Re: [videoblogging] bad Western Digital Hardrives?
You do have to keep in mind that hard drives, at least ones most people can afford at the moment, have lots of moving parts. Those moving parts are all... well.. moving whenever you access data off those drives. No matter what manufacturer you get your drives from it isn't a matter of if the drive will fail, but when. Anyone that tells you differently is flat out lying. Solid state memory is changing all of that, but it is still very very expensive and doesn't come in capacities that DV require. That being said I've been very happy with my WD drives. On Nov 13, 2007 12:28 PM, Lisa Rein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've had bad luck with western digital, consistently, personally. we also had trouble with them at widehive records a few years ago (like 3 times in a row) and stopped using anything but LaCie. Haven't seen g-raid before...will consider...but i've had good luck with lacies i guess (knock on metal) lisa I've made DVD and HDV Tape back ups as well cause that VP of Marketing's words keep ringing in my head. Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV The Viral Video of How To's by French Maids http://frenchmaidtv.com Subscribe for FREE at: http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes MY BLOG: http://1timstreet.blogspot.com/ On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:16 AM, John Coffey wrote: Thanks Tim, time to back up many hours of HD Eye TV content off my Lacie ASAP --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've lost MANY Lacie drives and when I walked up to the VP of Marketing for Lacie at Macworld and told him his answer was, It's only a matter of time until one of our drives fails. I then walked over to the G-Tech booth and I have been very happy with the G-Raid products ever since. I have 25 G-Tech drives. The other day I thought one of them had gone down on me but then I noticed it wasn't plugged in to the AC outlet. Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV The Viral Video of How To's by French Maids http://frenchmaidtv.com Subscribe for FREE at: http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes MY BLOG: http://1timstreet.blogspot.com/ On Nov 13, 2007, at 7:22 AM, John Coffey wrote: I think I read either here or on Twitter that Bill Streeter had 3 harddrives go bad last week. I'm starting to find that my Western Digital WD HD's don't show up on the desktop. And one of them had smoke coming out like a toaster. Any other thoughts on these always on sale at Best Buy clunkers. I'm gonna spend the $ on reliable LaCie. John Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Craic and Cocktails www.jchtv.com __ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Craic and Cocktails www.jchtv.com __ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.http://mobile.yahoo.com/ sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links Lisa Rein http://onlisareinsradar.com http://www.lisarein.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Scott McNulty I blog: http://blog.blankbaby.com http://www.forkyou.tv http://www.tuaw.com
Re: [videoblogging] Anyone used the Turbo.264?
I'm in charge over at TUAW, and I know our bloggers are working on a longer review. I'll email it to the list when it is done. Thanks, Scott On 6/25/07, Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 25, 2007, at 10:54 AM, Mark Schoneveld wrote: Just read about it in NewTeeVee and wondering if it's really worth the money ($100) to expedite exporting and compression from Final Cut Pro/QuickTime. http://tinyurl.com/yo87fj Anyone? there has been recent discussion on this. check the archives: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/msearch?query=Turbo.264 or http://tinyurl.com/2yz696 \ -- Scott McNulty I blog: http://blog.blankbaby.com http://www.forkyou.tv http://www.tuaw.com
Re: [videoblogging] Macbook vs MacBook Pro re. wifi?
It is generally a safe bet to assume that a plastic cased laptop (i.e. the MacBook) will have better WiFi reception than one clad in metal (i.e. the MacBook Pro). Luckily, Apple has come a long way from the days of the Titanium PowerBooks, and the MacBook Pros get good WiFi reception, but the MacBooks are slightly better (I have one of both, so this is anecdotal). Scott On 6/20/07, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Count me in as one of those still deciding which to buy. But one thing not mentioned was wifi reception of each. Rumor had it that that MacBook wifi reception was great. Any proven tests confirm which is better? Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Cocktails and other good Craic!http://www.jchtv.com/ -- Scott McNulty I blog: http://blog.blankbaby.com http://www.forkyou.tv http://www.tuaw.com
[videoblogging] Fork You: Cooking with a Philly Attitude
I joined this group awhile ago, and I don't often come out of lurker mode, but I thought I would share my newish (kinda) videoblog with everyone. I didn't want to email everyone until I was sure we would keep it up, but since I just posted our 18th episode, I think it is safe to say we are going to keep doing it: http://www.forkyou.tv It is a cooking show that plays on that age old formula of pairing an idiot (that would be me) with a knowledgeable person (Marisa) to create informative and, we hope, entertaining shows. Let me know what you all think. Oh, and I know the color isn't all that great. Sadly, I am partially color blind and I just can't seem to get the colors to match. Thanks, Scott -- Scott McNulty I blog: http://blog.blankbaby.com http://www.forkyou.tv http://www.tuaw.com
Re: [videoblogging] Holy freakin crap, they did it!
You're overlooking the fact that the DRM free music also has twice the bitrate as the DRMed version (meaning real CD quality audio). Also, they will still be selling albums (sans DRM) for $9.99 and all their music videos are ditching DRM. All in all, a very exciting announcement. On 4/2/07, Gary Rosenzweig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/2/07, Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't believe they really did it, DRM free music! Yes, you now can spend $1.29 to buy a DRM-free copy of a song, as compared to $0.99 to buy the DRM copy. Alll they did was find a way to get $0.30 more from us and keep us smiling about it. -- Gary Rosenzweig CleverMedia -- Scott McNulty I blog: http://blog.blankbaby.com http://www.forkyou.tv http://www.tuaw.com
Re: [videoblogging] parallels slow
Here's my patented trick for making my Macs run better: buy as much RAM as possible. Especially if you're virtualizing another operating system. Do you have the max RAM (2 gigs)? On 12/20/06, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed parallels and win xp on my mac book pro. I like the fact I can test stuff in xp and run some programs I can't on the mac. The only problem is that it slows down everything else to a snails pace, so trying to work on anything else with parallels running takes a long time and is almost unworkable. I'm sure running the virtual machine takes a lot, and I can see this would slow things down, but I'm wondering if there is some trick I should know in running parallels that would help with this. If you know any, I would love to know. ... thanks ... Richard -- http://richardhhall.org http://richardshow.com http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- Scott McNulty I blog: http://blog.blankbaby.com http://www.tuaw.com
Re: MacBook Pro VS Powerbook 15/17 for video-podcasting? [ was Re: [videoblogging] 17 inch Powerbook to a good home, cheap?
The new Intel Macs have an emulation layer called 'Rosetta' that allows software written for the PowerPC architecture to 'just work' on the Intel Macs, however, video editing in Rosetta isn't supported. Both Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express are now Universal apps, so the Intel Macs are a good choice I would think (the upgrade isn't free though). As for Macromedia/Adobe/Microsoft products, they are all committed to making Universal versions over the next year but none of them have actually given out a timeline. Their apps will run in Rosetta though, just a tad slower. Oh, and Michael, Apple updated the MacBook Pros to include glossy screens. :(Hope that helps,ScottOn 5/18/06, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael,Couple of questions on software and the intel macs ...1) FCP works on the intel macs now? (I thought the pro applications did not yet run on these).2) It is still true that macromedia products (dreamweaver, flash, fireworks) don't run on these machines? ... RichardOn 5/18/06, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/18/06, B Yen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use a Powerbook 15, it's great for video-podcasting.I've seen the Apple promos for the Macbook Pro, it's slated to be video-podcast friendly.Can it run iMovie HD export iPod compatible movies? What is the story on the Intel-based MacBooks, is it still waiting for Software Developers to catch up?PhotoshopFinalCut ProAdobe Premiere Pro I'd get one right now, if there were sufficient software compatibility: Image video-editing programsI don't own one of these new Macs but I've been checking them out and spent some time yesterday playing with them at the apple store. Here are my impressions: Even the low end Macbook (dual 1.83GHz) is faster than my 1.5GHz G4 PowerBook and should capable of running all the pro apps. It didn't have FCP studio loaded on it so my main concern would be with Motion which requires certain video cards. Even the Macbooks run iMovie HD (intel native) very well - again, better than my current Powerbook. I believe all the Apple software are now universal binaries (anybody know if this is not true?).So what are the differences between the low end MacBook and the high end MacBook Pro? Basically... CPU - ranges from dual 1.83GHz to dual 2.16GHzScreen size and surface - ranges from 13.3 1280 X 800 to 17 1680 X 1050. The Macbooks only come with the shiny screen (I'm not a fan). MacBook Pro have the choice of shiny or matte. Video card - 64MB integrated vs 128MB or 256MB PCIe card.Optical drive - Combo Drive vs 4X DVD burner vs 8X Dual Layer DVD (17 only)All of these computers can hold 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 ram.All can run external monitors (mirroring and 2nd monitor). The Macbooks can run up to a 23 Apple display, the Macbook Pros can run the 30 display. Macbook Pros have the option of running a 7200 rpm drive while the Macbooks can only have a 5400 rpm drive.All come with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built inAll come with built in iSight camerasAll have Gigabit ethernet if you need it (though none come with a modem). The 17 Macbook pro has a firewire 800 portThe Macbook pros have light up keyboardsThe Macbook pros have an Expresscard slot (don't know what you can buy to go in there yet).So in playing with them I felt like the Macbook was a pretty kick ass computer and is probably a great choice for most anybody. But here's why I want the MacBook Pro: 1. Larger screen. I like my current 15 1280 X 854 screen and I'm looking forward to the 1440 X 900 screen on the 15 Macbook Pro.2. Matte screen. The shiny screen was less of a problem than I though it would be but I do spend all day working on my computer designing, editing and writing with a window behind me. 3. Video Card. I want to run Motion and Second Life really well. The 256MB video card makes this possible.4. Keyboard. The Macbook has a new keyboard which I typed on for a while and felt it was okay but not as nice as the Macbook pro keyboard (which is the same as my powerbook keyboard). The Macbook keys are flat instead of concave and they don't travel downward as far. Also when the hit the bottom they don't spring back the same way. I'm sure this is all a matter of pereference but I've always really like the Al Powerbook keyboards. The one thing I wish the 15 Macbook pro had is the 8X dual layer DVD drive.Also, if you want to, you can run Windows on all of these at native speed.So if you don't want to run the most intensive 3D games and such on your laptop, the Macbook seems like it's by far the most bang for your buck. Certainly if your primary purpose is to edit video, audio and publish a blog the $1300 (the one with the 4x DVD burner - for back ups) Macbook is a pretty awesome computer. -Verdi -- Author of the book Secrets Of VideobloggingMe -- http://michaelverdi.comLearn to videoblog -- http://freevlog.orgI'm Going To Vloggercon, June 10 11 -- http://vloggercon.com SPONSORED LINKS
Re: [videoblogging] Just before you start belitting me again.
I haven't really been following the whole sexism thread (and this is my first post to the list) but I find it the height of irony that two British men would say this about America: 'Race of People who invade other's coz they can.' What was that old saying... ah yes, 'The sun never sets on the British Empire.' Since your ancestors pretty much invented imperialism I don't think you have the moral high ground on that particular issue. Of course I'm a white male who happens to be American so obviously I'm a greedy, incompetent fool who knows nothing. ;) On 5/13/06, Paul Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check this out http://www.dailymotion.com/paulreyno/video/169001 Love Paul (to all the haters) -- Scott McNulty I blog: http://blog.blankbaby.com http://www.tuaw.com SPONSORED LINKS Fireant Individual Use Explains YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
