Looking for clarification

I am relatively new to the Mac environment. Thanks to many if you, I have completed my first FCEHD Project.
I have a question about HandBrake and Streamclip. I hear these programs mentioned and am curious what they are, or in what instances would they be used? I know Handbrake is for ripping DVD, and Streamclip is for conversion? I have MactheRipper, is there a major difference between Handbrake and MTR?
Any clarification would be helpful.

You can use HandBrake to turn DVD files into mpeg4 that you can put straight into iMovie and possibly FCE. If it won't go straight into FCE, put it in iMovie and then export to FCE.
mpeg4 files are possibly not as high quality as mpeg2.
mpeg2 files can be produced by Streamclip and ffmpegX.
However if you want to use Streamclip you will have to buy an item whose name I can't remember but costs around £15 ($20+).
ffmpegX is complete. It is Shareware so you can test it out free of charge but if you intend to use it frequently they would like you to register it for around $15.
I suggest you experiment with HandBrake first as it is the easiest to use and is completely free.
A similar program is OpenShiiva which is very good and equally simple to use:-
http://openshiiva.sourceforge.net/
Hope this is of some use.
Ian.
PS If I remember correctly, the mpeg4s from HandBrake and OpenShiiva take a very long time to render in FCE before you can use them. I think they are a lot quicker in iMovie.

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Good Morning,
I am trying to insert pages into a manual. The pages I am inserting are CAD drawings that were created with AutoCAD Civil 3D and printed to pdf.
1) Drawing #1.pdf
2) Drawing #2.pdf
Sometimes when I add the drawings to a new pdf using the insert command, the fonts mess up and show little squares instead of a random letter, such as f or ".
There are about 100 drawings to insert. Can anyone explain what is going on here? Or some settings to check? I thought PDF was supposed to be portable document format.
I have tried a few things such as:
#1 Embed font, #2 Non-embedded font, this makes squares.
#1 Embed font, #2 Embed font, this does not make squares. (Font is the same, ArialMT)

I was hoping to avoid having to reprint all the drawings, in the future I'm going to embed fonts in anything I do to prevent this from happening again. It is frustrating as you will be inserting drawings (from other users) and everything looks good. Then when you insert the 99th drawing, it messes up 30% of the previous drawings fonts.
Anyway thanks for the input.
-JK

Looking for clarification on ADF 12.1.2 WLS support

What versions of WLS supports ADF 12.1.2? If there is support for 11g, are there any documentation on how to install the ADF 12 Runtime?
Oracle JDeveloper 12c Support</title><meta name="Title" content="Oracle JDeveloper 12c Support&q…
Application Servers
The following table shows application servers supported by JDeveloper and ADF. Application Server support for JDeveloper is provided for connecting and deploying directly to the server as well as debugging. For ADF, it refers to servers that ADF applications can be deployed to.
Application Server
JDeveloper
ADF
Oracle Fusion Middleware (WLS)
10.3.5+, 12.1.2
12.1.2
GlassFish
3.1+
3.1 (ADF Essentials)
WebSphere
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JBoss
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Tomcat
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Oracle Cloud
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I'm not hearing any oracle responses, thus I can only assume what Timo said is the closest to that fact.
Here is what I know about what a production ready standalone WLS 12c with ADF Runtime 12.1.2 entails:
-a domain running on WLS 12.1.2 needs JRF & Coherence to be installed in order to run ADF 12.1.2 https://forums.oracle.com/thread/2559381
-JRF & Coherence on WLS 12.1.2 needs a RCU database repository JDeveloper 12c & Standalone WLS w/ADF Runtime 12.1.2
-WLS 12.1.2 is only certified to run on Oracle DB 11.1.0.7+ http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/wls-1211x-certmatrix-1395408.xls
Does that sound about right?
I hope I'm wrong and someone can guide me to easier setup. It seems that getting a standalone WLS server to run ADF has gotten harder with every new release!
I can get a standalone WLS 10.3.5 up with ADF 11.1.2.4 in ~3mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG6wqrFVY00
WLS 10.3.6 with ADF 11.1.2.4 requires 2 additional console applied patches ontop of the 11.1.1.6 runtime installer. (Corrected from false version of 11.1.1.7)
WLS 12.1.2 with ADF 12.1.2 - I have not attempted but it seems to be even more involved than the previous.

Looking for clarification on network latency issue vs drive mapping

Hi,
I am seeing this as mystery and not getting crystal clear idea on the reason for the issue. Issue is related to the performance of the application interms of time it is taking in processing the input file.
I wrote a swing application, which is a client application. Which takes some parameters like server name and iphostaddress and connects to the Process Server which is, responsible for processing client application requests. Client application will communicate with process server through TCP/IP connection and process the input file and returns the decisions back to the user through the output file.
Below is the scenarios I am using for launching the application:
1. If both client application and server are running locally in my desktop the time it is taking to process the input file is 2 minutes.
2. If client is running my application and server is running remotely on wondows server, it's taking 13 minutes to process same input file.
3. To reduce the time in scenario2, I installed the client appliation also on the remote server ( so that both client and server application are running on the windows server). and mapped the server's share drive to my desktop. And launched the application from my desktop (from U drive, where application is mapped), now it's taking 10 minutes to process the same input file.
I am struggling in understanding why it's taking that long in scenario 3. Because application is installed locally on the server and input file and output files also copied onto the U drive. Sometimes thinking am I launching the application in the right way or not?
Can somebody explain me, if we launch the remote java application through drive mapping will there be network latency there eventhough everything is there on the server (U drive)? Here I need to tell one more scenario 4, If loginto the remote windows server and launch the client application time it's taking to process the same input file is about a minute.
Below are some more details on the issue: I am not encoding the file, I am using third party application, which provides an API to communicate with the process server. Just using the API methods and classes to pass the input file data to server. I have used the 'tracert' command for the remote server and I am seeing 8 hops between my desktop and remote server. I even installed network sniffer tool in my laptop and captured the files when application running.
The input file has 140000 records (text lines with comma delimited) of 6.271MB in size. I have posted to understand the time it is taking in scenario3, where evrything is on mapped drive (i.e, client application and input file are technically recides on the server right?) , but client application is launched from desktop. The reason I am doing this way is, instead of log-in into the remote server, user can easily launch the application from the desktop. So, when I try to launch the application this way, this doesn't count as if client application is running local to the server? Will it becomes remote (I have even captured the network traffic file in this scenario too, and I have seen the comminication between my desktop ip address to server ip address and server is taking abour 3.84 milliseconds for each item to respond to client, I think it's just travel time not the process time). I am assuming, even when application launched from drive that is mapped, it should take about 1 minute (the time taking when I launch the aplication after log-into the server,not through drive mapping) to prcess input file as everything is on the server.
Thanks in advance,
Jyothi

reading and writing the data shouldn't be the problem, its what you are doing with the data which will be taking all the time.
Try this
public class WriteFile {
    public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
        String filename = "record.csv";
        int records = 140 * 1000;
        int values = 6;
            long start = System.nanoTime();
            PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename)));
            for (int r = 0; r < records; r++) {
                for (int i = 0; i < values; i++) {
                    if (i > 0)
                        pw.print(',');
                    pw.print(r * 10 + i);
                pw.println();
            pw.close();
            long time = System.nanoTime() - start;
            System.out.printf("Time to write %,d records was %.3f sec. file size=%.3fMB%n",
                    records, time / 1e9, new File(filename).length() / 1e6);
            long start = System.nanoTime();
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
            String line;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                // do some work.
                String[] parts = line.split(",");
                int[] nums = new int[parts.length];
                for (int i = 0; i < parts.length; i++)
                    nums[i] = Integer.parseInt(parts);
br.close();
long time = System.nanoTime() - start;
System.out.printf("Time to read %,d records was %.3f sec%n",
records, time / 1e9);
PrintsTime to write 140,000 records was 0.462 sec. file size=6.193MB
Time to read 140,000 records was 0.792 sec

Assignment Help - Again looking for clarification only

Hi All,
I'm again having some trouble with the second half of an assignment. I had it all working on my computer and it was working without any problems.
Now when I upload to the CSE servers and test I get some some weird errors that I cant track down.
Basically this assignment was to implement a tiny bank system with the ability to deposit, withdraw and transfer. These transactions were read from a file and processed concurrently.
I am having serious issues where it seems like threads just disappear and the stack trace never seems to go all the way down. Instead always throwing a java.lang.NullPointerException in different random Threads about halfway down where I would expect it.
Does anyone have any suggestions to what may be causing it??
As it is an assignment I cannot really post any code but any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris

Does anyone have any suggestions to what may be causing it??There is only one reason for a null pointer exception - something is null.
The stack trace will tell you the exact line that the null pointer is showing up on.
As a wild guess you are using threading a sychronization and expecting something to occur or not occur without considering how threads actually run.

Looking for clarification about cc on two computers

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cc has made the software a more approachable price for students but whether I can justify making it my main software depends on how I can use it on my two computers.
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e.g. I'd have all of photoshop, lightroom, premiere and after effects installed on each computer, and there may be times where I'd want to have photoshop running on one at the same time as running after effects on the other.
is this possible?

Hi j bg,
I would like to inform you that you can install Adobe Creative Cloud on two machine, However, you can not use both the software at the same time.
Please refer: General-terms
Thanks,
Atul Saini

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Hi,
From your description, you want to achieve the following goal:
Configure Exchange to filter the attachments if the size is over 10 MB and store it in a public folder, and then forward the email to Salesforce.
Based on my knowledge, I'm afraid that it can't be achieved. Exchange can filter messages with attachments, but it couldn't store these attachments on public folder automatically. Also, I don't see any transport rule can do it.
Hope my clarification is helpful.
Best regards,
Amy Wang
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Looking for help with respect to configuring MS Exchange server to handle attachments over 10 MB for forwarding to Salesforce (Email-to-case).

Looking for help with respect to configuring MS Exchange server to handle attachments over 10 MB for forwarding to Salesforce (Email-to-case).
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Potential resolution - Configure MS exchange to strip off the attachments(if over 10 MB) and store it in a public folder, forward the email to Salesforce (so the case gets created or the email
is associated to an existing case), the client should have some way to know if the attachments were stripped off and should be able to dlownload the attachments and continue with case resolution.
Any help is appreicated!
Thanks

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From your description, you want to achieve the following goal:
Configure Exchange to filter the attachments if the size is over 10 MB and store it in a public folder, and then forward the email to Salesforce.
Based on my knowledge, I'm afraid that it can't be achieved. Exchange can filter messages with attachments, but it couldn't store these attachments on public folder automatically. Also, I don't see any transport rule can do it.
Hope my clarification is helpful.
Best regards,
Amy Wang
TechNet Community Support

When I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

I know my passcode is correct but when I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

If the iPad was running iOS 7, iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just cancelling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

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Looking for a reference manual that actually describes in detail all attributes for a command

I am using CS5. I am teaching myself Photoshop using their book, "Classroom in a book".
Thought the lessons, they will suggest specific setting for command attributes without describing exacting what these values mean.. For example, on page 88 they give the student specific settings for the Refine Edge dialog bog under the Quick Selection tool. They say, "To prepare the edge for a drop shadow, set Smooth to 24, Feather to 0.5, Contrast to 12, and Shift Edge to -21". Note: I am calling things like Smooth, Feather, Contrast, etc command attributes.
My question is not about this specific example, but all these attribute values for all the commands. For example, what does Shift Edge really do when negative or positive. My question is: does a reference, either a book, pdf, or a non-Adobe product (probably a book) exist that actually explains when each attribute actually does for every command? Basically looking for a boring detailed reference guide so when I am using a specific command, I can read about the attributes for the specific command and understand what the values really mean and not guess my trial and error.
Thanks in Advance,
LouF

Lou Fuchs wrote:
For example, I just happen to have my book open to page 113 and it is showing me (at the bottom of the page) the dialog box for Layer Style. I was hoping for a reference manual that explains every option in the that dialog box in detail and tells you what each option means and how it effects the image.
I hope this clarifies what I am looking for.
Here's a little snippet from the info about Layer Styles in the Adobe manual.
Layer style options
To the top
Altitude For the Bevel and Emboss effect, sets the height of the light source. A setting of 0 is equivalent to ground level, 90 is directly above the layer. Angle Determines the lighting angle at which the effect is applied to the layer. You can drag in the document window to adjust the angle of a Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, or Satin effect.
Anti-alias Blends the edge pixels of a contour or gloss contour. This option is most useful on small shadows with complicated contours. Blend Mode Determines how the layer style blends with the underlying layers, which may or may not include the active layer. For example, an inner shadow blends with the active layer because the effect is drawn on top of that layer, but a drop shadow blends only with the layers beneath the active layer. In most cases, the default mode for each effect produces the best results. See Blending modes. Choke Shrinks the boundaries of the matte of an Inner Shadow or Inner Glow prior to blurring. Color Specifies the color of a shadow, glow, or highlight. You can click the color box and choose a color. Contour With solid-color glows, Contour allows you to create rings of transparency. With gradient-filled glows, Contour allows you to create variations in the repetition of the gradient color and opacity. In beveling and embossing, Contour allows you to sculpt the ridges, valleys, and bumps that are shaded in the embossing process. With shadows, Contour allows you to specify the fade. For more information, see Modify layer effects with contours. Distance Specifies the offset distance for a shadow or satin effect. You can drag in the document window to adjust the offset distance. Depth Specifies the depth of a bevel. It also specifies the depth of a pattern. Use Global Light This setting allows you to set one “master” lighting angle that is then available in all the layer effects that use shading: Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, and Bevel and Emboss. In any of these effects, if Use Global Light is selected and you set a lighting angle, that angle becomes the global lighting angle. Any other effect that has Use Global Light selected automatically inherits the same angle setting. If Use Global Light is deselected, the lighting angle you set is “local” and applies only to that effect. You can also set the global lighting angle by choosing Layer Style > Global Light. Gloss Contour Creates a glossy, metallic appearance. Gloss Contour is applied after shading a bevel or emboss. Gradient Specifies the gradient of a layer effect. Click the gradient to display the Gradient Editor, or click the inverted arrow and choose a gradient from the pop-up panel. You can edit a gradient or create a new gradient using the Gradient Editor. You can edit the color or opacity in the Gradient Overlay panel the same way you edit them in the Gradient Editor. For some effects, you can specify additional gradient options. Reverse flips the orientation of the gradient, Align With Layer uses the bounding box of the layer to calculate the gradient fill, and Scale scales the application of the gradient. You can also move the center of the gradient by clicking and dragging in the image window. Style specifies the shape of the gradient. Highlight or Shadow Mode Specifies the blending mode of a bevel or emboss highlight or shadow. Jitter Varies the application of a gradient’s color and opacity. Layer Knocks Out Drop Shadow Controls the drop shadow’s visibility in a semitransparent layer. Noise Specifies the number of random elements in the opacity of a glow or shadow. Enter a value or drag the slider. Opacity Sets the opacity of the layer effect. Enter a value or drag the slider. Pattern Specifies the pattern of a layer effect. Click the pop-up panel and choose a pattern. Click the New Preset button to create a new preset pattern based on the current settings. Click Snap To Origin to make the origin of the pattern the same as the origin of the document (when Link With Layer is selected), or to place the origin at the upper-left corner of the layer (if Link With Layer is deselected). Select Link With Layer if you want the pattern to move along with the layer as the layer moves. Drag the Scale slider or enter a value to specify the size of the pattern. Drag a pattern to position it in the layer; reset the position by using the Snap To Origin button. The Pattern option is not available if no patterns are loaded. Position Specifies the position of a stroke effect as Outside, Inside, or Center. Range Controls which portion or range of the glow is targeted for the contour. Size Specifies the radius and size of blur or the size of the shadow. Soften Blurs the results of shading to reduce unwanted artifacts. Source Specifies the source for an inner glow. Choose Center to apply a glow that emanates from the center of the layer’s content, or Edge toapply a glow that emanates from the inside edges of the layer’s content. Spread Expands the boundaries of the matte prior to blurring.
Style Specifies the style of a bevel: Inner Bevel creates a bevel on the inside edges of the layer contents; Outer Bevel creates a bevel on the outside edges of the layer contents; Emboss simulates the effect of embossing the layer contents against the underlying layers; Pillow Emboss simulates the effect of stamping the edges of the layer contents into the underlying layers; and Stroke Emboss confines embossing to the boundaries of a stroke effect applied to the layer. (The Stroke Emboss effect is not visible if no stroke is applied to the layer.)
Technique Smooth, Chisel Hard, and Chisel Soft are available for bevel and emboss effects; Softer and Precise apply to Inner Glow and Outer Glow effects.
Smooth Blurs the edges of a matte slightly and is useful for all types of mattes, whether their edges are soft or hard. It does not preserve detailed features at larger sizes. Chisel Hard Uses a distance measurement technique and is primarily useful on hard-edged mattes from anti-aliased shapes such as type. It preserves detailed features better than the Smooth technique.
Chisel Soft Uses a modified distance measurement technique and, although not as accurate as Chisel Hard, is more useful on a larger range of mattes. It preserves features better than the Smooth technique. Softer Applies a blur and is useful on all types of mattes, whether their edges are soft or hard. At larger sizes, Softer does not preserve detailed features.
Precise Uses a distance measurement technique to create a glow and is primarily useful on hard-edged mattes from anti-aliased shapes
such as type. It preserves features better than the Softer technique. Texture Applies a texture. Use Scale to scale the size of the texture. Select Link With Layer if you want the texture to move along with the layer as the layer moves. Invert inverts the texture. Depth varies the degree and direction (up/down) to which the texturing is applied. Snap To Origin makes the origin of the pattern the same as the origin of the document (if Link With Layer is deselected) or places the origin in the upper-left corner of the layer (if Link With Layer is selected). Drag the texture to position it in the layer.

Looking for rights manager

Hi,
I'm looking for a tool in order to manage rights (acl) on my file server. I would like to permit to some end users to manage the rights without allowing us to use Admin Server.
The info window in the Finder does not work properly with ACL. When I add a group or when I modify a right they didn't refresh the value. I need to close and open the info windows to see the changes.
Thanks

Ironically the SID is not listed on Microsoft's web page for well know
SIDs. I also noticed that when I dump the local users using powershell, every group and user is listed that I would expect to see, but this one is not in that list. It seems like it should be pretty easy for Microsoft to say what this does and when it can
be safely removed...
I figure one of two possibilities. Either this only matters when a specific feature is installed / active, or it is some remnant from development for a feature or implementation that didn't make it into the release to manufacturing. What ever the case it
would be nice if we could get clarification.

Looking for the right forum

I have a question about a web application I am working on using ASP.Net, MVC and Razor. I can't find the right forum. When I looked at the .Net forums none of the questions asked there looked even remotely like what I needed.
I have classes in C#, Views and Controllers and have HTML 5 mixed with Razor to get the views to work.
Scott

Thanks for the reply. I use that forum. I thought it was different from the rest of the MS forums. Unfortunately sometimes someone will answer a question with a meaningless response, but it appears to have been answered by others and is ignored from that
moment on even when you ask for clarification. MikesDotNet is the only one I have had respond in a clear and concise manner, but I imagine he works too and can't be counted on for every question. The Microsoft information is sometimes helpful, but many times
does not address the actual issue for which we ask for help. In this particular case I need info on entering time in hours and minutes for an Int64 property. If you try to find it on Microsoft your eyes cross because nothing is said about hours and minutes
except as a part of the DateTime. If there is some correlation then it escapes me and that means Microsoft's information is unclear or incomplete.
Oh well, back to ASP.Net. Thanks again.
Scott

LOOKING FOR SOME INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE

Hey does anybody know some really good quality instrument software that I can run midi with logic? I know about the Jam packs but from what I hear they are not as great as they should be. Im looking for drums,orchestra, piano, brass, strings etc. Any help would be great, thanx.

whoa, first i gotta say that the jam packs ARE Excellent! i was a GarageBand user first who has since made the jump to Logic (currently 7.2 and about to upgrade to 8). the jam packs for me were a must for GBand although some of those types of sounds are already in Logic.
For the record jam Packs include the following:
1. Loops. There are 2 kinds of loops. The first is a "real instrument loop" that is a recording of a real musician in a real studio playing real instruments. These are of high quality though i don't personally use them very much except for some of the percussion loops. However these loops have been analyzed and will conform to tempos and keys (within reason) automatically. You may also cut them up at will. i have created some good Amen type breaks as i make Drum and Bass. The new vocal jam pack has some very well recorded and produced samples.
The second kind of loops are midi loops. These can conform to all tempos and keys and can be re-arranged at will. Midi loops can be applied to any Software Instrument these are great if you find something close but want to alter it or for analyzing certain styles. Some of the midi guitar loops suprisingly realistic.
2. All jam packs include Software Instruments. These are of the EXS24 type but can be loaded into both logic and garageband which doesn't feature the EXS24 as it appears in logic, though the basic functionality is there. These instruments can be loaded into GBand and Logic directly. In logic they are in the channel strip settings under GarageBand. They load a simplified version of EXS. The jam packs make use of the instruments by providing loops made with those instruments. Of course you can use the loops and instruments separately.
Here is the break down.
The ReMix Jam Pack (my favorite) is a collection of synthetic sounds primarily for Dance Music. you will find 808's 909's though no 303's. These were made in cooperation with Roland (which is rare) you will also find some great although somewhat simplified synth emulations. The loops are primarily synths and drums but they cover almost every genre of dance from House, Trance Electro and Drum and Bass.
The World Music Jam Pack covers a lot of ground (literally) with asian, latin european, and african instruments and loops. Some of these are great the sitar and steel drums are awesome. Some are disappointing the Bag Pipes for instance. However bag pipes are kind of hard to do and to program correctly however i did download a Amazing Grace midi file and they actually sounded really good.
The Rhythm Section Jam Pack is a more Rock oriented one with electric and acoustic guitars and basses, horns drum etc. there a really good loops and software instruments. Since these instruments are so well known and since people are so used to hearing them played by real musicians careful programming of the virtual instruments is a must for a finished song. But these can be great for sketches to be played by a real musician later. The drum loops are wonderful, very usable and a singer songwriter's dream come true.
The Symphonic Orchestra Jam Pack has exactly what you think it would. I feel less qualified to give an opinion on this but can probably safely say that this would not be able to compete with a larger and much more expensive dedicated symphonic instrument. They are usable for a quick spot of drama or as a symphonic backing.
The last available Jam Pack is the Voices one. This is a weird one because you can't really make a complete vocal line from samples. Mostly because you can't tell a sample what to sing. Also the Voices software instruments are mostly oohhs and ahhs choirs which never sound "real" there is one that you can go through vowels with the mod wheel but again who just talks or sings in vowels? To its credit the samples that are sung by real singers sound incredible though some may find the production a bit OTT. They do work well for my chosen genre which tends to use just vocal snippets and i produced a song that is just lovely using a few lines from one of the "singers" But like all the Jam packs they are completely royalty free and legal to use in a song. They also sync perfectly with Logic and GBand.
There is one more Jam Pack which i don't have because it is no longer available, so I can't really comment on it.
i know this was long and i apologize. i probably should have said. " Don't worry about it just buy Logic 8 because you get the first five Jam Packs (not including voices but it does include the first and no longer available one) FOR FREE!" Even for the full version of Logic it's like buying the Jam Packs and getting Logic for free!
also about the original question about instrument plug-ins. Logic can only use Audio Unit (AU) Plug-ins VSTs will not work in (natively) Logic. For most plug ins you can usually download a "Demo" version to get an idea if it is right for you. There are freeware, shareware, and for pay AU's all over the web and there are multiple forums for discussing them. www.kvraudio.com is an excellent forum completely dedicated to digital audio production with an emphasis on Plug-Ins and many developers of plug-ins actually have their user forums there and communicate directly with users of their products.
I hope this clarifies things- gos

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