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Apple - Pro/Video - ESPN Original Entertainment

Apple - Pro/Video - ESPN Original Entertainment, Tilt: "A custom postproduction system anchored by 4 editorial stations running Final Cut Pro and Motion and connected by Ethernet to two Xserve RAIDs for storing footage. Governing the workflow was Xsan, which allowed the footage to be easily shared among the editors.

DVI Booster helps Boos HD DVI signals

DVI Booster: "Fixes cable faults when sending digital video over long DVI cables

The ex•tend•it DVI Booster* corrects the digital video signal degradation that occurs beyond 15 feet of DVI cable. If you bought a 50 foot DVI copper cable to connect your HDTV source to your extended display, you may see sparkles when you connect it to the system—what should you do? When combined with a DVI Booster, that same cable will transmit perfect digital video. The DVI Booster is also capable of extending the DVI transmission an additional distance (actual distance may vary)."

macosxhints - An industry-standard DVD template for Pages

macosxhints - An industry-standard DVD template for Pages: " An industry-standard DVD template for Pages"

Have Pages? Free DVD template here

iStopMotion 1.8 adds Audio Sync

iStopMotion 1.8 adds Audio Sync | MacMegasite: "The new version of Boinx iStopMotion lets you now add a soundtrack to time your animation to a soundtrack. It has some more improvements and news - the new timeline looks great. Visit the website for great example movies and a free dem"

(Via http://www.macmegasite.com .)

100 Free loops + contest (great for soundtrack)

MacJams.com - Tune-Up/MacJams Song Competition and Loop Giveaway

MacJams.com is pleased to announce that it has teamed with Tune Media, makers of the Tune-Up for GarageBand series of Apple Loops, to provide a competition where everyone wins.

100 loops there for free - more for your collection

Mac DVD Problems (Part 5)

Mac DVD Problems (Part 5)

DVD Problems updated at macintouch

(Via http://www.macintouch.com .)

IGM: Blu-Ray v. HD-DVD: A Truce?

IGM: Blu-Ray v. HD-DVD: A Truce?: "ony's president-elect has offered an olive branch to the HD-DVD consortium. Apple has a foot in both camps: it recently joined the Blu-Ray consortium, but its AAC codec, a subset of QuickTime, is the basis of HD-DVD audio. Microsoft's Windows Media is the approved format for HD-DVD video."

(Via http://www.insanely-great.com .)

MacFixIt - Keynote 2.0.1: Distorted MPEG video content; Printing issues

MacFixIt - Keynote 2.0.1: Distorted MPEG video content; Printing issues: "Distorted MPEG video content A number of MacFixIt readers report an issue with distorted MPEG video playback in Keynote 2.0.1, generally in the form of bars along the sides of the playback window.

Greg Pinelo writes:

'Embedded MPEG 1 and 2 video does not play properly in slideshow. If you resize the video, large green bars appear on the side or bottom during playback. Very annoying to have to use PowerPoint for anything that includes video"

(Via http://www.macfixit.com .)

Apple - Downloads - Video - Movie Time 0.3b5

Apple - Downloads - Video - Movie Time 0.3b5 Simple yet powerful fulscreen movie player for Mac OS X with subtitles support. Features list:
- Fullscreen playback
- Configurable playlist sort
- Subtitles support
- Storing last played movie(s) on exit
- Resume unfinished movie(s) on launch
- Quit after last movie finished
- Simple (one-touch) keyboard playback control
- Controller for mouse playback control
- Preferences dialog

LiveType's Media Browser window won't open

LiveType's Media Browser window won't open

LiveType's Media Browser window may not open if malformed or damaged fonts are installed.

The solution is to update to Mac OS X 10.3.5. This update is available in Software Update in System Preferences and can also be downloaded from here.