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iTunes for video files? 602 Views / 0 Replies  
Having just bought a new big hard drive, I have started ripping all my DVDs to MPEG4 using Handbrake.

What I would now like is a program like iTunes, but to store my movies, including cover...
Posted by Putta, on Mar 22, 2005 at 07:03 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Hard Drive Upgrade - Help please 697 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi all,

I have a MDD power mac dual 1Ghz, I think the first iteration of these machines. It has a standard built-in hard disk (80Gb). I want to buy a new hard disk, mainly to store my music...
Posted by Putta, on Mar 14, 2005 at 04:44 AM, in Mac Desktops
Mr Helliums, I appreciate the point you make... 1,844 Views / 21 Replies  
Mr Helliums,

I appreciate the point you make and while not perfect, perhaps there is a reason prices are quoted as they are.

If you look at the Apple Store in the US and the Apple Store in the...
Posted by Putta, on Feb 24, 2005 at 06:51 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Right, I'll try and answer these points one at a... 1,844 Views / 21 Replies  
Right, I'll try and answer these points one at a time...

I didn't include US sales tax as it varies state to state. Even when it is included, it is much less than in the UK (not Apple's fault, I...
Posted by Putta, on Feb 24, 2005 at 03:51 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
For those of you who think the price difference... 1,844 Views / 21 Replies  
For those of you who think the price difference between the US and UK is only brought up by "whiners" try this...

I know what VAT and sales tax are, and I can assure you that VAT here is not 268%....
Posted by Putta, on Feb 24, 2005 at 08:43 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Long home entertainment post 842 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi all,

I am just about to buy my first house in london and essentially need to make some decisions about distributed audio.

I have looked at the Squeezebox and the Roku whatever-its -called...
Posted by Putta, on Feb 17, 2004 at 01:44 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Might jus get a new entry for the Darwin awards... 791 Views / 11 Replies  
Might jus get a new entry for the Darwin awards ;-)
Posted by Putta, on Dec 1, 2003 at 07:57 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Me too! 630 Views / 5 Replies  
Me too!
Posted by Putta, on Nov 28, 2003 at 08:13 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Powerbooks at MacWorld SF? 2,033 Views / 23 Replies  
So, my girlfriend is in the market to buy a machine and is looking at the 15 inch albook.

I know that half of you are going to write back and say just get the machine now, so consider that I have...
Posted by Putta, on Nov 28, 2003 at 08:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Not to be one of those uptight people correcting... 2,098 Views / 12 Replies  
Not to be one of those uptight people correcting everyone's threads, but out of interest for those who don't know, the light coloured trim round the edge of the TiBook is in fact made out of carbon...
Posted by Putta, on Nov 28, 2003 at 07:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Local iDisk and Panther performance 660 Views / 5 Replies  
OK, first a little background. Original TiBook 667, 768Mb RAM, Clean install of Panther...

So, I set up my tibook to synchronise automatically with .mac to give me a local iDisk. And I've been...
Posted by Putta, on Oct 26, 2003 at 02:28 PM, in macOS
External hard drive on mac and pc 1,069 Views / 0 Replies  
Any help appreciated:

I have a 60Gb pocketdrive (LaCie) and I want to transfer some large files to a PC. The pocketdrive has USB2 and Firewire though the PC does not have FW.

I don't know what...
Posted by Putta, on Oct 20, 2003 at 05:49 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
What happens if you send your kid a 20 buck gift... 626 Views / 5 Replies  
What happens if you send your kid a 20 buck gift certificate and they don't have a credit card. This is related to another post in this forum that I don't have time to link to. Essentially, can't you...
Posted by Putta, on Oct 17, 2003 at 01:50 PM, in Applications
OK, am on the case. Have emailed afriend in... 812 Views / 8 Replies  
OK, am on the case. Have emailed afriend in florida asking him to open an account and send me a $10 gift certificate.

Will of course post back with my comments folks.

Cheers,

Rohan

PS Of...
Posted by Putta, on Oct 17, 2003 at 01:45 PM, in Applications
iTMS Gift Certificates 812 Views / 8 Replies  
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I really did look around and seeing as it is the *iTunes* music store, this seems as appropriate as anywhere else.

Anyway, I am just windering...
Posted by Putta, on Oct 17, 2003 at 05:18 AM, in Applications
This was an issue I saw last time when they... 1,499 Views / 11 Replies  
This was an issue I saw last time when they introduced DVD back-up, how do you create playlists of the right size but also getting all your songs and not duplicating any.

Fortunately, iTunes 4.1...
Posted by Putta, on Oct 17, 2003 at 04:58 AM, in Applications
Revolution and 10.2.8 586 Views / 2 Replies  
Just installed 10.2.8 and can't use the card anymore. It doesn't come up in system prefs -> sound at all and there are no details for it in the system profiler, just says unknown card...
Posted by Putta, on Sep 23, 2003 at 05:19 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
We *may* see powerbooks today though I doubt it.... 63,799 Views / 420 Replies  
We *may* see powerbooks today though I doubt it. So many people have been waiting so long that even if it is a modest increase Steve will wait for next week.

As for G5s, I think anyone who has...
Posted by Putta, on Sep 9, 2003 at 09:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Link doesn't work.. 4,426 Views / 94 Replies  
Link doesn't work..
Posted by Putta, on May 29, 2003 at 06:43 AM, in Applications
New tablets, new macs? 797 Views / 2 Replies  
Saw on MacMinute that Wacom have made new platinum tablets. They presumably have some level of access to things at Apple.

Is it possible that they have been told "Think Platinum!" from Apple...
Posted by Putta, on May 28, 2003 at 10:46 AM, in Mac Desktops
While totally reasonable of Apple (And it really... 4,426 Views / 94 Replies  
While totally reasonable of Apple (And it really is), its still kind of dissapointing.

Its just that there was a time when Apple would have done anything to prevent this, now they seem to be all...
Posted by Putta, on May 27, 2003 at 06:47 PM, in Applications
Re: Burning DVD 15,546 Views / 50 Replies  
Sorry this is a little late but...

Just use DVD imager (1.2 was released on versiontracker a few days ago). Drag the VIDEO_TS folder generated with DVD2OneX onto its icon and it will create a DVD...
Posted by Putta, on May 27, 2003 at 10:24 AM, in Applications
The point is more whether 4x as bad would be all... 877 Views / 6 Replies  
The point is more whether 4x as bad would be all that terrible compared to VCDs. It would be great to be able to take 20 DVDs on a trip where quality isn't so important and not have to worry about...
Posted by Putta, on May 14, 2003 at 05:09 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
Burning DVD movies - Reading them later??? 877 Views / 6 Replies  
Quick question....

Will all DVD movies burn't using Apple's superdrive work on any DVD player? I seem to remember reading that they might not but can't recall if the problem was limited to burning...
Posted by Putta, on May 13, 2003 at 03:04 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Help please! RAM not recognised! 531 Views / 2 Replies  
So, I tried installing a 128Mb chip in my girlfriends 600Mhz ibook (I think late 2001 model). It doesn't show up when I do the about this mac thingy.

I then tried installing another that I had...
Posted by Putta, on May 13, 2003 at 05:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: DVD2oneX scene's skipping back 754 Views / 1 Replies  
I think the problem is DVD backup as I got the same problems with it before using DVD2One X....

Great program, pity about the bug, I guess we'll have to use OS eX
Posted by Putta, on May 6, 2003 at 06:55 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
My god! Why such a cretin! He was asking a simple... 645 Views / 6 Replies  
My god! Why such a cretin! He was asking a simple question. People like you should just....
Posted by Putta, on May 6, 2003 at 05:20 PM, in macOS
I heard that a new EU regulation would soon mean... 1,056 Views / 17 Replies  
I heard that a new EU regulation would soon mean that ANY producer of electronics would be legally bound to provide a warranty for two years....

Can anyone confirm this as it will have an enornous...
Posted by Putta, on May 4, 2003 at 10:21 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Yeah - got to come in here again. I too didn't... 1,387 Views / 45 Replies  
Yeah - got to come in here again. I too didn't mind the actual paying for .mac (though I think there are ethical issues which should be addressed by all service providers when it comes to supllying...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 12:52 PM, in macOS
4 songs an hour? 1,022 Views / 9 Replies  
So, steve thinks you can only do 4 songs of good quality in an hour huh?

Well, I put him to the test and downloaded the counting crows CD off Limewire - every one of them (16 tracks) at 192Kbs....
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 10:43 AM, in macOS
Re: rendezvous and streaming iTunes 603 Views / 3 Replies  
One presumes the bit rate is the absoloute minimum bandwidth required. How much you need above this - I just don't know....
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 08:52 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Any suggestions for backing up a whole library of... 536 Views / 2 Replies  
Any suggestions for backing up a whole library of 30Gb? How do you break it down into 4Gb playlists without some songs coming up in more than one playlist?
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 06:56 AM, in macOS
More to the point - this is why we have credit... 1,387 Views / 45 Replies  
More to the point - this is why we have credit cards which are internationally accepted.

Still, all i can suggest is that you sign the petition and use the iTunes feedback to swamp them
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 06:54 AM, in macOS
I am sure we will find out soon enough - I would... 3,659 Views / 56 Replies  
I am sure we will find out soon enough - I would test it now if I was in the US (@&$*!!!!).

So, everyone - in a sense of solidarity - start doing this and posting the filtered AAC tracks on...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 06:51 AM, in Applications
Thats not the point - this way, one could... 3,659 Views / 56 Replies  
Thats not the point - this way, one could presumably take tracks from the apple store and burn them to CD. Give them to your friend and he rips them in AAC to his computer and itunes library.

So,...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 06:28 AM, in Applications
OK, but as far as I can see, no one has answered... 3,659 Views / 56 Replies  
OK, but as far as I can see, no one has answered this. Is there a drop in quality if I burn 128 AAC files to a CD and then rip them back as AAC as opposed to MP3 (as iTunes allows).

Surely the...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 29, 2003 at 06:06 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the support - I wonder if you could... 1,121 Views / 11 Replies  
Thanks for the support - I wonder if you could resist even if you wanted to.

Seriously though, this happens everytime and its so galling when Apple already generously converts hardware prices...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 28, 2003 at 07:19 PM, in macOS
Actually I think I will start complaining now. We... 1,387 Views / 45 Replies  
Actually I think I will start complaining now. We pay more for our machines than you do and constantly get bad service. Its enough to make someone want to switch.

They have been working at this...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 28, 2003 at 07:10 PM, in macOS
Lets try and make the music store fail! 1,121 Views / 11 Replies  
So, as with many of the international Apple fans - I am getting truly f@$ked over!

So, here is a suggestion - Use the preview function to get a list of songs you want to download and then use...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 28, 2003 at 07:07 PM, in macOS
Granted, and I see your point. However, at $130... 2,276 Views / 35 Replies  
Granted, and I see your point. However, at $130 per upgrade (and people upgrade OS versions more often than machines), Apple would get huge revenue from OS sales to a much wider audience.

However,...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 23, 2003 at 08:23 AM, in macOS
This may be a bit amateurish of me and I may be... 2,276 Views / 35 Replies  
This may be a bit amateurish of me and I may be missing apoint but surely the thing to do is get Mac OS X to run on Intel machines but make it inefficient enough thatthe Mac always retains the...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 23, 2003 at 06:40 AM, in macOS
New iBook today? Tuesday 22/4 957 Views / 10 Replies  
So, I have been looking at the european apple stores which have the we will be back soon notice on them and have done for a while. Suddenly the US one has gone down too!!

What makes me think that...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 22, 2003 at 04:23 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Help please! Problems with email on network 463 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi,

And thanks firstly to anyone who can offer any help here. We are using a network connected to ADSL in South Africa. Internet access is fine and relatively quick (nothing like my connection in...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 9, 2003 at 11:30 AM, in Networking
A sincere thanks to all of you who chirped in... 1,782 Views / 40 Replies  
A sincere thanks to all of you who chirped in with how floppy disks are dead. Seriously, well done on showing how short sighted you all are.

Apple is trying to switch people from the PC world...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 2, 2003 at 06:29 AM, in macOS
I recently flew from London to NYC on American in... 2,215 Views / 26 Replies  
I recently flew from London to NYC on American in coach and they do have power ports though only one per bunch of seats. you can find a diagram on the AA website showing where they are located - or,...
Posted by Putta, on Apr 1, 2003 at 06:35 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I might have the wrong idea (so don't get pissed... 2,354 Views / 36 Replies  
I might have the wrong idea (so don't get pissed off with me), but wouldn't the WWDC be the wrong place to launch or even announce a new iBook? Even if it is a modest upgrade or a price drop, it will...
Posted by Putta, on Mar 31, 2003 at 05:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I agree, totally the best investment. Now... 818 Views / 14 Replies  
I agree, totally the best investment. Now everytime I lose my phone, the minute Orange replace it, all my numbers are there!

Also, to be able to send text messages is so quick and I routinely...
Posted by Putta, on Mar 27, 2003 at 01:09 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Bush is NOT the president... Go see... 1,337 Views / 25 Replies  
Bush is NOT the president... Go see michaelmoore.com

Bush is an idiot and anyone who says he isn't is probably an idiot!

Now, if only a PC was running his communications, we wouldn't have to...
Posted by Putta, on Mar 21, 2003 at 03:35 PM, in macOS
British Airways have power adapters with the... 848 Views / 11 Replies  
British Airways have power adapters with the airline adapter (not a cigarette adapter) in all seats except economy. Beware though that AC inverters don't work on BA 777s, only the direct connections....
Posted by Putta, on Mar 12, 2003 at 12:31 AM, in Mac Notebooks
having spoken with a lot of mac and pc users,... 3,473 Views / 32 Replies  
having spoken with a lot of mac and pc users, there would be real demnad for what you call isync extreme.... Now, if they made the Mail database in such a way that you could do incremental back ups,...
Posted by Putta, on Mar 2, 2003 at 10:40 PM, in macOS
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