Irfan's Corner on the Web » Leopard http://irfanhabib.com/blog On Mac, Linux, Grid, Virtualization and Software Technology Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Convert MKV to IPOD/IPhone format without using the command line in Mac OSX http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2008/08/02/convert-mkv-to-ipodiphone-format-without-using-the-command-line-in-mac-osx/ http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2008/08/02/convert-mkv-to-ipodiphone-format-without-using-the-command-line-in-mac-osx/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:34:13 +0000 admin http://irfanhabib.com/blog/?p=10061 Quicktime natively doesn't support MKV, which is becoming an increasingly popular format to exchange videos in.

To achieve the seamless conversion of mkv to ipod format follow the following steps (you need Quicktime Pro for this).

1. Go to this site, and install Perian. Perian is a "swiss army" knife for Quicktime, it supports numerous file formats

2. After installing Perian, open the mkv file in Quicktime (you may need to restart quicktime).

3. Go to File->Export select Movie to Ipod, and your done!

]]> http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2008/08/02/convert-mkv-to-ipodiphone-format-without-using-the-command-line-in-mac-osx/feed/ 3 How Leopard Shows Windows PCs in Finder http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2008/07/23/how-leopard-shows-windows-pcs-in-finder/ http://irfanhabib.com/blog/2008/07/23/how-leopard-shows-windows-pcs-in-finder/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:56:17 +0000 admin http://irfanhabib.com/blog/?p=10060 Today I realized how Leopard shows Windows PCs in the network in Finder. I found it a little funny.

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A closer look:

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:)

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After discussions with a friend who had bought the same model we identified certain applications which could be causing this. I removed VMware Fusion as a result. The problem became worse. In previous episodes of keyboard unresponsiveness I could simply restart and the keyboard was working. In the thread some claimed its a hardware problem but that was definitely not the case here. Because in one such episode where the keyboard became unresponsive, I plugged in another keyboard via bluetooth and strangely enough the same keys which were not working on the Macbook Pro keyboard were also not working on the wireless keyboard. Certain keys were working in both like F1-F12 keys.

So I reinstalled Leopard and did not install VMWare fusion so far the system has been working normally. I'm not sure if the problem was caused by VMware Fusion or some other software I had installed in the previous setup but removing it worsened the problem which might be a strong indicator that Fusion has some role to play in this. I hope to try out an update of Fusion.

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