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> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:24:04 -0400
> Subject: [MacDV] iMovie 2
> From: Chris  Zayachkowski <clockworkproductions at mac.com>
> Message-Id: <5FB682F8-A036-11D6-9FE6-0050E42E2E4E at mac.com>
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> Hi,
> 
> Sorry to bother you all with this but I just purchased Mac OS X (10.1.5)=20=
> 
> and I of course have iMovie 2. I downloaded from Apple=E8s website the=20=
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> 2.1.1 plug-in pack but cannot seemed to get it to install properly under=20=
> 
> OS X. I followed the installations in the READ ME file but it seems not=20=
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> to recognize the plug-ins. Can anyone help me with this
> 
> Chris:(
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> Message-Id: <200207260128.g6Q1Sve0029844 at apollo.vicon.net>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:33:24 -0400
> From: Kochkodin <kochkodn at vicon.net>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: It can be upgraded (Academic)
> 
> So its the same as retail but just much cheaper? I've heard some people say it
> has a
> watermark but others have said it does not.
> Perhaps something in the "Get Info" says created with FCP Ed.? If thats the
> case you can
> get rid of that with ResEdit. I decided to
> try it out on my iMac SE even though its only 400Mhz.
> 
> JK
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> Chris Zayachkowski wrote:
> 
>> Bill,
>> 
>> Not true. You can upgrade the Academic version of FCP. I checked!
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
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> Message-ID: <3D40B1E7.7720BB3 at grandcanyonhiker.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:20:23 -0500
> From: Ken McNamara <conmara at grandcanyonhiker.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Formac "devideon superdrive"
> 
> Tim -
> 
> I bought a Formac Studio (converting video to DVD for importing on my
> G4).  First it didn't fit quality S-video connectors (case holes too
> small).  Then, inspite of their name - it had no integration with
> Premiere.
> 
> It took them 36 hours to answer my first tech request.  The response to
> the mechanical problem (connectors not fitting) was pretty much 'duh,
> yeah we've have some complaints...'.  Their response to it's lack of
> integration with Premiere wasn't any better.
> 
> Their installation program installed a 'Video Tape Recorder' - then that
> program refused to work because I didn't have a 1394 hard drive.  Well,
> I didn't have it when the program did the installation.
> 
> I found their tech support to be worse than Dazzle.
> 
> I took it back.
> 
> KenMc
> 
> Tim O'Connor wrote:
>> 
>> [I again want to thank everyone who wrote with helpful info I could
>> offer to the friend who wanted to keep CPU-upgrading his Mac 7600
>> through eternity.  I finally convinced him, with the help of mail from
>> this list, to save up for a G4 tower, which would make him happier.
>> He's still grumbling about what he'll do about an "audio in"
>> connector, but I suspect he'll come up with something.]
>> 
>> I have a question on behalf of myself, now.  I bought a new drive from
>> Formac, which is their own version of the Apple Superdrive, including
>> a Panasonic drive (the DVR-A04) with Formac's own version (from what I
>> can tell) of iDVD.  See:
>> 
>> http://www.formac.com/html/shopformac.html?cid=shop_products_devideon
>> 
>> The problem (reported to Formac; no response yet) is: the manual says
>> the DVD software needs at least OS9 9.2.1 and Disk Copy 6.5.  My problem
>> came when I reached the burn stage and found I had Disk Copy 6.3.3 (or
>> thereabouts).
>> 
>> A lengthy search at Apple and on Google showed that there is no version
>> of Disk Copy at version 6.5.
>> 
>> Apple lists a 6.5b<something>, a beta, where "something" is a 3-part
>> number.  (I've seen a few different versions listed.)  This beta is
>> available to developers only -- and I'm not one.  Tests show conclusively
>> that version 6.3.3 fails miserably.
>> 
>> Does anyone know if there is really a version numbered 6.5 anywhere?
>> It's hard to believe Formac would release a product with such a flaw.
>> I found at least one magazine review of the article, and can only conclude
>> that they were working with OS X (which gives me different problems in
>> version 10.1.3, where the FireWire drive is not recognized as a DVD
>> device), because I don't know how a reviewer missed this one.  I'm
>> working with a G4 dual-CPU 500MHz tower.
>> 
>> (In case you wonder why I'm not running 10.1.5, I intend to upgrade, but
>> want a backup first -- and am waiting for a copy of Retrospect to arrive.
>> I'm messing around in OS X right now trying to see if I can get the system
>> to see the drive as a writeable device, so I can try the backup on DVD.)
>> 
>> I'd appreciate any ideas anyone might have -- even pointers to information
>> sources.  I've had good success with other Formac products in the past, and
>> am surprised both by the trouble and by the delay in response.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.  I'd really love to get this thing working properly!
>> 
>> --tim o'connor
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