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Topic: VDJ with Leopard on the imac. A few issues.

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I used it tonight for the first time and did have some issues. I am using a brand new Imac with 4 gigs of ram and it has leopard on it. the major problem is that after have virtually no problems, all of a sudden i couldn't type in the search feature. it was like the keyboard wasn't working. I had to reboot the entire system.

My second topic is everytime I start vdj I have to do an "Add to search database" I never had to do that with PC. Real pain in the Ass.

3rd topic is - I have to always go into config when i restart to add the sound card. It acutally sees the sound card and I just have to click on it again even though it's already there and set for that sound card.

4th issue is that when i first start up and go to load a song in it takes forever. After loading a couple of songs (taking forever) it finally starts to work much faster. Question is "Whats up with the slowness at boot up"?

Thanks for the help!
 
发表时间 Sat 11 Oct 08 @ 1:33 am
i have had those issues and have to say it is osx based not VDJ per se. The sound card thing can be that you have to set it up in system prefs. I did that and it always shows up. the slowness can be fixed by zapping your pram or repairing permissions. but most imnportantly you will benifit if the comp is dedicated to just djing. dont have other things running while using VDJ or at all for that matter :)
 
Change permissions of the virtual dj folder to read/write.

To load songs faster, go to config, in codecs, change the mp3 to "quicktime audio codec".

Good luck.
 
xonor wrote :
Change permissions of the virtual dj folder to read/write.

To load songs faster, go to config, in codecs, change the mp3 to "quicktime audio codec".

Good luck.

wow never knew that. what else can be changed in configure for better mac performance
 
Hi sirkitbreaker, sometime take a time and read threads on this mac forum will give u more tip on how to optimise ur usage with vdj;)
 
Xonor! I did what you said and the songs loaded way faster. Great advice. thank you!

Sirkitbreaker! You said that you HAD that problem b4. So is it gone now? You also said that it's more than likely an os issue. I just bought a brand new imac with 4 gigs of ram. I am amazed that this gets bogged down. Do you think I need to install tiger or something? I have leopard on this now. Forgive me if that is a stupid question. i am sort of new to macs. thanks for the help!
 
no do not down grade to tiger. I have noticed on myt macs I do a lot of art and music that they just get junky. I have to optimize my hard drive every week. I also run repair permissions every week. and zap my pram. you can google all those functions to see how to do them. I have been using macs since the apple lisa so I know how sometimes the software ect gets bogged down quickly. but would not trade my mac for anything
 
Sirikit: What do you think about just installing bootcamp and running the pc side when i do events and do all my downloads etc on the mac side? Would that solve my issues?
 
yes and cause more.... I am not sure what drivers you are using but some will not work in bootcamp. Bootcamp was invented for people who already have windows app ect to get a mac. I do not suggest even installing bootcamp cause it is a waste of space. On one comp I have boot camp to use on animation program that is not out for mac and i hate bootcamp on that.
 
I am at an event right now and another issue came up with the mac and vdj. the pitch control was all messed up. it was stuck on one side. and when you moved the pitch on one side it was doing working on the other side. I just rebooted. i dont know what else to do. bootcamp is the best out for me. just for when i am working. what things go wrong with you mac with bc?

Thanks!
 
i dont use boot camp. never did for music I just find it a backwards way of working the reason to get a mac is for the OS.... but anyways I wave been djing everyday with VDJ and total control on a macbook and never had a glitch.... well I did but they were total control's fault not my macs. Honestly I have heard other artist I know say problems with thier computers and the 'MAC genius' says it could be due to switching between bootcamp and leopard constantly.... that maybe hogwash but it is said that Apple doesn't not support or suggest you use bootcamp they just provide it to use at your own risk.

btw are you using a controler?
 
Yes I am using a controller. I am using a denon 4500 and I love that player. I used it with the pc vdj and it worked great. You wanna laugh? This may sound really strange, but it seems like my system is giving me problems at the beginning of the night. As the night progresses I dont have problems. It's almost like the software has to get warmed up.

The other thing that is driving me nuts is that I have to "add to search database" everytime I boot up VDJ! I mean compared to the days when i was doing that with pcdj... It's like night and day. At least vdj can do my entire drive in a matter of like 2 or 3 min. But if my system goes down that can seem like a life time.

Any thoughts on that?

Also 2 things. VDJ for mac is fairly new right? So will they be coming out with fixes for all these issues?

Thanks for all of your help!
 
Did you do the ' set permissions for 'everyone' to read write'

in the config under browser change search database to add automatically
 
No i havent done that. How do i set those permission? I know u said to go to the vdj something. but what do i have to set to read and write and how do i do that? I am not really that great with mac yet. Still learning. So thanks for the patience.

SMit
 
Sirkit: I got it figured out. The add search database thing. thank you!
 
ok in mac finder select the virtual dj folder and go to FILE --> GET INFO change the permissions to say every one read/write these are drop down menues and you may need to click on the little lock at the bottom
 


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