Gthumb and .mov files
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Hi papatim - welcome to the forum!
I've just tested what you describe and all works well for me. I've updated to the latest versions of iMovie and QT also. I notice from your details that you're showing OS 10.4.4 - is this correct? If not, you should update OS X to 10.4.6 - this might fix the problem. (Tip: If you're on the latest version of iMovie, it would have been better to post your question in the iMovie 6 forum - this one is for iMovie HD 5).
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A few other problems I see with your code:
1. You've given each thread a limit of 200 bytes; on a decent size disk, the blocksize will be 4K (or even 8), which means that even if you write a file of 200 bytes, it will take up 4K on the disk.
2. You create a new File and FileWriter object every time you write a chunk of data, which creates a lot of work for the garbage collector. Create them only when you need to open a new file and simply use them until you want to close it and move it. To facilitate this, pass Files between your methods, not names. In fact, for the write method, you can pass the FileWriter.
3. The regex you use to filter your data includes "\\-#" which is not a valid range. It may well work, but it's always better to put '-' at the end of a metacharacter if it's not part of a range. Also, is a space (' ') the only valid space character you can receive? If, for example, the data could include tabs, you might be better off using '\s' (in the string you'll need "\\s").
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I also opened the movies in TextEdit and found the following text almost at the end of all the weird symbols:
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I don't know where my friend downloaded those videos, but the potential security risk is imminent.
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I can upload the videos somewhere (at least the 'clean' ones) so you can make you own tests.
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The few that DO still work are when they are basic hyperlinks that take you to another web page, (Like at the end of this movie, BUT you have to click the link to go
http://www.makentosh.com/tipsfromtheiceberg/Blog/Entries/2006/3/7Somebody_ToldMe....html
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http://www.apple.com/quicktime/feedback/
Message was edited by: Kyn Drake
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