Have you tried Handbrake? http://handbrake.fr/
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:57 PM, David McKay <davidmcka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hope this off-topic query is acceptable. > I'm looking for a program that will convert files on a DVD to files such as > .avi that I can upload to YouTube. > The files are performances of students at our CONSERVATORIUM performing in > scholarship concerts. > All I want to do is to edit the original large .Vob files into short files > to put on our YouTube site. > I've tried a few programs and got very poor results. > Currently trialling AVS video converter. > Thanks for any help you can give. > David McKay > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 09/12/2010, at 8:07 AM, Michael Dutka <mikedu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi - first time on this list - hoping someone might be able to give me > some > > advice about a big problem. > > > > Was running Finale 2008 (original version) on an HP dv6 Notebook PC with > an > > Intel Core i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60 Ghz and 4G of ram. > > > > Worked pretty well until I updated to Finale 10, instantly encountered > > latency problems in playback. Immediately after booting the program, > > playback sounded okay, but the more time that passed, the greater and > > greater the delay. > > > > Heard the internal sound card in lots of laptops couldn't buffer lots of > > data, so I bought the best sound card I could find, an Alesis io2. Ran > into > > the same problem with 2010, and even when I updated to the latest version > of > > 2008 - latency, that got worse and worse with time. > > > > The Finale folks recommended ASIO4All with 2010 - I downloaded it and set > it > > as the audio driver, but I encountered the same latency, at any setting > of > > the ASIO buffer size. > > > > The only way I was able to fix the problem was to uninstall Finale 2008 > and > > reinstall the original version, which worked perfectly, just like before. > > But over and above the bugs in that version, it's only supported on > Windows > > XP, which will soon be outdated and unavailable as well. > > > > I asked the nice folks at the helpdesk for_any configuration that would > work > > - any sound card, any Finale or PC settings, but they said I was having > > hardware problems, which were out of their sphere of support. > > > > If anybody has any suggestions that might let me run Finale 2010 with no > > latency in playback (over and above selling my HP on Ebay and switching > to > > Mac), I'd be extremely grateful. > > > > Thanks and best, > > Michael Dutka > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
