Update of ELAN 3.7.2 for the Mac
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Update of ELAN 3.7.2 for the Mac
An update of ELAN for the Mac, version 3.7.2-1, is now available. It doesn't offer new functionality but tries to address a number of problems with media playback that have been reported here and elsewhere.
Depending on the combination of Mac OS version, QuickTime
version and hardware (PowerPC or Intel) the following errors could occur:
1) crash of ELAN when opening a (transcription with a) media file
2) crash of ELAN when closing a window containing a media file
3) synchronisation of multiple video's not working correctly
4) crash when detaching/attaching a video from/to the main window
5) crash or freeze when changing the linked media files
6) freeze of ELAN when saving a video frame as an image
7) freeze of the video image once the playhead has crossed the (roughly)
"60% of media duration" boundary
8) slow updating of the screen once the end-of-media is in the visible
area of the timeline viewers
The problems 1 through 3 are related to our Cocoa-QuickTime based media
player solution. We have tried to fix these problems and have tested the
new player on several combinations of Mac OS version and processor. But,
we don't have all possible combinations around, so please report if you
still experience crashes.
Problem 4 and 5 could occur both with the Cocoa-QuickTime and the
QuickTime for Java player, 4 can still happen with QT for Java players.
Problems 6 and 7 are specific to the QT for Java player, where 7 only
seems to occur with QuickTime version 7.6. or higher.
The last problem was independent of the media player in place.
The problems in the QT for Java player have not been solved, these
problems seem out of our control. Therefore the default player is again
the Cocoa-QT player. If needed, one can still switch to the QT for Java
player as described here:
http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/elan/elanforum/simpleforumpost.2009-04-07.5053039867
-Han
Re: Update of ELAN 3.7.2 for the Mac
Fantastic! I've been playing around with the new version and I'm definitely happy with the end-of-media bit. It's looking great.
Some minor glitches when trying to sync multiple movies:
1. The "jump one frame ahead" button doesn't seem to work.
2. When playing and stopping (BOTH in media synchronization mode and annotation mode), the video with the offset jumps ahead two seconds. But if you play again, it goes back to being synched with the other video. This problem does not occur if you use the other video controls (e.g., jump one second ahead).
Just wanted to let you know in case you didn't catch these. As always, thanks for everything you do.
Re: Update of ELAN 3.7.2 for the Mac
I think I may have posted to the wrong thread.<br><br>I'm running into some problems which I describe in this post: http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/elan/elanforum/simpleforumpost.2009-04-07.5053039867/simpleforumpost_view<br><br>I find that going back to Elan 3.6.0 has been the best solution for me so far :-(<br>
Release of ELAN 4.3.0
