QuickTime Pro Review – What a Crock!

Just bought the upgrade for QuickTime Pro! Wish I had hit my finger with a hammer instead. It would have been less painful.

To read the review on the product that I left on the Apple site (a review that will probably never see the light of day)… click “read more” below.

*Still shaking my head and wanting to kick something*

Furious with Apple, QuickTime Pro and the False Advertising

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Written by AP from Dunnville

No, it won’t (as you may believe) take online content and make it available to your iPod. Not in one step, not even in two or three steps.

What they DON’T tell you in the marketing hubbub here is most online content is “Muxed” — meaning that it’s in one “channel” and you will get video and no audio — and you too will feel something akin to (and rhyming with) “Muxed” if you buy this. You will find out for yourself what a shoddy piece of work it really is.

And, BTW… they don’t offer the software required to make it work, and the purchase of QuickTime Pro is non refundable. They do say you can buy another software (but won’t tell you where, or what it’s called, or how much it costs) to “unmux” files so you can then convert them (maybe) to the iPod format. Thanks, Apple support! I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It only took two emails and three calls to find out that you were not willing to do anything. Hope you are amused. I’m not. (I’m not supposed to mention support in a review, but if there is no help from anyone, what are you supposed to say? It’s not like I didn’t try for a reasonable resolution).

I would not have given it ANY stars, but to post a review, at least one star is required. It should be zero.

Gimme back my dang money or fix the “Muxing” product!

I Did It — I Ordered an iPod! (Now To Learn to Podcast and Vidcast.)

Ok, I’ve admired my hubby’s iPod enough. I finally broke down and got one of my own. It’s a pretty little 60 gig thing.

They had a Valentine’s Day special which included free engraving (mine now has my full name and my main url www.WickedWordCraft.com on the back). They also offered free shipping — AND…. because I’ve purchased a few things for Wayne’s iPod, I had a $30 off coupon on any order over $300.

Now, with the stuff I want to do to determine how to use this little thing to do virtual pocket-sized home tours for real estate agents, brokers and Realtors… it only makes sense that I have one, right?

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Want to Download Free Movies for Your Treo? For Your iPod? Here Ya Go!

I’ve got a little weekend treat for those of you needing a bit of diversion. How about a site that not only offers free downloads on classic movies (and B movies), but also preformats them for use on your Treo 600 and Treo 650 and Treo 700, even your iPod with video???

Interested?

Then take a tour of PublicDomainTorents.com and see if there are any old movies you would like to download. Classics like The Last Man on Earth, Flash Gordon, Night of the Living Dead, Little Shop of Horrors, Gulliver’s Travels (to name a few). There are also classic cartoon selections – Betty Boop, Little Lulu, Tom and Jerry and Popeye and a slew of other family, horror, drama, comedy, musicals, sci-fi and even classic westerns and old war movies. And try: http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies.

What a cool place to spend some extra time!

Be sure to get the freebie player TCPMP (Update 4/2011 – this link is now defunct) to make it all work — and you have free (albeit classic) video entertainment on your Treo at absolutely not charge. Legal is required. Free is good. Free and safe and legal all at the same time is REAL good. ;o)

Want to Download a Free Movie? Read a Free Book? Write a Book?

The Internet is a wonderful place. . . REALLY.

I’ve been doing a bit of research on a couple of new projects and I’ve found some pretty interesting stuff (as I usually do when I’m poking about). And, I thought you may be interested in a few of the sites I’ve found that rock my “coolness” chart…

First, while looking for more on iPod video info to incorporate into my pocket-sized real estate information ideas… I found these two sites:

http://www.archive.org/details/movies (where you can download freebie open source and creative commons movies).

I also found this site: http://publicdomaintorrents.com/ a freebie movie “bit torrent” type site. This site also allows a person to decide if they want a full-sized, DVD quality movie (huge file) or a smaller iPod format or even… you guessed it, a Treo movie format (.avi). I’m downloading the old Vincent Price Movie “The Last Man on Earth” and a short “Betty Boop” cartoon as I type this. The Vincent Price Movie, I’m getting in full DVD quality format, the Betty Boop will be for my Treo (to entertain my daughter). Video is an exciting new toy for me on the Internet — thank goodness for fast Internet!

This is my first voyage into online movie downloads (other than iTunes) and it’s pretty fascinating. I’ve always worried about the “bad” stuff that comes in with movie downloads, but these two sites are quite reputable for safe, free movie downloads — so go give them a try. (You need another distraction from work, right?)

If you are more into the reading life, I thought you may enjoy the book version of wikipedia… called wikibooks. At this site, you not only read cool books, you help to write them!

As I continue my research, I’ll be sure to share the treasures I find… but for now… back the the old grind *giggle*. (I love my job!)

Rumors About New Treo Models Abound… Treo 800? Treo 700P?

All across the web, there are rumors about upcoming new models on the Treo … including a new Palm version.MyTreo.net reports that several rumors have been spreading, and that at least one of them has proved false. The site says that stories of a new Palm OS version is most likely, of any, to be real.

I look forward to seeing the figures on Treo 700 sales, to see if the Microsoft version was as popular as anticipated. But, for now, we will have to wait a bit longer to see what improvements are offered to make buying a new Treo worth the bucks.