Recorded HDTV and ATV question.

Hi
I am going through the PVR purchase research and am interested in recording free to air digital tv to then stream to the tv via ATV.
If I were to use an EyeTv type receiver to record to the computer, does it need to be converted to another format before the ATV can use it?
Also, the digital receivers claim to need either dual G5 or intel processors to access 720p (the format of my tv) or 1080i/p. Is this only for watching the broadcast live or will I be able to record this quality and watch the HD content later using my single 1.8GHz 2 GB ram G5?
Are there any tuners for that matter that my set up can use and utilise the 720p format?
Thanks in advance

ATV requires MP4 format. When user records from a set top box the file is .m2t
Example, what I do:
Record a "copt freely" movie to the Comcast set top box. Once done I play it back and use AVCBrowser (taken from Apple SKD and free) to capture that movie. It is in .m2t format. Then I'd use either Handbrake, VisualHub or MPEGStreamClip to convert for ipod or ATV in MP4 format.
I never used Eyetv because I did all the above for zero cost except for time.

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Get a Samsung HDTV and ATV or wait for the latest model?

A newbie to HDTV, video and ATV.
I have almost decided to buy the Samsung 50" plasma HDTV PN50A650. But have discovered that Samsung has a new model PN50A760 with added capabilities for playing video and wireless networking.
Connectivity is an issue to me. Spending all the green on a HDTV, I do not want it to be obsolete in 4 years. What if I get a digital camcorder? Or Apple introduces a flat-rate movie-rental scheme? My options:
OPTION A) Wait a few months until the $500 premium for the new model drops.
Some excerpts for reviews of the latest 760 model:
"The 7 series can playback video content stored on a USB device while the 6 series are limited to images and audio."
(Naively, I thought that all HDTVs should be able to play back video.)
"The 7 Series can stream audio, video and pictures over your home network."
"The TV recognizes not only MP3 and JPEG files but also XviD and MPEG4 files to enjoy video playback."
"The TV can also reach out to your home network and play back photos, videos and music stored on networked computers. You'll need to install special software, included with the TV, onto your PC." This could be some very basic software. Suitable for Macs?
"While this feature seems pretty cool, it's not as good as similar functionality built into a PS3 or an Xbox 360, let alone that of a dedicated network media streamer like Apple TV. Despite being billed as DLNA-compliant, the TV won't play nice with DLNA server software like Windows Media Player 11 or TVersity, so you're stuck with the included proprietary software. Samsung's software is basic..." (Compatibility with Macs?)
OPTION B) Buy the older model and then, add ATV. The total cost will be less and I think, the video playback (through my iMac?) and networking capabilities (2Wire Wi-Fi) will be much better. But I see there have been problems between ATV and Samsung HDTV.
Isn't the combo with ATV a much more capable and flexible (and cheaper) long-term solution? Which Samsung is unlikely to match?
Thanks for your valuable advice! (Urgent for the X-Mas season!)

Winston, I think you're missing my points:
1) If you're interested in a device for watching HD video, then you can compare the AppleTV and Blu-Ray. You then have to look at what other features they provide, or don't provide as the case may be, and decide. I was just giving my opinion on an alternative.
2) There was no detailed information given as to what the streaming capabilities were and so I was giving my opinion again.
To say that there is little difference quality wise between current HD broadcasts (even if some are 1440x1080i) and the maximum output of the AppleTV at 1280x720 shows a total lack of experience on your part of watching HD broadcasts on a TV capable of 1920x1080, or a lack of appreciation of the better detail contained in the picture. It's like comparing AppleTV HD at 1280x720 with DVD PAL native resolution of 720x576 and saying there is little difference quality wise. But then if you look at the US market where 30fps is standard, the AppleTV cannot support resolutions higher than 960x540, and then you really are lowering the benefits of the AppleTV over DVD quality, and the difference between the AppleTV and HD broadcasts is even bigger.
I have compared video from HD broadcast at 1920x1080 with the same video converted down to 1280x720 on the AppleTV, and the loss of detail is noticeable, especially when watching on a 40" TV, not an uncommon size these days with them being used with games consoles. Before you comment, no it is nothing to do with how I convert them, there is just physically far fewer pixels available. I much prefer watching 1920x1080 through my Media PC than watching 1280x720 through my AppleTV.
Also, as we all know it happens, there is software available freely on the internet - no names will be mentioned - that allow the convertion of movies from DVD to a PC, and likewise from HD-DVD and Blu-Ray to a PC. So reality is that it's available now and with the cost of 1TB and 1.5TB HDDs so cheap, the potential for a 1920x1080 resolution video collection for playing on a 1920x1080 TV is already there. Saying it's not going to happen 'any time soon' is rediculous as it's already happening, albeit quietly, especially as talk of how to do such things is not allowed on this forum.
You keep using this phrase 'any time soon' without quantifying it. You use words like 'unlikely'. We live in a fast changing world. The world of televisions has changed dramatically in the last two years, whereby nearly all mid-priced TVs (both plasma and lcd) from about £800 GBP upwards now support native 1920x1080. Two years ago I paid over £1500 GBP for a 37" plasma supporting native 1024x720. You can now buy Sony OLED 11" TVs, which a couple of years ago were just being shown off as prototypes. In my opinion, OLED will blow away lcd and plasma tv sales within 5 years, and in my timescale, that is any time soon.
12 months ago I bought a blu-ray player for a PC, whilst people around me were going for hd-dvd. The format wars was predicted as not going to end 'any time soon' and no one could have forseen that within 6 months the whole blu-ray / hd-dvd argument would be over.
For your information, ABC in the US have been broadcasting in HD for over 10 years.
But as I keep saying Winston, these are my opinions. You're allowed yours and I'm allowed mine.

Watch and record HDTV to imac

Ok, so i have a few questions that are quite extensive.
First I want to watch HDTV on my imac and want to know what ways I can do that?
I have directv and wanted to know if I could watch directvHD on my imac record it and then edit that footage maybe send to imovie or FCE4 and then make a DVD of different recordings using Toast 9, (I already have toast and FCE 4).
What do I need to do that?
Or my other option would be to get an EyeTV product the hybrid or the 250 or whichever one I need to watch hDTV record it and do the same with export it and editing it.
What do I need to do that besides the eyeTV product?
My questions are getting convoluted in my head, but basically I want to watch HDTV on my imac, record HDTV, edit my recordings, merge recordings to make a movie, and burn it to DVD using Toast 9 which can record HD to regular DVd.
Let me know, any help is greatly appreciated.

Providing the programs are Mac compatible then there isn't a problem. Although your purchased versions may be for Win and thus there in lies the problem.
In addition with it being Mac you cannot watch Blu-Ray which means you won't be able to watch HD Hollywood blockbusters. However I am uncertain as to whether you simply meant HDTV footage you created. You still need more explanation but I hope that throws some light onto things?
Bootcamp allows you to use programs designed for Windows and the setup for this is pretty minimal and encouraged by Apple.
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No Mirroring in Ipad 2? I have IPAD2 and Apple Tv 4.3. I can airplay videos/music from Ipad2 to my HDTV via ATV, but I cant mirror it. When I select airplay to switch from Ipad2 to Apple TV, Mirroring does not show as an option. What am I missing?

No Mirroring in Ipad 2?
I have IPAD2 and Apple Tv 4.3. I can airplay videos/music from Ipad2 to my HDTV via ATV, but I cant mirror it. When I select airplay to switch from Ipad2 to Apple TV, Mirroring does not show as an option. What am I missing?

That feature is not yet available, it is coming with IOS 5
http://www.apple.com/ca/ios/ios5/features.html

Recording Audio and Midi at the same time in Logic 7 Express Can it be done

I am wondering if I can record audio and midi at the same time in Logic 7 Express. I am running my guitar thrugh a Roland GR 33, and a line out and using the GR 33 to trigger sounds in the Logic's synth section but cant seem to record all three tracks at once. If any one knows how let me know. Oh and I am running the GR Synth and Guitar into the Prosonus Fire Fox and have the GR 33 out midi to the Fire Box as well. So I guss the question is how do I sent up two audo tracks and one midi track to record in real time. Thanks Victor

I am wondering if I can record audio and midi at the
same time in Logic 7 Express. I am running my guitar
thrugh a Roland GR 33, and a line out and using the
GR 33 to trigger sounds in the Logic's synth section
but cant seem to record all three tracks at once. If
any one knows how let me know. Oh and I am running
the GR Synth and Guitar into the Prosonus Fire Fox
and have the GR 33 out midi to the Fire Box as well.
So I guss the question is how do I sent up two audo
tracks and one midi track to record in real time.
Thanks Victor
Try arming the audio tracks, select one of the tracks, then while holding down the shift key, select the midi track you want to record, arming the "r" on the midi track. Press "record".....
HL

Performance issue and functional question regarding updates on tables

A person at my site wrote some code to update a custom field on the MARC table that was being copied from the MARA table. Here is what I would have expected to see as the code. Assume that both sets of code have a parameter called p_werks which is the plant in question.
data : commit_count type i.
select matnr zfield from mara into (wa_marc-matnr, wa_marc-zfield).
update marc set zfield = wa_marc-zfield
     where werks = p_werks and matnr = wa_matnr.
commit work and wait.
endselect.
I would have committed every 200 rows instead of every one row, but here's the actual code and my question isn't around the commits but something else. In this case an internal table was built with two elements - MATNR and WERKS - could have done that above too, but that's not my question.
            DO.
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              CALL FUNCTION 'ENQUEUE_EMMARCS'
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                  mandt          = sy-mandt
                  matnr          = wa_marc-matnr
                  werks          = wa_marc-werks
                EXCEPTIONS
                  foreign_lock   = 1
                  system_failure = 2
                  OTHERS         = 3.
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              ELSE.
                EXIT.
              ENDIF.
            ENDDO.
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                       WHERE matnr = wa_mara-matnr AND
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              wa_log-matnr   = wa_marc-matnr.
              wa_log-werks   = wa_marc-werks.
              wa_log-type    = 'S'.
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              wa_log-zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate.
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              CLEAR: wa_return,wa_log.
            ELSE.
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                IMPORTING
                  return = wa_return.
              wa_log-matnr   = wa_marc-matnr.
              wa_log-werks   = wa_marc-werks.
              wa_log-type    = 'E'.
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              wa_log-zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate..
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            CALL FUNCTION 'DEQUEUE_EMMARCS'
              EXPORTING
                mode_marc = 'S'
                mandt     = sy-mandt
                matnr     = wa_marc-matnr
                werks     = wa_marc-werks.
          ENDIF.
Here's the question - why did this person enqueue and dequeue explicit locks like this ? They claimed it was to prevent issues - what issues ??? Is there something special about updating tables that we don't know about ? We've actually seen it where the system runs out of these ENQUEUE locks.
Before you all go off the deep end and ask why not just do the update, keep in mind that you don't want to update a million + rows and then do a commit either - that locks up the entire table!

The ENQUEUE lock insure that another program called by another user will not update the data at the same time, so preventing database coherence to be lost. In fact, another user on a SAP correct transaction, has read the record and locked it, so when it will be updated your modifications will be lost, also you could override modifications made by another user in another luw.
You cannot use a COMMIT WORK in a SELECT - ENDSELECT, because COMMIT WORK will close each and every opened database cursor, so your first idea would dump after the first update. (so the internal table is mandatory)
Go through some documentation like [Updates in the R/3 System (BC-CST-UP)|http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCCSTUP/BCCSTUP_PT.pdf]
Regards

Best way to hook up blu-ray player to my HDTV and receiver

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I just got the Sony BRAVIA 60" Class / 1080p / 120Hz / LED-LCD HDTV and I have a Yamaha RX-V1800. I want to buy and hook up a Blu-ray player to both. What the best way to do this? Should I use the optical audio to connect the Blu-ray to the receive and the HDMI to connect to the TV? I really want to be able to use HDMI for the audio but then I'm left with only component video for the TV. I can't filter the sound through the TV, this does not work. Does optical produce good audio?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

TheLexMachine wrote:
nblank15 wrote:
Okay so I did try to run everything through the Yamaha receiver and the refresh rate is just to slow. I put in the DVD Salt and as soon as there was a chase scene I got lot of blurring. Since I'm not going to get a new receiver any time soon is a HDMI to the TV and an optical to the receiver the best option?
You have no idea what you are doing which is why your results are not pleasing. Simply connect the equipment with HDMI cables as instructed and use only Blu-Ray discs as they are full-resolution sources. Your Blu-Ray player applies upscaling and processing to your DVD which is why it looks like crap and your receiver would do the same depending on the settings. You also need to check the settings on your player and HDTV to get them both aligned for the best picture quality.
Well I did use HDMI cables, and I also checked all of the setting on both the receiver and the TV. I did not use a Blu-Ray or player as I have not bought one yet. So are you saying the only way to not get a blur when using this set up would be to only watch Blu-Rays?? That does not make much sense. Also I would like to say I have some idea what I'm doing but obviously not as much as many people on this site, that's why I posted my question here. Thanks though for pointing out the obvious, It was very helpful of you.

How to get count of records inserted and errored out in an email

Hi
I have following question
I want to send report statics of scenario i.e Number of rows inserted during the scenario and
Number of rows in error in the scenario in an email.Here in my scenario I am trying to insert data into Essbase database and when i try to use getNbInserts() and getNbErrors functions of ODI in an email body,its giving zero value even though there 140 records inserted and 10 errored out.Can any one let me know how we get this number of records inserted and number of records errored in email.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Baji

Hi
I have following question
I want to send report statics of scenario i.e Number of rows inserted during the scenario and
Number of rows in error in the scenario in an email.Here in my scenario I am trying to insert data into Essbase database and when i try to use getNbInserts() and getNbErrors functions of ODI in an email body,its giving zero value even though there 140 records inserted and 10 errored out.Can any one let me know how we get this number of records inserted and number of records errored in email.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Baji

Recording vocals and guitar at the same time, using the Alesis IO dock!

Hi there!
I have an Ipad 2 with the newest OS installed etc. And I rea the other posts in here.
I bought an IO dock from Alesis the other day and was full of exspectations, but I got a bit disappointed -> Garageband! When I bought the Ipad dock I exspected that I would be able to record (or just play and hear the inputsound from two devices) at the same time in my headphones! But I wasn't... Now I'm wondering if this is going to be fixed in an update or not? I think it would be a shame if this issue isnt adressed, due to the huge abilities the Ipad/garageband/Ipad docks withhold.
So anyone know anything? I went to my musicstore and spent about an hour or so with the tech dude there trying dfferent setups, but unfortunatly without luck! Just to clarify that I didt just plugged in my guitar and got mad that it wasnt apple intuative!
Hope someone can help :)

I am wondering if I can record audio and midi at the
same time in Logic 7 Express. I am running my guitar
thrugh a Roland GR 33, and a line out and using the
GR 33 to trigger sounds in the Logic's synth section
but cant seem to record all three tracks at once. If
any one knows how let me know. Oh and I am running
the GR Synth and Guitar into the Prosonus Fire Fox
and have the GR 33 out midi to the Fire Box as well.
So I guss the question is how do I sent up two audo
tracks and one midi track to record in real time.
Thanks Victor
Try arming the audio tracks, select one of the tracks, then while holding down the shift key, select the midi track you want to record, arming the "r" on the midi track. Press "record".....
HL

PO item Condition Record number and delivery address of PO - Need a table n

Hello Experts,
I need some help as I have searched enough but did not find any solution.
I need a table name where I can find Condition Record number for PO line item.
As I have to create a new PO Layout in which I have to mention each & every condition type with value for line item.
I need to know one more thing that from which table I will get delivery address number so on the basis of that I can read entries from table ADRC.
Thanks in advance.
Bhagat

HI,
The First Question is regarding the PO Conditions.
For Extracting the same. we have to Go to The Table EKKI and in this table pass the PO Number and after entering the PO NUmber ,at each item level we will have a condition record number KNUMV created,
collect the condition record number and pass the value in KONV table ,in that table we will get all the conditions and its values maintained.
The second question is the delivery Address
the Delivey address comes from four ways
Plant
EKPO -Pass PO NUmber - collect the plant and pass in table T001W to get the address number
and pass the address number to ADRC table
Customer (third party)
IN table EKPO -collect the customer Number-KUNNR and pass that value to KNA1 table and then get the address number and then get the address from ADRC table.
Direct address number ( created by t code MEAN- Type ME01)
This adress number-ADRNR can be taken from EKPO table and pass this value to adrc table to get the address.
Vendor ( subcontracting)
In this IN EKPO we will have the vendor field -LIFNR and this field collect the vendor number and pass in LFA1 and get the address number and then pass the address number to ADRC table
If in EKPO,the address number and customer vendor field are blank then it picked from the plant and we have to default the Plant Address
Hope so it helps
Regards
Anjanna.

Record HDTV from cable box

I have an EyeTV 250 which I have used for years to record (using the EyeTV software) the analog signal my cable system (TWC) provided. The cable company recently switched to all-digital, but provided digital-to-analog converters to anyone who didn't have a set-top box. I ran the analog signal from the DTA into my EyeTV, and all worked as before. Now I want to record HDTV. The DTA has an HDMI output as well as the analog output. What do I need to complete the task? Elgato no longer sells this type of equipment in the US, and frankly, i'm not even sure what (if any?) equipment I need.

See this link:
http://macteens.com/index.php/features/fullstory/howto_make_your_own_home_theatre_machtmac/
I haven't tried it, but have always wanted to.

Maximum record counts and property counts

Hello,
I am looking for the document/link that mentions maximum record counts and maximum property counts for each record.
let say there are 1.5million records and each record has 2000 properties. Not sure if it can be handled nicely.
Mdex version is 6.2.1 at this point. but can upgrade if higher version can handle more.
Thanks,

Jeremy is pretty much correct. There are no limitations except by performance.
Start with the Performance Tuning Guide - here is a link to the 6.4.1 document:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E41223_01/Mdex.641/pdf/PerfTuningGuide.pdf
For your questions, start with Chapter 5 and read how properties/dimensions affect performance and this will help drive how you architect your queries and pipeline configuration/index setup to be most efficient.

DNS record ownership and the DnsUpdateProxy group

I have a 2 x 2003 domain controller that have DNS and DHCP Services installed
I was thinking of configuring DHCP to use a service account to update DNS records.
If I set this, do the DHCP Servers need to be members of the DNSUpdateProxy security group for the service account to work?>

I have to agree with John here. I don't think it's reasonable to just say 'ms told us so'. We need a
technical before and answer is given. I have multiple DHCP servers and I use a security account on them to register the records and never use the
DNSUpdateProxy Group and I have no problems. My thinking is this:
Assume we are using Integrated Secure Zones in AD:
Scenario 1:
Windows DHCP server i registering records on behalf of clients
Not a member of DNSUpdateProxy Group and not using dedicated account
Records will have owner as dhcpserver$ and only that account can update
This is a problem if that DHCP server fails
Also, non Windows DHCP server with no AD account cannot update
Scenario 2:
Windows DHCP server i registering records on behalf of clients
Member of DNSUpdateProxy Group and not using dedicated account
Records will have owner as SYSTEM and authenticated users can updated meaning any user or client on that domain
No problem if that DHCP server fails as any other authorized DHCP server can update
Non Windows DHCP servers can updated if they have a domain machine account
Scenario 3:
Windows DHCP server i registering records on behalf of clients
Using a dedicated account
Records added with owner same as this dedicated account
Another DHCP server that also uses this same account can updated the records
A non windows DHCP server that can use this account can also update the records
Now, can someone from MS please clarify the technical reason they say that in Scenario 3, you must add the DHCP servers to the
DNSUpdateProxy group ?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780538(v=ws.10).aspx
I guess this link didn't help?
DNS Record Ownership and the DnsUpdateProxy Group
"... to protect against unsecured records or to permit members of the DnsUpdateProxy group to register records in zones that allow only secured dynamic updates, you must create a dedicated user account and configure DHCP servers to perform DNS dynamic updates
with the credentials of this account (user name, password, and domain). Multiple DHCP servers can use the credentials of one dedicated user account."
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd334715(WS.10).aspx
Just to add:
Why is the DnsUpdateProxy group needed in conjunction with credentials?
The technical reason is twofold:
DnsUpdateProxy:
Objects created by members of the DNSUpdateProxy group have no security; therefore, any authenticated user can take ownership of the objects.
DHCP Credentials:
Forces ownership to the account used in the credentials, which the DnsUpdateProxy group allowed to take ownership other than the registering client.
Otherwise, the default process is outlined below, and this applies to non-Microsoft operating systems, too, but please note that non-Microsoft operating systems can't use Kerberos to authenticate to dynbamically update into a Secure Only zone, however
you can configure Windows DHCP to do that for you.
1. By default, Windows 2000 and newer statically configured machines will
register their own A record (hostname) and PTR (reverse entry) into DNS.
2. If set to DHCP, a Windows 2000, 2003 or XP machine, will request DHCP to allow
the machine itself to register its own A (forward entry) record, but DHCP will register its PTR
(reverse entry) record.
3. If Windows 2008/Vista, or newer, the DHCP server always registers and updates client information in DNS.
   Note: "This is a modified configuration supported for DHCP servers
         running Windows Server 2008 and DHCP clients. In this mode,
         the DHCP server always performs updates of the client's FQDN,
         leased IP address information, and both its host (A) and
         pointer (PTR) resource records, regardless of whether the
         client has requested to perform its own updates."
         Quoted from, and more info on this, see:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd145315(v=WS.10).aspx
4. The entity that registers the record in DNS, owns the record.
   Note "With secure dynamic update, only the computers and users you specify
        in an ACL can create or modify dnsNode objects within the zone.
        By default, the ACL gives Create permission to all members of the
        Authenticated User group, the group of all authenticated computers
        and users in an Active Directory forest. This means that any
        authenticated user or computer can create a new object in the zone.
        Also by default, the creator owns the new object and is given full control of it."
        Quoted from, and more info on this:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961412.aspx
More on this discussed in:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6f5b82cf-48df-495e-b628-6b1a9a0876ba/regular-domain-user-uses-rsat-to-create-dns-records?forum=winserverNIS
If that doesn't help, I highly suggest to contact Microsoft Support to get a definitive response. If you do, I would be highly curious what they say if it's any different than what I found out from the product group (mentioned earlier in this thread).
And of course, if you can update what you find out, it will surely benefit others reading this thread that have the same question!
Thank you!
Ace Fekay
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Acrobat Connect Pro Meeting Service Plans - licensing and pricing questions

Hello! I was hoping someone here might be able to help me with a few nitty-gritty pricing / licensing / functionality questions, in regard to the Adobe Connect Pro Meeting plans.
1) The pricing is $55/mth/host - if you have, e.g., 5 hosts, but make more than 5 recorded meetings available on-demand, will they all be accessible at any given moment?
2) 25 concurrent users is the limit; is that per recorded meeting? e.g., if 15 people access one recorded meeting and 15 people access another recorded meeting, all at the same time, would you be over your limit?
3) If you do happen to go over your concurrent user limit, what will happen for the 26th user? will they be denied access, or will you simply be charged an overage fee?
I'd appreciated any help or insight you have to offer!

I assume you got this pricing from the on-line website? I ask because when you buy it from Adobe enterprise sales and through our corporate channel then this is all different.
Answers:
1. Yes. On-Demand recordings don't apply against your license.
2. No. That 25 limnit is for concurrent live meetings. It's unlimited for on-demand recordings. That 25 limnit is completely set by the kind of license you are buying. if you purchased thru the software channel versus on-line then that number would be 100 not 25. On-Demand recordings have no limit.
3. If you exceed the concurrent license, then the 26th person trying to join will receive a pop-up message saying the room limit has been reached and they will not be able to join. Yes, denied access. No way to charge a fee for overage.

Podcasting interviews with iChat and Garageband -tips and then questions-

Okay, I did a search before I asked this and there have been a few scattered topics on it. Some answered my question(s) some didn't so hopefully I can consolidate some of the qestions here and tell about my own experience. This is long so be prepared:
Here are the Apple Articles on doing this:
ichat- (number of voice chats total, and specs to do it)
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/
garageband- (number of real tracks it can take, up to 8)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/features/recording.html
garageband- (how it records the chat(s) http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/features/ichatrecording.html
So... after finding this out I found myself in an Apple store and was able to get 2 20-inch iMac Core Duo 2's to do an audio chat and when I opened garageband and hit "new track" it AUTOMATICALLY popped up two tracks, one for each speaker (or chat), myself and my friend, on the other 20 inch. On my friends iMac, he hit "new podcast track" and the same thing happened for him, 2 tracks, 2 speakers (or chats, if you will) Now there was a bit of a feedback loop because we were right next to each other, but just by doing it in the store we proved to ourselves it could be done. Also we used the Bonjour sharing rather then logging-in with our AIM or .Mac accounts in iChat.
Fast forward to last night, while on iChat using my AIM account (NOT.mac) I contacted a friend about trying this. He was on a PC with AIM and a mic. I invited him 4 times and the invite never worked, it timed out or was not accepted. We both chacked out anti-virus and firewall setting (him anti-virus, me firewall) and still got nothing, but we did find a support article on it- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93208 .
Then HE sent the invite and it worked. Great, we were chatting no problem. So I open Garageband and tried to record. Only one chat track. It has both of our voices, but only one track. Tried, new track, new basic track, new podcast track, and they were all the same. They were also all chosen with the "real instrument" choice because of the input from the mic.
Now this is my set-up. For audio "in" I have a logitech USB mic going into a USB Griffin PowerWave. The PowerWave also controls my "Out" to which I have 2 crappy external speakers that I picked up free from a friend.
The reason I am using a PowerWave for "in and out" is because A- I record a lot of vinyl and analog sources into my computer and the PowerWave has the best input/output solution short of getting any M-Audio products which I'm too broke to get. And B- my Apple Pro Speakers had the prong on the jack snap off in the speaker audio out jack, leaving me with only headphones for audio out. (with the prong stuck in the speaker jack the computer will think the speakers are still plugged in and won't play via "built in audio", but anything plugged into the headphone jack will over-ride that.) The Griffin PowerWave is connected via USB and works right around all of that.
Now I do have 2 choices for "Audio in" in my sys prefs. one is the PowerWave (which I choose when recording a source like a stereo or record player) and one is the Logitech mic. I choose the logitech mic (even though it's connected to and playing THROUGH the PowerWave (the PowerWave also has USB "in") it still reads as a seperate input source. For "Out" I have built-in, and the PowerWave, I choose the PowerWave cause thats where my external speakers are connected.
So I was able to do the chat, but NOT get multiple tracks for multiple chats to work.
Here is my system configuration as well as audio configuration.
Dual 800 MGHZ G4 quicksilver.
896 Ram
Cable Modem Connection (comcast)
OS X- 10.4.8
GB- 3.0.4 (104.7)
iChat- 3.1.5 (v436)
IN-
Logitech USB Mic- connected via "USB in" to Griffin PowerWave
Griffin PowerWave- connected via USB to G4
OUT-
Griffin PowerWave- connected via USB
External Speakers- connected to "audio OUT" on Griffin PowerWave
For anyone who doesn't know what a Griffin PowerWave is here is a link:
http://www.welovemacs.com/3254pwrw.html
It's a BIG Step up from a iMic in terms of availible connectivity both in and out. It's about 3 years old and Griffin does not make them anymore. Most people now are using USB 2.0 or Firewire audio boxes to get multiple input and oputput connections for the Mac and various instruments.
So after all that, my question is, what could I be doing wrong? The Apple article(s) mention nothing about internal or external Mics. Is it my settings? Is it because it was done in AIM and iChat, not just 2 macs and iChat like the experiment in the store? I think I've done everything right, but still only ONE chat track somes up. Also I have done chats in Skype, as well as Ventrillo (while gaming) with this set up, so I know it works, I'm just trying to figure out how to get the multiple chat tracks. Please give me some advice. Thanks in advance.
Keith M

Alrighty-
I just got off the phone with Apple support. With their tech I was able to find that this DOES work with my set-up.
While I was using iChat and my AIM account, the tech and I were able to have an audio chat and have garageband record it using HIS (the tech) .mac account as well as his AIM account.
What we seemed to find out that if I want to record it, I have to be the one that initiates the chat. (which is why my friend sending the invite didn't let it work and it was recording it as one track.)
If I send the invite and the other party accepts it, I then opened Garageband, started a standard "new project" (deleated the defualt grand piano track) then chose "new track" with "real instrument" and the following message came up- "garageband is detecting and active ichat, do you want to record that chat"(paraphrased): I chose "yes" and away we went recording the chat with one track for each participant.
Not sure how many folks I can add into the chat, nor don't know if it will add new tracks on the fly. Probably not. But at least I got it working, I know it does work with AOL and .mac accounts, I guess it might have been some network issues in terms of my PC friend's anti-virus or firewall settings, or the network itself.
Anyway, keep adding to this if you want, and keep it as a resource for more people, but this does work (for now) and if ther are any more revelations about (number of participants, etc) it I'll follow up here.

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