Has anyone tried using "ffmpegx" to compress video files to Xvid files?

Has anyone tried using the program ffmpegx to compress your video files into Xvid files? Still trying to find a magic solution to save some space on my hard drive

Mac Fool wrote:
Unfortunately, when I click on the link I get "Error: you do not have permission to view the requested forum or category".
i believe the thread was removed due to the discussion was not in accordance with the ToU of the forum. it was a heated discussion as well (i was following it).
here's a similar discussion from the Apple TV forum. note the very last post ...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2313089&start=0&tstart=30
JGG

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AVCHD - Has anyone tried using Parallels

Hello,
I have the HDR-SR1 and am just as frustrated as everyone else on this board.
Has anyone tried using Parallels to capture the AVCHD footage in the Windows environment then bringing it into FPC on your Mac?
I tried but couldn't get it to locate the drive. My last solution is the Blackmagic vid card, just wanted to see if this works before I buy one.
cheers

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4739843#4739843
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Has anyone tried using the app Telnames for their mobile sites/storage?

Have been looking at EverWeb and lurking in the forums following the discussions regarding it. Downloaded the demo and it seems like more then I want to do. (Still using iWeb for my main site)
While looking for alternatives I saw Telnames on App Store. I would like to know if anyone has tried using/buying it? I will be working on a 6+ and building a Bed and Breakfast mobile site.
Thanks in advance
D

Thanks for the info on symlinks. I pretty much already convinced the powers above me this was a bad idea because of the horrible performance and problems getting OS X to even recognize it as a home directory, but the symlink info is the nail in the coffin. We have had great success using windows file servers for our network home directories (we are a complete windows shop besides my macs) and I really didn't want to change anyways.

Has anyone tried using a Mac to stream BBC iPlayer content to a 360 or PS3?

Hi there
I am not sure where to post this query, and there doesn't seem to be a good place to ask questions regarding iPlayer and the Mac, but I thought I'd try here.
I have tried using the PS3's iPlayer, and for the most part it's good, but sometimes fails to have some of the content the normal iPlayer site has (bizarrely).
To try and sort this problem, I've downloaded iPlayer desktop for Mac, which allows me to download programmes to my mac, but what I really want to do is stream those programmes so that I can watch them on my TV.
I have both an Xbox 360 and a PS3 (and mac software to stream content to both) but the .mp4 files it downloads won't play on either console. The 360 just doesn't see it, and the PS3 sees it but when playing the screen just goes black.
I have tried exporting iPlayer's .mp4 file in another format, but none of my other software will open it [Divx converter, iMovie, Quicktime Pro], let alone convert it into another format (such as .mov or divx for good streaming).
I'm sure that I heard iPlayer uses WMV, but I can't find any way of changing what format iPlayer Desktop downloads.
Any ideas how I can get past this?

Mac Fool wrote:
Unfortunately, when I click on the link I get "Error: you do not have permission to view the requested forum or category".
i believe the thread was removed due to the discussion was not in accordance with the ToU of the forum. it was a heated discussion as well (i was following it).
here's a similar discussion from the Apple TV forum. note the very last post ...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2313089&start=0&tstart=30
JGG

Has anyone TRIED using a 128GB SD card in a Lumia ...

I know the 520 is documented as supporting up to a 64GB card, but has anyone actually tried plugging a 128GB card into a 520?
Thanks in advance to all of you pioneers who choose to forge your own path.

The specs said 64 GB just because at the time there was no 128Gb uSD. There is no difference between the two as far as access so no reason why they should not work. Most specs have since been updated to reflect this.
The 520 has been superceded by then and there's no solid indication/ mention of support. WHy no upgrade to a x3x model which does? If you want to try it's at your own risk but make sure you at least run WP8.1
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Has anyone tried using a JavaScript External Library with 64bit InDesign?

I have an event listener that calls a JavaScript file. The JS script uses a c++ external library. All works fine with 32 bit InDesign including the new cloud version, but I get an "I/O error" when trying to load the library from a 64bit InDesign generated event. I have even tried using the sample project BasicExternalObject and get the same error.
Any thots would be greatly appreciated.
Ron R

Hi Zhiqiang_Li <http://forums.adobe.com/people/Zhiqiang_Li> ,
Yes, I got this working some time ago. I am not a mac user but perhaps the general principle is the same:
In Windows 64, if your application is compiled 64bit then you can only access InDesign 64bit and its object library. However if your app is 32 bit then you can only access InDesign 32bit and its object library.
Sorry I don’t know more about the mac. All of our users (200+) use InDesign for windows so of course our app is also windows based. Does the mac support both a 32 and 64 bit version of InDesign? If not my solution will not be much help.
Ron
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Anyone tried using the Apple HDMI video adapter with an iPad 2?

Mine doesn't recognise it. This is the second adaptor Apple has provided me with and I had a Genius check out the iPad for me. She recommended a complete reset. This hasn't fixed it. Anyone managed to get HDMI out of their iPad 2?

https://discussions.apple.com/message/15475606#15475606
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https://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?resultTypes=&dateRange=all&peopleEnabl ed=true&q=hdmi&containerType=&container=&containerName=IPAD&username=&rankBy=rel evance&newq=hdmi*&numResults=15
so yes many people use hdmi av with their tv
the likely problem is with your tv testing with other tv's should be first step

Has anyone tried using their keyboard dock on iPad 2?

I'm trying mine out as I write ... it seems to be fine?? Anyone? Anyone?!

Im using the Apple keyboard dock with the iPad 2 right now. Initial thoughts/concerns:
- the iPad seems to want to tip over and out of the dock when using on lap
- some shortcuts (like command+arrows to navigate back/forth on safari, etc) don't work while other do (such as command+c, v, x--the standard ones). My guess is that this limitation was intentional so iPad users don't replace their laptops.

Has anyone tried using a MBP with TD at two different sites?

I just got my TD at home and at one at work yesterday. While I love the display and the docking ability it provides, I have encountered an issue that I haven't resolved, I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this.
At home, the TD is positioned to the left side of the MBP, so I was able to orient the display preferences accordingly. At work, I have to position the TD above the MBP. The starting position for the TD is above the MBP. I am wondering if the MBP can recognize that these two TDs are different devices and position them accordingly. It appears not.
Another interesting quirk: At home, the MBP recognizes the built-in mic and speakers and calls them Thunderbolt audio, I believe. At work, it calls them USB audio. I am wondering what other strange differences I'll see.
2011 17" MBP
TD
Snow Leopard (hey, I still run XP under Parallels 6.0 - I like my SW to thoroughly soak before using it)

Here's an update: The Thunderbold Display user interface is broken.
I made sure all the software/firmware was up to date (now they both label the TD audio as USB, interestingly enough - was the shipped firmware with one of the devices newer than that on the web site???). On days when the Moon is full, the MBP comes out of hibernation with the only display on the computer, on cloudy days, the computer comes out of hibernation with the only display on the TD. From 10 minutes after the hour until quarter to the hour, both displays come up, but open Finder windows randomly are placed on one display or the other. On Thursday mornings, the icon locations on the desktop get shuffled like the display resolution was reduced to VGA and then restored. While both the TD and MBP audio and camera work and I can set either to be active, the system has a definite preference to use the TD for audio and camera (except that Facetime only wants to use the MBP audio).
Did Apple let Microsoft get their hands on this?

Has anyone tried a *real* role-link ? - (bea support pls respond)

Hi
Has anyone tried using different role-name and role-link in the security-role-ref section of web.xml.
isUserInRole method fails with this.
given a section in web.xml as:
<security-role-ref>
<role-name>xyz</role-name>
<role-link>abc</role-link>
</security-role-ref>
<security-role>
<role-name>abc</role-name>
</security-role>
u would say isUserInRole("xyz"); right?
but weblogic 5.1 always returns false
it instead behaves properly with isUserInRole("xyz"); which is wrong behaviour.
Please correct me if i am wrong.
thanks
sriram

I don't have a definitive answer, but I would guess you won't find a tech support service dedicated to the Flash Player since it is free software and customers apparently have problems getting tech support for the products they buy. But here are a couple of things worth considering.
Try posting/looking thru the Flash Player forum...
http://forums.adobe.com/community/webplayers/flash_player
Try submitting a bug report...
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Has anyone tried pre-compression to improve image quality?

I am having a hard time creating a usable disk image in iDVD from my 1 hr 45 min FCE movie. Portions of the video are extremely pixelated, usually the grainier, lo-light clips.
Since I don't have Compressor or DVD Studio Pro to use to get more control over the compression, I considered trying to "pre-compress" my video by exporting the entire master sequence using Quicktime conversion to an Mpeg4 format and playing with the data rate so that it would be well under the 4 GB limit of a DVD5. Then I was going to re-import the Mpeg4 into a new FCE sequence, add chapter markers and export again as Quicktime movie into iDVD.
My reasoning is that iDVD will no longer have to compress the file and the pixelization won't be there if it isn't there in the Mpeg4. Has anyone tried anything like this to overcome iDVD's compression and get more control?
If you think I should post over at iDVD forum please let me know.
Thanks in advance,
Mike

What you want to do does not make sense. You are going to ADD more compression
iDVD will compress your video no matter what you do ... it has to, in order to create the MPEG2 that comprises a DVD. iDVD will always do this ... even if you could create your own MPEG2 (which you can't do if you don't have Compressor) it would still try to do that compression ... it is a consumer app designed for ease of use
The more you "step on" your video before it goes to to iDVD the worse it will be.
You are right; you need more control over your MPEG2 compression and you can't tinker with iDVD's compression engine like you could with Compressor
The symptons you describe are not unusual. I fin that anything over 90 minutes in iDVD can give you potential probs. The quality of the original video had to be really, really high ... and doing a double compression ain't gonna help that.
Is it feasible to split the project in half and make two DVDs? If the project is under an hour, you can use iDVD's Best Performance preference which tends to give you a better result.
Remember, iDVD doesn't really care about the "size" of your project, only its length, so tinkering around to reduce the file size won't help you.
It is unfortunate that Compressor is not a standalone program and that DVD Studio Pro is now only included as part of the Final Cut Suite. I suppose you could troll e-Bay to see if there are any older, independent versions of the program still kicking around

Has Anyone tried running Windows Apps on Tiger/Leopard using Crossover?

Hi,
I had heard that you can run some Windows applications using a program called Crossover.
Has anyone tried Crossover?
I need to run Qimage on my MacPro

It does work, but it can only run programs that have been converted for use with CrossOver. You need to check their site information on whether the program you want to use is available in converted form.
CrossOver hasn't been verified for 10.5.2, although it is certified for 10.5.
Windows on Intel Macs
There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.
1. Install the Apple Boot Camp software. Purchase Windows XP w/Service Pak 2 or Vista. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.
2. Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, or Vista Ultimate. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
3. VM Fusionand Windows XP, Vista Business, or Vista Ultimate. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
4. CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.
5. Last is Q. Q is a freeware emulator that is compatible with Intel Macs. It is much slower than the virtualization software, Parallels and VM Fusion.
Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system.
See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion.
Boot Camp is only available with Leopard. The Boot Camp Beta that was used with Tiger has expired and is no longer available for use. So contrary to the other poster's comment, Boot Camp isn't truly "free." You must purchase Leopard to get it.

Has anyone tried to use the Online Edition of Quickbooks and Tiger?

I work from home as an editor. My employer has just set up payroll using the Online Edition of Quickbooks. When I tried to to login I got this message from Quickbooks:
"For business and tech reasons we designed Online Edition specifically to run on Windows. We do not offer an alternative version at this time. Customers have reported using a PC emulator, such as Microsoft's Virtual PC, to run Online Edition on their Macs. This may decrease application performance in terms of speed. We encourage you to research this approach to see whether it will work for you."
Has anyone tried this?
Also, they set up Online Edition to run with Internet Explorer. I use Safari.

i donot know the server he used in his example. All you need is to
replace the server deployment descriptors he used to weblogic descriptors. then rebuild. go to admin tool--localhost:7001/console
and login with weblogic as username and password
then on ejb you can then deploy the ejb.read on the console.
sumelong

Has anyone tried home sharing between mac and windows using parallels on the same machine?

I recently purchased a mac, and plan to set up parallels for windows and windows 7 so that I can use the Windows version of Over Drive Media Console from the library and download WMA files in windows (limitation with mac version for wma downloads). I would like to synch to iTunes on the Mac iOS, but will need iTunes available in Windows to transfer the books I download in WMA format from the library to my iphone. Has anyone tried this? Any success or suggestions would be appreciated!

In case anyone is interested, last night I installed Paralells, Windows, Overdrive Media Console on Windows, and then was able to download my book in WMA format. I was hoping parallels would allow me to crossover sync to iTunes on the Mac and have Overdrive recognize that I had iTunes open, but I had to choose Windows or Mac when connecting my phone through the USB and had to choose Windows in order for it to successfully transfer. I was able to get it to work it is now synced to iTunes in Windows. The nice thing was that it pulled in all my music/apps that I had set up in the Mac side, so I didn't have to go through that exercise again. I tested it on my old phone. Now I need to decide if I want to set up my current phone on Windows or Mac, it seems that once synched it only opens the device in windows, I haven't figured out how to force the choice between mac or window again. If I do windows, I can't take advantage of the cloud or iphoto/imovie directly. I'm totally new to mac, but I think I'll have to import my photos manually.

Has anyone tried to trade in the their iphone5 for the gift card that can be used to buy iphone6?

Has anyone tried to trade in the their iphone5 for the gift card that can be used to buy iphone6?

csa3, I want to make sure you are able to take advantage of this offer. Have you submitted a Preorder for the iPhone 6? If so, you can submit your appraisal before September 30, 2014 using the following link: http://bit.ly/GGnDDC
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