I tried Picasa, and it choked cataloging.
Most of my pics aren't on my Mac box, so I've never even thought of iPhoto. If I get off my ass and get external storage, though, it might be an idea.
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
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§ ita § - Nov 24, 2006 7:15:24 pm PST #9582 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
NoiseDesign - Nov 24, 2006 7:17:10 pm PST #9583 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
It does okay for me. I only use it for my own photographs, not for stuff I've downloaded, but there are a few thousand photos in it now and it seems to be handling them okay.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2006 7:20:46 pm PST #9584 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I zipped up a bunch of my more boring downloaded photos, and am giving Picasa another try. I'll be interested to see how it can bring value to my website photos.
Jessica - Nov 25, 2006 10:26:26 am PST #9585 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Well, I took my phone to the Verizon store, and tech support told me I had irreparable moisture damage. (And the symptoms he described matched what I'd been seeing, so feh. My fault for buying a used phone on eBay in the first place.)
On the plus side, I was able to get $300 off a new Treo 700p, which is very shiny and actually works and stuff. Yay new phone!
Sean K - Nov 25, 2006 1:39:32 pm PST #9586 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
iTunes question:
I've downloaded a few TV episodes, which I watch on my computer (having no iPod). They tend to be pretty visually skippy, and the video siezes up occasionally, even if the audio keeps going.
Is there anything I can do to improve playback? I've dug around in the menus and haven't found anything to help yet. Any advice?
Jon B. - Nov 25, 2006 2:05:00 pm PST #9587 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Have you tried playing them back using the VLC media player? Or are these DRMed such that you can only play them through iTunes?
Sean K - Nov 25, 2006 2:16:48 pm PST #9588 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Actually, I haven't tried to play them on any other media player. What's VLC? I'm running XP (Pro), not any MacOS.
Tom Scola - Nov 25, 2006 2:25:01 pm PST #9589 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Is anything else running in the background on your computer? Do you have enough memory?
Sean K - Nov 25, 2006 2:30:07 pm PST #9590 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I usually try to watch video after restarting the computer, and without running anything else. I may check my systray, as I sometimes forget memory hogs can hide in there.
As for how much memory I have, the box has 512 megs of RAM, and I have a pretty decent graphics card with some memory (unknown how much off the top of my head) of it's own, but I don't know if that improves video playback, or just boost videogame play.
DCJensen - Nov 25, 2006 4:07:01 pm PST #9591 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.