Make an AMV. Buy a Powerbook.

ongakuka · Post by **ongakuka** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 11:36 pm

Madzack wrote:I'm considering getting an Apple Powerbook. I'd want to know:

Is it a wise choice for making AMVs?

Is it the same thing as Mac, other than being portable?

Considering I am getting a Powerbook:
What're the recommended softwares to make an AMV?
How do you rip clips from a DVD in a Powerbook?

Is there anything else I should know about Powerbook and making AMVs?

I'm a bit late to the party, but here's some info that may help (the original poster, or anyone else intersted):

Software: Final Cut Express ($$) and Quicktime Mpeg2 decoder; the rest of the software is opensource/free : divx, ffmpeg/x, MacMpegDecoder, mad audio encoder, Mencoder OSX, MissingMpegsTools/MissingMpegEdit/MoreMissingTools, MPlayer OSX. FCE/FCP are amazing prosumer production tools.

DVD rip: DVD Backup, 0Sex. Rip to elementary streams, Quicktime w/ mpeg2 decoder can handle .m2v files as traditional media files so you can import them into FCE/P.

Nightowl · Post by **Nightowl** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 4:27 am

Now I'm super drunk! This conversation is fun. I like computers. They help me make pretty things and I play with them a lot. I like everybody saying things in this thread. It's fun. Everybody uses computers. It's great! Macs and PCs are computers and they do things. I use them, it's great. I like things. I tried civil discussion, then I got drunk... I'm sorry guys, I like you all. People are nice. I'm in happy drunk mood so there! Let's all be happy together and make things with computers! Yeah!

-The last time I put my typical "-N" when I was drunk, Hsien was surprised. Now I'm doing it, but I'm lettingeveryone know that I know I'm doing it. Did this add any thing to the discussion? I like computers.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:13 pm

alternatefutures wrote:But all is well now. Come, let us sit around the P4 3.2Ghz and roast marshmallows over its heat dissipation while we sing Kumbyah!

Kumbayah my Lord....

(BTW yeah the P4 is HOT in terms of heat and voltage/power requirements. Everyone always says AMD is hotter and yet they don't look at the statistics and just blindly believe what others say).

alternatefutures · Post by **alternatefutures** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 3:39 pm

Well, the reason for that is the horror stories that come from the do-it-yourselfers about their Athlons bursting into flames because they overclocked them and had inadequette cooling (or just inept installation of a heatsink). I think the P4's built in throttle kept similar things from happening to Northwood, and thus the myth that AMD chips are hotter than Intel's was born. But, I have to say that is why I'm going with Intel. I'm going to be building my first system and, since I don't know what I'm doing, I want to minimize the chances of something going horribly wrong. Granted, I won't be overclocking, so in theory I should be ok with AMD (plus, if I'm correct, you guys did implement something similar), but what can I say? I'm paranoid.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 4:30 pm

alternatefutures wrote:Well, the reason for that is the horror stories that come from the do-it-yourselfers about their Athlons bursting into flames because they overclocked them and had inadequette cooling (or just inept installation of a heatsink). I think the P4's built in throttle kept similar things from happening to Northwood, and thus the myth that AMD chips are hotter than Intel's was born. But, I have to say that is why I'm going with Intel. I'm going to be building my first system and, since I don't know what I'm doing, I want to minimize the chances of something going horribly wrong. Granted, I won't be overclocking, so in theory I should be ok with AMD (plus, if I'm correct, you guys did implement something similar), but what can I say? I'm paranoid.

Yeah you are correct on that. We don't condone overclocking, but at the same time we know it's gonna happen

. Thus, as you said, we've implemented a few things to our thermal throttling as well after the Palamino and Thunderbird horror stories. As you said, it wasn't our fault in terms of design, but rather inept people.

For the record, I believe our parts run at 65 W and the current P4's run at 75 - 85 W (IIRC). Power ~ Heat thus it's obvious which is "hotter."

As for building your own system, I don't you'd have a problem wither either chip. Installing a heatsink isn't THAT hard. Just follow the directions. It'll also save you a couple hundred

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:29 pm

dwchang wrote:
As for building your own system, I don't you'd have a problem wither either chip. Installing a heatsink isn't THAT hard. Just follow the directions. It'll also save you a couple hundred

Like hell it isn't. I was scared as hell that I was going to crack the motherboard during installation.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:31 pm

trythil wrote:
dwchang wrote:
As for building your own system, I don't you'd have a problem wither either chip. Installing a heatsink isn't THAT hard. Just follow the directions. It'll also save you a couple hundred
Like hell it isn't. I was scared as hell that I was going to crack the motherboard during installation.

That's because you like MKR.

:runs:

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:34 pm

Apple sux. Bill Gates is the second coming of Christ. So sayeth the Bey, and all the midgets sang. The End.

J89idsioss · Post by **J89idsioss** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 4:42 pm

Hmmm. I can say Nightowl, I'm a "Mac user" even though I don't have one. I'd like one in the future though.

Something to say to all those PC users out there, get out of our mac thread! You should know how loyal mac users can be. (Some people in my area refer to us as "Mac Nazi's" 'cause we're so loyal sometimes.) So you shouldn't waste your time arguing with us.

But you know why I like macs so much?

No Microsoft Software required.
(I know I could use Linix but I don't want to)

I've never had a good experience with a Microsoft program. Sure you can learn to use them correctly so they do what you want them to do, but I've worked on that for years & my PC still gives me shit. I'm tired and want to go back to a mac.

And a pat on the back for any mac users that stand thier ground when they get into a battle with "the other side".

BulgrimX · Post by **BulgrimX** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 5:23 pm

trythil wrote:
dwchang wrote:
As for building your own system, I don't you'd have a problem wither either chip. Installing a heatsink isn't THAT hard. Just follow the directions. It'll also save you a couple hundred
Like hell it isn't. I was scared as hell that I was going to crack the motherboard during installation.

Not that I've built a lot of computers... but I found it best to install the CPU/Heatsink BEFORE putting the MOBO in the case. It takes the stress off the board since its not raised. Thats just what I think though.

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