Renting movies - some basic answers please

Hi, I've never rented a movie before and have just a couple simple questions. The basic info on the help pages didn't answer my questions so if someone could please help, I'd appreciate it.
So you have 24 hours to watch a rented movie, once you begin playing it. What about on your iPod? Does the same restriction apply on the iPod? Can I begin watching it on my computer and then finish it on my iPod or vice-versa, or do I need to watch the whole thing on only one device? Does the 24-hour period begin once I transfer the movie to the iPod? What if I transfer the movie to the iPod and then don't watch it - can I transfer it back to my computer?
Thanks for helping.

The 24 hour viewing period begins the moment you press Play. I believe that you can transfer it from device to device within the 24 hour period. The movie can only be on one device at a time, however.

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Need Some Basic Directions, Please

Hi,
New to Nokia and this Ovi Suite. Have 2 brand new 6350's and ready to pull my hair out over the lack of directions for the basics I need to know. I've been all over the Nokia/Ovi site, reading the FAQs and watching the videos and browsing this forum but not finding what I'm looking for.
The directions supplied have you install the software then run it. During that first use of the program you are prompted to choose your connection method (USB for me), then to connect the USB cable to the computer first and then the phone to the cable. Then the phone asks you what method you want to use and to choose the 'PC Suite" method.Then you wait while the program and Windows itself (I am using Win Xp Home) do their things and you get all the pop-ups and info balloons re new hardware detected and drivers and modems, etc.. until finally you get a Windows balloon notifacation showing "ready to use..." and the program shows your phone there in the lower left and all seems well.
OK - but then what????
What is the proper way to end your session?
Do you unplug the phone from the cable and then close the program, or do you close the program first then disconnect the cable from the phone?
Are you supposed to leave the program running in the System Tray or can you click 'Exit" from there to make it close totally so it's not sucking up your resources while not actually in use?
Then next time you want to connect the phone to pc and use the program ... ? Do you connect the phone to the cable first then open the program, or do you open the program first and wait for it to prompt you to connect a phone?
Do you have to screw around each use with connecting/disconnecting the USB cable to the computer each time, or can you leave that end plugged in 24/7? If left plugged in 24/7 does rebooting the computer mess it up?
When ending a session and unplugging the phone from its end of the cable, are you supposed to use the 'Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the Windows System Tray? Is Windows supposed to make a "bing-bong' sound every time you connect or disconnect the phone from the USB cable, or only the very first time when it detects it as new hardware?
I've been having nothing but problems since I got the phones and cable and program (downloaded it form the Nokia website) on Friday and I think that a big part of the problem is that I am not properly starting/ending things as far as the physical connection and THAT is what is not explained anywhere.
Please, please, please, someone, anyone, I really need step-by-step directions on the proper sequence for starting and ending sessions on a regular basis. I may want to connect my phone to PC several times a day but there are no directions on the Nokia/Ovi website for how to do anything past that first initial connection/ setup.
C

Hey,
These r just my observations only which may give u an idea
Connectivity :- Since i dont hav Nokia 6350, i will try 2 give very generic answer
Once u want to connect ur device with Nokia Ovi Suite using USB, u may get few options(It may differs from one model to other)
PC Suite or Nokia mode
Mass storage or data transfer
Image transfer
Media transfer etc.,
If u r using PC Suite mode which is very common to use for connecting ur device with Nokia Ovi Suite, no need to worry about disconnecting ur session by removing ur usb using Safely remove hardware option. U can unplug once ur session is over with Nokia Ovi Suite
But if u r trying to connect ur device using Mass storage or data transfer mode, ur device will be recongnised by ur pc as a memory stick or pen drive. People wll select this mode if they want 2 transfer huge files to/from PC and phone. Once ur operations are over(copying files, transferring files etc), to end this Mass storage or data transfer session, u hav 2 make sure that ur device will be removed using Safely remove your hardware method, this is because if u r using in Mass storage/data transfer mode, w/o using safely remove hardware method if u remove ur device from pc, chances are high some of ur data may lost or it may be corrupted etc., so its mandotary to use safely remove your hardware, if u r conencting ur device with pc using Data transfer or mass storage option.
It is advisable once ur session is done with Nokia Ovi Suite and ur pc, u close ur nokia ovi suite exit it from task bar. u can unplug ur device from Nokia Ovi Suite(PC) once ur session is over.
Hope its hlps
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Considering the switch to AIR Dev. Need some basic info please.

Hi, I've been developing applications for stand alone, offline touch screen kiosks using Flash and Multidiminsional Media's "Zinc". For various reasons, I'd like to move away from Zinc and go "All Adobe".
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launching local MPG2 and WMV video files
scheduling automatic system shutdowns/restarts
Printing to a local printer without a Windows diolog popping up
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The "Wilderness and Game Commission" from some state has an enormus database of all their state's flora an fauna. I ask them to export it in "mySQL Lite" format. Will I be able to use AIR to read this database? Are there other requirements for AIR's implementation of mySQL Lite?
Suppose we have a "Registration" app on a kiosk that collects addresses and emails from users. Now we have this address/email database file written by my AIR app inside of the storage directory. What can I do with this file? With Zinc+MDB file, I needed only to hand this file over to someone with MS Acces skills to do whatever needs to be done with the data. MS Access won't open the file made by the AIR app. What are my options?
AIR works great with MP4 (H.264) files. However, I could use very old/inexpensive hardware to run MPG2 files in Zinc (which uses directx to open an instance of Windows Media Player, sans WMP interface.) Per my testing, these same machines will not run a similar quality MP4 video. Am I overlooking another AIR option?
Can AIR do this? Maybe with launching a BAT file?
We often have a thermal printer in our kiosks. Zinc provided a way to print something without the pesky Windows print dialog. Does AIR provide a similar solution?
Thanks for any information addressing any of these requirements.

AIR can read/write to mySQL Lite. However, what about these senerios: The "Wilderness and Game Commission" from some state has an enormus database of all their state's flora an fauna. I ask them to export it in "mySQL Lite" format. Will I be able to use AIR to read this database? Are there other requirements for AIR's implementation of mySQL Lite?
The database engine that's built into AIR is actually "SQLite" (http://sqlite.org/) not "mySQL Lite". It has nothing to do with MySQL, and I haven't found an easy way to export data in SQL between different databases.
The best way I've found for batch exporting/importing data using AIR is to export the data in some text format such as CSV, tab-delimited, or XML, then writing code to import that data into the AIR app.
Suppose we have a "Registration" app on a kiosk that collects addresses and emails from users. Now we have this address/email database file written by my AIR app inside of the storage directory. What can I do with this file? With Zinc+MDB file, I needed only to hand this file over to someone with MS Acces skills to do whatever needs to be done with the data. MS Access won't open the file made by the AIR app. What are my options?
SQLite is a fairly popular database library/engine but in the majority of cases it is used as an embedded database -- in other words, it's used internally by an application rather than as a file that's shared among users. For instance, Firefox uses SQLite behind the scenes for bookmarks, history, etc.; Adobe Lightroom uses SQLite behind the scenes for it's image catalogs; and so forth. Not that you can't use a SQLite database as the "file format" for your application, and share those db files between users of your application. That's one of the intended use cases of the database for AIR, although in fact I don't know of any case where someone's actually done that.
Some developers have written tools for administering SQLite databases and for viewing/editing data in them. For instance, my personal preferred tool for creating/managing AIR SQLite databases is "Lita":
http://www.dehats.com/drupal/?q=node/58
However, Lita is not nearly the same as Access, in that Access provides not only the database engine but also a scaled down app development platform, including forms, reports, VB code, etc. As far as I know nobody's created anything that complex for SQLite databases (AIR-specific or otherwise).
So I guess it depends a lot on what "do whatever needs to be done with the data" means. If you want a tool that people can use to open a SQLite database file created in AIR, that has some sort of report-builder functionality ... as far as I know that doesn't exist. The exception would be if the person creating the reports knows SQL, in which case they could use Lita or another tool such as my own "Run!" AIR SQLite query runner tool:
http://probertson.com/projects/run-air-sqlite-query-testing-tool/
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AIR can use any of the video formats supported in Flash Player. In addition to H.264, it also supports FLV video, including On2 VP6 and Sorenson Spark encoded video.
Can AIR do this? Maybe with launching a BAT file?
It sounds like part of this question got cut off. However, I can say that an AIR app can't launch a BAT file (or any other executable), if that answers your question.
We often have a thermal printer in our kiosks. Zinc provided a way to print something without the pesky Windows print dialog. Does AIR provide a similar solution?
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Can someone help with some basic answers on Premiere Elements 12

I have used Premiere Elements in the past (up to Premiere Elements 9) but only once per annum to edit the past year's video of my Grandchildren. The change now is that I am using a Panasonic HC-V520 and have been shooting in 1080 50p. Premiere Elements 9 doesn't support this format I believe.
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3     Can I then output to either a Blu Ray disc to play on my DVD Player or an ordinary DVD disc to play on an older DVD Player which is not blu ray compatible?
4     Am I wasting my time in recording in 1080 50p and should I instead be recording new footage in a different format?
Thanks for any help you can give me.

1. yes
2. yes
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My ATV Won't Authorize Rented Movies..please help...everything else works

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* We live in Washington DC (notably, not one of the 50 states - could it be that silly?)
* I don't think the anyone is proxy'ing all my traffic (ala man-in-middle attack) but at this point, who knows?

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Yes I bought it and it wouldent play off my iPhone , so I bought it off my iPad 2 and lost it during a sync episode so I bought it twice and never sew it . It so hard to talk to some one when you rent movies from iTunes they get the money fast but if you

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I'm going on vacation and would like to have some movies rented for the flight. I won't have wifi so can i download rented movies?

I'm going on vacation and would like to have some movies rented for the flight. I won't have wifi so can i download rented movies?

Prior to going you can rent and download them on your iPad via its iTunes store app, or rent and download them on your computer's iTunes and connect and your iPad and move them to it - they will go in the iPad's Videos app.
Some people have posted that they need to start playing rentals whilst they still have internet connection, so you may want to watch a few seconds prior to going offline - you have 24 hours if you are in the US, 48 hours elsewhere, after starting to watch a rental before it expires.

4.2.1 was supposed to fix problems, but it only created new ones. No video on some movies, no audio on others, and can't even play some movies. Can you please provide a means to restore 4.1.1?

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I called Apple Support and went through a series of troubleshooting techniques. We tested the Apple TV with the new 4.2.1 installed in it. This is the unit which originially in the Living Room. Under the direction of the Apple TV support technician, I used the Family Room gear and the Master Bedroom gear to try and isolate the problem to hardware or software.
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Apple has been trying to fix some problems in 4.2 when it released 4.2.1. I make that observation based on recent articles I found on the web. Most likely the Apple engineers were trying to fix things in one place and broke them in another.
Clear as mud, isn't it?
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Regards,

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Can anyone please tell me some basic infomation about Master data like
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Correct Security answer are not accepted when renting movies.
Why? How do I correct the problem so I can watch movies?

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I am traveling next week and rented movies in itunes. Now I am trying to get them on my Ipod classic and don't understand the steps. Is it possible to get them onto my Ipod classic? PLEASE HELP! leaving in 7 days.....

See this article.
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When I try to play a rented movie, itunes crashes and I get the error message 'iTunes has stopped working'. According to the log, the error is caused by QuickTimeH264.qtx
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This happened a few weeks ago and after trying various things it seemed to fix itself and the movie played fine. Since then I've watched two movies with no issues. Then tonight, back to the same problem.
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