Zero timecode start for XDCAM EX files

After importing 1280x720 24p Sony XDCAM EX files, Project window displays zero starting timecode. I'm using the CS3 Education version, but it's the up-to-date 3.2.0. I have read that others have experienced this while others have not. No matter how I start the project, i.e. using PPro XDCAM EX preset, I get this problem. Anyone know the cause? Running HP xw8400, Windows XP Pro 2002, Blackmagic HD EXtreme I/O, Nvidia 1500FX.

Not near my NLE at the moment but I do know that in CS4 there is a Preference setting for this:
Use media T/C or Zero Timeline.
I can not recall if same option is in CS3

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16:9 for XDCAM MXF files

I am trying to import XDCAM files via XDCAM Transfer to FCP. FCP does not recognize the files in 16:9 which is the format they have. Does anyone know a solution for this problem?

Hello,
I'll be a little more concrete, hoping that someone has an answer: I received a disc with movie files in .mxf format. Since FCP doesn't natively recognize them, I am trying to import them through XDCAM Transfer.
Here is what information XDCAM Transfer gives about the clips:
Video Format: IMX 50
Bit Rate: 50 Mbps (CBR)
Frame Rate: 50i
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frame Size: 720 x 576
Codec Apple MPEG IMX 625/50 (50 Mb/s)
When I view the clips in XDCAM Transfer, they are 16:9 and look right, but after importing, FCP shows them with aspect ratio 4:3. I have tried all kinds of sequence settings to correct this, but they don't really work. When I drop a clip onto the timeline, for example, FCP tells me the clips settings aren't the same as the sequence's and whether I would like to correct this for better results. Clicking yes, it all goes back to 4:3. Clicking no, I can use a strange sort of 16:9 (a part on the top and bottom of the picture is grey-coloured and seems to be shut off), but exporting the sequences as Quicktime movies in the end, these are again 4:3.
Does anybody know what's going on here and why I can't seem to use these MXF/IMX files with their original 16:9 aspect ratio in FCP? Am I doing something wrong or is this a well-known problem (and maybe there is a good workaround)?
One thing that throws me off is that in an official FCP brochure talking about different input formats, Apple states that both NTSC and PAL IMX have 4:3 aspect ratio. How can this be true if the files I am trying to work in are 16:9? I am kind of desperate because under time pressure, so all help is much appreciated.
Best,
Jenny

XDCAM .mov Files on a PC in PrPro CC

Anybody know if there will be any support for XDCAM .mov files in Premiere Pro CC? I have a feeling that this is a limitation of Windows rather than Pr as it works fine on a Mac.
Is the Calibrated software plugin the only workaround available or will CC help in any way?
Thanks guys!

So? Works for me. I understand the frustration of the infrequent upgraders, but as a new user the cloud is a great option for us.
I don't lease a car, I buy a car. I don't lease a camera, I buy a camera. I don't lease a computer, I buy a computer. I don't rent a house, I buy a house, I don't want a mortgage on my house, I pay it up front. Same with Adobe software. I have no problem buying a CS suite and paying in one big lump. I do have a problem with renting and being completely dependent on the crazy pricing that Adobe applies to their products. If I rent, I take the huge risk of being screwed over by Adobe. If I can't buy a perpetual license of a CS suite, it is EOS.
I rather pay more for a perpetual license than the CC would cost, just to be sure Adobe does not screw me in the long run. And I'm not an infrequent upgrader. I have perpetual licenses on each and every version of Premiere since 6.01, before it became Premiere Pro and have Production Premium suite licenses since CS2 and Master Collection suites since CS4. That does not qualify as an infrequent upgrader, does it?

I have the new version of iMovie, and when i try to start the program, i can't because it says that it is looking for some movie files from the Iphoto, so all the program is locked up... how can i do to restart the program??

i have the new version of iMovie, and when i try to start the program, i can't because it says that it is looking for some movie files from the Iphoto, so all the program is locked up... how can i do to restart the program??

Hi
Did You ever use - iPhoto ?
Did You may be direct iPhoto to a different Photo Library
As iMovie tries to find the appropriate photo library - it can get lost if iPhoto direct it into a Library on a not connected external hard disk or to a strange location - And iMovie HANGS.
Do - When no other program is running that might interfere
• Start iPhoto - BUT NOW KEEP alt-key (option key) DOWN during the full Start-Up process
• Now iPhoto let's You select Photo Library
• Select the one in Your Account / Home folder / Pictures ! !
• Then iPhoto should start up OK
• Now Quit iPhoto
• START iMovie
Does it still hangs - then I would suspect - iMovie Pref. file
If it Run's OK - Then HURRAY !
Yours Bengt W

When I open iMovie, the app searches for missing iPhoto files. These are files I deleted. I have to close about 30 dialog boxes before I can start using iMovie. How do I make this stop?

When I open iMovie (09), the app searches for missing iPhoto files. These are files I deleted. I have to close about 30 dialog boxes before I can start using iMovie. How do I make this stop?

So it seems the issue is when iMovie is wanting to creat thumbnails, if I ask it to ignore then it's fine but if not it hangs up searching for the video file.

XDCAM XD files in .mov form for Windows import

A clent spent two weeks shooting in Mexico and brought me a portable drive with nearly 2000 clips / 500GB / 20 hours of footage. I had expected XDCAM EX files in the BPAV folders that I've worked with before. The shooter instead assumed I had a Mac like him and transferred them all from the SxS cards to the drive resulting in re-wrapped .mov files which will not open in Premiere CS5 which lacks the right codec. The original files are now long gone.
Thanks to a search here I found that Calibrated{Q} XD Decode has worked for people. I've installed the trial version and it indeed works pretty well, but my new loaded MPE system cannot handle more than a few layers before smooth playback turns to stuttering. Rendered sections look fine.
So I'm wondering if XD Decode is still the best available tool of choice out there or if there's something new that I can't find. Or would I be much better off in the long run using a Mac and FCP to export everything out in a form my system would rather play with?
I don't have a RAID on this new system yet - could that be the bottleneck?
Thanks much in advance for any help, insights & suggestions!
-- David
System: HP Z800 w/ dual quad core, 24 GB, NVidia Quadro FX4800, 7200 RPM drive, Win 7, CS5 Production Premium

Blame Apple for the lack of a Quicktime XDCAM codec on Windows...
How many layers results in "stuttering?" Two? Five? Ten? If you're talking about five or so, that's probably due to a hard drive bottleneck issue; even though the compression is pretty high on XDCAM (35mbps), multiple streams can add up quickly and lead to stuttering on a single drive. Beyond that, XDCAM is MPEG2 compression, and so that incurs some processor-overhead to decode (even the native files would suffer this).
However, if it's only a few clips, you've probably come up against the limitation of 32-bit QuickTime support. Adobe had to develop a translator of sorts to enable QuickTime playback (which is still 32-bit on Windows; again, thanks Apple) on the 64-bitness that is Premiere Pro CS5. There is some overhead involved in this on-the-fly conversion, so that may be a factor in the stuttering.
You could tried batch converting the files to DVCPROHD using AME; AME will create a P2-compliant folder structure, and while the bitrate is higher on DVCPROHD (100mbps, though actual muxed rate depends on the format of the DVCPROHD you encode to), there is less processor-overhead needed. It's going to be a case of "six of one, half dozen of the other," I'm afraid. You could also consider an offline workflow, where you transcode to something more editable yet, like DV, and then swap out the DV files for the XDCAM files later.

For Eric Chan - is Adobe using legacy (or Sigma's) code to do NR for Foveon raw files ?

Hi Eric,
is Adobe using legacy (or Sigma's) code to do NR for Foveon raw files ?
it was stated (I think it was either you or mr Schewe) that Adobe nowadays do not use NR behind the scenes when NR sliders are zeroed - however this is clearly not the case for Foveon raw files... hence the question - is it Adobe's legacy code that for whatever reason was not changed from old days or Adobe is using some SDK provided by Sigma ?
compare two screenshots - one is ACR, another is SilkyPix v5 Beta... we do not have any demosaicking for Foveon, so it is clear that ACR despite zeroed sliders does NR behind the scenes... can that be fixed and modern Adobe's NR made available for Foveon raw files, like Adobe has it for other cameras ?

> Is it possible that this file has defaulted to the 2003 process version by accident?
ACR shows "Process: 2010 (Current)"
I think that foveon related code was kind of neglected for quite some time... however if Sigma indeed will start selling SD1 that might cause some influx of new customers and it is time to dust off whatever is for foveon inside ACR/LR.

Detail Region as TOC for captivate (.swf) files

Hi All,
Not sure how to explain this, but i will do my best. I didnt like the TOC/Aggregator for CP 5. Thinking maybe to use Spry data using the Detail Region sample. I thought it would be simple to just combine the Detail Region code with the publsihed .swf and .htm code. But not sure what im doing wrong or if this is even possible to do. I was experimenting just using the exact same code and xml for Detail Region sample and modifying it a bit. See below...
Appreciate the Help! Thank you.
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<products>
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          <name>Adobe Photoshop CS2</name>
          <category>Digital Imaging</category>
          <boximage>images/photoshop.gif</boximage>
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          <descheader>The professional standard in desktop digital imaging</descheader>
          <desc>Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 software, the professional image-editing standard and leader of the Photoshop digital imaging line, delivers more of what you crave. Groundbreaking creative tools help you achieve extraordinary results. Unprecedented adaptability lets you custom-fit Photoshop to the way you work. And with more efficient editing, processing, and file handling, there's no slowing you down.</desc>
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     <product>
          <name>Adobe Illustrator CS2</name>
          <category>Print Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/illustrator.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_2.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>Vector graphics reinvented</descheader>
          <desc>Adobe® Illustrator® CS2 software gives you new creative freedom that lets you realize your ideas quickly and powerfully. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively. Save time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces. Plus, tight integration with other software allows you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices.</desc>
          <features></features>
     </product>
     <product>
          <name>Adobe InDesign CS2</name>
          <category>Print Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/indesign.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_3.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>A new standard in professional layout and design</descheader>
          <desc>Join the growing ranks of creative professionals discovering new levels of creative freedom and productivity using Adobe® InDesign® CS2 software. Tightly integrated with the Adobe applications you use most, InDesign CS2 delivers faster production workflows and a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts with sophisticated graphics and typography.</desc>
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     <product>
          <name>Adobe GoLive CS2</name>
          <category>Web Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/golive.gif</boximage>
          <bkgimage>M_4_1.swf</bkgimage>
          <descheader>Professional, standards-based Web and mobile authoring</descheader>
          <desc>Adobe® GoLive® CS2 software lets you unlock the power of CSS with intuitive visual tools such as prebuilt CSS objects that you can drag and drop to build sophisticated sites. Jump-start your designs by easily converting Adobe InDesign® layouts into Web pages. Or, design Web and mobile content in an advanced, standards-based coding environment.</desc>
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     </product>
     <product>
          <name>Adobe Dreamweaver 8</name>
          <category>Web Publishing</category>
          <boximage>images/dreamweaver.gif</boximage>
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          <descheader>Dreamweaver 8 is the industry-leading web development tool, enabling users to efficiently design, develop and maintain standards-based websites and applications.</descheader>
          <desc>With Dreamweaver 8, web developers go from start to finish, creating and maintaining basic websites to advanced applications that support best practices and the latest technologies.</desc>
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          <desc>Flash® Professional 8 is the industry's most advanced authoring environment for creating interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content. With Flash Professional 8, creative professionals design and author interactive content rich with video, graphics, and animation for truly unique, engaging websites, presentations or mobile content.</desc>
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</products>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:spry="http://ns.adobe.com/spry">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Detail Region and Effects Sample</title>
<link href="files/samples.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
.product {
     cursor: pointer;
.hover {
     background-color: #FFFFCC;
.selected {
     background-color: #CCCCCC;
#description {
     opacity: 0;
     filter: alpha(opacity=0);
     background-color: white;
</style>
<script src="files/xpath.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="files/SpryData.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="files/SpryEffects.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
<script src="files/standard.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Detail Region and Effects Sample</h3>
<hr />
<table width="100%" border="0">
     <tr>
          <td width="21%">
<ul spry:region="ds1" spry:repeatchildren="ds1">
                    <li class="product" onclick="fadeOutContentThenSetRow('{ds_RowID}');" spry:select="selected" spry:hover="hover">{name}</li>
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   <div id="description" spry:detailregion=" ds1">
<div id="CaptivateContent">
   </div>
   <script type="text/javascript">
      var so = new SWFObject("{bkgimage}", "Captivate", "100%", "100%", "8", "#CCCCCC");
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         so.addParam("name", "Captivate");
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         so.addParam("bgcolor","#F1F4F5");
         so.addParam("menu", "false");
         so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
         so.addVariable("variable1", "value1");
         so.setAttribute("redirectUrl", "http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash");
         so.write("CaptivateContent");
   </script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
      document.getElementById('Captivate').focus();
      document.Captivate.focus();
   </script>
      </div>
      </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Message was edited by: drodax

Hi,
I think you will need a third party convertor - a quick
google sent me to this one
http://www.winavi.com/swf-to-avi.htm
which is free.

Writing a java program for generating .pdf file with the data of MS-Excel .

Hi all,
My object is write a java program so tht...it'll generate the .pdf file after retriving the data from MS-Excel file.
I used POI HSSF to read the data from MS-Excel and used iText to generate .pdf file:
My Program is:
* Created on Apr 13, 2005
* TODO To change the template for this generated file go to
* Window - Preferences - Java - Code Style - Code Templates
package forums;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.Color;
import com.lowagie.text.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
import com.lowagie.text.Font.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase.*;
import net.sf.hibernate.mapping.Array;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.*;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.*;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
* Generates a simple 'Hello World' PDF file.
* @author blowagie
public class pdfgenerator {
     * Generates a PDF file with the text 'Hello World'
     * @param args no arguments needed here
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          System.out.println("Hello World");
          Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(916, 1592);
                    pageSize.setBackgroundColor(new java.awt.Color(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xDE));
          // step 1: creation of a document-object
          //Document document = new Document(pageSize);
          Document document = new Document(pageSize, 132, 164, 108, 108);
          try {
               // step 2:
               // we create a writer that listens to the document
               // and directs a PDF-stream to a file
               PdfWriter writer =PdfWriter.getInstance(document,new FileOutputStream("c:\\weeklystatus.pdf"));
               writer.setEncryption(PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS, "Hello", "World", PdfWriter.AllowCopy | PdfWriter.AllowPrinting);
//               step 3: we open the document
                         document.open();
               Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("",new Font(Font.TIMES_ROMAN, 13, Font.BOLDITALIC, new Color(0, 0, 255)));
               POIFSFileSystem pofilesystem=new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream("D:\\ESM\\plans\\weekly report(31-01..04-02).xls"));
               HSSFWorkbook hbook=new HSSFWorkbook(pofilesystem);
               HSSFSheet hsheet=hbook.getSheetAt(0);//.createSheet();
               Iterator rows = hsheet.rowIterator();
                              while( rows.hasNext() ) {
                                   Phrase phrase=new Phrase();
                                   HSSFRow row = (HSSFRow) rows.next();
                                   //System.out.println( "Row #" + row.getRowNum());
                                   // Iterate over each cell in the row and print out the cell's content
                                   Iterator cells = row.cellIterator();
                                   while( cells.hasNext() ) {
                                        HSSFCell cell = (HSSFCell) cells.next();
                                        //System.out.println( "Cell #" + cell.getCellNum() );
                                        switch ( cell.getCellType() ) {
                                             case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:
                                             String stringcell=cell.getStringCellValue ()+" ";
                                             writer.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
                                             phrase.add(stringcell);
                                        // document.add(new Phrase(string));
                                                  System.out.print( cell.getStringCellValue () );
                                                  break;
                                             case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA:
                                                       String stringdate=cell.getCellFormula()+" ";
                                                       writer.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
                                                       phrase.add(stringdate);
                                             System.out.print( cell.getCellFormula() );
                                                       break;
                                             case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:
                                             String string=String.valueOf(cell.getNumericCellValue())+" ";
                                                  writer.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
                                                  phrase.add(string);
                                                  System.out.print( cell.getNumericCellValue() );
                                                  break;
                                             default:
                                                  //System.out.println( "unsuported sell type" );
                                                  break;
                                   document.add(new Paragraph(phrase));
                                   document.add(new Paragraph("\n \n \n"));
               // step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
          } catch (DocumentException de) {
               System.err.println(de.getMessage());
          } catch (IOException ioe) {
               System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
          // step 5: we close the document
          document.close();
My Input from MS-Excel file is:
     Planning and Tracking Template for Interns
     Name of the Intern     N.Kesavulu Reddy
     Project Name     Enterprise Sales and Marketing
     Description     Estimated Effort in Hrs     Planned/Replanned          Actual          Actual Effort in Hrs     Complexity     Priority     LOC written new & modified     % work completion     Status     Rework     Remarks
S.No               Start Date     End Date     Start Date     End Date
1     setup the configuration          31/01/2005     1/2/2005     31/01/2005     1/2/2005
2     Deploying an application through Tapestry, Spring, Hibernate          2/2/2005     2/2/2005     2/2/2005     2/2/2005
3     Gone through Componentization and Cxprice application          3/2/2005     3/2/2005     3/2/2005     3/2/2005
4     Attend the sessions(tapestry,spring, hibernate), QBA          4/2/2005     4/2/2005     4/2/2005     4/2/2005
     The o/p I'm gettint in .pdf file is:
Planning and Tracking Template for Interns
N.Kesavulu Reddy Name of the Intern
Enterprise Sales and Marketing Project Name
Remarks Rework Status % work completion LOC written new & modified Priority
Complexity Actual Effort in Hrs Actual Planned/Replanned Estimated Effort in Hrs Description
End Date Start Date End Date Start Date S.No
38354.0 31/01/2005 38354.0 31/01/2005 setup the configuration 1.0
38385.0 38385.0 38385.0 38385.0 Deploying an application through Tapestry, Spring, Hibernate
2.0
38413.0 38413.0 38413.0 38413.0 Gone through Componentization and Cxprice application
3.0
38444.0 38444.0 38444.0 38444.0 Attend the sessions(tapestry,spring, hibernate), QBA 4.0
                                   The issues i'm facing are:
When it is reading a row from MS-Excel it is writing to the .pdf file from last cell to first cell.( 2 cell in 1 place, 1 cell in 2 place like if the row has two cells with data as : Name of the Intern: Kesavulu Reddy then it is writing to the .pdf file as Kesavulu Reddy Name of Intern)
and the second issue is:
It is not recognizing the date format..it is recognizing the date in first row only......
Plz Tell me wht is the solution for this...
Regards
[email protected]

Don't double post your question:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=617605&messageID=3450899#3450899
/Kaj

Crash on search function for HTML Help file (.chm) when connected to a Visual C++ application

Crash on search function for HTML Help file (.chm) when
connected to a Visual C++ application
I use the RH_ShowHelp API command to connect a HTML Help file
(.chm file generated by RoboHelp Word X 5) to my Visual C++
application. My application is able to call up this HTML help file
in context-sensitive mode and everything is working great in the
Contents and Index panels EXCEPT when I click on List Topics (after
I enter a KEYWORD for search) in the Search panel.
I got an error that said “Unhandled exception in
xxxx.exe.(HHCTRL.OCX):0xC00000FD: Stack overflow”
I am able to execute this .chm file by itself and the search
function works well in this case. I am using HHActiveX.dll that is
created on 2/23/04. Is this the correct version?? Any advice what
to do here??

Hi agschin and welcome to the RH forums. The hhactivex.dll
file is not used by the search function so you can rule that our.
Have you tried recompiling and seeing if the problem still happens?
You can also start the Bug Hunter feature in RH - View > Output
View and then select the Bug Hunter button - and see if that throws
up any clues.

How do I change or remove default apps for a given file extension (in Terminal?) without munging date modified on all my old files?

When a program is installed, it seems to be able to do it (sometimes inappropriately if it hijacks file associations without asking) so why can't I? This is for 10.4.
Specifically:
1. Since installing an HP wireless printer, HP not only tries to install a bunch of sales-ware on your machine that you have to carefully opt out of (annoying, but not a problem if forewarned), it changes the default file association for a number of basic file types, listing all sort of existing files as HP printer files. Using Get Info to change the default file type association globally causes it to mark ALL the files of that type as newly updated, munging the file metdata (which HP did NOT do). Most of the stuff on our computer is sorted by last modified, so if there is a way to fix this in Terminal (to simply fix or remove the HP default tag) without changing the date the file was modified, it would help. Note that uninstalling the program that created the default would do this, but I obviously can't do that (and reinstalling HP would have the same effect). So there has to be another way, right?
2. Since updating iTunes to v.9 a while back, every mp3 is marked as an iTunes file even though iTunes has NO multiple library capability without a wonky reboot using the option key, meaning that if I click on an mp3 downloaded since last update of iTunes, it opens automatically in iTunes and gets added to the SOLE itunes library without asking. (There is no way to toggle between multiple libraries or archive media in separate folders; iPhoto has a similar problem. (Has this been fixed in the latest version of iTunes?) In comparison, Quicktime starts up immediately and does not attempt to create a playlist just because you opened a file and listened to it.
(The iTunes playlists are simply subfolders of the single main library -- and you can't create a new library without doing a wonky procedure by clicking option during startup and telling iTunes to forget where its library is located (includin everything in it) and look up an entirely separate one by hand. So any mp3 file downloaded recently is uploaded to iTunes if you click on it. This wouldn't be problem if it didn't automatically add it to the sole iTunes library just because you clicked on it.)
Besides, all my old mp3s are Quicktime files and they are all archived by date modified. To its credit, ITunes, unlike HP, does NOT hijack older files already on disk and remark them as iTunes files. It only marks newly downloaded files as such. But if I try and change file association for FUTURE mp3 files using Get Info > "use this program for all files of this type", it munges the file metadata (date modified) for all existing files!
Note that in HP case, it apparently does it at the file exchange preference level (or whatever it's called) since the OS then recognizes every file of those types as an HP file. In the iTunes case, it only does it if you download a new media file or open an existing file in iTunes, but again without changing the date it was last edited.
Since these programs are able to change the default file association without changing the date the file was last edited, it should be reversible in Terminal, correct? Why does it change "date modified" when you try and correct metadata using Get Info (or sometimes just by clicking an enclosing folder?) Date modified should be a record of when a file itself was edited, not when it was renamed, or other metadata. Otherwise stuff can't be sorted correctly.

The unix commands you need are:
GetFileInfo
SetFileInfo
and maybe find
for cryptic details use the man command
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
man SetFileInfo
You may use the SetFileInfo command to set the file type & the program which will open the file.
# This little gem will do a get info on all files in a directory.
mac $ ls | xargs -I {} GetFileInfo "{}"
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/oddadocodd"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 14:53:22
modified: 05/01/2011 14:53:22
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/one.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:57:48
modified: 05/01/2011 13:57:48
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/oneLineFile"
type: "TEXT"
creator: "!Rch"
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/07/2011 14:27:17
modified: 05/07/2011 14:27:17
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/oneLineFile.txt"
type: "TEXT"
creator: "!Rch"
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/07/2011 14:27:49
modified: 05/07/2011 14:27:49
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/three.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:58:03
modified: 05/01/2011 13:58:03
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/two.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
modified: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/weirder.doc.docx"
type: ""
creator: ""
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 14:50:03
modified: 05/01/2011 14:50:03
# well, ! is a funnie character so we escape it.
mac $ SetFile -t TEXT -c \!Rch two.docx
mac $ GetFileInfo two.docx
file: "/Users/mac/playdoc/two.docx"
type: "TEXT"
creator: "!Rch"
attributes: avbstclinmedz
created: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
modified: 05/01/2011 13:57:56
mac $
mac $ date
Sat May 7 14:40:56 EDT 2011
mac $

Unable to open document. Please check to see if you have read permission for the above file.

System:
Adobe Acrobat X Pro, 10.1.2
Windows 7 Enterprise, 32-bit
Quad Core badass CPU
4GB RAM
MS Word 2010 (Office 2010)
I installed the latest version as Administrator and am running as Administrator. I have all rights to all files on the PC.
When I attempt to create a PDF from any Word document, whether .DOC or .DOCX, I get an error window every time:
"Unable to open document:"
"[document location]"
"Please check to see if you have read permission for the above file."
This happens after the little notice pops up "Starting the application which created the document...."
If I open Word and create PDF from the ribbon, it works. It still won't allow me to create from Acrobat.
It creates PDFs from Excel files but not DOC files. I've searched for solutions but found none. I did find this from July of 2011:
"I have found out from Adobe technical support that this is a known issue with Office 2010 SP1 installed. This is an FYI for anyone else experiencing this issue, remove SP1 and it will work ok. They said an update to correct this issue will be coming within the next quarter."
I have updated to the latest version 10.1.2 and still have this problem.
This is a major issue, because it also fails on batch conversions, which is what I really need for the 100 or so documents that need to be PDFed. I'm not going to open each individual file and save each one from within Word.
This is a KNOWN ISSUE at Adobe, and if you look through the forums you'll find many people having this problem, and so far, I have not seen any solution.
If anyone has found the solution, please post it here.
Thanks!
B

I think I found a solution. It seems to be relatet to normal.dotm.
In our environment we have upgraded from XP & Office 2003 to Win7 and Office 2010. Normal.dot is stored on the users home share. When Office 2010 is started for the first time (for a user) it takes some of the old stuff from normal.dot and puts it in the new normal.dotm. When this happens, we get this error in Acrobat X.
The solution is to rename both normal.dot and notmal.dot to e.g. normal.dot.old and normal.dotm.old. Office/Word 2010 will then create a new, "clean" normal.dotm.
(By the way, if you are in a corporate environment, you might have changed the default path to normal.dot in Office group policies. You can see it here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\14.0\common\general\usertemplates)
I would be interested in knowing exactly why/what in normal.dotm caused this error. I can provide you (Adobe) with a faulty normal.dot(m), if you're interested.

Install 3rd party PDF iFilter for index PDF file as attachment in e-mail (msg)

I have called Microsoft Permium Support, base on the reply, SharePoint 2013 does not support to index a PDF file attachment in E-mail (msg) except 3rd party iFilter installed. And they finally told me how to edit Windows Registry for install the Adobe iFilter.
But, the Adobe iFilter is too weak to call large PDF files. So, I would like to install and try the Foxit PDF iFilter, but I cannot find an installation guide for this 3rd party ifilter with SharePoint 2013.
Does anyone here have the experience for Foxit PDF iFilter with SharePoint 2013 can help me?
I am not sure it is bug or feature in SharePoint 2013, but in case I still have to install 3rd party iFilter for index PDF file. I have no idea what is the out of box pdf file indexing support for.

You ca plan to use Foxit.
steps are nearly the same which we use in sharepoint 2013
1. We need to update registry for pdf . Registry value is {987f8d1a-26e6-4554-b007-6b20e2680632}
2. we need to install the foxit ifilter
Here are steps for same
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2293357
3. run below command:
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net start spsearch4
net stop osearch14
net start osearch14
Check below:
http://bjarnegram.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/installing-foxit-pdf-ifilter-on-sharepoint-server-2010/

A script for copying smilar files to a new location

Hi,
i newbies to scripting. My challenge is that I want a script to only copy files with names "similar" and not "exactly the same" as the filenames in the text file.
For example some files have 10 letters file name like "ABC01FGH01.tif". I have to copy file where starting letter "ABC" and middle letter "FGH" of file name are fixed, but other letters are changed.
The script sees a file name like "ABC**FGH**.tif", it should search the source location and copy the files having filenames with at least this characters e.g. "ABC02FGH02.tif", "ABC03FGH04.tif" should be copied since it has
contains "ABC**FGH**.tif".
Please help.

Learn how to use wildcards in file names. '*' is for any number of characters and'?' is for one character.
COPY ABC??DE???.?x? c:\target
Start by using DIR
DIR ABC??DEF???JK.?x?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Offline running - can "GetResources() for an embedded file ever work?

This question has come up in various guises in the past, but has often then become confused with other issues (see [t-5123126] ) so I've not been able to find a useful answer. I've tried to bring the problem down to the essentials, and just want to know if what I'm trying to do can ever work, or if I should just abandon Web Start for this particular need.
Our app is J2SE Swing and creates a Derby database locally on a PC. The application then captures keyed data and stores it on the local database. Persistence is via JPA (provider was Toplink, now EclipseLink).
The data capture is performed using laptops running the application "offline" with no network connection. This is because the location has no network access of any description. Periodically, each laptop is reconnected to upload its data to a central server.
To help with software distribution, we are using Java Web Start. All the jars are signed and the .jnlp file specifes offline usage is allowed.
When running the application while connected to the network, there are no issues - everything works fine.
When running offline, the application starts up so the Java Web Start caching is working and the code is obviously accessible. However, it throws a MalformedURLException within the EclipseLink code (which we do not wish to modify). The actual statement is:
Enumeration resources = classLoader.getResources("META-INF/persistence.xml"); META-INF/persistence.xml exists within one of the jar files specified as resources in the .jnlp file.
The classloader in question is the Java Web Start classloader ( com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader) which presumably retrieves classes and resources from the remote server or from the cache depending on how the app is being run. In online mode, the persistence.xml resource is found ok, in offline a MalformedURLException is thrown.
My question: is this a fundamental "restriction" of the Web Start environment in offline mode? i.e. it can't load resources such as this xml file from a cached jar using the format shown?. My feeling is that this is just the way it is, and I should move on and try another form of software distribution, but it seems a shame to abandon Web Start as it otherwise meets our needs.
Any relevent experience of this problem would be appreciated.
Edited by: GrayMan on Aug 21, 2009 8:20 AM

A system we're developing make use of a similar setup. I'm not sure if you run into this problem, but the classes in our app uses persistence annotations and do not rely on the orm.xml mapping file. After solving the persistence.xml show stopper, I could see that the application had really slow startup times in offline mode. By looking at the access logs in online mode, I could see that the app was requesting META-INF/orm.xml and META-INF/eclipselink-orm.xml. In online mode, the web server simply returned HTTP 404 with much delay. In offline mode, this resulted in really slow startup times due to timeouts for the mentioned requests.
Creating valid xml files bundling them into the jar file of course didn't help.
I successfully disabled lookup for eclipselink-orm.xml by specifying the following entry in persistence.xml:
<property name="eclipselink.exclude-eclipselink-orm" value="true"/>
To disable lookup for orm.xml, I modified the method loadStandardMappingFiles(String) in org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.MetadataProcessor.MetadataProcessor (eclipselink 1.1.0).
Perhaps this is useful for someone else also.

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