Transcriber again

[Doug Marmion]

Hi Margaret,

I don't think your IT person is right.

Transcriber v. 1.4.5 was built for OS X 10.1.5 while v. 1.5.1 was  
built for OS X 10.3, old systems now, but I think the problem is that  
both versions were built fort Macs with a PPC chip. They both run fine  
on my old PowerBook G4 (running Leopard), but your MacBook has an  
Intel chip which means it has to run Transcriber in the PPC emulator  
(known as Rosetta).  Emulators can be a bit delicate, so it's likely  
that it's not handling these old versions well. It's interesting that  
the older one works better than the later one.

Have you tried asking the developers? I used to find them very  
helpful, espec. Sylvain Galliano (and I like his name!). But if your  
windows emulator handles it okay, I guess there's no need.

cheers,
doug


On 03/04/2009, at 11:50 , Margaret Carew wrote:

> Thanks everyone who helped with my recent request on transcriber. Just
> thought I'd post an update on how that's worked out.
>
> I'm running OS Leopard (OS 10.5) on my Mac - the transcriber .dmg  
> download
> for Panther (OS 10.3) doesn't mount at all, and our IT person here  
> believes
> that the software and operating system are incompatible. The earlier  
> version
> 1.4.5 mounts, but I haven't had any success tweaking the sampling  
> rates or
> trying different file formats. I'd be interested to hear if anyone  
> else has
> had any success in running transcriber with OS Leopard.
>
> I have found an acceptable compromise which is to run transcriber  
> 1.5.1 for
> windows on my virtual PC machine through Fusion, now that I've got  
> the file
> sharing sorted out between the Mac and the virtual PC it's all fine.
>
> Regards
> -- 
> Margaret Carew
> Lecturer - Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics
> Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
> Alice Springs NT 0870
> 08 8951 8339
> 0422 418 559
> margaret.carew at batchelor.edu.au
>