I don't mind iMovie. I agree that FCE/FCP is significantly better, but if you're just making silly little home movie clips, iMovie is fine. It is NOT fine for, say, vidding. Even though I only tried that for like 30 seconds once before I realized I would never, ever be willing to take the time to get good at it.
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
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Gris - Apr 11, 2007 11:09:57 am PDT #1255 of 25496
Hey. New board.
Kevin - Apr 11, 2007 1:20:43 pm PDT #1256 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Today's discoveries - TVShows (brings up a list of TV shows internationally, select subscribe, it downloads them via torrents as the episodes appear online). And I've discovered that whilst Quicktime on Windows was absolute crap, it's quite good on OSX.
esse - Apr 11, 2007 2:11:18 pm PDT #1257 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
the beauty of quicktime in osx is that it's integrated into the operating system frame so it runs beautifully. I've been using it more on this old powerbook than vlc, because vlc sticks. I like mplayer too, for diversity.
thanks for the tip on streamclip, jessica! what a find.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2007 3:32:19 pm PDT #1258 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't get Quicktime to run all the things VLC does. It's very pretty, but I don't even try anymore, because of the pain of rejection.
Jessica - Apr 11, 2007 4:00:19 pm PDT #1259 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I only use VLC when I find something Quicktime won't play -- I just really dislike the interface.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2007 4:11:40 pm PDT #1260 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Most of the stuff I torrent didn't play in Quicktime, but it took me stupidly long to switch the default program.
I wish I could type in the time and scoot right there, and I wish it just having a file open wouldn't disable the screen's going dim. Even if it doesn't have focus. Other than that, I don't ask much other than "play anything."
esse - Apr 11, 2007 11:18:59 pm PDT #1261 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Almost everything I torrent plays in qt, and if it doesn't there's usually something wrong with the avi. Stuff like mkv, flv, that stuff I can't play in there and play in vlc or mplayer. But given the memory limits of my powerbook, it's a better player generally than the other guy.
I use Synergy whenever iTunes is open. Growl and Little Snitch are also indispensible to the way I use my computer.
Gris - Apr 12, 2007 1:02:25 am PDT #1262 of 25496
Hey. New board.
I don't use Synergy, because I find setting global hotkeys with Quicksilver is by far my favorite way to control iTunes.
Growl is awesome.
esse - Apr 12, 2007 1:22:56 am PDT #1263 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Well, I generally use the shuffle feature, so it's easier for me to just click the skip button in the menu bar than do a key combination. But they're both powerful.
Kevin - Apr 12, 2007 3:38:56 am PDT #1264 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Help again!
I put a blank DVD in the drive, pressed ignored when it asked me what I wanted to do, and now there's no icon on the desktop so I can't eject it, and I can't figure out how to burn something.
Being an IT professional who suddenly doesn't have a clue what he's doing is distressing.