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Camino

An.onymous reviewed on 19 Apr 2012
My preferred browser for many years, especially because of its capacity to work when very restrictive security parameters are chosen. However, Camino's cookie blocking option does not work against cookies whose name starts with a dot, in particular the much problematic .atmdt.com cookies (that keep passing, even when connections to atmdt.com are blocked using sudo nano /etc/hosts)
[Version 2.1.2]



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MPEG Streamclip

An.onymous reviewed on 09 Apr 2012
I love this app and I have written a detailed positive critic of it.
BUT
- the latest MPEG Streamclip version saves .avi files that often cannot be read by the latest versions of VLC and Movist (The sound is OK but the image remains black). However, QT can read those .avi files from MPEG Streamclip.
- I cannot read (unrecognized format) .ts files that my descoder saves (they are all read and write but have no creator nor group nor type indicated in FileBuddy's info). However these files can be read with VLC and Handbrake (but without the editing capacities I need).
OF COURSE, I have Apple MPEG2 and all the codecs updated (Perian, FFmpeg,etc).

Please clarify.
Thank you
[Version 1.9.3b7]


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An.onymous replied on 09 Apr 2012
I intended and tried to save the above comment in the "Troubleshooting" section but apparently it did not succeed. Sorry about that.
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An.onymous replied on 19 Apr 2012
THANK YOU very much Aargi. You clarified the point. Indeed MPegStreamclip can only edit some sorts of .ts, not those corresponding to H264+AAC.
VLC can read both but it is not a true editor. So MpegStreamclip needs more efforts to comply with H264+AAC which getting more and more frequent. I hope it is done soon, for there are not many almost-free video editors on Mac.
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FLV Spider

An.onymous reviewed on 30 Dec 2011
BEWARE: this app is proposing an online update that destroys the previous version, then it asks for an activation code that was not provided (at least when purchasing version 2) and is pretendedly sent by email (address not recalled nor modifiable) after typing the reference order number. Then, when this reference is typed, the activation code is NOT emailed (at least within hours) and FLV becomes inaccessible.
Once again this developer beats records in terms of security paranoia at the expense of users.
[Version 2.1.8]


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An.onymous replied on 30 Dec 2011
After some hours I have finally received the Activation code. Actually, the delay could be due (quite likely) to my internet provider. To sum, I lost a few hours waiting for the AC but FLV spider responded rapidly and kindly. Good support job ! I only wish they do not change again their update procedure in the future.
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Lab Tick

An.onymous reviewed on 29 Nov 2011
LT 0.9.4 has been working well on my Powerbook duocore with all versions of Snow Leopard from 10.6.3.
Does it also work on Lion, where the same annoying problem of the keyboard lighting is still met ?
[Version 0.9.4]



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Emu Music Player
An.onymous commented on 04 Sep 2011
The download link dos not work !
[Version 1.0.1]



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MPEG Streamclip
An.onymous commented on 26 Aug 2011
Unlike HandBrake, MpegStreamCliptdoes not allow the reading/conversion of the .tv files, a format getting more frequent through numeric TV.
[Version 1.9.3b7]


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An.onymous replied on 26 Aug 2011
Sorry, I meant the .ts files.
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An.onymous replied on 21 Oct 2011
Hi GeoProf,
Thank you for pointing that MpegStreamclip's doc pretends that the .ts files as usable.
If you actually could use the .ts files with MpegStreamclip b7, the .ts files I get from my TNTV may be somewhat exotic.
However, since HANDBRAKE CAN READ THESE .ts FILES, I still think it is an issue for MpegStreamclip and a useful information for the MPS users in the same situation.
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An.onymous replied on 30 Dec 2011
GeoProf, thank you for suggesting that Apple MP2 component could be missing. It was a reasonable guess as I can read my .ts files with Handbrake (which does not need this component). Unfortunately my Apple2 Component was correctly installed. The strange thing is that these files can be read by other reader like Movist, Mac Blue-ray player, not to mention VLC. MpegStreamClip is the only one of my readers that does not recognizes the format ??
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An.onymous replied on 17 Jan 2012
Thank you GeoProf for the indepth information about MpegStreamClip's arcans.
I just mentionned MPEG2 Component, because YOU had asked : "Do you have the Apple MPEG2 Component installed? "
The fact is and remains that:
- I am using SN, not Lion,
- I have Apple MPEG2 installed, as you asked,
- Mpegstreamclip cannot read the (maybe exotic) .ts files I can save from my TNT TV.
My experience that drawing attention on an anomaly is more useful than encensing a developer whose truly good job I did acknowledge in previous comments and a huge test in Macupdate.
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HandBrake
An.onymous commented on 26 Aug 2011
An advantage of HB over Mpegstreamclip is its capacity of converting the .ts files, a format getting more frequent through the TV.
[Version 0.9.5]



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Default Folder X

An.onymous reviewed on 23 Jul 2011
Now works on Lion. Apart from that, nothing considerable. The much needed and logical complement of an auto-renaming of files is still badly missing.
Can anybody advise of another app that would provide the auto-renaming of the files to be saved that have a redundant name? I would not hesitate replacing the otherwise appreciated DFX with this app if it were necessary.
[Version 4.4.3]



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HandBrake

An.onymous reviewed on 17 Jul 2011
This .5 version is more than 2 times faster tan the previous 9.4 one.
Therefore, one gets two times more rapidly a file which cannot be read by any Mac Player (Message : "This is not a movie file").
So if you have hours of CPU to loose more rapidly, Handbrake 9.5 is a must.
Otherwise STOP HANDBRAKE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT FINISHES THE PROCESS. Then you will get a nice readable movie and loose only a few seconds of the final generic.
One question remains : why do Handbrake makers have to spoil the whole and long work conversion process during the finalization phase ?
BTW, except if you have blocks of pixel to attenuate (in which case HB is really useful when it provides a readable result), you might be better using Mpeg StreamClip which contrary to HB never ends with an unreadable file.
[Version 0.9.5]


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An.onymous replied on 02 Aug 2011
Hi Gatovadio.
Indeed, I am using advanced parameters, assuming they are made available to generate better results). I admit that even when HB completes the task successfully, the advanced parametersdo not seem to do any good.
Whatever, Handbrake ALWAYS fails when the input file has timecode breaks. Unfortunately, this often happens to me and probably to many other users too.
What I dislike is that HB keeps computing for hours before providing an unreadable file. There should be a preliminary test and a warning saying to avoid loosing so much time and CPU.
Please note that, unlike HB, Mpegstreamclip identifies the timecode breaks and can repair them, thus almost never failing.
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An.onymous replied on 15 Aug 2011
Answer to Mikael B :
I have provided a large comparison of HandBreak and MpegStreamClip in MacUpdate, based on almost 1000 tries (plz see http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15466/mpeg-streamclip). I mentioned the advantage of the quicktime mpeg2 paying add-on not needed with Handbrake, plus several other advantages of Handbrake : good batch options and management of the subtitles …
Please do not misunderstand me. I acknowledge the work of Handbrake's developers. Simply I could never get a better result with Handbrake than with MpegStreamclip AND I keep thinking that when HB is failing (extremely often when one tries to use other options than the global HB presets) it should not be discovered after hours of useless processing. Some kind of early warning should be provided.
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Subler

An.onymous reviewed on 17 Jul 2011
I tried Subler to repair a file that had just been processed by Handrake and also ruined (as frequently happens) during Handbrake's finalization phase. Actually, I was not there to abort Handbrake a few seconds before it ends.
Subler quickly replaced the original file with a "movie" file that could be read but with a discontinous sound and 2 thirds of the movie missing.
Backup the original before you use Subler and do not expect much.
[Version 0.14]


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An.onymous replied on 02 Sep 2011
Reply to Runlevelzero
My point was just that
- Subler did not detect the problem
- REPLACED the original file (defective, as I made it clear) with something even worse, instead of creating a new file.
All these softwares could usefully make early tests and give up as soon as an anomaly is detected, instead of going on and consuming a lot of time (like HB) or scrambling the input (like Scrubler).
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Data Rescue
An.onymous had trouble on 21 Jun 2011
I have lots of large tif pics in 16 bits depth mode on a disk that was initialized by mistake and not modified further. These were analogic dias scanned with Nikon coolscan SF-200.
Although Data Rescue recovered 99% ot the other 8 bit files, it was not able to recover any file with a 16 bit depth.
[Version 3.2]



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VLC Media Player
An.onymous had trouble on 14 Oct 2009
VLC 9.10 doesn't work on my PowerBooks Pro Intel with OS 10.4.11.
I can hear the sound but no image is displayed.
This does'nt happen with the 8.X versions of VLC.

Any suggestion (other than shifting to Leopard) most welcome.
Regards.
[Version 1.0.2]



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