Is DVD Dead?
The college classes I teach use FCP7. I'm looking to migrate that to either FCPX or Premiere, and I'm trying to decide which direction to go in. One huge factor is that Apple has dropped DVDSP, so how is an X user supposed to author a DVD? Premiere has Encore. DVDs are important to my students. They put their reels on them -- in their world, with their markets, people view reels on DVD.
So I wanted to gather your opinions. Is DVD dead? In four years will DVDs be around? Should the lack of DVD authoring software for FCPX even be a factor?
Thanks for offering your two cents.
Thanks everybody for your input.
Hollywood still releases movies on DVDs.
For now. They used to release movies on Laser Disk too. So DVDs will disappear -- just a question of when.
If not...look for Toast or other DVD authoring software.
I tried making a DVD in Toast. Worst compression I've ever seen. Motion has an echo.
there's no reason why you can't keep working in DVDSP
Because it's unavailable. My students can't buy it.
why do you want to migrate?
I can make the argument to my students that I'm not teaching you software, I teaching you editing. But why have to make that argument and teach them on some current software that's purchasable by them.
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Just wondered what you all thought?
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IBook number 4, DVD dead AGAIN!
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I need some serious help and I'd appreciate anyone who knows Java. Here is the assignment:
Modify the Inventory Program so the application can handle multiple items. Use an array to store the items. The output should display the information one product at a time, including the item number, the name of the product, the number of units in stock, the price of each unit, and the value of the inventory of that product. In addition, the output should display the value of the entire inventory.
*?h Create a method to calculate the value of the entire inventory.*
*?h Create another method to sort the array items by the name of the product.*
*?h Post as an attachment in java forma*
I have not completed the program so I am not sure what kind of errors I will get. For some reason I cannot get past the first part of code. The errors are in bold print. The error for "new DVD(....) reads "cannot find symbol". The System.out.println("...") error reads "cannot find symbol..symbol: method getDVDPrice()...location: class inventoryprogram1app.DVD[]...operator + cannot be applied to java.lang.String,Arrray.getDVDPrice. I think that most of the bottom half is ok because I have no errors here, it's just the top part that I cant get past. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
public class InventoryProgram1App
public static void main(String[] args)
DVD[]dvd =new DVD[10];
new *DVD*("We Were Soilders","5","19.99","278");
new *DVD*("Why Did I Get Married","3","15.99","142");
new *DVD*("I Am Legend","9","19.99","456");
new *DVD*("Transformers","4","19.99","336");
new *DVD*("No Country For Old Men","4","16.99","198");
new *DVD*("The Kingdom","6","15.99","243");
new *DVD*("Eagle Eye","2","16.99","681");
new *DVD*("The Day After Tomorrow","4","19.99","713");
new *DVD*("Dead Presidents","3","19.99","493");
new *DVD*("Blood Diamond","7","19.99","356");
*System.out.println("DVD Title:" +DVD.getdvdTitle());+*
*+System.out.println("DVD Price:"+ dvd.getDVDPrice());*
*System.out.println("DVD units in stock:" +dvd.getDVDStock());+*
*+System.out.println("DVD item number:"+ dvd.getDVDitemNumber());*
*for (int counter = 0; > DVD.length; counter++);*
class DVD
private int dvdTitle;
private double dvdPrice;
private double dvdStock;
private double dvditemNumber;
public DVD(int title, double price, double stock, double itemNumber)
this.dvdTitle = title;
this.dvdPrice = price;
this.dvdStock = stock;
this.dvditemNumber = itemNumber;
public void setDVDTitle(int title)
this.dvdTitle = title;
public int getdvdDTitle()
return dvdTitle;
public void setDVDPrice(double price)
this.dvdPrice = price;
public double getDVDPrice()
return dvdPrice;
public void setDVDStock(double stock)
this.dvdStock = stock;
public double getDVDStock()
return dvdStock;
public void setDVDitemNumber(double itemNumber)
this.dvditemNumber = itemNumber;
public double getDVDitemNumber()
return dvditemNumber;
public double getValue()
return this.dvdStock * this.dvdPrice;
}I really appreciate you helping me out with this. I looked at all of the replies and went back and changed what was suggested. I have a load of errors...(*java.lang.ClassFormatError: Method "<error>" in class inventoryprogram2app/InventoryProgram2App has illegal signature "Ljava/lang/Object;"*
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320)
Could not find the main class: inventoryprogram2app.InventoryProgram2App. Program will exit.
Exception in thread "main"
Exception in thread "main" Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
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public class InventoryProgram2App
public static void main(String[] args)
private DVD[]dvd =new DVD[10];
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
String dvdTitle;
double dvdPrice = 0.0;
double dvdStock = 0.0;
double dvditemNumber = 0.0;
*dvd = new DVD();*
*System.out.println("DVD Title: " + dvd.getDVDTitle());*
*System.out.println("DVD Price:" + dvd.getDVDPrice());*
*System.out.println("DVD units in stock:" + dvd.getDVDStock());*
*System.out.println("DVD item number:" + dvd.getDVDitemNumber());*
*System.out.println("DVD inventory value:" + dvd.getValue());*
class DVD
private String dvdTitle;
private double dvdPrice;
private double dvdStock;
private double dvditemNumber;
public DVD(String title, double price, double stock, double itemNumber)
this.dvdTitle = title;
this.dvdPrice = price;
this.dvdStock = stock;
this.dvditemNumber = itemNumber;
public void setdvdTitle(String dvdTitle)
*dvdTitle = dvdTitle;*
*dvd[0] = new DVD("We Were Soilders","5","19.99","278");*
*dvd[1] = new DVD("Why Did I Get Married","3","15.99","142");*
*dvd[2] = new DVD("I Am Legend","9","19.99","456");*
*dvd[3] = new DVD("Transformers","4","19.99","336");*
*dvd[4] = new DVD("No Country For Old Men","4","16.99","198");*
*dvd[5] = new DVD("The Kingdom","6","15.99","243");*
*dvd[6] = new DVD("Eagle Eye","2","16.99","681");*
*dvd[7] = new DVD("The Day After Tomorrow","4","19.99","713");*
*dvd[8] = new DVD("Dead Presidents","3","19.99","493");*
*dvd[9] = new DVD("Blood Diamond","7","19.99","356");* }
public void setdvdStock(int dvdStock)
int stock = 0;
if(dvdStock >= 0)
dvdStock = stock;
*else(dvdStock = 0)* }
public void setdvdPrice(double dvdPrice)
double price;
*if(dvdPrice = 0.0)*
price = dvdPrice;
*else(price = 0.0)*
public void setDVDTitle(String title)
this.dvdTitle = title;
public String getDVDTitle()
return dvdTitle;
public void setDVDPrice(double price)
this.dvdPrice = price;
public double getDVDPrice()
return dvdPrice;
public void setDVDStock(double stock)
this.dvdStock = stock;
public double getDVDStock()
return dvdStock;
public void setDVDitemNumber(double itemNumber)
this.dvditemNumber = itemNumber;
public double getDVDitemNumber()
return dvditemNumber;
public double getValue()
return this.dvdStock * this.dvdPrice;
class inventoryDVD
int[] dvdValue = new int[10];
for (int dvdS = 0;counter < DVD.length(); counter++);
*dvdPrice * dvdStock[counter];*
public String toString;
} -
Hi. I'd like to thank all who replied to my Inventory 2 program. Today I am working on Inventory Program Part 3 and need a little help with this also.
Assignment Description:
CheckPoint: Inventory Program Part 3
?h Resource: Java: How to Program
?h Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
?h Modify the Inventory Program by creating a subclass of the product class that uses one additional unique feature of the product you chose (for the DVDs subclass, you could use movie title, for example). In the subclass, create a method to calculate the value of the inventory of a product with the same name as the method previously created for the product class. The subclass method should also add a 5% restocking fee to the value of the inventory of that product.
?h Modify the output to display this additional feature you have chosen and the restocking fee.
?h Post as an attachment in java format.
I think that I have most of the code correct, however I still have errors withing my code that I have changed around multiple times and still can't figure out how to correct the errors.
Here is my code for Inventory Program Part 3:
package inventoryprogram3;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class InventoryProgram3
* @param args the command line arguments
public static void main(String[] args)
Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
DVD[] dvd = new DVD[10];
dvd[0] = new DVD("We Were Soilders","5","19.99","278");
dvd[1] = new DVD("Why Did I Get Married","3","15.99","142");
dvd[2] = new DVD("I Am Legend","9","19.99","456");
dvd[3] = new DVD("Transformers","4","19.99","336");
dvd[4] = new DVD("No Country For Old Men","4","16.99","198");
dvd[5] = new DVD("The Kingdom","6","15.99","243");
dvd[6] = new DVD("Eagle Eye","2","16.99","681");
dvd[7] = new DVD("The Day After Tomorrow","4","19.99","713");
dvd[8] = new DVD("Dead Presidents","3","19.99","493");
dvd[9] = new DVD("Blood Diamond","7","19.99","356");
double dvdValue = 0.0;
for (int counter = 0; > DVD.length ;counter++);
System.out.printf("\nInventory value is: $%,2f\n",dvdValue);
class DVD
protected String dvdTitle;
protected double dvdPrice;
protected double dvdStock;
protected double dvditemNumber;
public DVD(String title, double price, double stock, double itemNumber)
this.dvdTitle = title;
this.dvdPrice = price;
this.dvdStock = stock;
this.dvditemNumber = itemNumber;
DVD(String string, String string0, String string1, String string2) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
public void setDVDTitle(String title)
this.dvdTitle = title;
public String getDVDTitle()
return dvdTitle;
public void setDVDPrice(double price)
this.dvdPrice = price;
public double getDVDPrice()
return dvdPrice;
public void setDVDStock(double stock)
this.dvdStock = stock;
public double getDVDStock()
return dvdStock;
public void setDVDitemNumber(double itemNumber)
this.dvditemNumber = itemNumber;
public double getDVDitemNumber()
return dvditemNumber;
public double getValue()
return this.dvdStock * this.dvdPrice;
System.out.println();
*_System.out.println( "DVD Title:" + dvd.getDVDTitle());_*
*_System.out.println("DVD Price:" + dvd.getDVDPrice());_*
*_System.out.println("DVD units in stock:" + dvd.getDVDStock());_* _System.out.println("DVD item number: " + dvd.getDVDitemNumber());_ System.out.printf("The total value of dvd inventory is: $%,.2f\n" ,_*dvdValue*_);
class MovieGenre extends InventoryProgram3
private String movieGenre;
_*public movieGenre(String title, double price, double stock, double itemNumber, String movieGenre)_*
*_super(dvdTitle, dvdPrice, dvdStock, dvditemNumber, dvdmovieTitle);_*
*_movieGenre = genre;_ }*
public void setmovieTitle(String title)
this.movieGenre = _*genre*_;
public String getmovieGenre()
return _*moviegenre*_;
public double getValue()
return getValue() * 1.05;
public double gerestockingFee()
return getValue() * .05;
public String toString(Object[] dvdValue)
return String.format("%s %s\nTotal value of inventory is: %s", dvdValue);
}I ran the program just to see the error messages:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: inventoryprogram3/DVD (wrong name: inventoryprogram3/dvd)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320)
at inventoryprogram3.InventoryProgram3.main(InventoryProgram3.java:20)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
I really don't understand what's going on here and would appreciate help from anyone who knows and understands Java.
Thanks in advance.You say you "ran" it. I think you mean compiled it? The public class is InventoryProgram3, not DVD.
If you did mean you tried to run it, then additionally, instead ofjava inventoryprogram3/InventoryProgram3
Should be
java inventoryprogram3.InventoryProgram3 -
The War is over: the winner is...
Hi(Bonjour)!
The WAR is over:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/official-hd-dvd-dead-and-buried-format-war-is -over/
And the winner is... Blu-Ray.
So, no more question about HD-DVD production/distribution but still no app to produce Blu-Ray DVD.
Be patient, I'm pretty shure that some companies should conquer this +terra incognita+ soon and we will see Blu-Ray DVD burners, media and authoriting tool on the market.
Michel BoissonneaultIt's funny you should bring up HD right now.
A few hours ago I was reading a question from someone who is thinking of getting a Canon HV20 and as I knew nothing about it I googled its name.
The link I got was to Amazon who were selling it incredibly cheaply (£545) and under the price were the words, "Want guaranteed delivery by 1pm Wednesday, February 20? Order it in the next 8 hours and 52 minutes.................. "
I suddenly remembered that date was my birthday !
Was this some omen telling me to part with my cash ?
I also looked at a comprehensive review which seemed to sing its praises - Canon HV20
So if I did decide to get it, would it work well on FCE/FCP ? No capture problems - after all it is a Canon and we know about their FW implementation ?
In short, would it be a good camera for shooting video and editing with FCE/FCP ?
Ian.
P.S. My wife says we can have an HD TV to go with it - but, then it's my money she's talking about ! -
Stuck: Need Disk repair but DVD drive dead and only have USB 1
[1 Ghz flat-panel iMac with USB 1 ports (no USB 2) and also Firewire 400]
I noticed a strange discrepancy (small but concerning) between the size of a folder on hard drive (folder of all mp3's with no subfolders) and the backup of the same folder on a mounted thumb drive.
(The size difference was not due to any invisible .DS_Store files and both folders are displayed in List view format.)
Disk Utility reports three things:
1. Incorrect number of thread records
2. Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
3. Checking volume information.
Volume free block count",0) [I might have mangled this line]
(It should be 13438611 instead of 13437937)
Here is the GOOD (but these are useless as explained under the "Bad"):
- I have a Tiger 10.4 boot DVD for a repair ==>but see below
- I also have a Disk Warrior disk (never used)
Here is the BAD:
- My built-in optical drive [Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105] is -- I now discover - defunct and DEAD - it does not run the Tiger Boot DVD (in pristine shape).
- I bought an external SuperDrive (unopened) but I believe no boot from USB 1 is possible in PowerPC so a SuperDrive with USB 1 is useless.
Questions:
1.) Is there any way to boot from some external source (optical drive is DEAD) to run Disk Utility and/or Disk Warrior? -- I see none in this case! (gulp).
2.) More importantly (and this is my fundamental concern): Do the three Disk Utility hard drive issues constitute any direct threat to the integrity of my files?
I have almost everything backed up to duplicate thumb drives over these many months as standard practice.
Are these Disk Utility errors fully isolated to hard drive directory-keeping...or do these directory damage errors pose the possibility of mangling or harming my files or their metadata (filesize, etc.).
Put another way, when files are backed-up from a hard drive under the Disk Utility reports above, do they remain unharmed and undamaged by the situations reported by Disk Utility?
Thanks,
BillJeff and Michael,
Thank you both for your generous and thoughtful input.
Michael: As I slept on it overnight, the exact same idea occurred to me of trying a Target Mode to the iMac from my Lion MacbookPro (I have it but stupidly have yet to use it much!).
I did buy a Firewire 800 (MBP) to Firewire 400 (iMac) adapter cable a few months ago!
CONCERN: Would there be potential compatibility issues or risks in running Lion 10.7's Disk Utility against the hard drive of the old OSX 10.4 iMac in Target Disk Mode?
==> Assuming an "it's ok" answer to the Target Disk question, would the majority of users agree that the Target Disk Mode would be more prudent than running:
fsck -fy in Single User Mode
I have never done fsck -fy before especially because I was under the impression there were issues with Journaled drived but from what I have read today...it looks ok to do)
Jeff: Can't thank you enough for the reference to the OTW DVD drive. I might first invest $10 in one of those DVD lens cleaner disks that I've read about. It's probably not the issue or else why would the drive read commercial Music cds perfectly well!
Thanks,
Bilil -
Hey everyone,
My CD/DVD Drive is dead. Trying to reinstall the OS 10.6.
My Drive is dead, takes the disk, makes lots of grinding, and does nothing but spit it out. May have recognized it once out of 20 times, but failed during the install.
I thought about using the Remote Install OSX like you would for a MacBook Air, but it seems that the Mini doesn't have the options for WiFi or network when booting holding option on the Mini so that seems to be out.
Anyone have any experience with this? I was thinking that I could use an External USB DVD Drive to install the OS. Does anyone know if that would work?The drive itself seems to be dead, Doesn't read any CD / DVD's
I haven't tried using a Laser Lens cleaner, usually those are not recommended for Slot load drives, I have also not tried using Compressed Air to blow into the slot.
It would be much more useful to me to have a USB External CD/DVD drive, as I could use that with any of the computers here. I'm just wondering if anyone knows it the Mini would be able to Boot / Install from an external USB Drive. -
How can i restore from Recovery Disk if my notebook's hard drive and dvd drives are dead.
Hi. Good day. My hard drive just crashed and im trying to restore from my restore disks. Unfortunately, my dvd is dead too. I copied the recovery disks to a new hard drive and tried booting from a flash drive but the noteebook is still giving me the SMART hd error message. Please help. Thanks.
Hi,
If you have, or can borrow an external CD/DVD drive it would be worth trying this although I'm not certain your notebook will support booting from a drive connected via USB.
Another option may be to see if you can find a second hand optical drive on somewhere like Ebay - the drives compatible with your notebook can be found on Page 59 of your Maintenance & Service Guide. It may even be worth removing a re-seating your existing drive just in case this helps as described in this section.
Does the drive show up in Device Manager? If it does, right click it and select Properties. Select the driver tab and see if there is an error code in the status box.
Regards,
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Hello,
I was using my laptop recently and the CD I was using died and I couldn't access it or eject it. I finally was able to get it out using the credit card/boot up method online. I then tried several different CDs and DVDs with the same result. The drive spins up the disk when I insert it but it just doesn't mount. System profiler and drutil list show no drive, thus I am assuming the drive is dead. Anything else I should try before sending it in for repair?You may also find these two Apple Troubleshooting articles helpful:
MacBook Pro, MacBook, PowerBook G4, iBook G4: Troubleshooting the slot load disc drive
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88275
Resetting PowerBook and iBook Power Management Unit (PMU)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
My drive was immediately ejecting any disc I inserted. The PMU reset cured that problem long enough to complete a project. I am planning to replace the drive in the near future.
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