Is it just me, or does this job posting seem odd in the context of this discussion? Is there any evidence that 180solutions has ever pursued one of their affiliates for using illegal tactics to distribute their software?
Not to be a music snob, but for a device targeted at the "classical music lover" isn't "Canon in D" a bit of a tired choice? Couldn't they find something a little more challenging that would appeal to a true classical music consumer?
Also, I thought it slightly odd that they would use a Flash movie with lo-fi Canon in D playing on loop to make me want to buy a high-end "audiophile" device.
Then again, maybe I'm crabby because I'm still working at 11:30pm.
Wow! I had no idea. I mean, I know you can do shell scripts in Automator. You can already do that with Applescript, but I had no idea that Automator Actions could be Objective-C as well as Applescript. That seems really cool.
I wonder if Automator automatically exposes Actions based on an application's Applescript dictionary, or if the application developer has to manually create a new library of Automator Actions. I would imagine if I know Applescript I could easily wrap the existing Applescript dictionary in an Automator Action myself, but I wonder how much extra work this will pose for developers that make scriptable OS X apps.
I'll be quite honest. I don't personally use Final Cut Pro at all. The only reason this is on my radar is because I have a client who uses it quite a bit, and has hired me to write an application automating posting media clips to a custom media management portal.
Our original concept was to have a script you could fire in Final Cut Pro when rendering a clip. It would create a jpg thumbnail of the key frame and export it to the server. It would take the clip and render several different versions for proofing and post those to the server. We would also do some other manipulation of output settings as needed. This was all hamstrung by the lack of any script support in FCP. We've managed to work around a lot of it using Folder Actions and UI scripting, but it still lacks the elegance of the original idea.
I am excited about the comment made regarding Compressor. It sounds like this might fit the bill. It just depends on how tightly Compressor integrates with Final Cut Pro. Our main goal is to make this easy on the editors. Allow them to focus on their work and not be bothered with a lot of extra steps to deliver their work to our proofing system.
Thanks for the tip. I will look at that today. It might meet some of our needs, but I think a strong argument for full Applescript functionality in FCP still exists. Even if the examples I originally cited can be handled by Compressor, there are many other things in FCP that I'd love to automate.
What if I want to grab a still of the key frame? There are countless other examples I can think of where if I had Applescript, I could improve my productivity. I wonder what the *real* reason is that Apple doesn't include it.
I believe Automator is simply a GUI front end to Applescript. It still relies on each application's Applescript dictionary to operate. From the little I played with Automator it appears to only handle tasks that could already be done with Applescript, just in a more "user friendly" way.
My main complaint is that Apple has not allowed any reliable form of automation within their Final Cut Pro product.
I don't mean to sound like a complainer, but . . .
WHY couldn't Apple have silenced the countless people crying for Applescript support in Final Cut Pro?? I see that they support Applescript now in Soundtrack, and they taut it as a great feature. They even rub it in your face that you can run Soundtrack scripts from within Final Cut Pro. This begs the obvious question: If Applescript is so great, why not support it in the flagship product of your video editing suite??
I know the old arguments about how video editing is a creative task and can't be scripted. I agree to a point, but there are many mundane tasks that *could* and *SHOULD* be scripted. Importing and exporting are great examples. What if I want to automate the process of posting a new edit for a client to review? What if I want to automate exporting a large batch of media? What if I want to see how this clip will look using a dozen different codecs and/or settings, but don't want to click 80 different checkboxes to do it??
Applescript would be wonderful for all these tasks. Not to mention the possibilities opened up for 3rd party developers to leverage some of the power of Final Cut Pro from their own applications via Applescript. Right now we have to rely on clunky techniques like Apple UI Scripting, or Folder Actions, neither of which are totally reliable or have all the power we need.
I have been waiting with keen anticipation for FCP 5 and while a lot of the new features (and pricing) look great, I was totally underwhelmed by the gaping hole Apple left by not packaging their own technology: Applescript.
Please, someone tell me I'm wrong and that I missed the page on Apple's site explaining the new Applescript dictionary for FCP5! Please!!
It definitely was not there before. I turned on full Keyboard access back in the 0.x days and then hoped again in the 1.0 and 1.1 days, but no luck. When I saw this in my SU this morning i was thrilled. Finally I can tab to checkboxes and select lists!!!! Thank you Apple!!
Granted, some of the cooler features of the iTunes require use of an iPod (iTMS content, iCal integation, etc) . . . but even on OS X, I use my old-school Creative Nomad Jukebox with iTunes just fine. I would assume this works on Windows as well. I also have to believe that if my Nomad works (with no hacking, just out of the box) then other players probably work too. I sync'd my whole library, and playlists, to my Nomad with the same ease that I now sync to my iPod.
I am a Netflix subscriber and am familiar with their prices/selection/service. I thought I'd check out the Walmart page to see how much cheaper they were.
Guess what I found out? For the plan I'm on, they aren't cheaper at all. Walmart offers 3 packages, the cheapest being $15.54/month for 2 movies. Netflix offers 2 movies at a time for only $13.99/month. Now at the standard plan (3 movies), Walmart is $18.76 whereas Netflix is $19.99.
To say that this $1.23 is going to quash Netflix is somewhat ridiculous. Add to that the fact that Netflix is still cheaper in the lower category and it becomes even more ridiculous.
I don't know if it's a typo or what, but $21/ month for eMusic??? I'm paying $9.99 a month cuz I signed up for a year. Month to month is $15 or so. . . . Why $21?? Is there some pricing plan that I'm missing?
I think eMusic will not be threatened until the iTunes store is accessible internationally and on more than the Mac OS. eMusic currently supports Windows, Mac (os 9 and x), and Linux for their download manager. Also, only a handful of albums are restricted from international download.
That being said, Apple is definitely heading toward a Windows client for their store in the relatively near future. Once that happens, I hope the indie labels don't get greedy and dump eMusic for a little extra cash at iTunes Music Store. I know that personally, I check eMusic first if I want a track to download. If it's not there, I'll check iTMS. If it's not there, a P2P network.
Also, I think Apple might have the clout to attract some of those indie labels that eMusic just couldn't land (SubPop,Dischord and Fat Wreck Chords). (on a side note, NoFX releases their stuff on Epitaph, which *is* on eMusic)
This is going to be horribly unpopular in this thread, but I couldn't resist. One major change in design with the new.NET languages and framework is to get away from all the grief caused by the registry and system-wide DLLs. In fact, with a pure.NET application, you no longer have to run a setup.exe installer, but can simply XCopy the folder onto the client's hard drive.
Don't get me wrong, I still prefer OS X to XP, but in this instance it would seem like MS is somewhat responding to people's frustrations and bringing things back to the simplicity of installing a DOS application.
Unfortunately, I hold one of those 2.2 million cards. I was thoroughly frustrated when my card was declined Friday, Saturday then again on Sunday. What was even odder is that I could take my bank-issued card to the ATM and withdraw $100 and get a balance statement that showed positive numbers. Finally got the "scoop" from my bank today. They gave me a different story though, said MC alone had 7 million cards compromised. Ended up having to call the "fraud" department at MC, verify my vital information and have my cards re-issued. They also took the time to verify all transactions in the last 4 days to make sure none were fraudulent. On a side note, they did try calling me, but my number had been changed.
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Is it just me, or does this job posting seem odd in the context of this discussion? Is there any evidence that 180solutions has ever pursued one of their affiliates for using illegal tactics to distribute their software?
Not to be a music snob, but for a device targeted at the "classical music lover" isn't "Canon in D" a bit of a tired choice? Couldn't they find something a little more challenging that would appeal to a true classical music consumer? Also, I thought it slightly odd that they would use a Flash movie with lo-fi Canon in D playing on loop to make me want to buy a high-end "audiophile" device. Then again, maybe I'm crabby because I'm still working at 11:30pm.
The URL you provided works just fine for me in Safari v2.0 (412) on OS 10.4.1 Maybe this isn't quite the issue you think it is.
Wow! I had no idea. I mean, I know you can do shell scripts in Automator. You can already do that with Applescript, but I had no idea that Automator Actions could be Objective-C as well as Applescript. That seems really cool.
I wonder if Automator automatically exposes Actions based on an application's Applescript dictionary, or if the application developer has to manually create a new library of Automator Actions. I would imagine if I know Applescript I could easily wrap the existing Applescript dictionary in an Automator Action myself, but I wonder how much extra work this will pose for developers that make scriptable OS X apps.
I'll be quite honest. I don't personally use Final Cut Pro at all. The only reason this is on my radar is because I have a client who uses it quite a bit, and has hired me to write an application automating posting media clips to a custom media management portal.
Our original concept was to have a script you could fire in Final Cut Pro when rendering a clip. It would create a jpg thumbnail of the key frame and export it to the server. It would take the clip and render several different versions for proofing and post those to the server. We would also do some other manipulation of output settings as needed. This was all hamstrung by the lack of any script support in FCP. We've managed to work around a lot of it using Folder Actions and UI scripting, but it still lacks the elegance of the original idea.
I am excited about the comment made regarding Compressor. It sounds like this might fit the bill. It just depends on how tightly Compressor integrates with Final Cut Pro. Our main goal is to make this easy on the editors. Allow them to focus on their work and not be bothered with a lot of extra steps to deliver their work to our proofing system.
Thanks for the tip. I will look at that today. It might meet some of our needs, but I think a strong argument for full Applescript functionality in FCP still exists. Even if the examples I originally cited can be handled by Compressor, there are many other things in FCP that I'd love to automate.
What if I want to grab a still of the key frame? There are countless other examples I can think of where if I had Applescript, I could improve my productivity. I wonder what the *real* reason is that Apple doesn't include it.
I believe Automator is simply a GUI front end to Applescript. It still relies on each application's Applescript dictionary to operate. From the little I played with Automator it appears to only handle tasks that could already be done with Applescript, just in a more "user friendly" way.
My main complaint is that Apple has not allowed any reliable form of automation within their Final Cut Pro product.
I don't mean to sound like a complainer, but . . .
WHY couldn't Apple have silenced the countless people crying for Applescript support in Final Cut Pro?? I see that they support Applescript now in Soundtrack, and they taut it as a great feature. They even rub it in your face that you can run Soundtrack scripts from within Final Cut Pro. This begs the obvious question: If Applescript is so great, why not support it in the flagship product of your video editing suite??
I know the old arguments about how video editing is a creative task and can't be scripted. I agree to a point, but there are many mundane tasks that *could* and *SHOULD* be scripted. Importing and exporting are great examples. What if I want to automate the process of posting a new edit for a client to review? What if I want to automate exporting a large batch of media? What if I want to see how this clip will look using a dozen different codecs and/or settings, but don't want to click 80 different checkboxes to do it??
Applescript would be wonderful for all these tasks. Not to mention the possibilities opened up for 3rd party developers to leverage some of the power of Final Cut Pro from their own applications via Applescript. Right now we have to rely on clunky techniques like Apple UI Scripting, or Folder Actions, neither of which are totally reliable or have all the power we need.
I have been waiting with keen anticipation for FCP 5 and while a lot of the new features (and pricing) look great, I was totally underwhelmed by the gaping hole Apple left by not packaging their own technology: Applescript.
Please, someone tell me I'm wrong and that I missed the page on Apple's site explaining the new Applescript dictionary for FCP5! Please!!
And, Zend also runs on Mac OS X. Certainly helped me out when I drank the Apple kool-aid last year, heh.
It definitely was not there before. I turned on full Keyboard access back in the 0.x days and then hoped again in the 1.0 and 1.1 days, but no luck. When I saw this in my SU this morning i was thrilled. Finally I can tab to checkboxes and select lists!!!! Thank you Apple!!
Granted, some of the cooler features of the iTunes require use of an iPod (iTMS content, iCal integation, etc) . . . but even on OS X, I use my old-school Creative Nomad Jukebox with iTunes just fine. I would assume this works on Windows as well. I also have to believe that if my Nomad works (with no hacking, just out of the box) then other players probably work too. I sync'd my whole library, and playlists, to my Nomad with the same ease that I now sync to my iPod.
I have the 10.1 first edition book, and already wish i had the second edition. I guess i'll just wait for the third edition.
Sure would be nice if you could "upgrade" your book, and just get the changes/extra chapters for less than $50.
I am a Netflix subscriber and am familiar with their prices/selection/service. I thought I'd check out the Walmart page to see how much cheaper they were.
Guess what I found out? For the plan I'm on, they aren't cheaper at all. Walmart offers 3 packages, the cheapest being $15.54/month for 2 movies. Netflix offers 2 movies at a time for only $13.99/month. Now at the standard plan (3 movies), Walmart is $18.76 whereas Netflix is $19.99. To say that this $1.23 is going to quash Netflix is somewhat ridiculous. Add to that the fact that Netflix is still cheaper in the lower category and it becomes even more ridiculous.
I don't know if it's a typo or what, but $21/ month for eMusic??? I'm paying $9.99 a month cuz I signed up for a year. Month to month is $15 or so. . . . Why $21?? Is there some pricing plan that I'm missing?
That being said, Apple is definitely heading toward a Windows client for their store in the relatively near future. Once that happens, I hope the indie labels don't get greedy and dump eMusic for a little extra cash at iTunes Music Store. I know that personally, I check eMusic first if I want a track to download. If it's not there, I'll check iTMS. If it's not there, a P2P network.
Also, I think Apple might have the clout to attract some of those indie labels that eMusic just couldn't land (SubPop,Dischord and Fat Wreck Chords). (on a side note, NoFX releases their stuff on Epitaph, which *is* on eMusic)
This is going to be horribly unpopular in this thread, but I couldn't resist. One major change in design with the new .NET languages and framework is to get away from all the grief caused by the registry and system-wide DLLs. In fact, with a pure .NET application, you no longer have to run a setup.exe installer, but can simply XCopy the folder onto the client's hard drive.
Don't get me wrong, I still prefer OS X to XP, but in this instance it would seem like MS is somewhat responding to people's frustrations and bringing things back to the simplicity of installing a DOS application.
Unfortunately, I hold one of those 2.2 million cards. I was thoroughly frustrated when my card was declined Friday, Saturday then again on Sunday. What was even odder is that I could take my bank-issued card to the ATM and withdraw $100 and get a balance statement that showed positive numbers. Finally got the "scoop" from my bank today. They gave me a different story though, said MC alone had 7 million cards compromised. Ended up having to call the "fraud" department at MC, verify my vital information and have my cards re-issued. They also took the time to verify all transactions in the last 4 days to make sure none were fraudulent. On a side note, they did try calling me, but my number had been changed.