Archive for December, 2010

Quartz composer plugin errors

-[QCPlugInPatch _addOutputPortWithClass:forKey:attributes:]: Inconsistent state I came across this error recently when trying to write a custom patch for QC.  If you get this error more than likely you are trying to use a consumer patch with outputs.  You can not have outputs with a consumer patch.  Change kQCPlugInExecutionModeConsumer to kQCPlugInExecutionModeProcessor.

December 31, 2010 · tom · No Comments
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Split NSString into and array of Objects.

Split NSString into an array of objects each containing one line. For example, say we have the following tab delimited string AH162h 0 1926 2516 1 192.168.1.255 AH162h 1 1926 0×0012 3412 3456 7402 0×342 0×548 and we want to have each line be an NSString object in an NSArray In OS X 10.4 and [...]

December 24, 2010 · tom · No Comments
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D-Link DGS-1024D 24 Port Gigabit Switch

About a year or ago I purchased a D-Link DGS-1024D 24-Port Gigabit Switch to replace a malfunctioning Netgear 16 port gigabit switch. I really did not intend to purchase a 24 port switch as it is probably overkill for a home network. However, almost all my ports are connected to something. Nowadays, it is not [...]

December 24, 2010 · tom · No Comments
Posted in: Hardware Reviews

Creating a Metadata application for iTunes movies Atomic Parsley not QuickTime API

I sat down this weekend to begin writing a metadata application for itunes .m4v movies only to discover my orginal plan had to be modified .  I had been wanting to do this for some time now since I got the new AppleTV 2010.  The AppleTV really looks nice when the metadata for each file [...]

December 12, 2010 · tom · One Comment
Posted in: Cocoa