• Video

  33 answers, most recent on 6/5/2006

  RE: The worst of the tech industry
  RE: Satellite phones Iriduim was a business failure. So was the company that laid all the fiber from the US to Asia (can't remember the company name). I classify them as business writeoffs. Designed from the start to place infrastructure, then
• Video

  11 answers, most recent on 5/29/2006

  RE: OT: cheap computers
  Aw, the inevitable question. I use DOS- all DOS and train them on it for 100 bucks an hour- they sure do know their command prompts :) Really though some I have loaded with UBUNTU Linux b/c all they wanted to do is get on the internet and they did
• Video

  29 answers, most recent on 5/9/2006

  RE: Yay!!! A new plugin for Vegas! - NewBlue FX
  terrific tech support ... I was having an activation issue, got a phone call and we fixed it... quick faq re activation, if it's not activating, it's likely due to a firewall not letting it activate online... so just click the "buy online" button
• Video

  54 answers, most recent on 4/29/2006

  RE: OT: So Whats the life changing announcement?
  You only need big ass displays and hype if you have no substance. Not true. Both Apple and Adobe have solid products with their good and bad points, just like Vegas. The reason they have a huge multiple of Vegas' market share is that they DO market
• Video

  72 answers, most recent on 4/17/2006

  RE: Indie Filmmaker - Wish List - Vegas 7.0
  Firstly I'd have to question why anyone would even want to shoot at 24fps, serious production is done at that frame rate not because it's better, simply because there's no choice. With it comes a range of limitations, there's simply no upside to
• Video

  72 answers, most recent on 4/17/2006

  RE: Indie Filmmaker - Wish List - Vegas 7.0
  > 1. you're sure that Vegas doesn't support JVC 24p. not so. Again, Sony didn't capitalize on sharing this info...as did FCP and Premier. Not my fault. I was on the phone the day the HD100U was announced trying to see if was going to be
• Video

  7 answers, most recent on 4/14/2006

  RE: Put Only Meat In The Freezer
  This is a situation where a few qualifiers need to be applied. It's important to note that it's an effective technique that's limited to specific types of drive failures and is not a panacea. Nor does it actually fix the hard drive. When it works,
• Video

  16 answers, most recent on 4/11/2006

  RE: DVD burn speed confusion. Help!
  I have had nothing but good experiences with Meritline. Very fast delivery. I did have a problem with a rebate, which is handled by an "affiliate" company that is actually in the same building. I actually managed to get a customer support rep on the
• Video

  8 answers, most recent on 4/2/2006

  OT: Apple Store April Fools Day!
  The Apple Store has a great sense of humor it would appear. The day before April Fools Day the Apple Store has cancelled my FX1 order and the orders of many others it would seem. I ordered at Noon Eastern time. I went back to check my order status
• Video

  10 answers, most recent on 3/25/2006

  RE: Vegas Video popularity? ...and best book?
  I'm just curious, but is Vegas Video just as good as Adobe Premiere? It seems like Adobe Premiere is 100x more popular (for example, my local book store has TONS of books on Premiere but not a single one on Vegas) Vegas is 100x better than
• Video

  55 answers, most recent on 3/9/2006

  RE: OT: Is The Internet Doomed?
  Coursedesign, You wrote: "The only thing that scares The Phone Company right now is Google buying up as much dark fiber as they can nationwide, with the intent of "bypassing" The Phone Company over the air in the same way MCI (originally known as
• Video

  55 answers, most recent on 3/9/2006

  RE: OT: Is The Internet Doomed?
  The only thing that scares The Phone Company right now is Google buying up as much dark fiber as they can nationwide, with the intent of "bypassing" The Phone Company over the air in the same way MCI (originally known as Microwave Communications,
• Video

  9 answers, most recent on 3/8/2006

  RE: Delayed Write Error
  I have a collection of non-working patches from Microsoft for this issue. I finally gave up and started using USB2 which has been OK. I need to check to see if this is a new and improved one that might actually fix it on my system. To get it is
• Video

  7 answers, most recent on 3/5/2006

  RE: Cayman Question
  Give Cayman a call. I've been using their 5.0c beta Power CG Plus with V6d with no problems. I've also accessed their phone support a couple of times and have had personal, consistant, and knowledgable response each time. I don't know if their
• Video

  11 answers, most recent on 3/4/2006

  RE: Capturing midi file?
  that's not true. Many "game" level sound cards support midi instruments & can sound very very well. Some let you load up custom instrument profiles. My old Sound Blaster AWE 32 had amazing midi play back capability. I haven't heard
• Video

  14 answers, most recent on 3/2/2006

  RE: OT: Free Open Office Suite (Word, Excel, PP)
  Yes, OO.org is nice. I've been using it for a few years. Back in college I used StarOffice. It was part of Sun then but if you paid you got phone support and (GASP!) a printed manual. It's also ineresting to note that the OpenOffice 2 format
• Video

  11 answers, most recent on 10/23/2016

  No Preview.
  Just trying to give some phone support to another local Vegemite. Here's what he did. Hit "Z" instead of "Ctl-Z". No dramas I say, you've just muted the video track, ha, nope. Seems like he had no track selected on the T/L. So we opened a new
• Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)

  4 answers, most recent on 2/5/2006

  RE: Codecs, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  1) As I understand it (not necessarily correct): The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) have put out a number of standards, known as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-2, etc. The .mpeg (sometimes .mpg or .mpe) file format implements
• Video

  2 answers, most recent on 1/27/2006

  OT: Serious Magic Vent
  I am highly aggravated so bear with me.... Has anyone had problems with Serious Magic lately? I had some computer problems and chose to make a few changes, re-format, and re-load my software. Everything went well except trying to activate Ultra
• Video

  9 answers, most recent on 1/22/2006

  RE: Media Management is...
  I just created a subclip, applied a mediaFX to it, put it in a bin, and drug the bin to a new project. The subclip name stayed intact but the MediaFX was stripped out. So I didn't repro wht you were seeing but uncovered another problem. I've spent
• Video

  51 answers, most recent on 1/15/2006

  RE: O.T. web site hosts
  thanks glenn I also saw SAVEFIFTY promo code. You bring up some good points. My current provider is reachable by phone and they usually get to the support tickets within a few hours. So I have not really had a bad experience with them.
• Video

  59 answers, most recent on 2/5/2006

  RE: Reception music illegal to resale?
  Indulge me in one further clarification. The cell phone incident mentioned above concerning, "Gonna Fly Now" is a perfect example of how the Law in the USA is not what is written but what is litigated. In my opinion for a documentary it is a clear
• Video

  36 answers, most recent on 12/30/2005

  OT: What will 2006 bring us?
  Touched on in another thread, 2006 is shaping up to be hopefully a very promising year in the multimedia/video world. 2006 is the year when we will see the first MacTel machines that will be capable of running not only OSX and Mac software, but
• Video

  2 answers, most recent on 11/29/2005

  Vegas 4.0 blank preview window
  After getting a production 99% finished, my preview window has gone black. I stll hear the audio, This is a short 10 minute project with two video and two audio tracks. I've done a <cntrl><shift> to reset the program, and can find no