Help With ACR Presets

Hi! I am trying to use some new ACR presets I purchased. These are the first presets I've ever used. I am working on a new Macbook Pro, and have loaded the .xmp files to library/application support/adobe/camera raw/settings. They are now showing up in ACR, but when I try to use them, I get this message "Unable to load the raw conversion settings. The raw conversion settings file is invalid." Any help??

I bought them from LilyBlue. I thought it would save a ton of time from having to open in Photoshop. I have CS5. Here's the specifications from the purchase.
WHAT VERSION OF PHOTOSHOP DO I NEED FOR LILYBLUE ACTIONS? FOR LILYBLUE RAW PRESETS?
most lilyblue actions have been developed for cs and above. lilyblue raw presets have been developed for acr (adobe camera raw) and adobe lightroom. both versions are included in your purchase. they work on both pc and mac.

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You need to locate the Project file. Which will be somewhere in your colleague's User space.
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Kind is Documents
Type the project name.
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What updates are you trying to download?
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I have Canon CR2 RAW files from a 7D, Photoshop CS6 13.01 64bit, with ACR 7.1.0.354, running on Windows 7 64bit.
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I'm on a Mac. I made a "Master Image File" on my hard drive. I put folders of raw images into the "Master" folder.
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I am about to give up. I'll use PSE 9.0 for teaching - but I'll use the "open" function from PSE to go to the images. If I want to demonstrate how to apply Adobe Camera Raw to a JPG image, I have to do that anyway. I have not found a way to open a JPG image directly with ACR from organizer ----
Do I dare say it again ???? I hate Organizer. Please sell me a version of Bridge for PSE 9.0.
Why is that so hard ????????

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OK I tried doing some research and the latest thing I found was February 2007. SO...
I adopted my computer from my brother. Installed on the maching was Adobe CS...not CS2 or CS3. Recently I was givin the Nikon D40 as a gift and now I can not find out how to view the NEF files on my CS. I am sure that this issue has been completly beaten to death so please give me some slack because I am a little embarrased to ask, but I am also completely frustrated. I really dont want to have to upgrade to CS2 or CS3 because I dont want to spend money on software until I get familiar with the program and think it is worth it. Any help would be great.
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<The client wants a control player, i.e. play, stop, pause, etc., that's it, so the viewer can simply provide the function themselves. This is similar to youtube, blogger, etc.
The web designer can use what you provided, which does what you describe the client wanting. But the web designer may need to integrate what Encore provided onto a web page, and the client may not have made the expectations clear and may not know what is needed. As I said, the Encore to flash player gives almost no options for the player controls and colors etc may be problems.
<Encore did encode the f4v file. When I exported from PremPro what preset should I hve chosen -- mpeg2 DVD, flv/f4v. So the only file he needs in addition to what I gave him is the original f4v file?
I don't know whether the f4v you exported from Premiere was progressive. The f4v from Encore might be fine, or you might need to export from Premiere again.
The other issue is that some "player" with controls needs to be provided by you or the web designer (who may have an issue with the client not getting the designer to lay all this out to begin with). There are several threads about "flv players" you might check out. Does the client have video on his site already? If so, you can figure out what they are using, and it will help with your process.
should I have chosen "flash server" instead of "progressive". i must admit i never did this before. other clients just have me post it to youtube and provide them with embed code.
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