My Mac brethren, come here!

[epigene]

Have you tried this?

Windows Media Player and Encoder | Telestream Flip4Mac

If it doesn't work, I'll ask my son when he comes home at night...

 

[epigene]

Update on .wmv format problem:

My son thinks that it is caused by the fact that Windows Media Player for the Mac is always one step behind the Windows version, making files created with the lastest version not visible with the Mac WMP. He says that this occurs also for certain other formats, which he can't recall right away.
He plans to get a Windows PC eventually because there are issues such as this that can be resolved only by running Windows. (The PC has to wait because he just spent a lot on his new G5 and software ... )

Just for your information!!

 

[epigene]

Another update:

I was surfing goo! and found this:

VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN

The poster on the forum says that if this doesn't work, you'll have to give up for the same reason my son gave.

 

[Glenn]

Wow, epigene, you're a wealth of information! Thanks for the help.

Unfortunately I downloaded the VLC player and it didn't help at all. The flip4mac player helped, though. I was finally able to see files that I couldn't before. Thanks for all of your help!

 

[lastmagi]

Glad you're able to get it all set now, Glenn

I have a question, which may actually be kind of simple, but I thought I'd give it a try, since I've been searching for a solution and couldn't find anything. Mostly because I just don't know how to phrase it right.

Some of my .avi video files are too big to fit on a CD (I want to burn them as data files, not DVDs, since my Mac doesn't have that capability), so I was wondering if there's a way to change the quality of their bitrate/sec so they'd be a little smaller? Are there any Mac programs that'll let me do this?

Sorry if this question is kinda dumb- I'm absolutely horrible at multimedia computer stuff!

 

[epigene]

Hi,
I myself am not a Mac user, so I can't give you a definitive answer. But, here's my two cents:

I think the best way to go is to ask the pros like those here:
Mac Support
Mac OS X Hints - A community-built collection of OS X hints

My son (a 10-year Mac user) says he doesn't really know because he never had that need. What he did in his case was to go buy a DVD burner/player. With DVD commonly used today, I think you might be able to find cheap (or used) products. The software that Mac users use I think is Final Cut. There may be others, but they rarely are freeware. I think you'd better consider both hardware and software options.

Hope it helps some!

 

[lastmagi]

heh, thanks for all your help, epigene!

edit:

epigene, I looked through that site you showed me some more and found a related neat trick that I found pretty easy to follow:

Mac OS X Hints - A community-built collection of OS X hints

This is similar to [the commentator in your link] Peter's tip in that it lets you get a full 700 MB instead of 660 MB to use in your blank CD. But since I'm still not ready for scripts and all, this method above suits me fine. I tested it out and was able to successfully (yay!) burn a 690 MB .avi file onto a disc. So thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

Man, I need to use Terminal/Unix more!

 

[Glenn]

Yeah, epigene's the WOman!

 

[lastmagi]

Great news, people! I don't know how man of you folks are both mac users and musicians, but I've found an awesome little program for the mac that lets you view GuitarPro files.

If you didn't know, GuitarPro is a PC-based program that lets you view a certain kind of tab. You can view and make a variety of tracks from guitars to xylophone to percussions. There's a great flexibility in what you can do, pretty much. I think the best thing it has going for it is that there's been much support for it, too. Just visit mysongbook.com to see the tabs available there.

Here's the link: DGuitar Home Page

Note that GuitarPro is also officially coming for the Mac in the second trimester.