Vid blah... and grrrrrrr

[ash48]

First the grrrrr..... Hubby just upgraded the Mac to the new operating system and suddenly none of my clipping software works. MPEG streamclip won't run the mpg's (my clean copies), the .mov's play only sound in realplayer, I can't friggin' clip in the new Quicktime - sure, it looks very sexy and all and it has this way awesome trimming thing but there doesn't seem to be a way to export it to .dv so I can use it in FCE! In fact it doesn't have "export" as an option at all! What's the use of that!

Looks like we need MPEG-2 play back component for Streamclip which costs $20. Not that that's expensive, but why would an upgrade suddenly make files unreadable in Streamclip?! I know I just have to be patient and wait for my Mac genius hubby to work it all out. And he will (*meep* he better!) It's just I want to play NOW!!!

*breathes*

I was taking a vidding break anyway. *nods* I was. Really. Though I have just put "Battle for the Sun" on my timeline and I have a bit of a plan for this song.... but... hmmmm, we'll see, it ain't going to be easy me thinks...

Sorry to rant.... I feel a bit better now. Damn technology. I mean, I love it really, but.... *sigh* not when it gets complicated on me.

Comments

[greyowl88.livejournal.com]

You sound like me when nothing goes the way it should. But I'm glad to hear that you have someone to work it out.

And patience isn't really one of my virtues either.

Since we (it's my son's PC after all) finally installed a proper anti virus program that then was busy cleaning off all sorts of trojans and cookies we had lying on there already *cough*, the windows media player won't play the SPN DVDs anymore. Luckily I usually watch them with the DVD player on my TV anyway. So I just ignore the problem...

Hope your hubby understands your need to vid SPN and gets things right very soon! (Before your vidding break excuse wears thin...lol.)

xx

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hope your hubby understands your need to vid SPN and gets things right very soon!

Hee! Oh yes, he understands. It's a bit of a love hate relationship actually.... He doesn't really like me vidding (well, just hates the show actually), but equally he is very supportive. I can usually ask him anything and he'll help me. He's basically responsible for all the software I have....:) Luckily he's in the graphics industry so it helps him also.

*smish*

[greyowl88.livejournal.com]

Well, to hear that makes me jealous. When things don't work on our PC we usually don't know what we are doing while trying to fix it. So yay for your helpful hubby!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Indeed! There's no WAY, I'd know what I was doing without him, though I have learned a lot along the way. He now asks me about vid formatting. :)