Burnt DVD's jumping over time?
I have given my client 4 DVD's burnt in DVDSPro about 2 months ago, now he is having problems with them, they keep sticking and jumping at different parts in the film. They were ok for the first few months, I use Maxell 1-16x speed blanks.
Do DVD's deteriate over time? Is this possible? He has tried them in various players but the same thing keeps happening, could it be a bitrate problem?
The film is about 1 hour long with chapter menus, should I be using Compresser to encode the film to MV2 and ac3? Usually I export directley from FCPro to Quicktime for the video then Compresser for the audio to ac3.
I have given my client 4 DVD's burnt in DVDSPro about 2 months ago, now he is having problems with them, they keep sticking and jumping at different parts in the film. They were ok for the first few months, I use Maxell 1-16x speed blanks.
Maxell's are usually pretty reliable
Do DVD's deteriate over time? Is this possible? He has tried them in various players but the same thing keeps happening,
As mentioned they can go bad, scratches and dirt occur which will affect playback (I have seen it often from movies I have rented on replicated discs. Some of my players will be able to play the movies while others will not.)
could it be a bitrate problem?
It could be coupled with the scratches/dirt other detoriation issues. DVD Players have error correction built in and some handle scratches and dirt better than others.
(Take a look at http://www.videohelp.com/glossary?E#Error%20Correction)
And when there is a higher bitrate, error correction can take a hit
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbe302a
So to the extent their is a scratch, dirt or detoriation, there is a chance it is exacerbated by the encoding rate
he film is about 1 hour long with chapter menus, should I be using Compresser to encode the film to MV2 and ac3? Usually I export directley from FCPro to Quicktime for the video then Compresser for the audio to ac3.
Encode outside DVD SP and make sure to A.Pack the audio, that will keep rate alot lower
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DVD Studio pro can set Region codes.
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unclemano wrote
What it turned out to be was the "quality" settings in iDVD. The total clip time was NOT over 2 hours or 4.7GB, yet iDVD created massive visual artifacts on the "professional quality" setting.
I switched the settings to "high quality" which solved the problem. According iDVD help, "high quality" determines the best bit rate for the clips you have.
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Is there a way to speed up a Mac (similar to de-fragging on a PC)? Mine has gotten slower and slower over time.
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Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
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Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
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OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
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Over time, with repeated additions and removal of songs from one's device, these files accumulate. The iPod owner, none the wiser, will start to wonder why "Other" in the iTunes capacity display is continuing to grow. I was highly suspicious after cleaning out my iPod entirely, that "Other" was still showing 1.6GB!! I browsed through the filesystem wondering why which led me to discover tons of various music files in the music folder which shouldn't have been there (after all, iTunes shows no music stored on this device).
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In each of the fifty folders were, as predicted above, a handful of song files labeled as such - ie borntorun.mp3 or iseered.mp4
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On my 120 GB the yellow "other" fell dramatically, down to under 1 GB. Which is under 1% of the total. Not great but acceptable.
So far, so good.
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Amount of key presses a user makes over time - BPM
Hi,
Im working on a small program that needs to get the amount of keypresses a user makes over time.
Basically its for calcuating the BPM a user is inputting. So a uers taps a beat for 5 seconds and the amount of tap is saved and multiplied by 12 to get the Users BPM.
So far i have this:
package Version1;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
import javax.swing.*;
public class muTap extends JFrame implements KeyListener, ActionListener {
JTextArea display;
* main - the main method
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
theGUI();
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public muTap(String name) {
super(name);
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public static void theGUI() {
muTap frame = new muTap("muTap");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
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frame.addComponents();
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
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button.addActionListener(this);
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display.addKeyListener(this);
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scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(375, 125));
getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
getContentPane().add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
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//Do Nothing
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/** Handle the key released event from the text field. */
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
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"Exception in thread "Timer-1" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code"
It doesnt seem to like me parsing int to string here:
String s = Integer.parseInt(i); Any ideas? or if youve got suggestions on another way to do it it'd be much appreiated.
Thanks!Korvanica wrote:
It doesnt seem to like me parsing int to string here:
String s = Integer.parseInt(i);
Yikes, you've got that bit of code backward, there partner.
You use Integer.parseInt to parse a String into an int, not the other way around.
If you want to change an int to a String, do
String s = String.valueOf(i)or you can use the various formatters out there. -
Running a mid 2009 iMac on 10.7.5, 3 gb memory, 320 gb hd.
Suddenly the computer stoped reading DVDs and the only time I can read a CD is if I restart. Quite often when I insert a CD it gets stuck and I cannot get it out until I restart and it shows up on the desktop where I can then eject it.
I have checked and double checked the finder prefs and all looks normal showing a check mark on CDs,DVDs etc. (the ones I want to show up on the desktop)
I have reset the PEAM, repaired permissions with both the disk utility on the computer and the disk utility when I start up in the Recovery Disk. I did notice that sometimes the permission repeat the same correction several times before it moves on, and sometimes it doesn’t. I have Windows installed on a partition but I keep it unmounted until it is needed for my wife’s work. The dock seems to be just fine and all the apps seems to run just fine. When I insert a photo CD iPhoto does not open but when I insert a music CD iTunes does open.
Also, most every time I open iPhoto it takes a long time(sometimes as long as 2 minutes) for it to load.
Sometimes my Mail (Mail 5.3) does not post new mail but most of the time it does.
Once and a while it seems like the computer slows way down but then it seems ok ten minutes later.
All of these ‘things’ seemed to have happen suddenly and I have not downloaded anything from the internet in some time.
Of course the warranty and extended warranty are both no longer in effect having had this computer for more than three years.
I am running Java and Adobe Player because some of the sites I go to a lot require both.I believe that insufficient RAM may be the source of some of your problems. If you have a RAM of somewhere 4 to 8GB, you will experience smoother computing. 3GB doesn't seem right, so you might want to learn more by going to this site:
http://www.crucial.com/store/drammemory.aspx
I don't know what know what's happening with your optical drive, but it seems you use your drive quite a bit. In that case, look into a lens cleaner for your machine. It's inexpensive, works quite well.
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I ended up with 3 Apple IDs over time. How can I get it down to one account?
I ended up with 3 Apple IDs over time. When I sink my iPad, some apps won't sync because the app was purchased under a different account?
How can I get it down to one account and be able to sync all of my iTunes purchases (apps, music, etc.) on my iPad and iPhone?
This is driving me crazy! grrrr. :-)
I have .me; .mac and .icloud accounts.
- Dave
Running OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) on iMac, using iPad 4 (64GB) and iPhone 5.Thanks. I was afraid of that. Darn Apple....we use Apple products because they are elegant and easy to use, why can't apple simplify the ID issues??? :-)
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I have an SSRS report sitting over a cube. I'm building a Line chart to show premium change over time by producer (there are currently 6 producers). I have the Producer Name, Quarter/Year, and Premium amt.
I want to have the premium line trend based on the percentage of change from Quarter to Quarter. Quarter will be the X-Axis and percentage will be the Y axis. The premium for the first quarter should start at 100%. Each premium line for
the producer should then change up or down based on the change in premium per quarter. The end result should look something like this: Can this be done using SSRS?Hi,
I have an SSRS report sitting over a cube. I'm building a Line chart to show premium change over time by producer (there are currently 6 producers). I have the Producer Name, Quarter/Year, and Premium amt.
I want to have the premium line trend based on the percentage of change from Quarter to Quarter. Quarter will be the X-Axis and percentage will be the Y axis. The premium for the first quarter should start at 100%. Each premium line for
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they will not play on my macbook and powermac g4 (tiger).
is this a problem with the dvd player in tiger? if so, any way to update it or download a newer version?oh sorry i forgot to add that i managed to play some of the contents directly from my storage disk:
1. open dvd player
2. select play media
3. instead of clicking on the FOLDER, like i wld do if i access the video from my macbook pro (leopard), i have to open the folder and click on VIDEO TS inside the folder
it will play this way. but i wonder if some features are lost? and why can't i play directly fr the burnt dvd like i can do on my macbook pro and toshiba dvd player?
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I have realised over time I have created multiple accounts. I have bought music on my Iphone and am not able to locate the account that I made most of my purchases on. I have bank statements on the purchases but don't know how to contact someone in Itune to help me. PLEASE
I don't have the app adn no expereince with it, but it appears basec on teh app description you may need it installed on your MAC as well to download the files.
You might find help on the vendors website: http://www.nfinityinc.com/index.html -
Setup a new Macbook Pro to minimize application slowdowns over time
Hi,
I own a dual G5 2.0 tower which has become (over time) extremely slow...it seems I get the spinning beachball all too often, but have plenty of ram and HD space. Even when opening JPEGS.
I am buying a macbook pro this w/e and was wondering what the best way to setup the new computer because I want to use it as an HD FCP editing station (on location), but from time to time use applications like aquisition and bittorrent which really seem to bog the system down. I assume not using migration assistant, and re-installing from scratch is a good idea.
Forgive what may be basic questions, but do I setup a partition initially on the internal drive (and have 2 system folders or something similar?) or will simply setting up different users to access only certain applications help? (I assume not).
Obviously a concern is the laptop drive is small 160GB 7200RPM but I can guess most of the time I will be running a GRAID for the video editing files, and bigger aperture library (I may have a small select library on the internal drive to show clients and friends "on the go")
I really appreciate any tips or suggestions and hope that my questions make sense. I realize I want the computer to "do it all" but can't afford it to be strictly an editing station, as I'll be selling the G5 to help pay for the macbook pro!
Much appreciated,
Brian Broz
Vancouver, CanadaUnderstand that P2P software operates under the premise that you will have many connections to peers. Each network connection requires memory and CPU cycles to operate properly without timing out the connection or slowing down transfers. In fact, the faster the Internet connection and the more peers connected to your P2P application, the more resource intensive the P2P software will be. You will want to either close the P2P application or tweak it's settings so that it uses minimal bandwidth and resources while you are performing other tasks on your MBP. Try Azureus for torrents as it allows you to tweak settings very nicely.
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