MPE Players

Not sure what section to post in but here goes anyway.
G4 10.4
Just been given an MP3 player (Not ipod) from brother as a present. On the box it says its an Q-BE player and is a small cube. Also it says its for windows and Mac. The driver is for windows only no mac drivers on the CD
Q. Do I need a driver or does itunes detect automatically ?
Also when plugged into the USB port the computer doesn't see it anywhere ???
How are these things supposed to operate.
I dont do tech stuff very well so any answers in child language please :-))
Stuart
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Stuart,
Normally MP3 players like this are treated simply as USB devices on a Mac, you won't be able to use iTunes. My wife was given a little 256MB LG branded one recently, to get music on it you simply drag an individual MP3 or for an album, a folder containing all the MP3 tracks, to the device. If it's not showing up in Finder try a different USB port, one on the G4, don't connect it to the keyboard.

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This is quite a surprise for those of us who rely on DV output.
Harm Millaard:
"An MPE card stops external monitor viewing."
"The problem is that CUDA does not currently support output
on DV devices, only full screen second displays (DVI, DisplayPort, etc)."
"...one serious limitation, those who use dual monitors for editing and
a third monitor for full screen display and color grading or that use the
fire wire connection to record DV/HDV back to tape.
Some may think tape is dead, but there are numerous people around
that still like to jeep their final cut on a master tape."
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can quickly turn into a game stopper.
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The first post about this CS5 bug was in May. It is now Augusut and still no fix?
Every time I'm about to place my order for CS5, I find out about another "gotcha' problem. I'm still on CS3 and am seriously wondering whether I should continue to move forward with Premiere.
I still use an older "DPS Velocity Quattrus" system and it still leaves Premiere in the dust. Unfortunately Harris, who bought Leitch/who bought DPS, has discontinued the product. A software developer from Itlay is attempting to breathe life into it (ivsEdits.com), but it isn't a fully operational system.
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Come On, Adobe & Nvidia, get this fixed!
Well...i'd guess that CS5 hold it's own against a system like yours for flexibility...though if the way that card works is in your workflow "sweet spot" then I guess you're probably best served to stay with it.
If you have a system that has the juice to even run CS5, i can't imagine that running a CUDA-augmented system for Mercury is even remotely necessary for editing DV... as far as using our systems as a business tool...I'm not sure what you're implying. Most of us who are in the production business -in general- have moved to some form of HD some time ago, most of my peers made the move during CS2...
Are you implying the rest of us aren't professionals, even as you are lobbying for aggressive support of a consumer-oriented I/O configuration? I hope not.
It's not a bug BTW...it's a configuration that a few people don't like...but when your effects render is out on the display card, that's the way the pipe is routed. Even HDSDI card manufacturers are finding that pulling those frames back off the display card negates some of the speed gains.
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I can shut off CUDA and rip through DVCProHD like there's no tomorrow on my 3 year old dual dual core AMD...I have to believe you'll be able to -shred- DV on even an average-ish machine by today's standards.

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. A failing of (as far as I know)
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are all those missing editing options available on MiniDisk: divide, combine, name and move tracks.
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then I'd use an audio editing software so the song always sounds the way I prefer it, independently from the playback device.
On a portable player, this function is just a nuisance, since I have to pay attention that it is 'not acti've' or 'normal'.
In addition, often a button is wasted/reserved for this function that could be put to better use.
[So, plea for opensource firmware here that'll let me reprogram such a button. Or alternati'vely, several different firmwares by Creative that cater to different types of customers (like me).].
Far more use than an equalizer, though propably more difficult to implement, would be a
5. Volume Compressor: (A function that narrows the volume range of a song, for example from 2dB-60dB to 55dB-60dB.)
Of course, your average pop song is already heavily compressed,
but if you're listening to some opera or other classical music, it would be great if one could increase compression when there is (a lot of) ambient noise,
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6. Who thinks that Artist-Album-Title is a great sequence for an MP3-player?
Maybe I'm a weird guy, but I've never thought "Now, I wanna hear Madonna." or "Now, I wanna hear ABBA."
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[Again, plea for opensource firmware that'll let me change the display sequence, or many different firmware versions by Creative .].
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.) Well, most mp3 players are not dedicated recorders like MiniDiscs were intended to be, namely why they don't commonly come with this functionality.
2.) Guess it depends on the chipset used for the direct encoding I would imagine. I would think it differs from model to model.
3.) Most people won't keep an mp3 player for that long in my opinion. I have had 4 mp3 players in the span of about 3 years. Not to say they've all broken (only one has in fact), but I am a fan of new technology. As are most people. I would think the majority of people have no real care for this figure.
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http://crookedpathfilms.com/blog/201...port-settings/
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I should turn it off for it's always ON (when CUDA MPE is used) regardless I check or uncheck it.Turning it ON only offloads the calculation to CPU (instead of GPU) hence slowing down the previewing and encoding performance.
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http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm
"When you startup Adobe Premiere CS5 and you don't have a certified video card (or one that is unlocked) the Mercury Playback Engine is in software rendering mode and by default the Maximum Render Quality mode (or MRQ) is to OFF.
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1) Open up Premiere CS5
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Now, I'm lost.

Okay, I am loosing it..... You are correct.
I am not sure what I was remembering, I could have sworn that when I loaded Premiere CS5 for the first time before I unlocked the video card, the Maximum Render Quality mode was NOT checked. Then when I unlocked the video card, the Maximum Render Quality mode was check to ON and I didn't set it to be On.
I just when back and uninstalled Premiere and re-installed it, to see what was going on and I was totally wrong.
Sorry for the mistake and I will be updating the article on my website in the next 15 min.
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Hello,
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morrissey wrote:
Hello,
I'm a newbie and I don't know a lot about MP3 players so I hope you can help me out. I have a brand new Kenwood car audio with an USB cable to plug your MP3 player in. My friend's Samsung MP3 player doesn't work, after some research I find out that the MP3 player has to be an MTP one to work with the car audio. Now my question is: are all Creative MP3 players MTP maschines and do I have to make a software update or what ever to "make them be" a MTP player?
Thanks a lot for any support!
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