BT Infinity - line calibration and possible speed...

Hi,
We recently had BT Infinity installed (14-03-2013) and the speed has dropped significantly from 37 to about 20mb
Up load seems fairly consistent at 8mb
The engineer told us that the line calibration should only take 24hrs so I'm hoping there is an issue and that we can expect better than 20mb
We've been told to expect at least 25mb although it would be nice to get more
Can you advise how long the calibration should take and maybe check to see if everything is OK?
We have had to reset the router a couple of times
Please advise
Thank you
TEST_DATE
TIME_ZONE
DOWNLOAD_MEGABITS
UPLOAD_MEGABITS
LATENCY_MS
SERVER_NAME
DISTANCE_MILES
3/14/2013 9:18 AM
GMT
37.41
8.4
8
London
50
3/14/2013 9:38 AM
GMT
37.28
8.43
6
Maidenhead
0
3/14/2013 11:48 AM
GMT
37.5
8.3
10
Maidenhead
0
3/14/2013 12:00 PM
GMT
37.46
8.17
10
Newbury
0
3/14/2013 1:53 PM
GMT
24.37
8.27
4
Maidenhead
0
3/14/2013 2:34 PM
GMT
16.69
8.25
10
Maidenhead
0
3/14/2013 2:37 PM
GMT
15.75
8.27
11
Maidenhead
0
3/14/2013 2:52 PM
GMT
20.76
8.15
11
Manchester
150
3/14/2013 4:51 PM
GMT
23.35
8.24
10
Maidenhead
0
3/14/2013 6:05 PM
GMT
25.22
8.17
10
Newbury
0
3/14/2013 7:31 PM
GMT
26.05
8.27
8
London
50
3/15/2013 7:50 AM
GMT
17.46
8.13
10
Manchester
150
3/15/2013 8:33 AM
GMT
25.82
8.2
6
Maidenhead
0
3/15/2013 1:31 PM
GMT
25.45
8.3
22
London
50
3/15/2013 5:24 PM
GMT
24.47
8.16
10
Newbury
0
3/16/2013 9:04 AM
GMT
19.54
8.13
10
Cowes
0
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You should never restart the Modem in the first 10 day period. In the first 10 days it will gather line Information then after it has enough on all levels it will decide where your line performed best at and set it at that speed. It will then continue to monitor the line forever and make adjustments. The reason why it's important that you do not disconnect the modem as the Cabinet (DLM) will not be able to make connection with the modem meaning it is recording this and will compensate by lowering the speed until it has a connection. Also turning it off suddenly can cause error bursts on top of that, so it is vital you give your line the best history that you can give it.
It will always look at previous history it has and make decisions from it. If it has bad history at the start it's very reluctant to actually improve the speed in future because it's seen it's not had good history in the past. So it will slowly rise the line speed from 12Mbps to lets say 28Mbps. It will increase it increments due to your bad line history, if it has good say you maintained connection for 90 days and you suffered from a power cut and this put your speed to 20Mbps. Over the next 5/7 days you will normally see it jump straight up back to that speed. If you have bad history it will put the speed up slower and it can take 2/3 weeks for it to actually increase the speed as well.
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2. Serial number:
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Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.173.1.6 (Type A) Last updated 05/01/14
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( 34.470000) The system is UP!
19:33:38, 06 Jan.
( 32.670000) The system is UP!
03:01:53, 06 Jan.
( 33.590000) The system is UP!
03:00:49, 06 Jan.
(1174692.790000) The system is going DOWN for reboot.
12:42:40, 23 Dec.
( 30.050000) The system is UP!
00:00:32, 01 Jan.
( 32.420000) The system is UP!
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The other thing I've noted is that all of these cameras do record HD video, but it's always compressed in H264 format. I understand that this puts a serious limitation on how much post-processing you can do to the video afterwards. Highly compressed video will begin to show image artefacts very quickly when you apply effects as opposed to higher quality (bigger file size) video compression. But I think I can live with that given that for the stuff I want to make, it will just be simply edited and only lightly graded. However, of the cameras I'm looking at, the Lumix also records in a format called AVCHD which (I think) does full HD at 17 Mbps. Does this mean that it's basic video quality is significantly better than the other choices? That said, from the specs it's unclear if it actually allows shooting at higher frame rates which you can slow down at playback.. the way it describes 60fps mode makes it sound like it's just interlacing so you don't actually get a higher number of images per second to then be able to play back at a lower frame rate. This for me might rule it out because I really want the creative effect of high speed video, even if it's only the subtle effect of 60 fps slowed down to 25.
So in summary, I'm looking for a camera capable of creative shooting (high quality stills to make stop motion videos, usable-quality HD video along with at least some degree of high speed video at a resolution that is still usable) to make interesting and artistic footage to accompany music. The destination medium is the web, so even though I'd like to get the best quality raw material to work with, the final destination is not exactly a cinema screen. As a pro in a related industry, I'm all too aware of the pointlessness of buying outlandishly over-specced gear that is far beyond your level of expertise. So I want to keep it simple and realistic, budget-wise, given the level I'm at. Nothing more than say $800 US. A seriously high end camera would be wasted on me, and I think it would be wiser to invest in useful accessories like a steadicam merlin and decent tripod rather than blow loads of cash on a camera far beyond my skill level.
Apologies for the long post, any and all advice would be very welcome and appreciated! And feel free to correct me if my assumptions are wrong, and suggest any gear that I should consider looking at.

Hi, thanks for your input. I'm aware of the fact that my question is a bit OT, but I'm just looking for input from people with more experience and broader information in this area than I have myself.. I know people are here to talk about FCP, but I'm betting many editors and film makers who work with FCP will have more insight in this area than I do.
I've been reading every review I can find at dpreview, and also am watching as many test video examples I can find on the internet, mostly on vimeo because the ones on youtube look pretty awful. I just am reaching out to get some actual experience and advice from people who might give me pointers on what to look out for.
As for 60fps not being fast enough, I know what you're saying. But for me, even 60 fps slowed down to 25 fps on playback is enough of an interesting effect, as long as the actual quality of the footage looks good to start off with. I like the subtle effect of slightly slower than real motion when it's real, bona-fide high frame rate slowed down. Artificially created slow-mo using plug ins looks cheesy to me, and the gimmicky super high frame rates of cameras like the casio exilim (where the resolution looks like a mobile phone video from ten years ago) are completely useless.
I've seen lots of examples on vimeo of stuff shot with DSLRs from Canon and Nikon at 60fps and then played back at 25 or 24, and it looks plenty nice enough for what I'm after. But am I kidding myself that I'd get anything near as nice with the price range I'm looking at?

Command line parameters and resuming

Hi,
I am researching for a client who wishes to have several students (K-12) using Adobe Captivate course on the same computer. Another constraint is that a course is run from DVD (1+ GB in size) so it's published as standalone application (.exe for Windows, .app for Mac). Quick questions:
Can a course have an action to parse command line parameters? I haven't found that.
Explanation: this would be used to simply parse a name and e-mail address (if possible) and last module passed to a course player. Resuming could be disabled (there is an answer how to do that in the forum) or overridden but the learner should be transferred to a slide to resume based on the calling parameter (and not the default resuming - there will be several users so each must resume from the last passed module slide).
Can a progress of the current learner using the course be saved to a database (no LMS, e-mail, Acrobat.com etc)?
Explanation: this is needed for the current learner and for each one separately. I guess I already have a solution in mind (custom application, having small internal web server like Mongoose, with a script that replaces internalServerReporting.php and saves the data to a internal database, SQLite). But for this to work spawning a course with command line parameters and course itself reading these parameters would need to work.
If there is a (better) solution for the above, please reply. The goal is have minimal changes on the course e.g. if there are command line parameters, then parse them and do something (mark modules passed, open appropriate next slide). If parameters are not given/recognized, do nothing (so the course would still work on computers used by one learner only, including resuming etc).
My opinion is that this should also be one-way as much as possible. E.g. additional application handles user name, e-mail and current progress and spawns Captivate course. The published course itself should not depend on the application like reading progress from a text file (though an URL call could return current progress from an application for the same user name). So ideally only changes to use internal server publishing to save current progress and adding a logic to check parameters at start would be applied to a course.
Waiting for your smart answers.
Matt

DVDs, when finalized, are read-only... so unless you are considering to do an Install of the course from the DVD to the machine, you're not going to be able to write to a database. A USB stick may be more suitable in this situation.
Command line params are not possible with EXEs unless you create your own EXE wrapper. If you're going to go through that trouble, you'd be better off creating an Adobe Air application that can run your local web content without security restrictions and use SQLite or some other backend to store the data.
Can the progress be saved? It depends what you mean by progress. If you just want to allow the student to resume from the slide where they left off... you can do that with a bit of JavaScript. However, if you want to ensure that any previous questions answered on a quiz were also resumed and intact from the previous session... not possible without an LMS.
Why not run a Moodle installation via a USB stick and you can have a full featured LMS with a database and ability to resume a previous session?
http://docs.moodle.org/19/en/Installation_guide_-_Moodle_for_Windows_on_a_USB_Memory_Stick
Just some things to consider...

Factory Defaults in Mac Mini and Possible Trade-Up?

Hi, beforehand, please direct all answers if possible to [email protected] Thanks in advance.
I have questions that have probably been answered or maybe not, so I'm sorry in advance.
I'd like to restore my Mac Mini to its factory defaults. Since I'm a Windows-user-almost-turned-Mac-user, I'm still learning, but it's just difficult for me. The reason I'd like to do this is so that I can hopefully sell it and eventually buy a Macbook with the money I get on it.
That being said, I'd also like to ask if there is possibly a way I can bring my Mac Mini to, say, a local Apple Store and "trade up" to a Macbook--and pay whatever difference with cash. Again, I'm very new to this, so thank you all for your forebearance.
I hope to hear from any of you soon. Have a great day and weekend, and Happy Father's in advance to you fathers.
-Davy

Hi, beforehand, please direct all answers if possible to
[email protected] Thanks in advance.
First its usually bad form to say "don't post here but email you". Others can benefit from your questions and the answers that eminate from those queries.
Second by posting your email address you open youself to a flood of spam
I have questions that have probably been answered or maybe not, so I'm
sorry in advance.
They may have been try the search feature of this forum
I'd like to restore my Mac Mini to its factory defaults.
Easy enough to do, insert the install disc, restart the Mac and hold the C key down. You can select erase and install, which wipes everything out, or archive and install which preserves your home folder.
if there is possibly a way I can bring my Mac Mini to, say, a local Apple Store and "trade up" to a Macbook
If you are in the 14 day purchase period then yes you can do a return/purchase. After that no, and in fact I don't know any computer company that will let you trade up to another model after you go beyond the return period.
The mini and Macbook are nearly identical in specs and the speed difference in the mini's clock rate is minimal. If you need a portable solution I suggest you purchase the Macbook as opposed to the mini. I own both and I'm very pleased with both of them and I think either one you buy will be a great computer to work and play with

New line break and extra blank space characters disappear after submit form?

Hello,
I have a PDF form with a Submit button that is dynamically created in my code to send the form data to the server in HTML format.
After the form data is received on the server side, all strings with new line break and extra blank spaces are gone.
For example, if I enter string in a text field as shown below on the form:
Hello   ,
this is
    just a
test
After the form data is sent to the server, this string would become:
Hello , this is just a test
New line breaks are gone. Also, if there is more than 1 blank space character between 2 characters, the extra blank space characters would be removed as well.
It does not only happen to multi-line text field, even with single-line text field. If I have a string like this in a single-line text field:
Hello         this is just              a         test
After the form data is sent to the server, it would become:
Hello this is just a test
The form is created in OpenOffice then converted to PDF. The Submit button is created in my program using iText. I have no idea it is iText that trims my string or PDF itself does it.
Can anyone give me any possible explanation? Thanks.

That is not what I get. Since it's URL-encoded, spaces are represented by the "+" character and carriage returns are represented by the "%0d%0a" (cr/lf) sequence.
Are you looking at the actual data that getting sent to the server or the output from the server after it processes it?

No line item display possible for account

Hi Guys
No line item display possible for account in FBL3n T code

Hi
Go to FS10N and check whether account balance. If there is balance on the account you need to Journal entry to make balance zero. Go to FS00 and tick line item display option. You can not select line item display option untill the balance is zero.
Hope this will help

No line item display possible for account -fbl3n

Hi,
No line item display possible for account ,
i'm getting the abv error when run fbl3n .. pls tell , how to resolve it..

Dear,
It means no data found for your requirement.
If you want to find out the list on base of G/L please enter G/L and click on all item.
Other wise if you want to see only open item then click on open item and remove date from field of open item date.
Also click on noted item and click on execute button
Regards,
Mahesh Wagh

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