Re: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't even end with Task Manager

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:24:38 +0000, Mark
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:36:40 -0500, Voltaire <Voltaire@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:04:18 +0000, Mark
<i@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:55:12 +1300, Brian <bclark@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Voltaire <Voltaire@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Voltaire wrote:
Patok <crazy.div.patok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero".

...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to
write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to
some of the Nero tools/utilities.

Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
Duh. What do *you* use?

I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.

Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.

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I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase.


It will be a whole before DVD's become obsolete as video hire places
have invested a lot of money in buying DVD's for rent. Unless you can
get good traffic flow on the internet then renting a video by
downloaded it takes time and you might have a limit on how much data
you can download. Rented downloads are not likely to be in Blu-Ray
quality and some may be in lower quality than DVD to have a smaller
file to download. Also 5.1 sound, subtitles and special features could
be missing.

Maybe oneday your take your media into a movie hire place and they
will dump some movies of your choice onto your media for a hire cost.
There will be a time limit put on the media so that it expires on a
certain date.

I also don't think DVDs are about to die. A lot of people only have
access to slow and expensive broadband so downloading is not
practical. And most people I would guess do not have a networked
device hooked up to their TV. However DVD players are pretty
ubiquitous.

Even the BD players are coming down in price but like I indicated in
another post downloading movies is not as cumbersome as many seem to
think. I don't know what the required specs are but my broadband is
very slow compared to what many THINK theirs is. How many people do
you think still use dial-up? All others will have no problem
downloading.

I disagree. Many have slow broadband and it is also metred/limited.
It won't take many movies to go over the limit and have your internet
access restricted or have to pay extra. Truly unlimited internet
access is very expensive here. It's cheaper to rent DVDs.

Maybe you are right in many cases. I am not sure what you consider a
slow broadband connection and what the limit translates into how many
movies one can download. How many can one expect to watch in a month?
My DL speed with Comcast is no where near what they claim. If I access
a Comcast speed test page it indicates around 20.Mbs but when I watch
the actual download it is hardly above 500 Kbs. Speed has never been a
concern as long as the movie can be watched with no waiting for it to
download which has always been the case in my experience.

My overall point being that there is a steady decline in all around
DVD usage in favor of other options. I, personally, have far less use
than most maybe. CDs have completely vanished but some will argue to
the contrary. I see the future of DVDS going the same route.


No network device is needed. If you have a PC next to a HDTV all you
need is a Vid Card that has dual output and a cable. I use HDTV for my
PC monitors which are cheaper than buying most monitors made for a PC.

If you have a PC next to a TV then you /have/ a networked device
already. Personally I have my TV in the living room with DVD player
attached. My PC's are all in different places, and I don't want to
watch TV at a computer. Therefore DVDs offer the best option for me
at the present time.

Point taken. With the introduction of Xfinity they advertise viewing
more movies but can only be done online. This is an indication of what
it already happening. There are TVs and other hardware media devices
that already have Internet capabilities. More and more editors and
producers are opting for the HDTV as a primary computer monitor. It is
simply a matter of time before the DVD is extinct.


Try it and see. Download Itunes application, purchase a movie and see
for yourself.

No thanks. (see above)

I am one that likes to sample everything out of curiosity but I
understand where you are coming from.

Regards.

Voltaire
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