OS X Lion. video flicker/scramble

OS X Lion. When dragging a file from Downloads folder to desktop I acquire a sudden video flicker/scramble on my display

Ahh, I'd forgotten about that feature since it is not really that easy to find and I always use MPEG Streamclip which does an outstanding job. However, I just tried it with a 10 sec intro I had (the only .mov I had available) and it did not work either. I'll be sending in a feedback - may i suggest you do the same.
In the meantime, try MPEG Streamclip - I've used it for a long time.
Here is the (strange) error I got:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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Hi, a few questions that will help us to help you-
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Sequence/capture settings?
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Upgraded my Compaq Mini 311c - 1020EO to Win 8 32bit and all seems to work except VIDEO Flicker intermitantly.
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Allow the extraction to complete but close the installation process when it comes up.
Navigate to the C:\swsetup\ folder. You will see your driver listed here. They usually have a name like "sp56737". Navigate to this folder.
Within your driver's folder you will see a "setup.exe" file. Right click this file and select Properties.
Navigate to the "Compatibility" tab.
Click the box that says "Run this program in Compatibility mode for..." and also select Windows 7 from the drop down menu.
Check the box which says "Run this program as administrator" at the bottom
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Once the install completes reboot your PC and verify the functionality of the piece of hardware.
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Mid 2011 21.5 inch iMac with lion video=freeze, will not restart for 30-60 minutes , today it took 14 hours before power button would restart it , is anyone else having a long restart after this problem?

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Where do I find the interactive "Getting Started with Lion" video?

Hello from England.
Please be nice to me and talk in a language an OAP might understand.
I recently installed Lion on my MaBook. I did this in my lunch hour at work and took a tad longer than I anticipated. Anyway, after the shut down and re-start up popped an interactive "getting started with Lion" video which showed you all of the new touch gestures etc.
Anyway - as ym lunch hour was running out I closed my MacBook with the intention of watching this video later so I could learn all of the exciting and clever things.
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
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My video thumbnails in Aperture (version 3.4.3) are scrambled. Sometimes I can see part of a reference thumbnail frame (often in monochrome or with a single color overlay, like green), sometimes it's just all snow.
1) I just restored my mac mini from a time machine backup.
2) I also just imported an iPhoto library
If I browse to a pre-existing (before Time Machine restore) Aperture project, the correct thumbnail appears briefly before changing to the scrambled version.
When I select the video for playback all I get is a blank Viewer window (not video content, no controls, no playback).
If I browse to the source file via finder the video thumbnail displays and the video plays back correctly.
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I suggest to check the video codecs you have installled; if you use Perian or have a flip-camera, you may have an incompatible video codec installed, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4155
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Have a look at this thread Re: Import video to Aperture library on Mountain Lion,
and also at the post: Re: Import video to Aperture library on Mountain Lion in the same thread.
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Léonie

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The only problem that i could think of is. We have only 1 harddisk in the system. So the OS is in the same drive in which the project is also getting executed.
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Compressor, the **** product is a royal waste or is that we do not know how to use it. or should we be using something else to make a SD DVD from a HDV edit.
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Ahh, I'd forgotten about that feature since it is not really that easy to find and I always use MPEG Streamclip which does an outstanding job. However, I just tried it with a 10 sec intro I had (the only .mov I had available) and it did not work either. I'll be sending in a feedback - may i suggest you do the same.
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Here is the (strange) error I got:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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