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recdv

Rumplestiltskin rated on 15 May 2011
[Version 0.8]

recdv

Rumplestiltskin reviewed on 15 May 2011

What a lifesaver! My Snow Leopard Mac simply won't recognize the video fed through an old Sony DVMC1 media analog media convertor into the FireWire port. Even running iMovieHD (v6.0.4), which was designed specifically for DV input and worked perfectly with older Macs, just didn't work. So, in desperation, I tried recdv and, right away, it recognized the Sony and works perfectly. Not too many features but, hey!, it gets the job done; my video (200+GB of DV) was digitized into my Mac and I can edit the footage in iMovie or FCP. Show me where to donate. :D

[Version 0.8]

LaCie SilverKeeper

Rumplestiltskin reviewed on 24 Feb 2010

Thank you, LaCie, for providing this great app. I use TimeMachine and also do a SilverKeeper backup. Works great with Snow Leopard and earlier back to Tiger (and even earlier - 10.3.9, IIRC). Love the fact that I can run all the backup "sets" on a schedule. If a destination disk is missing, SK will just log the error and keep on with the rest of the backup sets.

I backup my wife's PowerBook over our wireless network and SK will even mount the shared volume and then the sparse image image automatically, perform the backup, and then unmount everything. Beautiful.

Wish I could find a backup app as cooperative as this for my Windoze machines.

[Version 2.0.2]

Binary Converter

rumplestiltskin commented on 30 Aug 2009

Does two things: Binary to Decimal and vice versa. Exactly what I needed. Hopefully it will still run when I upgrade to Snow Leopard next week. :D

[Version 1.0]

MediaEdit

rumplestiltskin commented on 25 Sep 2008

This is a very interesting application. Seems to be quite happy playing with MPEG4/H264 (avc1) files. Does picture-in-picture in a snap. Titling is also quite easy and intuitive. It's almost like the offspring of FCE & iMovieHD (and I mean that as a compliment). I'll definitely be working with this app to see if it will be the right workflow for my NLE needs.

I'm not providing a rating of any sort yet as I don't know the app well enough to provide a valid judgement.

[Version 3.0.6]

Activate Front Row

rumplestiltskin reviewed on 17 Mar 2008

Wow! Does exactly what it claims to do. I'm running a 1.25GHz G4 mini with Tiger fully updated. Next step is to program my Keyspan remote for Front Row and I've got an ersatz AppleTV (which I already own).

Many thanks to the developer for this extremely useful utility!

[Version 0.2]

A52Codec

rumplestiltskin reviewed on 18 Dec 2007

Without this codec, AC3 audio isn't playable in apps that rely upon QT. (Of course, VLC doesn't have an issue but that's because VLC is self-contained and has all of the requisite components and codecs built-in.)

This codec plus Perian plus Flip4Mac's free component let virtually everything play in your QT apps.

Thank you!

[Version 1.7.6]

QT Sync

rumplestiltskin commented on 08 Aug 2007

I've been using version 0.2.7 and would only assume that the app keeps getting better.

Very helpful when your movie has A/V sync issues. I often transcode from AVI's to MP4's and, when such sync issues arise, QT Sync can fix the problem. I "save as" (maybe I'm paranoid about altering a source movie) and the resulting ".mov" (which started as a ".mp4") still may be dropped into iTunes, copied to my iPod, and even streamed to my tv.

I consider QT Sync to be an essential part of my toolkit.

[Version 0.3.1]

Parallels Desktop

rumplestiltskin reviewed on 02 Feb 2007

There's a reason this app won Best of Show at MacWorld: It just works.

The only "problem" I've encountered is when a Windoze app demands a floppy in "drive A" and won't let you specify another drive; Parallels lets you mount a floppy image but as "drive b". *sigh* Not Parallel's fault but I guess I should submit that in the wish-list for a future update, eh?

Back to Parallels: Occasionally, I need to run MS Access for a class I teach; Parallels lets it run perfectly. Sometimes I find a Windows utility that may work a little better than what I normally use on my Mac; it's nice to have that option. Printing works great, as well.

I was so excited about Parallels when I first read about it (last year) that I bought it before I even owned an Intel Mac. I figured they needed support from the Mac community. I haven't been disappointed.

BootCamp never interested me as I didn't want to leave OSX or partition my HD in order to run a few Windows apps.

Parallels rocks!

[Version 2.5.3150]

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