This fixed my issue with the YouTube5 Safari extension! Thanks!
If you’re having trouble with youtube playing with the youtube html5 player please try going to http://www.youtube.com/html5 and opting out of the youtube html5 test.
[From Vertical Forest :: YouTube5]
I discovered this problem on my iPhone too and it's annoying. Fix it Apple! Changing my Airport Express settings each time isn't an option.
Currently, the wireless network is set to G-Only since this was the best setup for our office. It was only when I switched the Wireless Network Mode to B-Only that YouTube videos began watchable again. None of the other settings had any effect.
[From YouTube Slow on iPhone through Wi-Fi - RESOLVED » Media and Internet Marketing Blog]
Chris Breen gives some great advice for users wanting to move some of their DVD movies over to, say, an iPhone or iPod. Free software makes it easy.
If you’re a Mac user interested in ripping your commercial DVDs to a format playable on an Apple TV, iPod, or iPhone, the free video transcoder, HandBrake 0.9.3, is one of the easiest ways to go about it. With a copy of the free VLC installed on your Mac, HandBrake can rip most DVDs made today, and the results it produces are quite watchable.
[From Beyond HandBrake's defaults | Entertainment & HDTV | Playlist | Macworld]
Coming to an iPhone, iPod Touch, or Wii near you!!! This is great news for my family. Will likely only be WiFi, however.
A new player is about to enter the arena: Netflix itself, who intends to bring "Watch Instantly" video streaming to the iPhone/iPod touch and the Nintendo Wii. At present Netflix streams over 12,000 movies and TV shows over a large variety of devices including Intel-based Macs.
Todd Spangler of Mutichannel.com speculates, and I agree with him totally, that when released, streaming will be limited to Wi-Fi only.
[From Netflix expected to release a Watch Instantly video streaming app]
Finally, though we've considered dropping this service. This is a beta test for which you'll have to opt-in. To do so, following this link:
Opt-in for Silverlight Movie Player Beta
Get the Silverlight Plug-in here.
Netflix opens 'Watch Instantly' to Mac owners who opt-in - Engadget:
Mac owners who have been waiting for Netflix to open up the 'Watch Instantly' option just got a little something to light up their day -- the service is now available to the public; or at least members of the public who opt in via a web form. It's all based on Microsoft's Silverlight, so you'll need to download and install the plugin for your web browser, but please mind the six device limit if you've got a small cadre of 'Watch Instantly' devices in use. So if you can live with the fact that Microsoft tech is the lynchpin to your Mac streaming enjoyment, hustle on over and sign yourselves up for that non-HD, but ample selection of streaming content.
If you ever need to play a VCD on your Mac, here's how:
How to Play VCD, XVCD on Mac or Windows computer, or DVD Player:
How to Play a VCD using QuickTime Player (Mac)
QuickTime Player will play a Video CD (VCD), but doesn't recognize the VCD format, so it will not find the video files on the disk and play them in order. You have to find each of the videos files for it and then open them.
To play a VCD with QuickTime Player:
Come on Apple! This is the kind of idiotic thing Microsoft does: Take software that's working well and, inexplicably, redesign key interface elements so that it becomes almost unusable (just look at the new MS Office 2007 for an example). Whoever convinced the iLife supervisors at Apple that the timeline in iMovie had to go should be sacked, posthaste, and those Apple supervisors should probably be booted as well. God, we're in trouble once Steve Jobs either retires or dies!
There's no end to the ranting out there regarding this issue, but just so you're aware...Apple apparently understands it's a dumbass, because they allow downloads of iMovie 06 to augment the 08 version. What they meant to say was "replace."
And just so you know, I made an effort and gave iMovie 08 a try; I just edited a movie with it. I got used to some things after a while (and a few new features are actually desirable), but it's still cumbersome and confusing. A timeline is too important, especially for audio edits.
BRING BACK THE TIMELINE APPLE! Leave the bumbling to Microsoft.
These techniques have actually been used to recover stolen MBs and MBPs and prosecute the scumbags who stole them. Video here.
How to Secure your MacBook or MacBook Pro against theft : Switching To Mac:
Do you have a MacBook or MacBook Pro? If you do then you’re in luck, give iAlertU and TheftSensor a try [also see Undercover]. These two free applications take advantage of your MacBook or MacBook Pro’s Sudden Motion Sensor as well as other input information to activate a Security Alarm-like sound notifying you of intruders on your Mac.
A friend of mine, Paul Garay (composer and podcast producer, and founder of the Inside Home Recording podcast), produces training videos for Macs and related software, specifically the software that comes with every shiny new Mac...all those wonderful Apple goodies that make your new Mac a super-machine. Check it out and learn how to get some serious mileage out of your machine!
I've revamped the blog a little. Added some additional sidebar content. Also, be sure to sniff around at my other pages around the web, including:
http://www.sonicdeviant.com
http://sonicdeviant.blogspot.com
Have a great 2008!
