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[drgrudge]

Dr, nice to know you are using Quicktime player

I use Both VLC and QT but mainly VLC.

 

[goobimama]

On tuaw:

All you have to do is open the Spaces preference pane (Apple Menu > System Preferences > Exposé and Spaces > Spaces tab). Once there, just drag the application you would like to add to the specific space in the overview pane.

Cool! I didn't know one could just drag an application into the space proxy. Went through the whole add application routine...

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[getpriyanth]

I use Both VLC and QT but mainly VLC.

R u people really happy with VLC???

When ever i try dragging the time bar.... of course there is a shift in video... but it takes 5 sec to get the image clear.....

did anyone face this problem???

 

[iMav]

When ever i try dragging the time bar.... of course there is a shift in video... but it takes 5 sec to get the image clear.....

did anyone face this problem???

affects windows too

 

[goobimama]

That problem is usually associated with VCDs (MPG1 is it?). Anyway, I don't use VLC at all these days so I can't say.

 

[drgrudge]

R u people really happy with VLC???

When ever i try dragging the time bar.... of course there is a shift in video... but it takes 5 sec to get the image clear.....

did anyone face this problem???

Yeah happens sometimes. But it affects .wmv files afaik.

But I love VLC, it's advantages overshadow it's limitations.

 

[getpriyanth]

Thanks a loot friends

That problem is usually associated with VCDs (MPG1 is it?). Anyway, I don't use VLC at all these days so I can't say.

then how you play any other formats not supported by Quick Time???

 

[napster007]

off topic : "u ppl don't always have to pay for the expensive softwares".

then again u all know that already

 

[goobimama]

Well I don't really come across any formats that don't play with quicktime. Real Media doesnt play and WMV gives problems. But I've learnt to avoid those. Perian (www.perian.org) takes care of the rest...

 

[yash]

I am trying to play a video which has .mkv extension and h.264 video and DTS 6 channel audio. the audio doesn't work in quicktime. i have latest perian installed. i get the message some components might be required to play this file...

it works fine in vlc. how do i get it to work in quicktime?

 

[goobimama]

Yep. DTS doesn't work for me as well. I remember there was a quicktime component for DTS, but I just can't find it. I guess I'll resume my search for it.

 

[Sourabh]

^^ Nice siggy!

 

[goobimama]

To those who came in late. I just thought I'd share this:
To select text blocks, hold down Command+Option and drag a box. Very useful in cases of selecting text in a multi column PDF, or well, it's useful in many situations. I've noticed though that this feature is non-existent in Safari 3 (I'm not sure if it was there in Safari 2 in the first place)

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[yash]

Yep. DTS doesn't work for me as well. I remember there was a quicktime component for DTS, but I just can't find it. I guess I'll resume my search for it.

In my searches, I get a lot of links leading to perian. but apparently, they are just requests or milestones they want to achieve in a later version.

 

[preshit.net]

I was working on an iMovie project 2 days ago. I exported the movie using QuickTime as avi and it created a 4GB avi file for just 37 minutes.
BUT, the file refuses to play.

Again, I exported the file using the other option, and it made a nice 800MB .m4v file. But if I use this to write a VCD, the quality of the video in the VCD is as bad as an old movie's print.

What's the exact procedure I need to follow ?

 

[Pathik]

Export it a s regular avi and then use some converter to convert it using the divx/xvid/h.264 codec in the avi container.

 

[goobimama]

iMovie 08? I'd say get iMovie 06. That's much better than the new one. I think the new one is just a sort of testing iMovie. It's fun for small videos, but when it comes to larger projects, the older one really rocks.

@pathik: Ever worked with iMovie before? Cause I don't think it exports as plain avi...

 

[preshit.net]

Yes, it is iMovie '08. Does iMovie '06 work along with '08 as an independent app ? Can I install only iMovie '06 without iPHoto and others ?

 

[goobimama]

iMovie 06 is a free download for iLife 08 users. Actually, when you are upgrading from iLife 06 to 08, iMovie 06 is left untouched. Apple knew the shortcomings of the new version and has left the old one untouched.
*www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html

 

[preshit.net]

Wow, thanks goobi
So I just download this and it'll be an independent app ?

The greatest thing about me in iMovie '06 is its TimeLine view