Poor performance - QT Player and Safari
Ok, so I've been ignoring this issue on my computer for the longest time and I think it's time I got to the bottom of it.
I'm using a Quicksilver G4, 733MHz, with 896MB RAM.
Now, previously, prior to upgrading to Tiger, using Panther and QT 6.5 something, Quicktime worked pretty much flawlessly. I was so happy with it. After upgrading to Tiger such a long time ago, I noticed QT 7 wasn't nearly up to par and its performance was very bad.
The real issue here is this: Whenever I watch a streaming movie downloaded from the internet, in Safari, it runs choppy. Choppy as in the framerate stutters considerably, the video will pause while the audio still plays, and it basically renders the video unwatchable. The workaround I've been doing all this time, is: downloading the video onto my desktop and playing it through VLC. (Which it does absolutely flawlessly, mind you.)
Oh but it gets better - when I play these EXACT same video files in Quicktime Player - I get "improved" performance, but it still does the same thing: choppy video playback. Now, when I play these same streaming files in Firefox - they work, smooth as a baby's bottom. Quicktime's streaming plug-in works great. Doesn't make sense...
On top of ALL that: After this problem was already engraved in my head after trying numerous troubleshooting (reinstalling latest versions of Quicktime, clearing caches, making a test user account, A&I, etc....) I eventually upgraded my computer, and put another internal 250GB HD in it. So I was basically starting from scratch - a complete erase and install of the HD.
Lo and behold, Quicktime STILL did it. - same exact problem. So I gave up for a while and have been using VLC ever since. Or Firefox.
So that's my problem guys - any suggestions would be nice, or if you'd like, just tell me to keep using VLC and/or Firefox as workarounds and don't even try to fix it. ¬_¬
Quicksilver Powermac G4 733Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 894MB RAM, 250GB & 40GB HDs
Quicksilver Powermac G4 733Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 896 MB RAM, 250GB & 40GB HD
I do not use Safari. However, I found this troubleshooting technique in the MacAddict Magazine December 06 issue:
To fix a QT related problem w/Safari, quit Safari & look in the /Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder (this is the Library folder at the root level of your HD, not the one inside your Users/user name folder).
Try removing the VLC Plugin.plugin (if you have it) & QT Plugin.plugin files from this folder, & then relaunch Safari. If the problem isn’t fixed, a different plug-in may be to blame. Keep removing files from this folder (start with any third-party plug-ins that are present) until the problem disappears.
Replace the plug-ins that don’t cause any problems.
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I've been throug so many forums trying to solve this problem, but nothing seemed to work. So I hope someone can solve it here.
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Hello,
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from (((Ocurrencias CT01 inner join
palabras p0 on (CT01.cod_palabra = p0.cod_palabra and p0.palabra like 'VENEZUELA%' AND p0.campo = 'AUTOR')) INNER JOIN
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Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=301 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
1 0 SORT (ORDER BY) (Cost=301 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
2 1 SORT (UNIQUE) (Cost=300 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
3 2 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=299 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
4 3 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=250 Card=49 Bytes=4165)
5 4 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=103 Card=49 Bytes=2989)
6 5 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=49 Bytes=1960)
7 6 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'PALABRAS' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=19)
8 7 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PALABRA' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
9 6 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_OCURRENCIAS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=140 Bytes=2940)
10 5 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CENTRAL' (TABLE) (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=21)
11 10 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_CENTRAL' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1)
12 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CODTIT' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=24)
13 12 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_CODTIT' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
14 3 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TITULOS' (TABLE) (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=175)
15 14 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TITULOS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=0 Card=1)
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154 recursive calls
0 db block gets
32070 consistent gets
1622 physical reads
0 redo size
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2807 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
212 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
10 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
3149 rows processed
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Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=299 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
1 0 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=299 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
2 1 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=250 Card=49 Bytes=4165)
3 2 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=103 Card=49 Bytes=2989)
4 3 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=49 Bytes=1960)
5 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'PALABRAS' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=19)
6 5 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PALABRA' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
7 4 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_OCURRENCIAS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=140 Bytes=2940)
8 3 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CENTRAL' (TABLE) (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=21)
9 8 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_CENTRAL' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1)
10 2 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CODTIT' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=24)
11 10 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_CODTIT' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
12 1 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TITULOS' (TABLE) (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=175)
13 12 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TITULOS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=0 Card=1)
Statistics
3376 recursive calls
0 db block gets
33443 consistent gets
1061 physical reads
0 redo size
313751 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
2807 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
422 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
90 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
3149 rows processed
I would appreciate a lot if somebody can tell me how to improve the performance of the query with Distinct and Order By.
Thank you very much,
Icaro Alzuru C.Hello,
I am getting an slow answer when I add Distinct and Order By to the query:
Without Distinct and Order By lasts 3.57 seconds; without Distinct and Order By lasts 28.15 seconds, which it's too much for our app.
The query is:
select distinct CC.acceso, CC.ext_acceso, TIT.TITULO_SALIDA
from (((Ocurrencias CT01 inner join
palabras p0 on (CT01.cod_palabra = p0.cod_palabra and p0.palabra like 'VENEZUELA%' AND p0.campo = 'AUTOR')) INNER JOIN
CENTRAL CC ON (CT01.ACCESO = CC.ACCESO AND CT01.EXT_ACCESO = CC.EXT_ACCESO))) inner join
codtit ctt on (CC.acceso = ctt.acceso and CC.ext_acceso = ctt.ext_acceso) inner join
titulos tit on (ctt.cod_titulo = tit.cod_titulo and ctt.portada = '1')
where CC.nivel_reg <> 's'
ORDER BY 3 ASC;
The query plan for the query WITH Distinct and Order By is:
Elapsed: 00:00:28.15
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=301 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
1 0 SORT (ORDER BY) (Cost=301 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
2 1 SORT (UNIQUE) (Cost=300 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
3 2 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=299 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
4 3 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=250 Card=49 Bytes=4165)
5 4 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=103 Card=49 Bytes=2989)
6 5 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=49 Bytes=1960)
7 6 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'PALABRAS' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=19)
8 7 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PALABRA' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
9 6 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_OCURRENCIAS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=140 Bytes=2940)
10 5 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CENTRAL' (TABLE) (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=21)
11 10 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_CENTRAL' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1)
12 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CODTIT' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=24)
13 12 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_CODTIT' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
14 3 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TITULOS' (TABLE) (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=175)
15 14 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TITULOS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=0 Card=1)
Statistics
154 recursive calls
0 db block gets
32070 consistent gets
1622 physical reads
0 redo size
305785 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
2807 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
212 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
10 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
3149 rows processed
The query plan for the query WITHOUT Distinct and Order By is:
Elapsed: 00:00:03.57
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=299 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
1 0 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=299 Card=47 Bytes=12220)
2 1 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=250 Card=49 Bytes=4165)
3 2 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=103 Card=49 Bytes=2989)
4 3 NESTED LOOPS (Cost=5 Card=49 Bytes=1960)
5 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'PALABRAS' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=19)
6 5 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PALABRA' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
7 4 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_OCURRENCIAS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=140 Bytes=2940)
8 3 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CENTRAL' (TABLE) (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=21)
9 8 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_CENTRAL' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1)
10 2 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'CODTIT' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=1 Bytes=24)
11 10 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'PK_CODTIT' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=2 Card=1)
12 1 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TITULOS' (TABLE) (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=175)
13 12 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TITULOS' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=0 Card=1)
Statistics
3376 recursive calls
0 db block gets
33443 consistent gets
1061 physical reads
0 redo size
313751 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
2807 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
422 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
90 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
3149 rows processed
I would appreciate a lot if somebody can tell me how to improve the performance of the query with Distinct and Order By.
Thank you very much,
Icaro Alzuru C. -
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Solved!
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version : 10.2.0.4 on OEL 5.
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Query 1:
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Plan Hash Total Elapsed 1st Capture Last Capture
# Value Time(ms) Executions Snap ID Snap ID
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-> % Total DB Time is the Elapsed Time of the SQL statement divided into the Total Database Time multiplied by 100
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Disk Reads 0 0.0 0.0
Parse Calls 9 1.0 0.0
Rows 20 2.2 N/A
User I/O Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Cluster Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Application Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Concurrency Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Invalidations 0 N/A N/A
Version Count 2 N/A N/A
Sharable Mem(KB) 252 N/A N/AQuery 2:
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Plan Hash Total Elapsed 1st Capture Last Capture
# Value Time(ms) Executions Snap ID Snap ID
1 4197000940 1,344,458 3 60539 60540
-> % Total DB Time is the Elapsed Time of the SQL statement divided into the Total Database Time multiplied by 100
Stat Name Statement Per Execution % Snap
Elapsed Time (ms) 1,344,458 448,152.7 46.5
CPU Time (ms) 1,353,670 451,223.3 49.7
Executions 3 N/A N/A
Buffer Gets 3.42E+07 11,383,856.7 9.4
Disk Reads 0 0.0 0.0
Parse Calls 3 1.0 0.0
Rows 48 16.0 N/A
User I/O Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Cluster Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Application Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Concurrency Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Invalidations 0 N/A N/A
Version Count 2 N/A N/A
Sharable Mem(KB) 270 N/A N/AQuery 3:
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Plan Hash Total Elapsed 1st Capture Last Capture
# Value Time(ms) Executions Snap ID Snap ID
1 2000299266 104,060 7 60539 60540
-> % Total DB Time is the Elapsed Time of the SQL statement divided into the Total Database Time multiplied by 100
Stat Name Statement Per Execution % Snap
Elapsed Time (ms) 104,060 14,865.7 3.6
CPU Time (ms) 106,150 15,164.3 3.9
Executions 7 N/A N/A
Buffer Gets 4.38E+07 6,256,828.1 12.1
Disk Reads 0 0.0 0.0
Parse Calls 7 1.0 0.0
Rows 79 11.3 N/A
User I/O Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Cluster Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Application Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Concurrency Wait Time (ms) 0 N/A N/A
Invalidations 0 N/A N/A
Version Count 2 N/A N/A
Sharable Mem(KB) 748 N/A N/AAny Ideas please as what is wrong with the above statistics? And what should I do next with it?
Thanks.Here is one of the plan for query:
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)|
Time |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | | | 9628 (100)|
|
| 1 | VIEW | | 73 | 58546 | 9628 (1)|
00:01:56 |
| 2 | WINDOW SORT PUSHED RANK | | 73 | 22630 | 9628 (1)|
00:01:56 |
| 3 | FILTER | | | | |
|
| 4 | NESTED LOOPS | | 73 | 22630 | 9627 (1)|
00:01:56 |
| 5 | NESTED LOOPS | | 73 | 20586 | 9554 (1)|
00:01:55 |
| 6 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 72 | 15552 | 9482 (1)|
00:01:54 |
| 7 | NESTED LOOPS | | 72 | 13320 | 9410 (1)|
00:01:53 |
| 8 | NESTED LOOPS | | 72 | 12168 | 9338 (1)|
00:01:53 |
| 9 | NESTED LOOPS | | 4370 | 277K| 29 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 10 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| test_ORG | 1 | 34 | 2 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 11 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | test_ORG_PK | 1 | | 1 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 12 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | test_USER | 4370 | 132K| 27 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 13 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | REF_CLIENT_FOO_ACCT | 1 | 104 | 7 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 14 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | RCFA_test_ORG_IDX | 165 | | 2 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 15 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | test_ACCOUNT | 1 | 16 | 1 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 16 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | test_CUSTODY_ACCOUNT_PK | 1 | | 0 (0)|
|
| 17 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | test_USER | 1 | 31 | 1 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 18 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | test_USER_PK_IDX | 1 | | 0 (0)|
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| 19 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | REF_FOO | 1 | 66 | 1 (0)|
00:00:01 |
| 20 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | REF_FOO_PK | 1 | | 0 (0)|
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| 21 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | REF_FOO_FAMILY | 1 | 28 | 1 (0)|
00:00:01 |
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
| 22 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN | REF_FOO_FAMILY_PK | 1 | | 0 (0)|
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40 rows selected.
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Poor performance after format and OS install.
GT70 0ne
3610qm
680m
24g Kingston ram
Win7 64
Yesterday I formatted my drive and installed win7 64, after installing all the (old) drivers on the MSI website (link below), in the correct order, then waiting a good 8 hours for all the windows updates to install, I booted up WoW and found horrible FPS. I ran 3dmarks 11 and scored a dismal 2600 with my graphic and combined scores around 2500 and the physics at the normal 8500.
Searched online for some solutions, put the 680m as the default for WoW and 3dmarks but with no difference. I went ahead and got the latest drivers for the 680m off the Nvidia website and saw no improvement.
I did not install any utilities from the MSI website, are any of them needed for the proper function of the laptop or are they all fluff?
I did not install any firmware either, Is it needed?
Should I download the latest drivers for all the components or stick with MSI's?
The laptop itself is extremely quick when not needing graphical power.
Thank you.The following factors will affect the performance score:
- Using AC or DC.
- Power plans (Windows). High-performance or Balanced mode.
- Numbers of background processes.
- Wi-Fi/BT on or off.
- Improvements from newer BIOS, EC, or Video BIOS versions.
- Screen brightness (slightly affected).
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Poor performance in iMovie and iDVD in the UK. Anyone noticed?
Hello everyone,
I've made several very successful DVDs using stills for UK TVs with the PAL format, 1280 x 720 pixels. I'm running iLife 06, latest everything for Tiger.
I use Keynote - export to Quicktime, custom settings, HDV 720p, Apple intermediate codec, 25 fps, for graphical introduction pieces.
I also use Photo 2 Movie for the stills with pan & scan etc., again Pal format, exported for iMovie.
These elements are then dropped into an iMovie project for the relevant subject and audio added. This project is then saved as a Full Quality QuickTime movie and dropped into a final assembly iMovie project, which is in turn sent to iDVD. This keeps the visual timeline manageably short.
On my last projects, this gave a stunning result. 4 Quicktime upgrades later and using the same procedure, motion now seems slightly jerky even though all the frame rates for PAL are correct. Before I complete the project, has anyone else noticed this drop in quality? I don't want to waste time if I should be doing something differently.
I've also noticed that once again, you can't use purchased music in an iMovie project - it freezes the video. Apple had this bug before and fixed it, now it's back. I don't know whether the two are connected.
Can anyone give me any advice? Thanks.Why are you making a HD project if you then burn it as standard definition DVD via iDVD?
iDVD has to downsample the HD to SD. I haven't experimented how well iDVD manages to do that.
Have you tried to do a standard definition iMovie PAL project and feed that to a PAL iDVD project? Yes, I strongly recommend using Photo To Movie's High Quality PAL DV export for the slideshows because iMovie's slideshows are, erm, suboptimal in quality. -
DivX "for Mac" and Safari -- anyone get it to work on Snow Leopard?
Pardon me for the length of this post -- it's just a very involved question to which DivX has no answers, and I've literally wasted this entire week trying to get the so-called DivX "Bundle for Mac" to work, with absolutely no joy.
27" iMac Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz, 12 GB RAM, OS X 10.6.7
Safari (v. 5.0.5 [6533.21.1])
Safari Extensions:
DivX HiQ 2.1.1.94
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video> 2.1.1.94
As anyone who has used YouTube in the past year or however long this option has been available, many videos, under the regular YouTube control bar at the bottom of the video window, have an additional option: DivX HiQ, with a blue "play" button with black arrow, and in white text on black, the message "Press play for higher quality video." EVERY SINGLE time, until yesterday (about which more anon) I've selected DivX HiQ, the YouTube screen turns into the gray DivX Plus player window for a few seconds, sometimes I get a brief "Buffering…" message (sometimes not)* (see below), then a window pops up telling me "DivX Plus Web Player could not download the video, please check your internet connection." (screen shots on request).
I have DL'd AND installed -- several times over the past few days -- DivX for Mac, version 7.3 (right up-to-date as of 11-30-10 -- great support for the Mac OS), with little or no success or noticeable results. Finally, yesterday, it somehow (I thought) installed correctly: at least instead of nothing whatsoever happening after the install, this time I was whisked magically away to <<http://www.divx.com/en/software/download/installed/mac?os=mac>> where I was rather breathlessly informed "Congratulations! You can now enjoy the highest quality digital video | divx.com." Well, this was something new -- this was the first time I'd ever gotten this far. Then I was shown many movies, promising new marvels:
The first movie informed me "You have successfully installed DivX software." This WAS something new. Then it told me about the "DivX Plus Web Player… Now Featuring: DivX HiQ… Boost web video quality and performance… … Look for the DivX HiQ Button on your favorite video sites… see better quality and performance with a simple click… Try it out on your favorite sites… YouTube. Vimeo. And more.
Then I played the NEXT movie, all about the DivX Plus Player, and here I TRULY saw something I'd never seen before: *a DivX Plus Player window, that actually said " Connecting… Buffering: … " and then -- mirabile dictu! -- an actual video began to play, and actually continued to play, with no stops, fits, or error windows, right up until the end. This WAS something new under the sun. It continued, extolling the manifold virtues of "DivX to go," which was of no use to me. The next video was about the DivX Plus Codec Pack, and the video told me about the wonderful things DivX could do in Windows 7, if I was brain-dead enough to USE Windows 7. Useless info, but that video, too, opened up the way I believe the *HiQ videos are supposed to open up in YouTube, for example: "Connecting… Buffering: …," and then actually opening and playing. BTW, I hate to sound like a troglodytic Luddite, but I have no idea what "MKV" video is.
The final video, which ALSO opened up the way I believe the *HiQ videos are supposed to open up in YouTube, for example: "Connecting… Buffering: …," spoke to me about the manifold joys of DivX Plus converter, which ALSO requires the DivX Player application, and since the DivX Player application (v.7.2 (build 10_0_0_184, Copyright © 2006-2009 DivX, Inc.), which, I was given to understand, was actually a PART of the DivX software I had finally "successfully installed" (according to divx.com's delirious greeting), has never worked, none of what all these videos talked about was going to do me much good. HOW has it never worked, you ask? It has never worked in this way: I click on the DivX Player app icon, the DivX Player window opens, and the Mac OS beach ball spins merrily away, and spins, and spins, and spins -- at this point, I usually go to the kitchen for another cup of the strengthening coffee and the hopefully headache-reducing ibuprofen. When I come back, the beach ball is still spinning, so, resignedly, I go to the "Force Quit" command, where, invariably, I see the message "DivX Player not responding," and, resignedly, I force quit it. Again. This scenario has occurred without variation every single time I've tried to open the DivX Player application. It has never actually opened correctly, it has always shown up in the "Force Quit" window with the comment "DivX Player not responding," and I have always had to Force Quit it.
Now Here's what may be termed the icing on the cake: fairly well buried in the "DivX for Mac" install package is a pdf "read me." Among many other fables is THIS whopper:
"For online video tutorials visit the following URL in your web browser: http://go.divx.com/mac/tutorials"
I did just that, and though the link works, there IS no page on the DivX site for "Mac tutorials." When you click on the link, you get redirected to "http://support.divx.com/faq/view/supportFAQen100/video_tutorials_main." Except for a video tutorial under "DivX Converter_ -- for which I have no use -- entitled "How To Edit Your DivX Converter for Mac Output Settings," and these two: "How To Export To DivX In Final Cut Pro for Mac," and "How To Export To DivX Using QuickTime On A Mac" -- neither of which do me the slightest bit of good, since A) I don't use, nor can I afford, Final Cut Pro, and B) what good would it to to export ANYTHING to DivX when the DivX Player for Mac does not, and has never, done anything but hang until Force Quitted?
A brief digression on that very subject of "hanging:" there's a little section in the obscure "DivX for Mac" pdf that reads:
"5. Known issues
Network connection is lost during download
A lost network connection in the middle of a download may hang the DivX Player For Mac. If this occurs, you may 'Force Quit' the DivX Player For Mac by simultaneously clicking command-option-escape and selecting the application from the list or by right-clicking the icon in the dock and selecting 'Force Quit.' You may then resume the download by re-launching the DivX Player, selecting 'Download Manager” from the File menu and clicking 'Resume.'"
Wonderful advice, if I could ever get to the point where I was actually downloading something, but since MY particular edition of DivX Player for Mac saves me all that bother by hanging immediately upon launch, DivX has very kindly saved me the trouble of having to go through all that "Force Quit" - "Resume" nonsense. Of course, I never get to download anything or use the DivX Player on YouTube or anywhere else, so that's a bit of a downside.
So back to the putative "Mac tutorials" on the non-existent "http://go.divx.com/mac/tutorials" page: other than the three totally non-germane examples I cited above, there is nothing that I can find on the re-direct page (http://support.divx.com/faq/view/supportFAQen100/video_tutorials_main) that is the least concerned with the usage or behavior of any component of DivX on a Macintosh computer. That's certainly not uncommon, but for a company that purports to sell products that actually work on the Mac OS X platform, EVERYTHING about the DivX site is so totally Windows-centric, one would be inclined to believe that DivX is not even aware the Mac OS X platform exists. For example, here's the list of tutorials under "DivX 101 - Learn How" on the page that, according to the DivX for Mac Read Me, was supposed to solve all my problems with running DivX on a Mac:
Featured Video Tutorials
How to register your PS3 for DivX VOD playback
How do I make DivX player my default video player?
How to register your DivX Certified device with the DivX Plus Player
How to stream DivX Plus HD (MKV) files to your Xbox 360
How to use the DivX Plus Converter
Featured Text Guides
DivX Plus Converter for Windows User Guide
DivX Plus Player for Windows User Guide
DivX Codec 5.x User Guide
DivX Codec 6 and Virtual Dub Guide
It's wonderful that DivX has tutorials dealing with XBox360 and PS3, but the Mac seems to have been lost in the shuffle -- I think, from an aesthetic point, the guy in the sideways hat and the emphasis on animé and "blow 'em up" games in what few tutorials are actually there pretty much sums up DivX's idea of their market focus. Maybe they're right, but if this "free" version, that so far I have not been able to get to work as advertised on my 27" iMac, is supposed to entice any Mac user into forking over even the piddling $20.00 for the "Pro" version, the "free" version isn't DivX any "gotta have it" favors.
Now for the final mystery: I have two Safari -- v5.0.5 (6533.21.1) -- extensions from DivX:
1. DivX HiQ 2.1.1.94, which is supposed to allow you to watch videos on YouTube, Vimeo, etc. in the DivX Player for Mac, but refuses to work when enabled: EVERY SINGLE time I've selected DivX HiQ, the YouTube screen turns into the gray DivX player window for a few seconds, then an error window pops up that says "DivX Plus Web Player could not download the video, please check your internet connection."
2. DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video> 2.1.1.94, the little blurb in the Safari Extensions window for which says "Increase performance and video formats for your HTML5 <video>
Clicking on the "by DivX, Inc." link in the Safari Extensions window of either of these extensions takes me to http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/web-player
"High-quality video shouldn’t stop at your browser. DivX Plus® Web Player gives you the best web video performance around, even on sites using Flash®. The latest feature, DivX HiQ™ beta, lets you replace the default Flash player on popular sites for improved performance. Of course you can still watch stunning DivX® and DivX Plus HD (MKV) videos right in your browser, and even enjoy MKV features like multiple audio tracks, subtitles and 5.1 channel AAC audio."
That's all well and good, but, not when it doesn't work. I don't know what the story is with these Safari Extensions: a manual (unfortunately the only way you can do it), category by category search of Apple's "Safari Extensions Gallery" turns up NO information about these extensions, neither does -- as far as I can tell -- a search of the DivX site. Am I supposed to use BOTH extensions? Neither? One or the other? Which? So far, if I use them, I get the HiQ option in YouTube (and elsewhere), but when I click on it, I get the error message above, and the window reverts to the usual plain old YouTube window. If I disable the DivX Safari extensions, I don't even get the HiQ option.
Has ANYONE gotten the DivX for Mac Bundle v7.1, or even the DivX Plus Web Player for Mac, v2.1.1, to actually work on a Mac running OS X 10.6.7?
If so, PLEASE tell me how you got it to work.
I'd gladly for over the 20 bucks for this product if it actually worked, but not until it does.
Bart BrownWell, I can start banging my head against the brick wall again.
"I have never knowingly come across Divx in any shape or form. YouTube uses either Flash or HTML5."
I don't understand how you can make that statement, considering the discussion you participated in at:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12210423#12210423
under: Apple Support Communities > Mac OS & System Software > Safari > Discussions
DivX Web Player and Safari
...from July 2009 to September 2010, sections of which you copied and pasted verbatim into this discussion, for example:
"Klaus1
Somerset, UK
Level 7 (22,700 points)
Re: Plug-ins
Jul 12, 2009 2:09 PM (in response to Martin Alper)
"...In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/"
And on September 4, 2010:
"Klaus1
Somerset, UK
Level 7 (22,700 points)
Helpful AnswerRe: DivX Web Player and Safari
Sep 4, 2010 5:31 AM (in response to Philippe Pauwels)
You should read this support page http://perian.org/#support in case you need to delete older codecs. In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/"
And, in reply to Philippe Pauwels response to the above post:
Philippe Pauwels
Level 1 (0 points)
Re: DivX Web Player and Safari
Sep 4, 2010 6:28 AM (in response to Klaus1)
Hi,
Thanks for your answer. After some more experimenting, i finally got it to work ... However, not every embedded DivX movie will play.
I just deleted another codec in the Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime folder. (One of the codecs mentioned on http://perian.org/#support was still in the folder). Before I had only deleted the files whose name has "DivX" in it.
I did NOT install the DivX Web Player plugin.
Now some DivX videos play, some don't... So maybe I should re-install the DivX Web Plugin? But the Web Plugin never worked for me ... If I re-install it, won't I go back to where I started?
You replied, 10 minutes later:
Klaus1
Somerset, UK
Level 7 (22,700 points)
Re: DivX Web Player and Safari
Sep 4, 2010 6:38 AM (in response to Philippe Pauwels)
It could be that your previous DivX player was out of date.
As Perian says, you need both.
First, I certainly wish you (or my search of Apple Discussions, which, inexplicably, did not turn up this discussion) had referred me to this discussion before -- it would have saved a LOT of time.
Now, to your reply to Philippe Pauwels: "As Perian says, you need both." Both WHAT, exactly?
From the initial release of Perian 0.5, September 29, 2006, to the latest release, Perian 1.2.2 - Tuesday, April 13, 2011, there is not a single mention of DivX in the entire 2006 to 2011 version history. The only information on the Perian support page regarding DivX is the paragraph that states, in part, "Please consider removing obsolete QuickTime Components: ...DivX, DivX Decoder..."
Can you please tell me what you mean by "Perian says, you need both," in regard to putative DivX Extensions, Plug-Ins, Components, whatever?
Finally, on July 12, 2009, you posted, in a reply to martin Alper, a list of "the downloads and the settings you need in order to view/hear/play pretty much everything that the net can throw at you." Taking into consideration that it's 2 years later and most versions have newer updates -- including Mac OS X itself -- some items are no longer among us, and some NEW ones have shown up. could you please update or comment on this list, for the benefit of all sufferers?
Thank you very much,
Bart Brown
Your list as of July 12, 2009, taking into consideration your wise caveat that "nothing in life carries a guarantee!:
The setup described below has proved repeatedly successful on both PPC and Intel macs, but
It is known to work in the great majority of cases with Safari 3 and 4, QT 7.4.x, 7.5.x and 7.6 and OS 10.4.11 and 10.5.7.
Download and install (or re-install even if you already had them) the latest versions, suitable for your flavor of Mac, of:
RealPlayer 11.1 for Mac from:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15540
Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm (Windows Media Player for the Mac is no longer supported, even by Microsoft)
Perian from http://perian.org/
You should read this support page http://perian.org/#support in case you need to delete older codecs.
The latest version of Adobe FlashPlayer can be obtained from here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlas h
(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.
It is suggested that you first uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157
and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.
You should also ensure that you have downloaded and installed the correct version for your Mac of Security Update 2009-001 (and for Tiger only, 2009-002). (N.B. Security Updates require both a restart and a permission repair.)
In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
Now go to Safari Preferences/Security, and tick the boxes under Web Content (all 4 of them) to enable Java.
Lastly open Audio Midi Setup (which you will find in the Utilities Folder of your Applications Folder) and click on Audio Devices. Make sure that both Audio Input and Audio Output, under Format, are set to 44100 Hz, and that you have selected 'Built in Audio'.
Important: Now repair permissions and restart.
You should also consider having the free VLC Player from http://www.videolan.org/ in your armory, as this plays almost anything that DVD Player might not.
There is an additional 'fix' you could try if you are having problems with Flash and Quicktime, depending on which type of Mac you have:
On Intel Macs, make sure that you are not running Safari in Rosetta. You can check this, and change it, in the Get Info window.
On PPC Macs, go to the Hard Disk/Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder, and drag the file 'QuickTime Plugin.webplugin' to the desktop. Quit and restart Safari. If things have improved you can trash that file. If they haven't put it back, as the lack of this plug-in can cause QT content in some widgets to cease functioning.
And there is an additional kid on the block: SilverLight. Microsoft has created their own version of what a replacement for Flash could be. You can read more about it here:
http://silverlight.net/
So, if you go to any sites that have been designed for this new Silverlight stuff, you can download the plug-in from here (but make certain that you are downloading SilverLight v.1.0 for OS X (10.4.8 upwards) if you are using a PPC Mac. Version 2 only works with Intel Macs:
http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/
Recommendation: Close all applications before installing any of the above, repair permissions, reboot, and repair permissions again.
Thanks again
Bart Brown
PS: You wrote "It is a pity you chose a camera that produces video in that format! As you have discovered it is incompatible with iMovie." Uhh, I don't know where this question came from -- more stray copying and pasting, perhaps? I have no camera, and am not trying to do anything pertinent to this discussion with iMovie. -
Poor performance of Premiere Pro on 2013 Mac Pro
A month ago I bought a 2013 Mac Pro mostly for running Premiere Pro CC. The configuration is 6 cores @ 3.5 GHz, 64 GB RAM, 2 x D700 graphics, 1 TB internal SSD. It runs OS X Mavericks 10.9.4.
I tried Premiere Pro CC today for the first time. The input--entirely stored on the internal SSD; no external disk was even connected--was about 100 clips shot as AVCHD (1080p25 PAL) at 24 Mbps.
I edited this in Premiere Pro and added small adjustments (mostly changes of levels) in about 20 clips. The rest had no adjustments. There were no transitions applied. For the most part, it just had to copy the trimmed input clips to the output.
I queued this for Adobe Media Encoder CC at H.264, 1080p25, @ 24 Mbps VBR 2 pass. Audio was 192 kbps, 48 kHZ,stereo. The output was written to the internal SSD.
While encoding, the CPU was running 50-70% idle (!!!) so it was using only 2-3 cores and half the memory (32GB) was unused. It certainly wasn't trying very hard. No other programs except Premiere, AME, and the activity monitor were open during encoding and I was just sitting there watching it lumber along.
The time to encode the timeline of 9:47 was 21:28. That is 2.2x real time. My 4-year-old Windows machine using CS6 could do that. What's wrong? Should Premiere Pro be this slow on hardware this fast? Is there some secret box "Use all the cores and all allowed memory" that I have to check (I set the preferences to allow Adobe to use 52 GB). Does Premiere get tired in the evenings? The internal SSD runs at 900 MB/s and there was no transcoding to do. What was going on?
This is my first test of Premiere and it is kind of disappointing. Did I just waste 6500 euros on the Mac Pro or am I using the wrong settings. Any advice is welcome.
Thanks.Yes, should be great if someone put some light in all this performance thing in the new mac pro, I just did a test, 3 video tracks with 4K Red footage, 50% of opacity each one and I just play the 2 min sequence, and Premiere started to drop frames at half resolution playback and when I changed to full resolution playback the sequence was unplayable, I mean, they sold this MacPro/Premiere workflow as the way to edit 4K without compromises and now we are not capable to deliver jobs because the poor performance... and I'm not talking now about the constant crashes and freezes, I'm talking about that we can't play just 3 tracks without any effect.
Would be great if someone put some light on this, maybe we are blaming adobe and it's apple's fault and we should go to the apple store to return the machine... I did test on the Mac and looks OK, I'm more than confuse about this...
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You can't open the application "iAd Producer.app" because it may be damaged or incomplete.
After installing Itunes Producer when I try to open I get this message: "iAd Producer.app" because it may be damaged or incomplete. Whats the problem? Thanks Josef
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What happened to battery doctor with the green logo?
What happened to the battery doctor app with the green battery logo? I can no longer find it in the app store, which I tried to do when searching it for my boyfriend. I assume it's from the same company that makes the battery doctor with the orange
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How to make a backup of your stuff? and Command+tab question
First of all, is there an alternative to using a different Command+tab button? OR the F3 button to switch between windows? A lot of times I have more than ONE safari window open and I want to Command tab but Command+tab won't show the OTHER safari si