This has been challenging in the past, but we are told that Final Cut Pro on Mac OS-X 10.2 (jaguar) will import the MPEG2 file with the optional MPEG2 plugin module ( http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/ ) Please send a note to moviearchive@yahoogroups.com if it does not.

ANSWER: Generally you can't. The MPEG2 Program Stream (MP@ML) is not appropriate for editing and most NLE software solutions do not import such format. Still, there are a few products on the market that can perform simplified MPEG editing (trimming, cutting, cuts-only-editing, titling), but they don't offer full editing feature set.

ATI has hardware assisted MPEG2 'decoding' only. Its MPEG2 encoding is purely software based but is designed not to be available to 3rd party applications, so ShowShifter is not able to make use of it.

ANSWER: Yes, you can use streams produced by CaptureBox to feed third-party video servers (both MPG and AVI). The MPEG2 streams produced by CaptureBox are ISO-13818-compliant.

Try configuring with './configure --with-libdvdread=/usr/local ', substitute /usr/local for the path to where you installed libdvdread. Make sure you have chosen an ac3, mpeg or lpcm audio stream (dts currently doesn't work). Start Ogle with GUI. Start playing the DVD. Click on the loudspeaker and select any AC3, MPEG or LPCM audio stream.

I'm afraid the only way to do this at this point is by hand, due to the available processing power of the host machine. If you're a bit of a web whiz, you can look at the form itself and figure out what arguments are called what, then generate requests with a script on your machine to automate this.

ArtMatic Pro lets you use an external picture or movie by using a PICT/MOVIE component in the ArtMatic structure tree. The precise steps for doing this is provided in the tutorials and Getting Started document provided with ArtMatic Pro (with both the demo version and full version). Please see the documentation and provided example files to see how to do this. Please note that there are quite a few example files included with the download that use external files.

The Census Bureau cannot endorse models from one specific manufacturer over others, however, we can provide information on the types of equipment that we have used successfully and some hardware requirement guidelines. These can be found at the census Internet site at http://www.census.gov/geo/DR/plotter.pdf.

Change the output preferences to Wave File (silent). In the newer versions of WinAMP, the output preferences is actually under the "Input" tab. Click Options|Preferences|Input Tab, select one of Nullsoft's Plug-In decoders, click on "Configure", then the "Output" tab, and change the output Device to ".WAV File (Silent)" (this specific info refers to version 1.92)

FMF are technology independent. By this we mean they include no timing information that would bind them to a particular technology or speed grade. Instead, timing information resides in a separate file with the same name but an extention of ".ftm" or, ".ftmv" for Verilog models. Thease timing files contain chunks of SDF (Standard Delay Format) code embedded in XML. They are designed to be both hand editable and machine readable.

ANSWER: AirBox works with virtually all existing MPEG2 profiles and compression levels. The limitation is up to the decoder's capabilities. Simply put, according to the compression level, the quality may vary from similar to DV, right up to Digital Betacam.

Not yet, but these capabilities are planned for future releases of Rover CDP. For its initial release, Rover CDP is focused on the backup of electronic files, including office documents, financials, and emails.

The animations on the details pages and on the browse pages are animated GIF files. In most cases, still shots from each minute of the program were grabbed and saved as JPG files (these are the thumbnails which you can reach by clicking on the "View thumbnails" links). Then a tool called ImageMagick was used to create the animated GIF files from the JPGs.

After creating your project, just before you make the CIF file, select View - Preference - Project preference. At the bottom you have 2 choices. If you chose SVCD I-Author will write to mpegav, if you select the other one it'll write to mpeg2.

Using film will cost you literally thousands of dollars for enough film to shoot a 90 minute move. The equivalent number of MiniDV tapes will cost you less than $ 100. For the minimum cost of producing and editing a film, you could buy the setup that I've purchased and have equipment to produce quality videos for years. If you're not highly skilled with film, your first few productions will look pretty embarassing.

The Media Player will play back MPEG-2 files as long as there is a DirectShow-compatible MPEG-2 decoder installed that can handle PES format. This includes almost all software DVD decoders, a few hardware DVD decoders.

He has taken several guest roles in different TV-shows including "Veronica Mars" and Smallville, but there's no news of him starring in a feature film at the moment. What the future brings is only guessing, but cross your fingers, and we might get him back on screen.

We test each and every movie file during the update process to insure that it downloads and plays correctly. Therefore, we are reasonably certain that our server is quite capable of handling the traffic and that our file integrity is good.