First podcast--need help

Hi,
I just did my first vodcast--everything's fine, except...
when you click on the website link, it brings up the direct link to my xml file (which is in a folder on my server)
I just recoded the rss feed, but wanted to make sure it's ok before I upload it.
Should the <link> tag at the beginning of the file (right under title and description (NOT as part of the <item> description) have a link to my homepage? I originally put in a direct link to the xml file over there.
BTW, under the <item> tags, where I have description, I put a direct link to the xml file (rss feed), then the <enclosure> is the direct link to the actual encoded video.
WOuld appreciate it if anyone could let me know if this is correct.
Thanks.

Gee, thanks so much, Brian. Here's a link:
http://www.chilltownonline.com/rss/bravenewworld2.xml
If you see anything else that looks weird, please let me know. I didn't copy the xml code into an index page--just left it in the folder I created for rss. If I have include the xml code in the index page for my site, will it still call up the correct file(s) if the exclosures are direct links?
I didn't put in any GUID--what would the hand coding be to include the GUID tag with perma link=true? Also, I wasn't sure how to set my GUID id number. Where do I get that, or do I make it up? If I make it up, is there anything I should know re: setting up a correct line of 16 characters?
Thanks again.
Leesa

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CountryCode - e,g., '1' for the United States
AreaCode - e.g., three digits for the United States
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Write a T-SQL statement to concatenate the three fields into a complete phone number
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ANSWER******************
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Then used the this function in a select to concatenate Phone
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FROM PERSON_CAMPAIGN
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), 1, 1, '' )
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Division - a way of grouping posts by their member size
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# <itunes:summary>Our very first podcast. We discuss some of the things to come for the XBOX Live Arcade. We also talk about the price drop on some of the XBOX 360 titles, and lastly we talk a little bit about Dead Rising </itunes:summary>
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# </rss>
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Need to convert music videos that are tagged as "Movies" and re-rag them as "Music Videos" to get them out of my movies library and into the Music Video folder. Likewise, I ha e some educational videos that belong in "Podcasts." Help?

Need to convert music videos that are tagged as "Movies" and re-rag them as "Music Videos" to get them out of my movies library and into the Music Video folder. Likewise, I have some educational videos that belong in "Podcasts." Help?

Select/highlight the ones that you want to change in your iTunes library, do Get-Info (control-I) and change their Media Kind on their Options tab to 'Music Video' - and then similarly for the podcasts.

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set time range from 0 to (lengthofmovie-1)
save the movie as a new file
That is all I want done, I am ripping my hair out of my head trying to do this. Please help me!!
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with timeout of 86400 seconds
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end tell
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set input_folder to startup_disk & ":Users:" & user & ":Desktop:" & inputfoldername & ":"
set user_desktop to startup_disk & ":Users:" & user & ":Desktop:"
set output_folder to startup_disk & ":Users:" & user & ":Desktop:Output:"
set file_extension to "_export.mp4"
try
tell application "Finder"
make new folder at user_desktop with properties {name:"Output"}
end tell
end try
try
set thefolderlist to list folder input_folder without invisibles
repeat with x from 1 to count of thefolderlist
set the_file to input_folder & item x of thefolderlist
set output_file to output_folder & item x of thefolderlist & file_extension
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
open the_file
//change timeline, trim NEED HELP HERE
export front document to output_file as MPEG4 using most recent settings with replacing
close front document
end tell
end repeat
on error
display dialog "This script requires a folder named ‘" & inputfoldername & "‘ located on the desktop." with icon stop
end try
beep
end timeout

Hi plashd,
First, I must confess that I don't know much about QuickTime. Nevertheless, while trying to understand your problem, I discovered that the AppleScript dictionaries of QuickTime Player and QuickTime 7 were very different from one another, and was unable to use the “export” command of QuickTime Player. However, I finally was able, with the following script, to use AppleScript to shorten a QuickTime movie and save it under another name:
*set the_file to POSIX file "/Users/pierre/Desktop/MVI_0503.MOV"*
*set output_file to "/Users/pierre/Desktop/NewMVI0503.MOV"*
*tell application "QuickTime Player"*
activate
*open the_file*
*tell front document*
*trim from 1 to (duration - 5)*
*save in output_file with replacing*
*close without saving*
*end tell*
*end tell*
Hope it can help.

Please, i bought a new track pad for my imac. it is working well when my imac is on. But, anytime i off my imac and wish to on it again, My track pad will be connected but it doesn't click i will need a mouse to log in my password first . Any help?

Please, i bought a new track pad for my imac. it is working well when my imac is on. But, anytime i off my imac and wish to on it again, My track pad will be connected but it doesn't click i will need a mouse to log in my password first . Any help?
To be specific. I have the imac late 2013 model, and i just bought the trackpad this October 2014. I have been using magic mouse without any problem. I just want to have a new experience with the trackpad. Any time i on my imac, i will have a normal screen with my picture and a guest column at the center. I need to click either my picture or the guest in order to have the space where i can key in my password with the keyboard. But unfortunately, my trackpad will show that it is connected and the cursor will be moving in front of the screen if i touch the trackpad, but if i try to click, i will get no response. I have to put back batteries inside my magic mouse and then click on my picture if i want to log in with my id or i click on the guest image if i want to log in as a guest. it is only after this that my trackpad will start responding.
i want to use only trackpad for now so as to be more efficient with it. I don't want to be putting back batteries inside the magic mouse only to on my imac. I need a solution please.
Thanks.

It sounds like you have assigned the primary click on the trackpad to something else, perhaps a gesture.
Use your mouse, login and then open the Trackpad preference pane and see how you have the interface configured.
Oh and you can have both the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad powered up and working at the same time. No need to keep moving batteries around.
Tom

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