Mac Applications

WMV and iDVD
I want to convert a WMV file so that I can burn it with iDVD. (I tried ffmpegx, and it acts like it's doing something and chimes the dinner bell, but it doesn't write any files.) ... 29 Dec 2005 14:14

itunes truncates songs
I'm running into an extremely irritating problem with itunes on a mac G3 running OS9.2. When I import a song that has a short interval til the next song, itunes will terminate the song, either by simply going to the next in the middle of a phrase, or by 'fading out' the current song, and then playing the next. S... 26 Dec 2005 20:58

DVD-R vs. DVD+RW
In trying to determine the best media data storage method, I've been informed that DVD-R is one session and permanent while DVD+RW is multi-session and to some extent reusable. As I understand it, you burn something to DVD-R once and that's it--so if it doesn't fill up the whole disk it's kind of a waste, and if y... 12 Jan 2006 09:51

Will new MacIntel 'book run Windows?
Hi All, I need a pc laptop, but I would rather buy a new Powerbook or iBook;-) The question is this: will the new "MacIntel" Powerbooks / iBooks have the ability to run M$ Windows natively? Please advice on this, because I can spend my money only once. -- BB ... 19 Jan 2006 22:18

.wmv
What app opens an e-mail attachment with the extension .wmv? When I clicked on it, Photoshop Elements came up... and said it couldn't open it. Any help gratefully accepted. Rosemary -- To e-mail me remove the obvious before @ and change sinuswave to sinewave. ... 16 Dec 2005 17:50

"Failed to locate supported file types or there are no photos found on this device"
I have a Nano, and suddenly I see this error message everytime I plug it into laptop. The message is coming from the Memory Card Manager. Any idea how to fix? Thanks. c ... 16 Dec 2005 06:19

What OSX software
I am on a Macintosh w/ Tiger OS. I have a DVD that is supposed to be Mac/PC and is supposed to show a interface I can open the DVD and see all the files,... including quicktime movies. But no matter what I do the interface does not appear, and supposedly the DVD is OSX Mac and PC. After double click... 13 Dec 2005 19:09

Voice Recognition
Time to stir up the troops, things are getting dull in this NG. From the "tidbits" website below, I extracted two posts. <http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2707> I kept the exact words of the post messages themselves the same, even including whatever errors there were, in the posts. I took the l... 4 Dec 2005 10:34

BitTorrent Apps
My question regards which BitTorrent app to use and how to configure it. I am using OSX 10.3.9 and have tried several apps without much luck. My Mac is connected to the internet via a router (wired) and cable modem. I downloaded the latest versions available on VersionTracker and here are the results: Bit... 15 Nov 2005 18:26

pp stream
So I found out that there is a win prog called pp stream that enables you to watch TV over a stream on the internet. It even shows NBA Basketball!!! Is there a mac version, or any similar prog for mac out there? Freeware would be nice;) thx J ... 14 Nov 2005 07:58