Work-around to 90 minute limitation

I'm not sure if this was posted before, but I have a "solution" for the 90 minutes limitation of iDVD.
First: you need some way of running DVD Shrink (a windows application)
Then, you need to select the Dual Layer option in iDVD:
Project > Project Info > DVD Type = Double Layer
Build your project as usual, and then select File > Save as VIDEO_TS folder.
Once complete, open DVD Shrink, select your VIDEO_TS folder, and select Backup.
It's your choice how you want to use DVD Shink - you can burn, make files, etc.
I've done 2 projects like this so far, they work.

Not any version of iDVD that I have used had a limitation....I started with the first version of iDVD that came out and have used all the updates to iDVD 08.
Me too! .... and I respectfully disagree.
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When I first started using iDvd and OS 9 back in early 2001 ... it had a limit of 60 minutes max.
iDvd2 was improved for OSX.1 and up to 90 mins. Max. per the following Readme:
New Features in iDVD 2
iDVD 2 adds several compelling new features. These powerful new features combined with iDVD's simple and elegant interface allow you to quickly create professional looking DVD's. A few of the major new features include:
- Motion menus and buttons
- up to 90 minutes of video per disc
- Slideshows can now include a soundtrack
- Freely positionable buttons and titles
- Background MPEG encoding
iDvd3 was the first suite of apps / bundle to provide seamless integration with iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes and streamlined the DVD-authoring process to make DVD creation easier.

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//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// english //
// -=> WR-DateAndTime <=-
// A Javascript for Adobe Illustrator
// by Wolfgang Reszel ([email protected])
// Version 0.9 from 22.9.2011
// This script inserts the actual date or the actual time to a
// predefined position in the document.
// To define the position, you'll have to create an textobject and
// execute this script while the object is selected. The whole object
// has to be selected and not words or letters. You can mark more
// objects, if you select each object separate and execute
// the script on it.
// With the placeholders {DATE} and {TIME} you are able to define a
// particular point, where the date or the time should be replaced.
// If there is no placeholder in the textobject
// "{FILENAME}{FILEEXT} ({DATE}, {TIME})" will be used as standard placeholders.
// To update the date and time execute this script without any object
// selected.
// There are some additional placeholders:
//   {FILE}     - complete document-filename with path
//   {FILEPATH} - only the documents filepath
//   {FILENAME} - the filename of the document
//   {FILEEXT} - the file extension of the document inclusive dot
// On my system this script can't see the path of the document, when
// it was opened directly from windows Explorer (double click).
// In Illustrator CS it is now possible to edit a DateAndTime-Object.
// To enable the english messages and date-format change the "de"
// into "en" in line 90.
// Sorry for my bad english. For any corrections send an email to:
// [email protected]
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Deutsch //
// -=> WR-DateAndTime <=-
// Ein Javascript fuer Adobe Illustrator
// von Wolfgang Reszel ([email protected])
// Version 0.9 vom 30.9.2011
// Dieses Skript fuegt das aktuelle Datum und die aktuelle Uhrzeit an
// eine vorher bestimmte Stelle im Dokument ein.
// Um eine Stelle zu bestimmen, muss man ein Textobjekt erzeugen, es
// markieren und dann dieses Skript aufrufen. Es muss das gesamte Objekt
// ausgewaehlt sein, nicht etwa Buchstaben oder Woerter. Es lassen sich
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// Mit den Platzhaltern {DATE} und {TIME} (in geschweiften Klammern)
// kann man bestimmen, wo genau im Text das Datum und die Uhrzeit
// erscheinen soll. Sind die Platzhalter nicht vorhanden, wird
// automatisch "{FILENAME}{FILEEXT} ({DATE} - {TIME})" verwendet.
// Zum Aktualisieren des Datums/Uhrzeit muss man dieses Skript aufrufen
// wenn kein Objekt ausgewaehlt ist.
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//   {FILE}     - kompletter Dateiname mit Pfad
//   {FILEPATH} - nur der Verzeichnispfad des Dokuments
//   {FILENAME} - der Dateiname des Dokuments
//   {FILEEXT} - die Dateiendung des Dokuments inklusive Punkt
// Auf meinem System kann der Pfad nicht ermittelt werden, wenn das
// Dokument vom Windows Explorer geoeffnet wird (Doppel-Klick).
// InÃ¿Illustrator CSÃ¿kann man nun ein Datum/Uhrzeit-Objekt bearbeiten.
// Um dieses Skript mit deutschen Meldungen und Datumsformat zu
// versehen, muss in Zeile 90 das "en" durch ein "de" ersetzt werden.
// Verbesserungsvorschlaege an: [email protected]
//$.bp();
var language="en";   // "de" fuer Deutsch
var WR="WR-DateAndTime v0.9\n\n";
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var MSG_askformat = WR+"Soll das Textobjekt als Datum/Uhrzeit formatiert werden? Formate:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} und {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_editformat = WR+"Datums-/Uhrzeitformat bearbeiten (Leer = entfernen). Formate:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} und {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_notexto = WR+"Kein Textobjekt!";
var MSG_selectedmany = "Zum Markieren als aktuelles Datum/Uhrzeit darf nur ein Textobjekt ausgew\xE4hlt sein und falls Sie die Daten aktualisieren wollen, darf kein Objekt ausgew\xE4hlt sein.";
var MSG_nodocs = WR+"Kein Dokument ge\xF6ffnet."
var Timeformat = 24;
var TimeSep = ":";
var AM = " am";
var PM = " pm";
var Dateformat = "dd.mm.yyyy";
} else {
var format_preset = "{FILENAME} ({DATE}, {TIME})";
var MSG_unsetmark = WR+"This object is marked as actual date'n'time, do you want to remove the mark?";
var MSG_setmark = WR+"Do you want to mark the selected textobject as actual date'n'time?";
var MSG_askformat = WR+"Do you want to mark the textobject as actual date'n'time? Formats:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} and {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_editformat = WR+"Edit date'n'time (empty = remove). Formats:\n{DATE}, {TIME}, {FILE}, {FILEPATH}, {FILENAME} and {FILEEXT}:"
var MSG_notexto = WR+"No textobject!";
var MSG_selectedmany = "To mark as actual date'n'time, you have to select only one textobject. If you want to update the date'n'time-objects, there must be no object selected.";
var MSG_nodocs = WR+"You have no open document."
var Timeformat = 12;
var TimeSep = ":";
var AM = " am";
var PM = " pm";
var Dateformat = "yyyymmdd";
var error=0;
if (documents.length<1) {
error++;
alert(MSG_nodocs)
if (error < 1) {
date_n_time();
function TodayDate()
var Today = new Date();
var Day = Today.getDate();
var Month = Today.getMonth() + 1;
var Year = Today.getYear();
var PreMon = ((Month < 10) ? "0" : "");
var PreDay = ((Day < 10) ? "0" : "");
if(Year < 999) Year += 1900;
var theDate = Dateformat.replace(/dd/,PreDay+Day);
theDate = theDate.replace(/mm/,PreMon+Month);
theDate = theDate.replace(/d/,Day);
theDate = theDate.replace(/m/,Month);
theDate = theDate.replace(/yyyy/,Year);
theDate = theDate.replace(/yy/,Year.toString().substr(2,2));
return theDate;
function TodayTime()
var Today = new Date();
var Hours = Today.getHours();
var Minutes = Today.getMinutes();
var Suffix = "";
if (Timeformat == 12) {
    if (Hours >= 12 ) {
Suffix = PM;
} else {
Suffix = AM;
if (Hours >= 13) {
Hours = Hours - 12;
if (Hours < 1) {
Hours = Hours + 12;
var PreHour = ((Hours < 10) ? "0" : "");
var PreMin = ((Minutes < 10) ? "0" : "");
return PreHour+Hours+TimeSep+PreMin+Minutes+Suffix;
function DateUpdate(Name) {
var docpath = activeDocument.path.fsName;
var docname = activeDocument.name.replace(/(.*?)(?:\.([^.]+))?$/,'$1');
var extension = activeDocument.name.replace(/(.*?)(?:(\.[^.]+))?$/,'$2');
if (docpath.slice(2,3) == "\\") {
    docsep = "\\";
} else {
    docsep = ":";
var content = Name.slice(11);
var content = content.replace(/\{FILE\}/,docpath+docsep+docname);
var content = content.replace(/\{FILEPATH\}/,docpath);
var content = content.replace(/\{FILENAME\}/,docname);
var content = content.replace(/\{FILEEXT\}/,extension);
var content = content.replace(/\{DATE\}/,TodayDate());
var content = content.replace(/\{TIME\}/,TodayTime());
return content;
function date_n_time()
if (selection.length == 1) {
    if (selection[0].typename == "TextArtItem" || selection[0].typename == "TextFrame") {
      if (selection[0].name.slice(0,11) == "actualDate:") {
        dateformat = selection[0].name.slice(11);
        Check = false;
        if (AIversion == "10") {
          Check = confirm( MSG_unsetmark );
        } else {
          dateformat = prompt(MSG_editformat, dateformat);
        if(dateformat != "" && Check) {
          selection[0].contents = selection[0].name.slice(11);
          selection[0].name="";
          selection[0].selected = false;
        if(dateformat == "" && !Check) {
          selection[0].name="";
          selection[0].selected = false;
        if(dateformat && dateformat !="" && !Check) {
          selection[0].name="actualDate:"+dateformat;
          selection[0].contents = DateUpdate(selection[0].name);
      } else {
        dateformat = selection[0].contents;
        if(dateformat.search(/\{DATE\}/) == -1 && dateformat.search(/\{TIME\}/) == -1 && dateformat.search(/\{FILE[A-Z]*\}/) == -1) dateformat = format_preset;
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          Check = confirm( MSG_setmark );
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          dateformat = prompt(MSG_askformat, dateformat);
        if (dateformat || Check) {
          selection[0].name="actualDate:"+dateformat;
          selection[0].contents = DateUpdate(selection[0].name);
          selection[0].selected = false;
    } else {
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} else if (selection.length > 1) {
    alert ( MSG_selectedmany );
} else {
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      var textArtItems = activeDocument.textArtItems;
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          textFrames[i].selected = true;
          textFrames[i].contents = DateUpdate(textFrames[i].name);

Carlos or anyone, I've been working on several ideas & think that I have come up with the best approach to work around these bugs. But need it to work in java script.
1) In AppleSript I can build a script that will trigger an "Action" to run. The "Action" will select an object by its "Attributes" "Note". The selected text box in picture is called "UPPER FORDDOC NAME" so it will select this object only.
activate application "Adobe Illustrator"
on doAction(scriptName, actionSet)
          tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
do script scriptName from actionSet
          end tell
end doAction
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
          tell me to doAction("Save Part # Delete -", "TIC Color 03-13-12")
end tell
Can this be done in Java?
If so then:
2) I built an AppleScript that can open the "Find and Replace" then simply close it; by using "System Events" to select the keystrokes.
Is this possible to do in Java with out buying an extra program? This AppleScript works great but need it to work also on the PC's.
activate application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Adobe Illustrator"
--This is the quick key to open the "Find and Replace" window
keystroke "K" using {command down, shift down, option down}
delay 1
--This is the esc key
key code 53
end tell
end tell
I HOPE SO ssssssssoooooooo MUCH!

Crash in OCR--any suggestions for work-around?

There is a book from Google Books that I want to read on my computer. It's in the public domain, and I downloaded it here.
I have OCR'd it using "Searchable Image Exact" in some version of Acrobat (don't remember) so I can do searches in it. But all the Google Books display very slowly, and are basically CPU hogs in every PDF reader that I have found (anybody know the reason for that?), so it is not comfortable to read on my computer.
So I thought I would try OCR with ClearScan to see if this would speed up pdf display. Every time I have tried OCRing this document with ClearScan, Acrobat crashes (4 trials, 2 computers, v. 9.3.2).
Questions for anybody out there
1) Is it normal that OCR-ing causes crashes? This is the first time I have seen it.
2) Any work-arounds come to mind?
3) What is the best way to deal with Adobe re. a crashing bug? When I have reported user-interface bugs in Bridge, I received a very nice reply asking me for details 4 months after I reported the bug! I tried calling India but there was a 20-minute hold time, and then we got disconnected and I haven't tried again.

For what it is worth, I tried to use Adobe's tech support system to resolve this problem (their 1-800 number). I strongly recommend that no-one else ever try that. After talking for 2 hours with what had to be the sweetest and most patient tech support person in the world, we made no progress. She tried to use Adobe's Web Connect to diagnose the problem, but it was broken (known to be broken on Adobe's side), the telephone connection (IP-connection to India) was almost inaudible, they have their ftp site set up in a way that just isn't macintosh friendly (to be charitable, maybe macintosh isn't ftp-friendly). After 2 hours we were almost at the place where she was going to be able to replicate the bug, when I was disconnected. I have a case number, but I just don't have the heart to call back and go through this process.
A

Pictures missing in photo stream after empty-battery + work around

I recently had a situation where synchronizing photos between my iOS7 and MacOS 10.9 devices failed and/or showed strange effects (individual pictures missing).
After a day of annoying experiences I realised that the problems started after the iPhone (that I use for taking photos) had switched itself off due to an empty battery (there's just too much to see at the Carneval in Venice ;-) After fully charging the iPhone I took more photos but some (!) of the new photos (and some of the older photos) did not sync.
WORK AROUND: restarted the iPhone once more.

Summary
Photo stream IS "Recently Added" as well as "Recently Taken" combined. If it was taken with this phone, it can be favorited. If not, there's no favorite (heart) icon.
Details
So I have 2 iphones I use, one for work, one personal. I do very little with the work one and never had photo stream turned on but I use the same itunes account for both so I can share itunes match and photos and contacts if/when I chose to.
I was confused about where photo stream went as well.
So prior to turning on photo steam on my work phone, I saw that I had 4 photos (mostly screen shots) on the work phone, under "recently added". I took a picture with the phone to be sure. Yup, it was added to recently added but not "summarized" (not sure why it wasn't summarized but nothing else is on that phone).
I have other settings to "default" including having "summarize photos" turned on.
I then turned on "My Photo Stream" and saw photos start getting added to "Recently Added". The count ended up being around 625 which is huge, but much less than the 1000 on my windows Photo Stream, and less than the 661 or so on my personal phone. Not sure if this is the 30 days limitation on my personal or what the limitation is on my work phone.
FYI, did all this with wifi so the download was moderately fast.
Another thing of note. Photos that were taken with the same phone have the favorite icon (the heart). Photos taken on the other phone do not. So that's how to tell if it's only on the photo stream.

Spinning circle of pain... is there a work around?

Hi,
using latest Folio Builder, have tried uploading both from doc and import, single and multiple, sidecar and without sidecar, single sidecar, folio sidecar... pretty much everything i can find to try... still cannot upload articles. builds article fine, but progress bar stops half way everytime, no matter how big or small article size is - and that damned circle keeps on spinning... endless spinning... taunting me with every passing minute.
is there a work around for this yet? the execs have taken the iPads home to test our pubs after a month development - and I cannot upload them... this is not good.
please advise asap
thanks,
John

Hi Bob,
Upload still fails. Log attached - a speedy solution would be greatly appreciated - thank you all for your hard work. John
Log:
8/13/2011:10:07:35.330:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:Locale = en_GB. App font is Tahoma
8/13/2011:10:07:35.330:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:The fontFamilyString is Tahoma,Tahoma,Segoe,Lucida Grande,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif
8/13/2011:10:07:35.330:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.model.Model:App version - 7.5
8/13/2011:10:07:35.333:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.model.Model:digital publishing plug-in version: 7.5.3.13
8/13/2011:10:07:35.334:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.model.Model:extension bundle build number: 11.3.2.20110729_m_661663
8/13/2011:10:07:35.365:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:Readjusting frame rate from 1000 to 24
8/13/2011:10:07:35.367:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:Two flags adminOnlinePreference true networkPrefs.isAppOnline true networkPrefs.overallOnlinePreference true
8/13/2011:10:07:35.367:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:returning false
8/13/2011:10:07:35.371:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:Two flags adminOnlinePreference true networkPrefs.isAppOnline true networkPrefs.overallOnlinePreference true
8/13/2011:10:07:35.371:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:returning false
8/13/2011:10:07:35.438:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:Readjusting frame rate from 1000 to 24
8/13/2011:10:07:37.104:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:Readjusting frame rate from 1000 to 24
8/13/2011:10:08:13.855:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.task.IdGenerateContentsSubTask:start content generation
8/13/2011:10:08:17.977:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.task.IdGenerateContentsSubTask:conte nt generation completed - mini bundle generated
8/13/2011:10:08:17.980:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.task.UploadContentsSubTask:start uploading contents task - 1_Menu
8/13/2011:10:08:17.981:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.task.UploadContentsSubTask:cache article state
8/13/2011:10:08:17.985:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.task.UploadContentsSubTask:start importing document - 1_Menu
8/13/2011:10:08:45.628:[DEBUG]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.task.UploadContentsSubTask:importing document completed - succeeded
8/13/2011:10:10:07.566:[ERROR]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel.model.Model:commit error - svr.OldVersion
8/13/2011:10:10:35.136:[INFO]:com.adobe.dmp.dmppanel..misc.Logging:windowCloseHandler

[Universal Apps] Working around XamlRenderingBackgroundTask restrictions

Hi,
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the introduction of the XamlRenderingBackgroundTask for Universal apps. I'm currently planning my next app and I want it to have custom XAML bitmaps on tiles. Now I have a few questions on this:
All samples and references recommend to write the XamlRenderingBackgroundTask in C++. While I'm generally not opposed to that, I still have a few problems regarding to accessing the app's functionality while rendering the tile. E.g. I want to get
the newest updates from a server and calculate locally on what I should show on the tile. The same functionality is used within the full app and is written in C#, and I think implementing the whole functionality in C++ would be a lot of work (server
communication, SQLite and Linq usage). This
sample here shows one implementation of the XamlRenderingBackgroundTask but it is fairly limited in functionality because it only displays in time.
I have thought of a two possibilites to work around the XamlRenderingBackgroundTask restrictions and I wanted to get some opinions on what the best way would be:
Create two background tasks, one in C# and one in C++. The C# background task calculates the data that will be used and stores it locally for the C++ background task.
The problem here is: Will the memory/CPU quotas hit the limit here? How can I guarantee the sequence (First C#, then C++)?
Store the C# logic in a WinRT component and reference it from the C++ background task.
I can't imagine this works, because the C# component will load the CLR runtime and I will hit the memory limit.
Also I have another question regarding background tasks:
Are the memory restrictions cummulative or is 16 MB on a 512 MB RAM phone device an upper limit that shall never be exceeded? E.g.:
I create an image and update the tile which takes 14 MB. If I flush the tile correclty etc. do I again have 16 MB to work with or only the remaining 2 MB?
The reason I ask is, because I wanted to allow the user to pin multiple (secondary) tiles to the start screen. If I only can create a tile once, it could never update (with XAML images) the other tiles.
I'd be thankful for any thoughts on this.

Hey, thanks for the replies so far!
I don't control the server side, so I can't create the image there and push it to the device.
I definitely want to create it in a BackgroundTask, otherwise there would be no value to these Live Tiles. Now, I did some digging around and played with the XAMLRenderingBackgroundTask types in both C# and C++. I created a sample app, which monitors
the memory usage of a C++ and a C# background task and saves the results to files in the pictures library whenever the time zone is changed. You can download the source code here:
Download solution
My findings:
1. If you have two separate Background tasks registered (e.g. one C# and one C++) and both tasks are run at the same time the limit will sum up, e.g. I got 60 MB as a limit and not 30, which is nice :) This means, that I can go ahead with the two
Background tasks mailbox scenario, which will only result in a small time delay.
2. Weirdly, it appears that the memory usage of the C# Background task is sometimes lower than the C++ one. Also, I never really got the C++ one below the C# Background task. Both Background tasks inherit from XamlRenderingBackgroundTask,
but I never really try to render an image, is this the problem? Otherwise, I fail to see the reason why I can't use the XamlRenderingBackgroundTask on low memory devices ...
Sample results from the tasks:
C#
Limit: 40
Current usage: 3.296875
Usage after memory allocation: 8.59375
Concurrent: false
C++
Limit: 40
Current usage: 4.50781
Usage after memory allocation: 9.63672
Concurrent: false
C#
Limit: 60
Current usage: 6.0703125
Usage after memory allocation: 6.4921875
Concurrent: true
C++
Limit: 60
Current usage: 6.12109
Usage after memory allocation: 11.6563
Concurrent: true
Limit 40 means the debugger is still attached, otherwise the limit is 30 because I have a Lumia 925.
Any ideas?

Working around DB outages

Does anyone have a strategy for working around DB outages when calling a database? For example, if I run a query, and that query takes more than 5 seconds, how do I cancel the query so my app doesn't hang waiting for the query to return?
Sidebar - do you have any idea how to do this with web service calls?

Thank you, I am looking to see if the DB2 driver supports setQueryTimeout. That would be perfect I think.
AJchell:
Q: And how are you going to decide whether to use 5 seconds or not? What if one query takes 10 seconds on average?
A: The queries are quick, if the database latency gets to be over whatever the threshold is, then I want to lay off it and use cached content instead of the real deal.
Q: And what if the network is loaded so all queries take 10 seconds?
A: Then I hit my cache (I don't think this is a possibility, but you never know).
Q: And what do you do with updates? Telling the user it didn't work after 5 seconds when it actually did work after 15 probably isn't going to be a good idea.
A: I agree with you, I forgot to mention that this is not transactional, therefore there are no updates. All select queries.
Q: And why worry about this in the first place? If the user gets a failure back in 5 seconds versus 30 then what are they going to be doing with that extra time? They won't be able to use the database in either case after that until it comes back up.
A: That's where the cache will come into play. 30 seconds is just too long per the requirements of this app.
Q: And how often do you expect this to occur? Is it worth worrying about what the users are doing for 30 seconds once a year? (And yes I do know of cases where it is important but I know of many others where it isn't.)
A: Not often. But the criticality of the app is high enough that 30 seconds (in reality would be more than that) is too much time for the app to be down. This is for a truely HA app.
My plans -
I think what I am going to do here is try to do the setQueryTimeout to x amount of seconds, and if that is hit, do not go to the database for y minutes in case of failure (using a static variable for DB down). So if there is an outage, I would bypass all DB calls until that DB comes back up (Which I will check for every y amount of minutes).
Any thoughts? Thanks for the help.

MBP Superdrive fail to read work-around!

I have discovered a bizarro work-around to get the data off of your backup DVD's if your MBP Superdrive is failing to read properly.
I have a brand new 17" MBP Core 2 machine and the DVD will not read any more than the first half of the files on my backup DVD disks from my old PowerBook which i no longer available to use for xfer.
When all my backup DVD's exhibited the same problem (will copy about 2G of data and then fail with file read error) I suspected the drive rather than the media (I also saw discussions here).
I inserted a movie DVD to see if it would fail to play that as well, but the commercial movie DVD worked fine, even through the final credits. That seemed strange. I reinserted the backup DVD I had just been struggling with, and it now read the files that failed several minutes before! I now got 9/10 the way through the DVD before it again struggled and then failed to read a file.
Replacing the DVD with the movie, I again ran the credits at the end of the movie for a few moments, then ejected it and replaced it with the 'bad' DVD. I could then read the last few files off of it. I continued with this silly '"manual dexterity test" (remember this test from the days of the original 128K Macintosh with a single floppy disk drive?), and got through all 7 of my iTunes backup DVDs. I think I lost maybe 3 to 5 songs to bad DVD tracks, so that was a 99.9999% success rate, rather than a less than 50% success rate that I started out with.
The important points in the process are:
- this obviously won't work with a "multi-DVD single file" DVD like from using the Apple Backup application. It does work for me for DVD's with > 800 big files on it;
- running the movie DVD seems to "re-set" the Superdrive's heads to the correct positions;
- the heads then gradually run astray after more reads, and can't read the data DVD properly after another ~400 files (1 - 2G) or so (your milage may vary);
- when you hear the Superdrive come to a halt, that means you're toast again and it's time to swap out the data DVD for the movie DVD;
- when you go for the next try on your data DVD, don't futz around getting onies-twosies files - select and go for the entire remaining batch - you have nothing to lose;
- after a successful copy of nnn files with no error message, IMMEDIATELY grab more files and drag and drop them as quickly as possible. Don't let the Superdrive stop spinning or you are again toast, and it's time to eject and run the movie DVD again for a minute;
- it's VERY IMPORTANT that when you get the first Finder "can't read file" error to click Ok and then IMMEDIATELY eject the DVD. Don't click on the Finder window, try to scroll up the list of files, deselect files or do anything else, otherwise the poor Finder will grind away for another 10 minutes trying to complete whatever it's doing to redisplay the current list of the directory on the DVD!
- If there is a bad file, you will have to skip it on the next cycle of read attempts - I couldn't get it to read a few files that were obviously corrupt to begin with. However, you should try to re-read the file it fails on at least once - I was successful in re-reading the file it failed on > 95% of the time!
I hope this convoluted work-around works for you if you are desperately seeking backup data!
Regards,
Walter Cooke
MacBookPro Mac OS X (10.4.8) brand new 17" MBP w/erratic Superdrive

what does the "reset" input do? check its polarity vs what the rst block expects, or better yet, just connect ext_reset_in to fclk_reset0_n.
as to why you don't see anything when you write to unaligned addresses is that your program silently crashes as axi-lite slaves don't implement them and return an error which you are not catching.

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