DVD Burning on OS X

dvd

There are many great pay ware cd and dvd burning programs out there for OS X, however ones that are willing and able to burn DVD video are few and far between. Often video is either an afterthought or requires buying additional plugins. This is not so for a great little application that I just found today, Burn for OS X.

While it appears a little rough around the edges, and the documentation leaves a little bit to be desired, one of the many features include the ability to burn DVD video. It also will convert files over to the required MPEG2 format. I found that it worked wonders for my .mov file encoded with H264 in 720p glory.

burn-osx

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Merry Christmas to all

Snow Pine
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

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Great Plains Dynamics 2011 year end update… error!

Train Wreck, Steam Locomotives

This week we ran the GP updates for the end of year that also happened to have SP 5 included in the roll-up. The install finished successfully, however after running the GP Utilities we came up with the following errors when upgrading our company. The solution was that the CRM integrator was still running and needed to be forced to quit.  After that all the problems went away!
The following SQL statement produced an error:
set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSChangedCustomerKey1′
The following SQL statement produced an error:
set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSChangedPriceLevelKey1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error:
set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSChangedSalespersonKey1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error:
set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSCustomer1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error:
set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSPriceLevel1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error:
set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSSalesperson1′ in the database.
Upgrade of database: SG failed! Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities will now shutdown.

The following SQL statement produced an error: set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSChangedCustomerKey1′
The following SQL statement produced an error: set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSChangedPriceLevelKey1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error: set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSChangedSalespersonKey1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error: set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSCustomer1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error: set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSPriceLevel1′ in the database.
The following SQL statement produced an error: set nocount on  declare @NAME varchar(100) declare @TEXT varchar(8000) declare taCreateRequesterProcs insensitive cursor for   select DOCTYPE from eConnect_Out_Setup (nolock) where MAIN = 1 and DOCTYPE not like ‘%GetList’  open taCreateRequesterProcs fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME while (@@fetch_status <> -1) begin  if (@@fetch_status <> -2)  begin  select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 0′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 1′  exec (@TEXT)   select @TEXT = ‘exec eConnectOutCreate ‘+ @NAME + ‘, 2′  exec (@TEXT)  end   fetch next from taCreateRequesterProcs into @NAME end  deallocate taCreateRequesterProcs
ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]There is already an object named ‘taRequesterWSSalesperson1′ in the database.
Upgrade of database: NN failed! Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities will now shutdown.

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Merry Christmas

It is yet again time for the annual tradition of the family Christmas cards and along with that comes the family Christmas Card Letter and Photo. This year the photo is a selection from our 1 year anniversary visit to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.

Hopefully the Christmas Cards will be going out in the mail soon, and those of you who are on our list should be getting them shortly after that. If you don’t get one, either we forgot you, didn’t have your address, or just didn’t send you one :-) (Hey, postage is expensive!)

Christmas Letter 2011
Andy and Jess at the Grand Canyon

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Winter Driving

With the winter travel season upon us yet again it is always handy to call 511 to check road and weather conditions before you venture out. For those who don’t know 511 is the shortcut to your state’s road weather and hazard hotline. However, what do you do if you want the next state over? Of course the first choice is to look it up online, google is always your friend. But if you are on the road and don’t have access to the net there still are the old fashioned 800 numbers that still work.

Below are a selection of the regional numbers from the Iowa State University mesonet.

Iowa : 800-288-1047
Illinois : 800-452-4368
Kansas : 800-585-7623
Minnesota : 800-542-0220
Missouri : 800-222-6400
Nebraska : 402-471-4533
South Dakota : 605-367-5707
Wisconsin : 800-762-3947

Of course, while you are at it you can always check out my weather summery page.

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Google Mobile Exchange “Password Incorrect” on iOS

Gmail en OME

If you are using Google Mobile in “Microsoft Exchange” mode for your iphone, you will occasionally run into an odd error informing you that your password is not correct, it will say:

Password Incorrect
Enter the password for the exchange Account “Account Name”

Don’t worry, your password is still correct. For some reason you have caught the ire of google’s security captcha.  To cure your ills, go to a computer and point your web browser to https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha (or if you are feeling lazy http://goo.gl/phGwL)

You should find that all your problems go away and the nag screen will go away.

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Flaw in Outlook 2003 with IMAP

Mailing Junk back to Junk Mailers

These days it seems like everyone has a crushing burden on in their email inbox. The other day I ran into a shortcoming of Outlook 2003 and IMAP. The only place that I found it documented was on a gmail support board, so I figured that I would better document it here.

Apparently Outlook stores the local cache of messages for IMAP servers in an older version of the .pst format that is limited to 2 GB.  Apparently this is due to an inability to use Unicode characters in IMAP and outlooks inability to translate.  As far as I have found there is no real fix to this issue except to divert some of your messages to a unsubscribed folder, fully delete deleted messages, or transfer some of your messages to a local .pst to get your filesize back under 2 GB.

This is the error message we were getting:

$filelocation has reached its maximum size.
To reduce the amount of data in the file, select some items that you no longer need and then permanently delete them by pressing SHIFT + DELETE. You could consider using the new outlook prsonal folders file (.pst) introduced with outlook
2003 that provides greater capacity for storing items and folders.

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Odd error in Great Plains 10.0

Plains near Laramie

Today we had a user run into an odd error that exactly explained what was going on, but was no help at all. The user was trying to print a Balance Sheet report form the Finical Statement Report tool and received the following error: “This report is being modified or printed it can not be updated.” After a search of Great Plains Customer Source and Google with out success, a general poll of the users was taken and sure enough there was another user with that report open. It appears that this is a shortcoming of that report that only one user at a time can have it open. As soon as she closed the report, the user reported success.

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iPhone issue-Unable to move message

iphone

I have only run into one issue on my new iPhone 4S, when trying to delete email on an IMAP email account I get the “unable to move message” error. Here is how I solved this problem.

To cure your “Unable to move Message” on your iOS 5 device follow the following steps:
Settings → Mail → click on the offending email account → click on account → advanced → deleted mailbox → then touch the Trash icon “on the server”

Note that these directions are for IMAP servers. They should work for POP3 email accounts also, however instead of choosing the server based trash, chose the trash folder on your phone.

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Homecoming 2011

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Another year, and another Homecoming has gone by. The old folks who once played in the ISUCF’V'MB took the field once again as the Iowa State Alumni Band. As the same as last year, I will be returning as one of the newsletter editors and Jess will now be the secretary. As usual, I took plenty of pictures and we are all ready for the upcoming pepbands.

I will leave you with the dismissal…

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