No problem- Just need advice

My audio can only come from a MiniDV tape that goes through a camcorder to the CPU via a Fire-Wire. What is the best way to be able to extract the audio and start editing only the audio. What programs, filters, etc. should I use?

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No problem, just some advice needed....

Hi everyone,
I have an iBook G4 and would like to buy a cheap webcam to skype my family, but one that I borrowed had no mac drivers and so I couldn't use it. Since then, whenever shopping, I have looked at all the boxes for webcams and found that none of them have a little mac symbol or say anything about macs on the box. First question, does anyone have a non-apple webcam that works? (and what is it)
Secondly, the minidvi port on my iBook is sadly doing nothing and I would like to connect it to a tv. I know there is a cable (minidvi - svideo) but someone gave me doubts that I could just plug them in and go. Is it that simple? Or will I waste my money on that cable (only 20€ but it's still waste)?
Thanks
Jazqas

Hi,
About cheap webcams: Most webcams out there are not natively supported by Mac OS X, but there's a software called Macam (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13065) that has generic drivers for almost all kinds of webcams you can find.
I myself use a Logitech Quickcam Chat thanks to Macam. Since you have an iBook, install Macam, take your iBook to the store and test the webcam. Just plug it in, launch Macam and press play. If your image shows up, BINGO!
Regarding the mini DVI to Video adapter... buy it! It's not expensive and does a great work. I bought it together with my iBook and I don't leave home without it!
I hope it helps.
Cheers,
JP

System Prefs. problem. Application problems. Need advice.

The problems I am having:
1) Mail will not open. It hangs, shows beach ball and stays that way. All you see is the menu-bar. Force quit will not work. Only hard reset. Activity Monitor shows the app sucking up 87-95% of processor.
2) System preferences are not staying. Specifically, my mouse preferences for scrolling, keyboard illumination, Safari address bar buttons. This gets worse if I have to do a hard reset if Mail gets launched. It can clean the whole system prefs. sometimes. (update: My 2 finger scrolling goes off even when I haven't shut down, restarted, etc. I have to go into Sys. Prefs. and recheck it)
Let me start from the beginning of the problem:
I was on a website for a real estate company. It uses an active server application that never works right with a Mac. I almost always use Safari for it. What happens is that the sever app. usually hangs and won't go to the next page. I've tried all my browsers except Opera, so, I figure I would give that a go and see if it's better. BAD IDEA! Opera 8.6 hung. It wouldn't force quit. I had to do a hard reset like , 5 times, before it would restart. After that happened is when things got bad. My system prefs. were all gone. I had to reset all that. And then, Mail just went t1t5 up. It did what I said above. Hung. So I had to figure out how I was gonna get all my mail over into Thunderbird. I backed up the HD, and luckily, through Apple forums and Google, came up with the .emlx to .mbox converter. Tedious but worked. I deleted Opera off my HD as well as Mail. I am not even gonna bother with Mail again after having to deal with Apple's stupid file format and having no way to import a back-up. Thunderbird is way better and PGP actually works on it. Scr3w Opera as well.
At this point, my biggest problem I have is that my system prefs don't always seem to stick. I need to find out which files are associated with this and fix it. I am also paranoid that something got backdoored on my system and is causing havoc. Although I doubt this happened, I would like to see if someone can look at my processes and see if anything looks abnormal. All these problems have happened with my standard account with no Admin privileges ( unless I type in the Authorization on a per instance event). My Admin account is not having problems and my other standard account is OK. So I am pretty sure it's a local problem and not associated with root.
Anyone knowledgeable with some good ideas would be appreciated. I almost never have problems. I'm kinda p155ed this happened. Luckily I could still do a back-up and was not in a recording session or anything.
You can download my Processes List in PDF at this address:
http://badapplestudio.com/actmonscreen.pdf
Sorry for the long description,but there are a lot of factors that lead up to this.
Thanks,
~sKot
1.67 G4 Pbook , 500 G4 Pbook,Dual 2.7 G5 Tower Mac OS X (10.4.7) Also Dell P4 for Gigasampler

I'm having similar problems to those described by ~scot. The apps that won't launch are (so far)
Mail
Address Book
Safari
Safari gives the spinning beach ball, but Mail and Address Book merely show the black triangle indicating they are running (though they are not.)
Force quits are fights. I haven't had to restart but I have to use the force quit menu command or the "three fingered salute" four or 5 times.
Have deleted plist for Safari but hesitated to do so for Mail and Address Books because of fear of losing more than settings - perhaps too cautious but if anyone knows of another way I would prefer that.
Rebooted from original discs and ran Disk First Aid, ran TechTool Pro and Disk Warrior to no effect. Had run Onyx for regular maintenance the week before the problems began but have not done so since.
Suggestions gratefully welcome!
ceedee
Quicksilver G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I get the message 'itunes has encountered a problem and needs to close' when trying to open itunes 11.1.1.11. I have had to uninstall itunes so that I could load this version, the PC says it is correctly loaded, but I now cannot open itunes. Advice?

I get the message 'itunes has encountered a problem and needs to close' when trying to open itunes 11.1.1.11. I had to uninstall itunes so that I could load this version as the update to version 11 kept failing. The PC says 11.1.1.11 is correctly loaded, but I now cannot open itunes. Any advice on how to get itunes working again?

Hello there, ytnoj.
Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes can be a tricky endeavor and must be done in a very specific way. The following Knowledge Base article provides the step-by-step of the process:
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows XP
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Had a problem with newest update and the advice from turingtest2 resolved my problem just to say thanks! Had never used this route before so was less painful than thought it would be again thanks.

Had a problem with newest update and the advice from turingtest2 resolved my problem just to say thanks! Had never used this route before so was less painful than thought it would be again thanks.

how can i find out what the fix is that works..please

I just exchanged a faulty iPhone 4 for a new one, when I got home to restore it, iCloud says "cannot restore backup". Can somebody please help provide much needed advice? Thanks in advance!

I just exchanged a faulty iPhone 4 for a new one, when I got home to restore it, iCloud says "cannot restore backup". Can somebody please help provide much needed advice? Thanks in advance!

Yep, that's the only message that popped out. Nothing else. Yes, it's running on the latest ios and I still can't restore it. I called apple and they told me it's probably something wrong with their servers. Anyway thanks for the advice.

[VIA] Just need some input on a problem I have

I need the experts on this forum to help me with a problem I have. The M/B (6590 KT4 Socket A) had a few problems a while see. Since that time I have not updated my PSU as advised so I expect some abuse for that .
Any way I managed in the to fix that problem as you can see. However a further problem occured which was that the PC ,at will , would restart - this ended being the reset switch which I disconnected and this has never happened since. Now I have another problem ! .
The PC will simply hang with no response at all. It seems only to happen when I am running the capture software. I have checked for updates and applied these to the program (hauppauges WnTV). This set up was running on another PC with a M/B (in my opinon) of inferior quality without a problem (I have since sold that PC).
I will admit I have not run the PC without this program running to see if that is the cause. However I just needed input on suggestions. My PSU is as I said earlier the same as before which is an X Pro 400w these are the shameful Voltage rails :
+5v = 35a
+12v = 20a
-5v = 0.5v
-12v = 0.8v
3.3v = 22a
5+VSB=3a
Also when the PC hung I got the following readings from PCAlert:
1.76 Vcore
3.3v = 3.26v
+5v= 4.97
+12v = 12.24
CPU temp = 44c
System temp = 38c
I must admit that the previous PC had a separate USB2 (which is how the Happauge unit connects) card whereas this PC I use the onboard card. I was also thinking about the RAM as it was one I bought from a computer fair (hears groans) - This is normally something I do not do.
Help input would be appreciated

Quote from: Dr Stu on 26-November-05, 05:58:45
look on the PSU label for the Max Combined Watts 3.3v & 5v and post what it says
KT4 doesn't have a 4pin 12v connector, right? so that board depends on 3.3v and 5v rails
The Max watts are 210Watts
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While waiting for the experts, three things come to my mind:
- IRQ problem, most often some/the card is in the wrong slot.
- Graphics driver, most often you have updated too far.
- Memory problem, most often mixed, but could also be there are things/drivers meeting in the memory that doesn't like eachother. If you have a lot of Autostarting thing that could be the reason, like a CD copying program and the capture program.
It cannot be an IRQ conflict as the Capture card is USB2. Graphics card has up to date drivers. Startup software on this PC is no different to the preivous apart from PCAlert4
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"...It seems only to happen when I am running the capture software..." Have you tried another program system intensive demanding ? If you have done, and nothing happens, it would show that the capture device/driver is giving problems. Is that USB device self powered or takes it's power from USB port ? It's running at USB 2.0 speed ? 22 A to 3.3v. rail is poor for your Mobo. You should post your complete PC specs.
I dont really have any other software than can do that. The USB device is powered by itself.
PC is as follows:
AMD 2100+
1 512mb ram
2 HDD - 1 80gb Hitachi 1 120gb hitachi
Nvidia Geforce mmx 64mb ram Graphics card
1 SCSI CDROM Teac
1 SCSI CDRW Yamaha
1 IDE DVDROM Sony
1 IDE DVDR LG
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Make sure that the pathway to were you want to save the captured video is set correctly. I believe you can set the Audio quality and the Frames Per Second (FPS) and I think that you can set the compression, If in doubt try it without compression and see if that works. I too have a TV card and it seems to me that you are having a config problem. Hope that helps.
The location where the files are captured to is to the secondary drive which is the 120gb
Hope thats enough information

Need advice on how to create report

I'm not sure how to do this, so I'm asking advice from the apex gods...
here is the issue, I have two tables that I need to combine info from. not an issue in its self. I can do that. but here is the issue. in Table A I have some data like disc_id, title, theids, etc.. Table B contains fullname, theid, emplid
now in table A the column 'theids' is populated from apex as a multi select list. so the values in the column is something like 48;3;88
it got these id numbers from the Table B query (lov popup) that returns theid of the person chosen.
now I have to create a report that will be used in a excel download and what they want is one line per disc_id and they want the more useful 'emplid' in the field where 'theids' are at. that is instead of :
disc_id Title theids
101 Test 48;3;88
they want:
disc_id Title Theids
101 test N33456,N3457,N43562
so I'm kind of stuck, I can figure out how to write a sql using instr to get something like this:
101 test N33456
101 test N3457
etc
but that is not what they want. so I'm thinking I need to create a package to do this and return some sort of values. the problem is I can't figure out how I can substitute the 48;3;88 for N33456,N3457,N43562
I'm still new at this pl/sql and apex stuff so sorry if this seems to have some obvious answer.

I might be dense so forgive me on this, but I don't think that will solve it.
your example uses field from apex, like :P3_SOME _VALUE
this report screen has no fields. there are no :P#_ type values to pull. I'm writing a report screen using a report template.
all the data I need for the report exists within the table. I just need to display it the way they want.
I could do just a:
select *
from my_table
and it would create the report just fine. the only issue is one of the columns would have 48:3:88 in the field. which to a person reading the report means little. so i have no apex fields to pull.
I was trying to write a pl/sql function that would substitute those delimited values with meaningful data. but when I do I get multiple rows and I can't have that. so my choices so far I see are..
1) create the report with a simple select leaving the data as is
2) create report that has multiple rows of data where each instr value now has the correct names (some have 2 some have 5, big list to read of dups)
3) create a package that populates a temporary table with the data I need then select on that table to get the report.
right now I'm thinking #3 is the only way to get what I want. By the way your examples would be a great help in doing that I can already see that I can use some of them to create a temp table with that data.
what I was hoping for was some option that I don't understand or missed that a more experienced person would know. but its looking grim.
I thank you all the info you have given, its been a great deal of info that I can use at some point, but so far I don't think it will solve my issue.

Need advice on video software.

Need advice on video software.
I currently use adobe elements 3 and have done so for a few years now with no problems. my os is XP and my system is a couple of years old, but we do have a brand new win7 machine in the house.
I am currently look at Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 Ultra OR Adobe Premiere Elements 8. Reviews for both softwares seem very good BUT, when I dig deeper into user reviews instead of editor reviews do I find problems.
Major problems with program crashing all over the place, at start up etc, and it is still not getting along with any win7 machine? Major problems with drivers. Honestly, I do not want to have to jump through dozens of hoops to get any software to run. After I pay for it, it should run, period.
Has anyone else here used both softwares and can you give an honest opinion of each?
I am also asking these same questions on the cyberlink site.
I would like to upgrade my video software to take advantage of the new features that are coming out but I really don't want a big headache trying to run one or the other. To be fair, when I bought adobe elements 3 I had also bought pinnacle, which has gathered dust since my first week with it, which is why elements was purchased. That was money wasted and I do not wish to repeat this. I would like to go with Premiere Elements 8 but remain very unsure.

If your newer machine is Win7 64-bit, it might be worth waiting for SP-1 to be issued, and then hope that 64-bit drivers are fully included. The 64-bit drivers now seem t be an issue at this point, and that will affect any NLE program.
Also, and regardless of which particular program you choose, optimizing your computer, the OS, the hardware, and the resources management, will go a very long way to insuring success. Few programs can tax a computer, as an NLE can - any NLE. Video and Audio editing will stress your system, like almost nothing else can, except for heavy-duty CAD, or 3D work, though those are usually done only on specialized, optimized computers, designed just for those applications.
Not the specific advice that you seek, but it's the best that I can do.
Good luck,
Hunt

Need advice on Repair Disc Permissions

I've noticed a few minor bugs with some of my software programs, until Dreamweaver blew up in my face. Suddenly, it took forever to start and often took forever to process certain functions.
I haven't figured out the problem yet, but it occurred to me that I haven't repaired my disk permissions in ages. So I restarted my computer, opened Utilities and clicked Repair Disk Permissions.
I wasn't surprised to see a list of three or four dozen problems. Nine of them begin with...
Permissions differ on Systems/Library/CoreServices/FrontRow.app/Contents
Another fifteen begin with...
Permissions differ on Systems/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.Framework/Versions/A
I repaired my disk permissions three or four times, but the same list of errors keeps appearing. So I need some advice on what to do next. Do I keep repairing disk permissions over and over, hoping some of these errors eventually get fixed?
I clicked Verify Disk, and it said there were no apparent errors. So I guess I just need to find a way to zap these disk permissions errors.
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URGENT- Need advice on executing scripts from Forms 6i

Hi all,
Quick background info:
I'm working on a conversion project from Forms 4.5 client/server applications to a three tier, web based Forms 6i environment.
We're running Oracle 8i DB on HP-UX machines, Oracle 9ias on HP-UX machines, and users access forms through Netscape
on Win2000 platform.
The problem:
I have a SQL execution interface form from which users have been able to run dynamic SQL scripts w/o having direct access to
a SQL Plus prompt (uses the 'HOST' command in 4.5). How can this functionality be implemented in the three tier environment?
Unless other options are available, my plan is to use a Java servlet to access the 8i database on the UNIX box and display
output on an html page. Is there a better/easier way?!
Any advice is appreciated...
FLM
Paychex, Inc.

Thanks for the response,
I may be able to invoke the script from Forms using the HOST command, but how is the script output
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FLM
[email protected]
You can probably still use the host to sqlplus, but this time it will run on the Forms Server.
You just need to make sure that the dynamic SQL files are uniquly identified for each customer.

JMS to Synchronous Web Service Scenario (Need Advice to use BPM or Not)

Hi Experts,
We have a scenario where we fetch data from JMS Sender and Send it to MDM Webservices.
We want to have the files processed in such a way that until we get a response from webservice back that it was sucessful ,then only we need to process the next file.
We would need advice as can we use BPM for this.
We are thinking of having BPM like this:
RecieveStep(Asyn)-SynchronousSend Step(with wait)-Stop
The problem with this is when processing huge files the processing time of the Queue is taking very long and sometimes we are getting SYSFAIL.
Please would anyone advice as how can we approach this scenario either using BPM or without.
Also Can we use multiple queues or multpile instances concept for this scenario.
Please Advice.
Thanks in Advance
Regards
J

Hi Prateek,
Thank you very much for your quick reply.
The response from Webservice does not need to be sent anywhere.
We just want that after recieving the response back from webservice(SOAP) then only we need to process the next file.
Can we control something from Sender JMS adapter side as well as it is picking up all the files and all files wait at BPE until each one gets processed.
Is this possible without BPM or with BPM.
Please advice as what wud be possible steps inorder to achive it through BPM or Without BPM.
Thanks and Regards,
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Major Issues with installing 4tb internal. Really need advice please

In the process of a long needed upgrade to my 2010 Mac Pro Quad core 2.8 and have run into a serious headache that I really need advice on so I can get back to work. I've already spent 2 days dealing with all of this...
Just did a new SSD install and Migration which went fine but I'm also updating the rest of the internal drives. My main (non boot) drive was being upgraded from a Seagate Barracuda 3tb to a 4th Deskstar NAS (it was showing as compatible with my desktop, see links below). My 3tb ran fine for years but now due to it being heavily used I want to switch to a new drive and I can also use a bit more space.
The issue I'm running into is that initially on boot, my system was telling me it couldn't recognize the disk and it wasn't even showing up in Disk Utility. I had to purchase a SATA USB 3 kit to attach it as an external to get it to show which worked without problem. With the USB kit I was then able to partition it (GUID, Mac OS extended journaled) and format it properly. After reinserting the drive into my tower as an internal it failed to show again. After a few attempts of restarts and trying various bays it popped up but showed as a non formatted drive and I was told again that the system didn't recognise it. I was then given the option to initialise and was then actually able to then format and partition it though Disk Utility while it was installed as an internal.
Figured that was problem solved but when I went to check the drive and getting ready to transfer files over I noticed that Disk Utility was only allowing the First Aid and Partition options but not Erase, RAID, Restore which I'd never seen before. I then also noticed that none of the drive connection info was in the same format nor will it even provide drive bay info, connection info or read/write status (See screen shots). This is what I can't figure out and really need to clarify before I put full trust into using this drive.
Any info would be greatly appreciated...
Deskstar 4tb internal info which is installed in Bay 2
3tb Seagate which I trying to retire and transfer from.
Here are the weblinks to the Deskstar 4tb drive and the compatibility list but I support isn't allowing me to add direct links so add the www. before hand.
(Drive - eshop.macsales.com/item/HGST/0S03664/) (compatibility list - eshop.macsales.com/Descriptions/specs/Framework.cfm?page=macpromid2010.html).

What OSX version?
Disk Utility in later versions of ML and I think Mavericks have problems formatting with 4 TB internal drives.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1661024
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/112266/why-doesnt-my-mac-pro-see-my-new -4tb-sata-drive

Sold my Logic 9 - Do I just need to delete from my MB Pro?

I've sold my version of Logic Pro Studio 9 and want to make sure the purchaser has no problems. Do I just need to delete from my macbook pro of is there anything else I need to do? I cant see how to deregister. Hard times so had to sell sadly. Any advice appreciated. Thanks Phil

Try use Image Capture (in your Applications Folder). IIRC you couldn't selectively import from anything with v6 or earlier.
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Hi Daniel, Thank you for the comments about my training video, but I'm afraid I don't have an answer about your firmware update problem if it's not the HOLD button. To be honest, I have not even bothered to update to 2.1 myself yet. Normally I try to keep my firmware updated, but in this case, I'm too busy and I just don't care enough to bother with it. None of the "improvements" interest me and I'm happy with the camera is running right now. Yes, I am guilty of not following my own advice about keeping the firmware up to date. I guess you can either reach out to Sony or just keep using 2.0 until another update is released. I know what I would do, but I don't want to offer any advice one way or the other. The scene files that can be downloaded from my website were created with v1.1 and I have not seen any reason to update them. They sitll work fine for me and nobody has reported any issues. Good luck.

No problem- Just need advice

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