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Invading my Mac
by Morten dotmac 14 May '08

14 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Even Squeeze has got this thing. How have they gotten in to my machine, and how do it get you out? I downloaded and run the uninstaller, but with no result, same message. As you can read I am furious about this matter, I fell very intimidate. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com In the past months my Macs have been invaded by this message when opening my Proapps. pace.pdf It started on FCP on one machine, but now it have infected all my machines, like a creepy virus, can’t even open FCP or Motion from the dock, must open a project file. My Leopard system is installed within the last 4 months, on a clean disk, with a clean install. I have licensed copies of all my software and I have no knowledge of installing anything from PACE, I want this massage out of my Mac right now! I have contacted the company, and they say that I have to download an uninstaller app. Now the supporter wants me to mail him my logs, I don’t want that, this is my machine, and they don’t have anything to do with them I don’t know the rules in other countries, but here in Denmark, it is not legal to invade computers without the owner’s permission. I think I know what I am doing when I install software, and I do read the license agreement, and I know for sure that I never clicked ok to anything PACE, and some of the software is installed on my computer, should we call it spy ware then, but its still illegal, period. There is NO external plug-in installed on Squeeze, except from Telestream flip4mac witch I own and paid for. Can anyone explain to me how this software is installed on my Mac? And how do I get the shit out?

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Re: External Scripts in Final Cut Server request
by Eryk Vershen 14 May '08

14 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Ryan, -eryk On May 13, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Ryan Gallagher wrote: any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks, ryan _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/evershen%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… The best way to start out with script response is to create a simple shell script. Whatever you use should be runnable from the command line. That is, you should be able to type the Command Path from the response into a Terminal window and have something happen. Most people use shell script or ruby or some other scripting language. You can use AppleScript, but avoid all commands that require/display a UI. They may work in some contexts, but it will not work in general. The reasons have nothing to do with AppleScript per se, this restriction applies to any method of launching a GUI app. In the demo with ruby-on-rails, what actually happens is is there is a subscription that triggers a script response to run a ruby script which adds a record into the database that is behind the rails application. That does the move from FCSVR to rails. For the return trip, the rails application creates an XML file in a particular directory. FCVSR has a watcher with a ReadXML response that brings the information from the XML back in to FCSVR. There is no externally available documentation on the XML schema of ReadXML/WriteXML at this time. Can anyone help me out with running external scripts as a Final Cut Server Response. Thus far I have tried Automator App, Applescript Script, Shell Command with no luck. When I try an Applescript compiled as an app however, I get a response. A startup screen loads asking if I wanted to run or quit the app, even though the app was specifically compiled not to have a start up screen. Additionally this window is dead in the water, it can't be clicked, and the only way out is to quite from the activity monitor, which described it as a powerPC process. I have seen some demos where ruby or ruby on rails is summoned, but with no insight as to how it was done. This email sent to evershen(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FCP 6.0.3 and FxCustomParameterAction updates
by Paul Schneider 14 May '08

14 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, Pauli, I did some more research, and I think I might understand the problem. Let me know if that matches what you see. - Paul On May 14, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Paul Schneider wrote: Hi, Pauli, Thanks, - Paul <FloatingWindow.zip> On May 14, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Pauli Ojala wrote: Pauli Ojala _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/pschneider%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/pschneider%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… It turns out that in Final Cut, we only redraw the canvas in response to a parameter change if the parameter is visible in the viewer. This means that we don't update if hidden parameters are changed (a known bug). It also means that if you load something else into the viewer (a different clip in your timeline, say), we will stop updating when you change your parameters. Usually, this isn't an issue, because the user can only change parameters that are loaded in the viewer. But if you are managing your own floating window, you're giving the user a way to change parameters that aren't in the viewer. Final Cut isn't set up to handle that. This behavior isn't new with 6.0.3; it's always been like this. But it's possible that some of your customers noticed it around the time they upgraded. there were very few FxPlug-related changes in Final Cut 6.0.3, and I'm not aware of any that might have caused a difference in our behavior here. I wrote a very simple FxPlug filter that manages its own floating Cocoa window, with a button in the window to trigger a redisplay. It seems to work correctly in 6.0.3. I've attached it - if it works on your systems, perhaps you can spot a difference between this plugin and what you're doing? Also, when you say "we're receiving reports", do you mean that you've tested your plugin in 6.0.3, and something that always used to work now always fails? Or do you just mean that some of your customers are reporting problems? Hello, I'm hoping someone on the FCP FxPlug team might be able to give some insight into a problem that our users have been experiencing. Our plugin Conduit uses a private Cocoa window for its nodal effect editor UI. When the user modifies something in the editor window, we use FxCustomParameterActionAPI and FxParameterSettingAPI to set a new value for a custom parameter on the FxPlug instance. Ever since Motion 2.0, this method has worked fine for triggering a render in the host application. This way we don't need to run the editor modally; the user can keep the window open while moving around on the host app's timeline, which is very convenient. Now we're receiving reports that the FCP 6.0.3 update has broken this behaviour. Apparently the Viewer doesn't update anymore in response to events in our editor window. However, one user mentioned that switching from FCP to Finder and then back to FCP does trigger the expected render in the Viewer in FCP. So it sounds like the problem might be some fairly trivial bug somewhere -- as in the viewer not getting the equivalent of [-NSView setNeedsDisplay:] after the FxPlug parameter has been modified...? This email sent to pschneider(a)apple.com This email sent to pschneider(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FCP 6.0.3 and FxCustomParameterAction updates
by Paul Schneider 14 May '08

14 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, Pauli, Thanks, - Paul On May 14, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Pauli Ojala wrote: Pauli Ojala _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/pschneider%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com there were very few FxPlug-related changes in Final Cut 6.0.3, and I'm not aware of any that might have caused a difference in our behavior here. I wrote a very simple FxPlug filter that manages its own floating Cocoa window, with a button in the window to trigger a redisplay. It seems to work correctly in 6.0.3. I've attached it - if it works on your systems, perhaps you can spot a difference between this plugin and what you're doing? Also, when you say "we're receiving reports", do you mean that you've tested your plugin in 6.0.3, and something that always used to work now always fails? Or do you just mean that some of your customers are reporting problems? FloatingWindow.zip Hello, I'm hoping someone on the FCP FxPlug team might be able to give some insight into a problem that our users have been experiencing. Our plugin Conduit uses a private Cocoa window for its nodal effect editor UI. When the user modifies something in the editor window, we use FxCustomParameterActionAPI and FxParameterSettingAPI to set a new value for a custom parameter on the FxPlug instance. Ever since Motion 2.0, this method has worked fine for triggering a render in the host application. This way we don't need to run the editor modally; the user can keep the window open while moving around on the host app's timeline, which is very convenient. Now we're receiving reports that the FCP 6.0.3 update has broken this behaviour. Apparently the Viewer doesn't update anymore in response to events in our editor window. However, one user mentioned that switching from FCP to Finder and then back to FCP does trigger the expected render in the Viewer in FCP. So it sounds like the problem might be some fairly trivial bug somewhere -- as in the viewer not getting the equivalent of [-NSView setNeedsDisplay:] after the FxPlug parameter has been modified...? This email sent to pschneider(a)apple.com

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Looking for Motion stories
by Darrin Cardani 14 May '08

14 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Darrin -- Darrin Cardani dcardani(a)apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… We're always on the lookout for success stories about Motion to add to the Apple Hot News page. If you've recently released any plugins that work particularly well (or only) in Motion, let me know and I'll pass that on to our "Hot News" people. Or if you have products which read or produce Motion XML, let me know about that, too. Likewise, if there are content producers on the list who have made new Motion Templates available, or have done something particularly interesting with Motion, let me know. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: External Scripts in Final Cut Server request
by Darrin Cardani 14 May '08

14 May '08

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FCP 6.0.3 and FxCustomParameterAction updates
by Pauli Ojala 14 May '08

14 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Pauli Ojala _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… Hello, I'm hoping someone on the FCP FxPlug team might be able to give some insight into a problem that our users have been experiencing. Our plugin Conduit uses a private Cocoa window for its nodal effect editor UI. When the user modifies something in the editor window, we use FxCustomParameterActionAPI and FxParameterSettingAPI to set a new value for a custom parameter on the FxPlug instance. Ever since Motion 2.0, this method has worked fine for triggering a render in the host application. This way we don't need to run the editor modally; the user can keep the window open while moving around on the host app's timeline, which is very convenient. Now we're receiving reports that the FCP 6.0.3 update has broken this behaviour. Apparently the Viewer doesn't update anymore in response to events in our editor window. However, one user mentioned that switching from FCP to Finder and then back to FCP does trigger the expected render in the Viewer in FCP. So it sounds like the problem might be some fairly trivial bug somewhere -- as in the viewer not getting the equivalent of [-NSView setNeedsDisplay:] after the FxPlug parameter has been modified...? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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External Scripts in Final Cut Server request
by Ryan Gallagher 14 May '08

14 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks, ryan _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… Can anyone help me out with running external scripts as a Final Cut Server Response. Thus far I have tried Automator App, Applescript Script, Shell Command with no luck. When I try an Applescript compiled as an app however, I get a response. A startup screen loads asking if I wanted to run or quit the app, even though the app was specifically compiled not to have a start up screen. Additionally this window is dead in the water, it can't be clicked, and the only way out is to quite from the activity monitor, which described it as a powerPC process. I have seen some demos where ruby or ruby on rails is summoned, but with no insight as to how it was done. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Final Cut Server
by Ryan Gallagher 12 May '08

12 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com thanks, ryan _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… Can anyone out there help me with Final Cut Server? I am looking to access it via the command line as well as develop some external scripts for it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FXPlug and Final Cut interlace
by Paul Schneider 12 May '08

12 May '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, Steve, [outputImage fieldOrder] == kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE [inputImage fieldOrder] != kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE renderInfo. fieldOrder == kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE - Paul On May 10, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Steven Meyer wrote: [outputImage fieldOrder] == kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE [inputImage fieldOrder] != kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE renderInfo. fieldOrder == kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE This has confused me some, but I have adapted my code. Now for my question. Steve Meyer _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/pschneider%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… But, if I call [temporalAPI getInputBitmap], the resulting bitmap has 1/2 height and rowBytes twice of the inputImage, ie half height image and [inputImage fieldOrder] != kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE but [inputImage fieldOrder] == kFxField_NONE in general, in a mixed-format situation, the images that are prepared for you prior to render (the filter input and output) are in sequence format. Images that you retrieve yourself (from an image parameter or from the FxTemporalAPI) will be in the source clip's format. This is not the most intuitive setup, but it's the rule we typically follow. So, I would expect that in your situation, the inputImage would be progressive frames, but images retrieved from the FxTemporalAPI would be single fields. It sounds like you are seeing this. In my tests, I don't see the mismatched field/fieldOrder problem that you report. Images from the temporalAPI have (fieldOrder != progressive && field != none). When an interlaced clip is rendered in a progressive sequence, I see the following results for fieldOrder in renderOutput This looks like a bug in Final Cut. The inputImage is progressive (because the sequence is progressive). So [inputImage fieldOrder] should be progressive. In my tests, [inputImage field] is correct, but [inputImage fieldOrder] is wrong. Has inputImage automatically been deinterlaced? In other words, has any deinterlacing processing been applied to the inputImage as a default without the user specifically applying a deinterlace filter. Yes. When you add an interlaced clip to a progressive sequence, the clip is deinterlaced before filters are run on it. You may be able to use the temporalAPI to access the original interlaced fields. You can request both fields of your input by asking for time N and N+0.5. When an interlaced clip is rendered in a progressive sequence, I see the following results for fieldOrder in renderOutput The heights and rowbytes of inputImage and outputImage are the same, i.e not half height for inputImage But, if I call [temporalAPI getInputBitmap], the resulting bitmap has 1/2 height and rowBytes twice of the inputImage, ie half height image and [inputImage fieldOrder] != kFxFieldOrder_PROGRESSIVE but [inputImage fieldOrder] == kFxField_NONE Has inputImage automatically been deinterlaced? In other words, has any deinterlacing processing been applied to the inputImage as a default without the user specifically applying a deinterlace filter. I am working on plugins with conditional deinterlacing code in the filters, and my client is seeing results that appear to indicate the input was already deinterlaced. This email sent to pschneider(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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