take (ballpark wise)?

A basic menu with just buttons and links should not take more than an hour if all the artwork is provided as well as accurate requirements definition up front. Considering a usual lack of the well-defined requirements and back and forth I would go two hours for an estimate.
Any estimate needs to be predicated on your understanding of the scope and the client's understanding that a change in that scope means a change in the effort/time/cost. So if the client was answer back to say the number of buttons is quite large but they still won't say how many, I would just say that I charge by the hour.

What are the major challenges for the end-user in using Positive Time Management

Hi Seniors,
Can anybody please provide me some data on the same.
Thanks.

Hi,
Positive time management is slightly difficult to implement compared to negative time management.
In negative time management, you use planned working times + deviations in time evaluation.
In positive time management, you record actual times through time recording system. You have to bring these times to SAP through an interface and then evaluate the actual times against the planned times and accordingly pay them out. You would need to pay attention regarding the integration between SAP R/3 and time recording system.
Building rules for positive time management is slightly more challenging compared to negative time management.
Kindly go through the below documents on positive time management which will give you more idea about the same.
Integration of Time Recording Terminals with SAP R/3
Determination of First Clock In & Last Clock Out in Positive Time Evaluation
Late Coming, Early Going and Unauthorized absence
Prorated Grant of Absence Quota for Contract Period in Time Evaluation
Splitting of Overtime Hours after X Hours in Time Evaluation
Rounding off Overtime Hours Generated via T510S table in Time Evaluation
Public Holiday Calendar and Work Schedule Rules
I hope these are helpful to you.
Thanks and regards,
Vivek Barnwal

For the Pro's: Experience with Carbon Copy Cloner

Hi everybody,
I am a professional musicproducer. I use my MAC (G5, 2,7MHz DP 4GB RAM) every day many hours as my main working tool. So I cannot afford a loss of my system disc. If the disc fails some day, I do have to have a copy of it, that I can connect and go on working immediatedly. CCC is the perfect tool and i thank Mike Bombich for this efforts.
My tests were as follows:
After having cloned the system disc to a firewire drive successfully, I checked that I can boot from that drive, as long as the system disc is still in its place, connected and working.
Then I tried the worst case scenario: I plugged my system disc off (bus- and powerplugs pulled out), simulating a harddisc crash with loss of the complete drive, and looked what happens. You have to press the "Option" key during power up of your MAC, and the system will search and show the available drives. I marked the cloned system and started. It worked! Everything looked the same as with a start from the internal drive.
My question was: what exactly works and what not? Here is my report (I checked only LOGIC PRO 7.1.1):
I can start the programm, I can open all of the songs - with some restrictions. A logic song has a lot of links to a lot of audio files. In my case, EXS instruments and EXS samples are on the internal drive, recorded audio is on a seperat drive. Logic of course can not find those on the (no more existing) internal drive any more, so I am asked to perform a search. But after all, the song is complete and working. The entries in the Project Manager database, that show the dependencies of instruments, songs and audiofiles, point to the internal drive - so the Project Manager is of no use anymore. But in practice, this is a minor problem.
Now to my next question, concerning authorisations: I tried the "Waves" plug-ins: Yes, they work! And I tried the plug-ins of UAD, (they use a PCI DSP card): they work too! Only with the TC-Electronic plug-ins I was not successful, i got an "Error -1" - whatever that means. (I forgot to check "Autotune")
All told, I am very happy with the Copy Cloner! It is "the" application for my purpose! Thanks again to Mike and Andreas!
Thomas

My own tests were less than satisfying: third-party plugs (in my case, NI) often don't like you messing with the disk they're installed on.
After I restored to a clone, the B4 plugs, for me, refused to work. They demanded a reinstall (which, as all NI users know, is a royal PITA).
In my case, having to reinstall a particular plugin was not the end of the world... after all, 45 minutes lost is better than rebuilding a system from scratch.
But the lesson remains: an "exact clone" of your disk is never a 100% guarantee of immediate uptime, as you too discovered.

Job to send all user their initial password by e-mail (one for the pros)

Hello,
(IDM 7.2 with MSSQL)
I try to create a job that sends all user their "IDM-PASSWORD" via email.
In the first step, I generate a random password for all user. This password should now be sent to each user so they can log in to IDM-UI.
This is my approach:
1. Step
Define the source
A Job with a to generic pass:
SOURCE:
SELECT DISTINCT mskey FROM idmv_vallink_basic_active WHERE mcidstore=1 AND
((mskey IN (SELECT mcmskey FROM idmv_vallink_basic_active WHERE mcattrname='MX_ENTRYTYPE' AND mcsearchvalue = 'MX_PERSON')))
Destination:
MSKEYVALUE = %MSKEYVALUE%
JOB CONSTANTS:
         MAIL_SMTP_HOST = Host
         MAIL_SMTP_PORT = Port
         MAILATTRIBUTE   = MX_MAIL_PRIMARY
         MAILFROM         = MAIL....com
         NOTIFICATION     = blabla
         POSTTEXT         = </FONT><br><br>
         PRETEXT         = <FONT SIZE=5> blabla
Script for mailing:
function blödesMailding(Par){
var userList = Par.get("MSKEYVALUE");
var user = new java.util.Vector();
user = uSplitString (userList, "|");
var i = 0;
var result;
var emailAddress = "";
var idStore = uGetIDStore();
var emailAttribute = "%$MAILATTRIBUTE%";
for (i=0; i < user.size(); i++) {
     emailAddress = uIS_GetValue(user.get(i), idStore, emailAttribute);
     result = UserFunc.uSendSMTPMessage("%$MAILFROM%", emailAddress, "%$NOTIFICATION% ", "%$PRETEXT% " + "%$POSTTEXT%", "%$MAIL_SMTP_HOST%", "%$MAIL_SMTP_PORT%", 1);
     if (result.length > 0) {
          UserFunc.uErrMsg(2, result + ":Mail to:" + emailAddress);
return "";
And here is the error message^^:
Warning Constant MAIL_SMTP_HOST was not defined in the repository (-1)
Warning Constant MAIL_SMTP_PORT was not defined in the repository (-1)
Warning Constant MAIL_ORIGINATOR was not defined in the repository (-1)
Warning Constant MAIL_DEBUG was not defined in the repository (-1)
Warning Constant MAIL_DEBUG_RECIPIENTS was not defined in the repository (-1)
I set all of these constats in the GLOBAL CONTANTS form ID store!
and here he also complains:
Warning Could not send SMTP message to !ERROR:Entry does not exist using SMTP host mail.mymhp.net
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
Warning Could not send SMTP message to !ERROR:Entry does not exist using SMTP host mail.mymhp.net
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
Warning Could not send SMTP message to !ERROR:Entry does not exist using SMTP host mail.mymhp.net
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
Warning Could not send SMTP message to !ERROR:Entry does not exist using SMTP host mail.mymhp.net
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
Warning Could not send SMTP message to !ERROR:Entry does not exist using SMTP host mail.mymhp.net
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
Warning Could not send SMTP message to !ERROR:Entry does not exist using SMTP host mail.mymhp.net
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
Maybe I made a mistake, or my solution doesn't work at all.
I would be very glad if someone had an idea, or a better solution for this problem.

M Pollicove wrote:
> From the Job Folder you can access global constants, but I don't think you can access repository constants. Re-work the script so it uses globals (making sure to set up the globals) and you should be fine.
Both repository constants and global constants work in jobs, just study your initial loads to see the use of repository constants.
Gerhard, do you have your correct repository defined in your pass/job? If you copy/pasted the pass the original repository might be still in the pass (done this a few times
You should be able to access your global constants in scripts with notation like (without any built-in functions):
var idStore = "%$glb.SAP_MASTER_IDS_ID%";
Edited by: Tero Virta on Jan 13, 2012 9:40 AM

DisplayPort adapter for Macbook costs AUD$25, but $45 for the Pro!?

If you try to buy a regular Macbook, the DisplayPort adapters cost AUD$25, but if you try to buy a Macbook Pro it costs AUD$45! Cheeky! Or just a mistake?

Indeed. Also, AUD 45 seems the correct price of the adapter, so if you intend to purchase a MacBook, you should do it before they fix it (once you have an invoice, I don't think Apple will be able to change the price on existing orders)…

A question for the Pros!!!

Hi everybody,
First, i'm a LogicExpress user. Not that i want to underestimate the people at the LE forum, but i guessed that i could get a more informative answer over here. In the plug-in PDF manual of LE, they always show the reverb plug-ins with a "mix" parameter of 20 or 50% . If i put it on a buss to use it as a send return, should the mix be 100%? I read somewhere that send-return FXs should be 100%, but does that apply to reverb also? When i do this, i get a lot of reverb with a very small buss amount(send) which is kind of difficult to work with. I find it hard to get a different amount to different instruments or audio tracks since any amount of buss value returns me a lot of reverb.
I don't know if what i write makes any sense, but if any of you PRO guys or girls have 5 minutes to spare, i could need some light!!! Thanks.

Yes, reverb on a buss should be set at 100%. This way, you can control the amount going to the individual tracks from the send control. Not that you can't do it the other way, it's just that this is the more common usage.
This is also the way Logic Pro's Space Designer reverb is implemented. When opened on a track, the direct parameter (akin to a wet/dry parameter) is set on 100%, so that 100% of the direct signal is fed through the reverb.
When the same reverb is opened on a buss or aux, the direct parameter is automatically set at 0%, meaning no amount of direct signal passes through.
Logic senses where in the signal chain Space Designer is being used, and adjusts itself accordingly.

Question for the pros

Evening all,
This is my first post here, as I'm just starting out with
Dreamweaver. I began making
really basic websites 6 or 7 years ago - hand coding
everything, but as I said, these were basic, simple pages - long
before I'd even heard of CSS, XHTML etc.
I'm getting back into web design after a few years of not
going anywhere near it, so I'm at what I guess you'd call "beginner
beginner" stage!
Like most things, its easy to get disheartened and
pessimistic when faced with the intimidating idea of mastering all
things web design, so my question is for all of the users here who
are at an advanced or professional level - how long did it take you
to get to the stage you're at now? Problems encountered along the
way?
Also, would enrolling in a course be advisable, or is it
possible, given time and dedication, to become accomplished at all
of this using books, online tutorials like Adobe and Lynda.com etc?
Thanks!
C

"freshlysqueezed" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:gnta26$qkf$[email protected]..
>
> Like most things, its easy to get disheartened and
pessimistic when
> faced with
> the intimidating idea of mastering all things web
design, so my
> question is
> for all of the users here who are at an advanced or
professional
> level - how
> long did it take you to get to the stage you're at now?
Problems
> encountered
> along the way?
Even after 15 years at this game, I occasionally get
disheartened by
complexity of web development. It's a relatively new
technology and
has developed at an astounding rate. I think it's wise to get
things
in perspective. The basics of web development are easy to
master. HTML
has a relatively small number of tags that are regularly
used; and the
*theory* of CSS is quite simple. Where CSS is difficult is in
practice: properties can be combined in an infinite way.
Getting to
the top level takes a lot of time, patience, and inspiration.
There's also a considerable difference between designers and
programmers. I'm "OK" at design, but it's not my forte. I
much prefer
working on the back end of a website using PHP. Many
independent
developers cooperate with others, subcontracting aspects of
the
website to people with skills in areas they lack.
> Also, would enrolling in a course be advisable, or is it
possible,
> given time
> and dedication, to become accomplished at all of this
using books,
> online
> tutorials like Adobe and Lynda.com etc?
The value of a course depends on the teacher and the
curriculum. I
both teach and write books about Dreamweaver, and would like
to think
my students and readers learn a lot from them. There are some
very
good courses on Lynda.com, and of course you can come here
for help on
specific problems.
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
http://foundationphp.com

Palm Pixi simple question for the pros

How do I block my wireless number from being displayed on an outgoing call, or can it be done?
Post relates to: Pixi p120eww (Sprint)

Hello!
If im interpreting this correctly, you want your number to not be displayed on people's caller ID. In those cases, 2 ways to do this.
1. Use *67 to block calls. On your phone, dial *67, then whatever phone # you want and dial. Would need to do this for every call you want you number blocked.
2. Contact the carrier to put a block on your #. Afterwards if you want your # visible, just dial *87 then the phone #.

A challenge for the Ipod Experts

My 5th Gen 30gb ipod (18 months old )has worked flawlessly until I
upgraded to latest software (1.3) last weekend. Since then, my ipod is
completley knackered and the problems have definetley started since the recent download.Firstly All of the music has been completley erased and when
connected to computer it refuses to sync anything from the library
advising ''error 48''. I spoke to someone at Apple help desk last friday
who emailed me something to fix error 48 but it has not made a bit of
difference - error 48 still keeps coming up. In addition to this my ipod
will not let me re-store to factory settings, when I try this a
different error comes up - saying files in use by another application.Ipod
will therefore not re-store or re-set. I have tried putting it into disk
mode, but again it won't let me. I have completley drained the battery
and re-charged it - still same problem. I have changed the drive letter
on PC- still makes no difference, I have uninstalled and re-install
ed itunes several times - still no difference, constantly comes up
with error 48. As well as this, the ipod is showing up as 25gb of used
disk space on the orange bar, but there is nothing at all on the ipod so
how can it be full? Sometimes it shows up on my computer - sometimes it
doesnt.
My ipod is out of Warranty now and therefore its apparently down to me
to have it fixed??!! I am sooooooooo frustrated because I have taken very good
care of an item that cost me alot of money and which now appears to be
completley useless.
There appears to be a lot of posts recently relating to similar issues following download of software, but nothing specific that seems to fix it. I've tried all of the advice given to others and just nothing works, so could one of the experts please try and help me?

If you get that network message when you try to uninstall iTunes with add/remove programs, you usually need to do an installer clean up with the Microsoft Installer Cleanup Utility.
Here is a method for full removal of iTunes and related programs with clean up and reinstall:
Download a fresh copy of iTunes and the stand alone version of Quicktime (the one without iTunes)
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Download and install Microsoft Installer cleanup utility, there are instructions on the page as well as the download. Note that what you download is the installer not the program – you have to run it to install the program.
To run the program – All Programs>>Windows Install Cleanup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/
Now use the following method to remove iTunes and its components:
XP
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
Vista
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
*If you hit a problem with one of the uninstalls don't worry*, carry on with the deleting of files and folders as directed in the method.
When you get to deleting Quicktime files in the system32 folder as advised in the method, you can delete any file or folder with Quicktime in the name.
Restart your PC.
Run the Microsoft Installer Cleanup Utility. (Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up)
Remove any references you find to the programs you removed - strictly speaking you only need to worry about those programs where the uninstall failed.
If you don’t see an entry for one of the programs that did not uninstall, look out for blank entries or numeric entries that look like version numbers e.g. 7.x for Quicktime or 1.x for Bonjour.
restart your PC
Install the stand alone Quicktime and check that it works.
If it does, install iTunes.

Nice discussion on Capture Now (for the Pro's?)

Hi All,
I want to talk about Capture Now.
Let me first state that I'm a believer in Batch Capture after doing Logging clips.
But,
I many shows I'm working on will not be captured by me, but by the directors, assistant directors or researchers/editors (not video editors) and camjo's.
Shooting on DVCam there are timecodebreaks in the tapes.
So I write them comments about how to handle the camera to prevent Timecode breaks.
I write them reports about how to do easy setup, System Settings, Proper User Preferences, etc. And I'd like them to Log before capturing. Let tape roll at leat 5 seconds before pressing Capture Now. All reasonable.
Given the available time they capture whole tapes and sometimes provide me with spotlists.
Let's NOT discuss all the above. It's obvious I know how it should be.
Well now I want to have the discussion with you about the difference between Capture Now and Batch Capture concerning tapes with Timecode breaks:
If there are Timecode breaks in a tape and you give an Inpoint at the beginning of the tape. Outpoint at the end. In User Preferences set on Timecode break 'Make New Clip'.
Then, FCP will encounter Timecode breaks. Stops and starts to capture a new clip.
Now my questions are:
1• Do these captures differ from clips captured with Capture Now? (concerning sync, timecode accuracy, etc.)
2• Is FCP able to recapture those clips in case of data loss? I mean. After a TC break FCP starts to recapture using the preroll time, right? Is that the case in both 'Capture Now' and 'Log and Capture'? Is this preroll enough to do a recapture? Or should one set a longer preroll during the capturing in order to recapture with a normal preroll-time in the case of disk-damage?
I'm asking all this because I'm doubting about the advantage of Log and Capture over Capture Now when it comes to tapes with Timecode breaks.
Any insight would be appreciated
Best Regards
Rienk

1• Do these captures differ from clips captured with Capture Now? (concerning sync, timecode accuracy, etc.)
Nope. As long as you give your footage a reel name, and you have deck control to get timecode, you will be fine and accurate.
2• Is FCP able to recapture those clips in case of data loss?
Sure. Just as long as you give yourself enough PREROLL, or that you don't use footage that is 5 seconds from the start of the clip.
After a TC break FCP starts to recapture using the preroll time, right? Is that the case in both 'Capture Now' and 'Log and Capture'?
Yes...with CAPTURE NOW it will give itself the needed PreRoll if it just continues the capture. LOG AND CAPTURE, you assign the in point so you assign the pre-roll.
Is this preroll enough to do a recapture? Or should one set a longer preroll during the capturing in order to recapture with a normal preroll-time in the case of disk-damage?
If you can, manually set the preroll. But if you do a capture now, stop on TC breaks and then continue, it adds enough.
I do this a lot. Name the initial clip name to be the same as the tape, then capture, and sometimes I get one long clip, sometimes I get it broken up. Then I watch the footage, rename it if needed, or just add descriptions in the OTHER fields, and then edit. CAPTURE NOW is fine when you have TIME OF DAY code...perfect for it. You just need to make sure you have a REEL number, and enough PREROLL.
Shane

Downconvert question for the Pro's

My original sequence was 720p 59.94 with a mix of HD and SD footage. The SD footage was scaled up using the motion tab to fill the screen. Now since I am ready for SD output, I created a uncompressed 8-bit easy set up and created a new sequence. The resulting sequence is 720 by 486 and CCIR 601 (40:27) aspect ratio, and the pixel aspect ratio is also CCIR 601 40:27.
All of my SD footage has black pillars on either side. My HD shots come over nicely with a letterbox but play back nasty and jittery because of the frame rate. BTW my SD footage is 720x486 CCIR 601 29.97fps.
How can I marry these two worlds in one timeline and get a full picture and optimal frame rate playback?
Thanks!

Two things you could try...
1) Output a QT Movie of your 720p sequence and then nest that into the 480i sequence.
2) Instead of nesting the 720p sequence into the 480i sequence, just select all the clips in the 720p sequence and copy them into the 480i sequence. If the SD clips are still pillarboxed, then you can select them all and remove attributes (get rid of Basic Motion and Distort) and they will snap back into the proper size.

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