Subj : Re: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't To : All From : bclark@es.co.nz Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:14 pm Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!mx0 4.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news ..linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug ..co.nz!not-for-mail From: Brian Newsgroups: rec.video.desktop,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public. windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't even end with Task Manager Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:01:38 +1300 Organization: Ihug Ltd Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <6dc7l6h3m7ell7flfbl470p0i1d7dfsd4u@4ax.com> <5dv7l61gkj1ooljh44f06rnch9udkhu3lh@4ax.com> <5akfl69pflb2be95ve60qef0tqjbchkfle@4ax.com> <0cggl6913j0led3un6s5oo634n3llrjpd2@4ax.com> <16l7vwlpyel8u.mva52owyh2e3.dlg@40tude.net> Reply-To: bclark@es.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Host: 203-118-170-134.adsl.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1297746100 21324 203.118.170.134 (15 Feb 2011 05:01:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:01:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org rec.video.desktop:5260 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:28399 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:89962 "Gene E. Bloch" wrote: >On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:52:09 -0500, Voltaire wrote: > >> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok >> wrote: >> >>>Voltaire wrote: >>>> Patok wrote: >>>>> Voltaire wrote: >>>>>> gargoyle60 wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro 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. >>> >>>-- >> I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered >> completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase. >> Swapping videos can be done better using memory cards that are more >> reliable, quicker and cheaper if you consider they are reusable and >> the time it takes for a burn. My Netbook only has a slot for SD card. >> I have never missed not having a CD/DVD drive. Most of my video >> content is uploaded to YouTube in high def. I watch Blu-Ray on my >> desktop player with 3-D coming next. Now if we can convince the >> viewers of the wedding events and such to go memory card the world >> will be a much better place to view. > >OTOH, you'd have to also convince a certain 95-yr old friend of mine as >well. > >She still has and uses a VCR...But she has a BD player too (a gift from >her daughter). She;s doing well as some people that age have difficuly in understanding electronic devices. I had trouble teaching my 79 year old mother how to operate a VCR and DVD recorder. She have a lot of trouble in learning how you moved the cursor to select video from the menu. She could operate a TV with a remote control. Regards Brian --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .