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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Jessica - Apr 11, 2007 3:05:27 am PDT #1238 of 25496

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

TiVo Desktop/To Go

TivoDecode / TivoDecodeManager

WS_FTP Pro. That duck program irritates me.

I never found a free Mac FTP program I liked, wound up buying Fetch.

Paintshop Pro.

Photoshop Elements, also $80. About 80% of the full version's functionality (I have yet to find a feature on one I need on the other).

amych - Apr 11, 2007 3:46:14 am PDT #1239 of 25496

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I'm inordinately fond of Fugu, but it's SFTP only -- not a problem for me as all the servers I FTP to are also SFTP only, but it's a thing to be aware of.

Kevin - Apr 11, 2007 5:59:18 am PDT #1240 of 25496

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

I heard a rumor that there was some form of Open Office that would run on OS X but I haven't seen it or used it and I may have heard wrong.

NeoOffice. Installed it last night, works a charm, and opens Office 2007 documents. Installing involving clicking the .pkg file and typing my password. No need for MS Office, which is great.

I found another Mac program which lets you convert DIVX/XVID/etc to DVD/iPod/Tivo format. But I've forgotten what it's called.

Thanks to all those listing other Mac apps -- I will be playin' tonight!

Jessica - Apr 11, 2007 6:40:11 am PDT #1241 of 25496

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I found another Mac program which lets you convert DIVX/XVID/etc to DVD/iPod/Tivo format

MPEG Streamclip is my favorite Mac friendly media-format converter. I don't know if it can convert things to Tivo-compatible MPEG files (never tried), but it can handle everything I've ever thrown at it.

Kevin - Apr 11, 2007 7:16:23 am PDT #1242 of 25496

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Oh wow, that includes stuff for ripping from generic firewire cameras. Thanks, Jessica - I've got a load of footage on my video camera of actors goofing off I've never been able to extract properly, so I shall have another go.

Jon B. - Apr 11, 2007 7:30:55 am PDT #1243 of 25496

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Oh wow, that includes stuff for ripping from generic firewire cameras.

iMovie doesn't do it for you?

Kevin - Apr 11, 2007 7:36:16 am PDT #1244 of 25496

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Dude, I thought iMovie played DVDs.

esse - Apr 11, 2007 7:48:07 am PDT #1245 of 25496

S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Nope, that's DVD Player. Though I think iMovie would let you work with some DVD content.

Kevin - Apr 11, 2007 8:02:31 am PDT #1246 of 25496

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Nope, that's DVD Player.

Where can I hide my shame?

Jessica - Apr 11, 2007 8:08:23 am PDT #1247 of 25496

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

iMovie is for creating movies. iDVD is for creating DVDs. DVD Player is for playing DVDs.

Of the above, the only one I do not personally detest is DVD Player. Give me Final Cut / DVD Studio Pro any day of the week. (Not that I can afford Final Cut Studio on my home machine, but still. Final Cut Express pre-installed is under $100, and approximately twelve billion times better for video editing than iMovie.)

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