Video In-put question

I have an external video source attached to a microscope. The video source produces S-video. The DVI port on the macbook's are for output only? Is this correct? Is there anyway to get the image from the microscope onto the mac platform to capture photo's (via image capture software)? I'd appreciate any help on this matter, or suggestions. The machine in question is a new macbook running Leopard. (purchased dec 07).

The DVI is indeed one way and won't allow you to capture video.
Both USB and Firewire allow you to capture video via video capture devices. A quick google and look on apple's website provides a fair amount of ideas. Quicktime should allow you to capture the video

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I have inadvertently infringe copyright on facebook and they have subsequently barred me from uploading any more videos.
The question I need answered is ( and not able to find the answer on any of you help pages).....
Do the following have free copyright to publish on facebook and U Tube?
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I note one can publish to shared net places directly from iMovie so one assumes these are copyright free for non-profit making and non-comercial use.
It is impossible to contact apple direct.No email address.We put our selves at risk without this knowledge and like applemac, facebook will not communicate direct.Will applemac please take responsibility for copyright/the above that they are all too willing to sell to us but not support us with that knowledge.
I have Mac OS X Snow Leopard version 10.6.2 (2009 bought in 2010)

Thank you Klaus1.The large font, I copied and pasted from my mail box.I'm visually impaired...not to a huge degree but it helps to use the large font.I believe you are right about the copyright on the imac stuff but if facebook decide otherwise, you have to reply electronically to their challenge.If you can't provide a reference directly from the copyright owner then they remove the video.I believe this is a programmed response and no human is involved which now makes it impossible for me to get my video uploading restored.They detect added soundtrack automatically and then challenge.There are many others in the same boat and facebook will not communicate.They have various discussion sites on which I have left messages including Mark Zuckerbergs own facebook but I don't think anyone from facebook ever reads them.I intend to start a second facebook which I can use purely to get my videos uploaded as a lot of my friends enjoy them BUT don't want fall foul of their programming again.If only iMac would put something on the net to this effect.I think it is so unfair that with modern technology it is impossible to contact these large conglomerates personally and receive an email response.I tried emailing [email protected] but I got a failure notice.If you have any ideas on how to get verification from apple direct, I would be very grateful.Thank You.

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I wouldn't think so because the newer ones with Retina displays don't have an internal SuperDrive that can be replaced. Therefore the newer logic boards wouldn't have the two SATA/SATA Express connections on the logic board.
At least that was the case as of 2012. I've seen newer ones and they also don't have a SuperDrive.

Is there a software that will allow DVD video to put inserted into computer and uploaded into Mac iMovie?

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Check out this user tip and see if it helps.
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I uploaded a video, iTunes put it in Movies, not in Music Videos. How do I move it?, I uploaded a video, iTunes put it in Movies, not in Music Videos. How do I move it?

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I can't answer this one but I imagine it would be a nightmare and expensive. The companies that do that probably aren't scaled for such a thing and are more likely used to dealing with big contracts. You might even have to do something such as provide evidence for how many times the music has been played -- something I suspect Facebook is not geared up for doing.
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Hi Ben,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Take a look at the article linked below, it provides a lot of great information and troubleshooting tips that can help you resolve the video issue with the external display that’s connected to your iMac.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays - Apple Support
Cheers,
-Jason

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Apple video cable technical question

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I edited the commercial and then was exporting it out, only to discover that the text on the bottom of the clips was getting chopped off.
My first question is this: is there some setting in the capture process that could have done this? something that might have gotten tweaked accidently, or corrupted in some manner? Didn't have this problem with footage captured the previous day. And since it looked good before it was put into FCP, thinking it had to be a problem with FCP.
Also, in trying to tweak the footage in FCP, I came across a 'there must be an easier way to do it' question. Is there a way to alter parameters on multiple clips (such as raising them, like I had to)? I tried selecting all and double clicking, hoping that the changes I made would affect them all, but it only affected the one I directly clicked. I'm sure there's something simple (and obvious) that I'm overlooking...
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For how and why this could have happened, would you mind sharing your capture and sequence settings?
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Alter one of your problematic clips
Select that clip in the Timeline, then press Command-C (or control-click and choose Copy from the contextual menu)
Select the remainder of your problematic clips
With your clips selected press Option-V (or control-click on one of them and select Paste Attributes from the contextual menu) to bring up the Paste Attributes dialog
Select Basic Motion - under the Video options, on your left-hand side - then click OK
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New Member / Video Card Choice Question

New CS4 Production Premium User Here.
I am building a computer system specifically for Video Editing and production for use with Premier CS4 & Sony Vegas.. Have been doing my usual amount of Over Research here and other places but have a series of issues I am having a little trouble coming to grips with.
I have been into computer editing game for a long time but strictly in the Audio Recording /Mixing area /..
Video is a new interest which has me hooked / Im also a Gear Junkie so I have to watch it. 
I will probably be back with a couple more topics but to keep this thread simple /
My first post question is the topic of Video cards: Adobes Hardware compatibility list seems a little out dated. ?
The system does not have to be an ultimate gaming rig as I am not into that / just SD & HD Video editing & 3d effects.. I need a card which will do what is needed / works well with Premier CS4 / Is not too loud fan wise / can run 24/5 and not overheat.
I also will need the ability to monitor on a HD TV with a good sound monitoring system / Midas / Bryston / Dynaudio etc;
I was considering either of the following / from lowest price to highest.
ASUS GeForce 9600GT Silent 650MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out
ASUS GeForce 9800GT Matrix 612MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out
ASUS GeForce 9800GTX+ Dk 740MHZ 512MB 2.3GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out
Questions:
Is a 512mb card sufficient?
Will all of the above do what is needed for my purpose?
What about noise of heat issues.
My system could be running close to 24/5 at times.
Have not made a final decision on all components but will probably basically start of like this.
Vista 64 Bit/OS
Core I7 940
Asus Rampage 2 Extreme or a plain P6T
Antec 1200 Case / For now I will leave out the hard drives and other things on my list.
My builder suggests to stick with ASUS Video Cards because he has the fastest warranty replacement service on his end for ASUS products / plus I am a total ASUS Motherboard guy with years satisfied experiences.. (in Audio setups).
Any feedback or comments on the above will be appreciated.
Thanks / Orion

Thanks Members for the Feedback:
I am trying to stick just to the Video Card Issues so the topic does not get all over the map / Raid issues have already been researched & I might have a question about that later in another thread.
Witha the video card issue I am just trying to see if I can get a reply which the majority of users agree upon / not an easy task & that is were my confused state of topic started.
b Keith
It seems what you have said about QUADRO cards is the most agreed upon overall from my last three months of research at various locations / The cost is extreme for these cards & I was just trying to determime if I realy needed to go that far : >$2,000.00 and up.
just for the Graphics card..
Perhaps I should start of with one of the cards I first mentioned which are dirt cheep compared to the Quadro series and replace it when I have arrived at the point where my shills are beyond my hardware limitations.
b Charles & Jim.
Thanks for the reference to the . >ASUS GeForce 9800GTX+ Dk 740MHZ 512MB 2.3GHZ DDR3< I was thinking this might be the best to start with / except for the reported could be problems of / Noise / card size and Heat issues if running 24/5?
Other issues you have stated also seem to be agreed upon from mny sources as well / which is why I am considering perhaps not going Raid "o" from the start / perhaps Raid 5.. / or No Raid until I see If realy need it for my own personal use level.
b conclusion to this point in the game:
Looks like If I do a top notch system following all the higher end recomendations it will cost me over $10,000.00 (if I include a capture card / raid card (Areca 1220 or 1240(don't want to get into that topic just yet)& all the extras... This is about double the investment I had planned as this is basically a serious hobby not a business venture. Plus we have not included another $6,000.00 for a half decent peosumer HD camera with a few extras. I was trying to keep the entire setup to 8 to 10 grand total.. Not including the software / so this looks like wishfull thinking at best / Ho Ho.
b remember / unfortunately my pricing reflects Canadian $$ which includes a 25% hike in pricing because our government wants the loonie (Good Name) low valued so businesses can export our products at built in 25% Sale Pricing.
Perhaps,we wont get into that topic/please, but I just couldn't resist / when I start thinking about government issues (anywhere in this world) I tend to go off the deep end as part of why I am going into this video thing is to document the destruction of our environment & the entire democratic process, which is a total farce in my neck of the woods. Nuff Said..
Again Thanks for the input and I will keep watching and perhaps cover another topic later / my goal is to place an order for a build within the next 10 days of so.
B Orion

I'm using Windows 8. I have 2 folders in my videos library - movies and personal videos. When I try to import a movie into iTunes, it puts it in the Home Video section and if I import a personal video, it puts it into the home video section. what up?

Im using Win8. I originally had all my ripped movies in a movie folder listed in the videos library. This imported into iTunes movies with no issue. I later added a second folder t my library - personal videos where i put all my home videos. I was able to import this into iTunes and it showed up in "Home Movies" - very cool and exactly what I wanted. Now, if I add a new ripped movie and put it in my movie librairy and try to import it into iTunes, it places it in Home Movies. And if I put a new personal video, it will also import into iTunes under 'Home Video?. What is going on here?? Any help would be greatly appreciated - it seems like this is a bug in iTunes 11.

I thank you for the response. Apple does some assinine things sometimes and this is one of them. Ask the planet the difference between a movie and a home video and with the exception of Apple, you'd get 100% consenus on the what difference is. A home video is something that I shoot, like my kids birthday party. A movie is something I urchased either via download or a DVD that I ripped. Unbelievable! The fact that Apple has chosen not to distinguish based upon which folder I tell it is Movies and which folder is Home Videos is really hard to fathom - sounds like something Windows would do. I find it funny that in my iTunes movies sub-section of the movies section, the movie icons have a cloud icon in upper right corner to distinguish it as bought from Apple iTunes versus no cloud icon for movies that I have ripped - so the distintion was already made and clearly visible. Now - everything just defaults to "home videos" if I try to import a new ripped DVD - why even bother to have this distinction on the iTunes bar? WOW!
As for your direction, I do not understand what you are telling me - what Media Kind and what Options tab are you referring to? I see no Options tab in iTunes. Right licking on the movie icon does not yield media kind or options as well. Gping to the source file does not yield these options either.
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[SOLVED] video card support question

Hi Everyone,
I need to get my dad a new pc with a simple (newbee) linux distro on it and I was thinking of something like mint. He has been using Ubuntu the last 2 years but for some reasons we want to switch. I'm a very satisfied arch user but this is way over his head.
I'm looking for a system without windows and found something with the following specs:
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Thanx a bunch.
Last edited by billy-bones (2011-06-10 22:30:53)

billy-bones wrote:
karol wrote:
billy-bones wrote:He is not going to do any heavy gaming and such.
So why do you need 1 GB RAM card?
He want's do edit video's and work more intensively with multimedia.
I would suggest getting some more RAM.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 97#p934697
Maybe you can ask mhertz some specific questions as he seems to have a 5450 too. Judging from this one post the situation doesn't seem bad.

Early 2008 Video Card Replacement Question

BACKGROUND
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:                       Mac Pro
Model Identifier:                  MacPro3,1
Processor Name:                  Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:                  2.8 GHz
Number of Processors:         2
Total Number of Cores:        8
L2 Cache (per Processor):     12 MB
Memory:                               10 GB
Bus Speed:                            1.6 GHz
Boot ROM Version:                MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version (system):          1.25f4
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT:part number 630-9898
Chipset Model:        NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Type:                       GPU
Bus:                         PCIe
Slot:                         Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width:      x16
VRAM (Total):           512 MB
Vendor:                    NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:                 0x0611
Revision ID:              0x00a2
ROM Revision:          3233
Displays:
SyncMaster:
Resolution:                       1920x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth:                      32-BitColor (ARGB8888)
SyncMaster:
Resolution:                       1920x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth:                      32-BitColor (ARGB8888)
I run one XP drive for games (primarily Flight Simulators) and music/video (CD/DVD) conversion (Danisoft/SlyFox). Mostly stuff that I have yet to find an equivalent that will run on Mac OS. I run one drive with Lion: MSOffice for Mac, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, etc (main use drive). I run one drive with Snow Leopard: still have some stuff that requires Rosetta but is little used. (Thinking about creating a Snow Leopard partition on my Lion drive and using my current Snow Leopard drive for additional storage.) I run one drive thatis purely storage. Everything is backedup to a 2TB Time Capsule using Time Machine. Op systems also backed up to Hitachi 2TB G-Drive using Carbon CopyCloner as well as all important files backed up there as well.
Video card failed. Ifixed it using the ‘bake it in the oven’ trick. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7um_hZYom4) However, still thinking about replacing the card. There are three Apple part numbers foravailable/comparable video cards.
630-9898 – This is the part number ofthe card currently installed. Best pricefound is $586.37
661-4642 – This card is listed as newwith no choke. Best price found is$242.00.
661-4854 – This card is listed as new‘with Choke’. Best price found is$246.00.
Then, I see where some are replacingthe NVIDIA cards with ATI’s.
5770 – $249.00 from Apple.
5870 – $449.00 from Apple.
QUESTION
Based on my current gaming on the XPdrive and the primary use of the Mac OS drives being general purpose (with moreand more getting into iPhoto and iMovie), what are the feelings of the community on which replacement vid card to purchase? (Note: To date I have not had any issues with noise or smoothness using the 8800. But who knows what I might want to do in the future and I want to be prepared as best Ican without spending the $1500 on that really high end card.)
TIA

You should look at those Apple version of the ATI Radeon 5770 and 5780 video cards. They are the current mac pro cards but will work in 2008's.
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