Seeking advice for a wookiee video person...

I'm shooting alot of videos lately. Typically - they just sit in a folder when I transfer via usb to my dell laptop (sorry I don't have a Macbook pro quite yet!).
I know there is Windows Movie Maker and some other "free" junk out there.
I see Camtasia looks pretty fabulous - but I think all I need is something simple to basicaly do minor editing and then compressing and prepping to share via the internet in various ways with family and friends.
Would QuickTime Pro give me all I need or should l look at buying both QuickTime Pro AND Compressor 4?
(Assuming these are both available for Windows 7).
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David Murphy

Compressor is Mac only
QT Pro will only act as a cut editor so hardly the application for you, there is no transitions, titles sound mixing or effects.
Adobe Premier Elementsis fantastic value for money for Windows machines if you plan to do decent hobbyist editing. Look at the website here:
Adobe Premiere Elements

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Seeking advice for backing up Xserve G5 w/ RAID PCI card

Hello all!
I'm a newbie to Macs and server admin, and I have inherited the job of setting up a server at work for file storage. I'll do my best to give a concise description of our set-up - I'm looking for some advice on the last few odds and ends... mainly how we can backup the system.
We bought an Xserve G5 with an option RAID PCI card. We have 3 500GB drives in the Xserve, configured to RAID 5 (giving us effectively 1TB of storage space). We will be using the server for data storage. About 20 computers will access the server over a network; we are using an assortment of Macs and PCS.
I am seeking advice on backup systems for the server. In the event that the RAID5 fails, we don't want to lose our data. We just need a snapshot of the server; we don't need to archive data or to take the HD offsite. Our old server just used Retrospect to run incremental backups every night (with a complete clean backup once a month). Our current thought is to attach large external hard drive to our admin computer (not the server directly) and run nightly backups as before.
The major points I have are:
-Any thoughts on reliable 1 TB external drives?
-Any recommendations on software that can backup from a RAID over a network? I found info for Retrospect Server 6.0 - it seems to do what we want, but is rather pricey.
Thanks in advance for any advice! I really appreciate it!
Xserve G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Greetings-
We all started out as newbies at one time or another-no worries. That is why we are here.
I personally use the Lacie branded drives. They are sturdy and reliable. My only thoughts here are to have at least three external drives-one for today's backup, one for a backup stored securely nearby, and one to be securely stored off-site. Rotate the drives daily so that your worst-case scenario will be a catastrophe that requires you to use a three-day old backup, depending upon how old your off-site backup is. Not ideal but better than the alternative. External drives are cheap enough these days to allow you to do this at a reasonable cost. Plus it is easy enough to throw one in a briefcase and tote it home for safety (just don't lose it!)
I would stay away from Retrospect. If you search these forums you will find several instances of folks having some serious issues with the program. I use a program called Carbon Copy Cloner that does the job nicely for my basement server. There are ways to do the backups via the command line interface as well but I am not so familiar with those commands. You may have to dig a little deeper to find something that works for you.
One of the other advantages of the FW external drive is that you can share it with other users, so perhaps you can set things up to have your network backups to go to that drive. Tis a thought.
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IPad virgin seeking advice for first purchase

Been a long time Apple snob but haven't broken down to purchasing an iPad until now. My 6 year old MacBook Pro is losing steam quick and I feel like I'm going blind constantly searching the web on my iPhone. Overwhelmed by all the reviews on the various iPads and now the new iPad mini and just really looking for some insider opinions for what might best suit my needs. Love editing pictures and videos, surfing the web and playing music. Don't stream many movies or play with a ton of apps at the moment, but feel like the kids will hijack my device at times so need to consider that for memory. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

While there are some photo editing Apps, the iPad is not really suited for deep Photo editing or video editing. Like the iPhone the Apps are nice an friednly, but don;t really offer the control of a desktop Application.
Your better off doing that on a PC.
The iPad Mini would work is you don't have high resolution pics or if you can live with an almost 8 inch screen.
Personally I like the larger screen of the regular iPads as it makes reading things much easier.
The iPad is at its core a media consumption device. You may not think you'll use a lot of memory but it can quickly add up, with photos and videos. Even if you don;t expect to use it. the syaing is its better to have it and not need it, than to not have it and need it.
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Parsing XML with Java - seeking advice for method to pursue

Hi guys
So here's the deal: I want to parse some XML from a server, get all the data I need from it, then shunt that data to the classes that need it. However, I'm really not sure what the best way of parsing the XML is.
I've just written a class for obtaining the file, and one for building a DOM from the XML file. But looking at org.w3c.dom in the Java API documentation (see HERE) I'll have to implement shedloads of interfaces to be able to take advantage of the DOM, and I don't even know a lot about it.
So am I best just writing a simple parser based on regular expressions to get the data I want? There's about 5 attributes in the XML file that I need to get - 5 for each instance of the containing element. So I don't think it'll be hard to do with regular expressions.. plus even if I did decide to implement all the DOM interfaces, the only way I'd know how to do half the stuff is with regular expressions anyway. I mean, how else would you do it? How else could you match up Nodes according to the Strings you're using for the elements, attributes etc?
I worry that a parser using regular expressions might be too slow... I'm building this as an applet to visually display information from the server. I have nothing to support those fears, I'm just not experienced enough to know whether speed would be a problem if I chose this route... I don't think it would, but really need confirmation of that suspicion being unfounded.
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Komodo wrote:But JDOM is not in the core class libraries, is it? So if I want to create an applet embedded into a website, am I able to get people to download that as well?
Sorry, I don't know anything about applets.
Komodo wrote:Everyone's advice is appreciated, but my core question remains unanswered - would using regular expressions, considering how simple and unchanging the XML files are, be a viable option in terms of speed?
Yes! I've done more than my fair share of XML processing with REs. It's not always easy. I often wish I could just use something XPath-like. But it's certainly easy to do and would probably mean that you'd have something up and running quicker than if you spent time investigating pure XML parsing approaches.

Seeking advice for a self-teaching programme of new Java techs

Hello,
after a few years of technically poor projects (I learnt a lot in terms of process, quality, and non-Java technologies, by the way), I'd like to catch up with mainstream Java development.
I am preparing a programme to learn a few technologies I have missed over the past years. I plan to develop a couple of utilities (simple CRUD apps) on my spare time, gradually including bits and bits of the bricks I want to grasp.
I need some advice though to make this learning effective.
My first priority is to invest in reusable knowledge, so I will stick to "standard" bricks, and will aim mostly at off-the-shelf tools that work out of the box
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Specifically, the technologies I plan to embrace are:
* Java SE 5 and 6
* jUnit 4
* Spring
* EJB 3 & JPA
* Web UIs
Here are the points where you might help me:
* JDK 1.5 vs 1.6
No real doubt here, the biggest language gap was introduced by 1.5. If I'm correct, 1.6 essentially brings new APIs; as long as those APIs are not my primary target (I'll try them only after I've completed my first round of catch-up :o), I am not missing much language-wise, am I correct?
I could also jump directly to 1.6, ignoring its new APIs, and concentrate on
1.5 language features, but the risk is stability (losing time with a 1.6 beta bug).
* jUnit 4
Nothing special, except I have practically read nothing about it on these forums (contrast this with TSS, where there are regular threads disputing the relative merits of jUnit vs TestNG).
Is v4.0 a non-event? It seems to bring some niceties (mark test components using annotations), but how much comfort did it bring to those of you who have used it over jUnit 3.8.1?
* Spring
Leaving aside that it's on my must-do list, I actually wonder which version I should try?
I also feel I should try it first on a non-EJB app, to avoid mixing concerns. I will skip the JDBC wrapping API though, as I already have a lot to do with other persistance APIs.
Any feedback?
* EJB3/JPA
(I formerly worked with generation 2.1 of the EE specs)
1) The biggest issue here is to find a reliable EJB3 container.
* I've heard JBoss is EJB3-ready, but I don't think it's certified yet.
* Project GlassFish (Sun-driven open-source JEE5 container) is still in the making
* Sun SASP9 is, well, released, but I don't know how much of JEE it supports, and haven't investigated into the licensing details yet
Any feedback on what you're using as a JEE5 container?
2) As far as EJB vs JPA goes, I also have the plan to use the persistence API
outside of EJB (likely, I will develop the same simple CRUD app twice,
once as a Webapp and once as as Swing app, both over the same DB schema).
But maybe this is pointless, as the entity annotations and API are agnostic; have you experienced some difference that deserve thorough learning?
3) Obviously I will need a DB. If the EJB container includes one, fine, at least for the EJB part, otherwise I'll need to install and configure one, that will need to run on a desktop PC on MS WIndows, and preferrably include a handy SQL client console for manual verification.
I know enough of SQL to build even a sub-optimal application schema. However I know nothing of a DB administration, and I don't want to invest in that direction.
Any advice as to a simple off-the-shelf free DB that runs on Windows?
* Web UIs
The dilmena here is two-fold:
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If I understand correctly, JSF is a specification for reusable view components.
My local job market leaves me no oportunity to be a UI component developer, whereas I am more likely to someday be tasked to integrate 3rd-party UI components into a business project.
Is my surface understanding of JSF correct? In this case, how much of JSF should I know if I don't have to develop JSF components?
2) In terms of controller, as part of my Spring learning, I'll probably have a look into Spring MVC.
My question is, how much of the servlet/JSP API does springMVC show/hide?
Is it a good idea to use springMVC to learn servlets and JSPs, or should I stick to manual servlet+JSP?
I should add that I've worked with servlets/JSPs formerly (as of J2EE 2 or 3),
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Seek option for Live Recording Video?

High defenition video is getting recorded using Flash application and Flash Media server, there is another flash application to view the recording Stream (Live View).
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Seeking advice for a nagging BT related issue

Dear Forum,
I would appreciate your advice on a performance issue related to using the BT SW stack.
*Some information*:
Non-Toshiba notebook, Intel dual core @ 1.2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, running WinXP pro (5.1.2600 SP2 Build 2600), all MS updates, company computer, MS Office 2003. I got the PC two months ago and separately purchased the 'Wireless 360' internal Bluetooth USB module (Toshiba device, VID 413C, PID 8140, firmware 43.15). I installed the hardware module and BT software stack (Toshiba BT Stack, version v4.41.02(D)). I'm using BT mainly to connect to my mobile phone, for which 'Nokia Suite' v6.85.141 is installed. The Nokia Suite works fine and as expected using the BT link.
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When opening a .doc/.xls file by double clicking it in Windows Explorer, the system response is very slow. Like 40 (!) secs to open a 30 KB Word document. This is reproducible. For some other files, like .pdf the response is much better. Starting Word via the start button and using Word's file/open to access the same file is OK. Opening Windows Explorer using Windows-E hotkey is very slow as well, opening Windows Explorer via start menu is normal.
I do not see any 'heavy' disk access or 100% CPU during the delay.
For the rest, the notebook seems to run OK.
*Findings so far*:
1) Re-installing the Toshiba BT Stack did not improve things
2) When shutting down the PC, frequently the TosOBEX.exe process needs to be ended ‘manually’
3) Uninstalling the BT SW stack makes the PC respond normal again
4) Disabling the BT Manager (system tray, right click BT icon, exit) has same effect
5) Stopping the TosBTmng.exe process removed the problematic effect as well
6) Starting the PC with all non Microsoft processes disabled – except the BT stack – give a normal responsiveness (!)
7) Uninstalling McAfee virus scanning tools does not help
8) Replacing the BT stack with version 5.10.12(T) solves the issue, but creates another problem: process “services.exe” continues to consume too much CPU time (~35…40%)
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*Questions:*
Anybody familiar with this effect?
Any suggestions for next steps?
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Hi people. Same thing here.
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Then I followed the previous post suggestion of wiping-out everything bt related and install again. But still no luck.
Even reinstalled office but that didn't help either.
Some maybe useful information: I'm running Nokia PC Suite 6.85 over bluetooth and Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 which integrates menus in Word and Excel.
Wait time still occurs when killing all PC Suite processes or changing acrobat installation to not integrate in word.
This kind of time wait resembles some king of name resolution timeout. But why only office apps?
Has anyone already have any light to shed on this?
Regards
--Fernando

Seeking advice for timer design

Hi,
I am designing a timer application with Flex Builder 3 which
is basically a stop watch that will remember when it was started if
the page is reloaded (on a different computer, for instance). My
original plan was to use JavaScript and mySQL but I'd like to give
it a try with Flex first.
Since Flex doesn't interact directly with databases I'm
wondering if using mySQL to store the timer settings is the best
idea? I think I could manage interfacing it with PHP but I'm not
sure how much trouble this is going to be since I'm a new Flex
user.
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Thanks,
tekfetish

Interfacing with a server part is very simple using Flex, PHP
would be just fine - as well as any other server side
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quote:
* gateway : this is the communication layer with the server
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quote:
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quote:
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quote:
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I have a site that has a pipeyard in which I am considering covering with Wireless LAN. The transport vehicles that roam the pipeyard have terminals which currently use cellular cards & VPN to connect to an app server that is updated with stock that they move. The server is actually in an office adjacent to the pipeyard. The cellular coverage is poor and the connection drops are frustrating to the operators. For this reason, I am considering covering the area with Wireless LAN and replacing their cellular cards with 802.11a/b/g radios. The pipeyard has no obstructions. The area is outdoors and is about 122 acres in size.
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Cisco Aironet 1520 Series Lightweight Outdoor Access Points
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Hi all. I'm working on a documentary. Here's the set-up: main editor works on computer connected to full-res versions of footage. She passes sequences off to an assistant, who reconnects them on a second computer to low-res copies of the same footage, works on the sequences and passes them back to the main editor.
Reconnecting never seems to go right. FC invariably has trouble finding certain clips, even though the names are identical for the low-res and high res versions. There is no logic that we can discern for which clips FC will find and which clips it won't. Sometimes it misses whole groups of clips, and sometimes it finds one clip in the group, and not the others, at least not by itself, and we have to manually find and connect each one, one by one, which takes a long time and is extremely tedious.
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Trying to understand more of your question;
Sounds like two different computers with FC? Accessing the same Media? But at different times? To do two different functions?
In general, yes I agree connecting, or reconnecting Media can be a crap shot. Technically you're supposed to be able to get a good connection process going by asking/choosing to connect all the other related Media which may have the same file path.
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One other thought, perhaps try 'RENAMING' the sequences in each FC editor, so they're not the same.
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Server Setup advice for a video production house

Hello Forum,
I recently started working for a small video production company, I need advice on the type of server and other hardware and services that will allow my co-workers to work efficiently. Here are some details:
Currently we are going to buy a new server, I am not sure what we should look at getting,
currently we use a mini mac running OSX server and have 6 iMacs that the editors and other staff use.
We also have a 15 TB Drobo network storage device which is attached to the mini-mac server we are going to replace.
The production team uses Final Cut and Motion to build documentaries.
The other issue is that need a way to connect the office in Baltimore to the office in Washington DC and ideally share files between each location, currently they cannot access the network from Baltimore and have to have a copy of the unedited footage on their own Drobo.
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Well if your looking for performance. You could get a Promise VTrak E-Class RAID with 32TB of storage, later on you can add more chassis to the raid for more storage space. The raid can be expanded up to 160TB. (80 drive bays, each drive 2 TB)
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Final Cut Server will let editors check in/out specific parts of the documentaries. So the project lives on the server; instead of scattered over every ones computers. Part of this is you can pull down thumb nails versions of the video to work off of. Only when you do the final render do you download the HD version of the video.
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for info on Promise: http://www.promise.com/apple/
for mor info on final cut server: http://www.apple.com/finalcutserver/

Advice for music video

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I am in the early parts of pre-production for a music-video. What I want to achieve is high contrast images in B & W of the band in a white studio, and then fill in the white with different kinds of stuff (kaleidoscope etc.) - the Gnarls Barkley "crazy" video is a good example.
I have done a few tests in FCP and AE in terms of keying out the white. The first problem I encounter is off course that AE's wonderful keylight effect cannot be used on Black or White colours ( I hadn't planned on shooting in front of a green/blue screen). Secondly, using AE's luma key I get the effect I want, but the key isn't that good. Then when I export I have to export the file as an animation which results in a space and rendering nightmare in FCP.
So, have anyone out there done something similar? How did you do it?
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Use FCP or AE? If AE any other way than the Animation codec for preserving transparency?
Can AE's keylight be used with B & W footage?
Is there a kaleidoscope filter for FCP? I know motion has a good one.
Cheers
-j-

Warning: You're going to get lots of contradictory answers because I (we) love to offer advice on projects where my (our) money and time are not at risk. That's part of the elitist attitude around here.
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I'd plan on shooting on a chromakey stage. If you shoot on white cyc, you are stuck with the white. If you shoot on a properly lit key stage, you can do anything. This depends on your ability to shoot on a suitable format and use a crew that knows how to light a key stage. You need a really good camera and good tape format. DV is out of the question.
Use FCP or AE? If AE any other way than the Animation codec for preserving transparency?< </div>
Why do you want to use something other than Animation? You can use a proprietary codec system that supports alpha but you did not mention access to specific cards.
Can AE's keylight be used with B & W footage? <</div>
Dunno, try the AE forum at adobe.com.
Is there a kaleidoscope filter for FCP? I know motion has a good one.< </div>
You're not going to be doing your effects in FCP.
bogiesan

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Costco has a pretty nice set up in the store (HPE 257 c-b), but for an extra $200, I can order online and get the HPE 170t, which is essentially the same except for 2 upgrades:
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Thanks.

In very general terms, the requirements for Video will exceed those for Photoshop (PS). If you are looking at PrPro CS5, then the video card WILL make a difference, and PS CS5 now takes advantage of the video card, than before.
For PS, the minimum HDD setup would be a 2x system with physical (not partitions) HDD's. Video has more requirements in this area, and I would say that a 3x setup is the minimum. Do read Harm's linked article, as it is the best that I have ever run across.
For the PS setup, just locate the Scratch Disks for PS on your extra HDD's, the ones with your Project and PrPro Scratch Disks.
Enjoy the new computer, and welcome to the forum,
Hunt

Seeking Professional advice for learning new technology

Hi Friends/Professional,
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i am not interested in coding, please advice,
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