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So, I have completed 1/3 of my iPhone video converter script. I tested out several shows this evening and I can safely say I think that part of this project is completed. I did run into a few minor issues while testing. When I first started playing video I got 80% of the way through the show and then my iPhone crashed. Each time I tried seeking to that point in the video file my iPhone would crash again and again. I decided it was time for an upgrade. So, first I tried restoring the phone from 1.1.3 to 1.1.3 and re-jailbreaking it. After my settings were all restored my mail application crashed. I tried a few things with no luck. Then I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to 1.1.4. Same problem. So, I ended up doing a full restore of 1.1.4 on my phone and rebuilding it from scratch. I can safely say this was a great choice. Since I hadn’t restored my phone since I bought it, I had miscellaneous folders from various applications and all sorts of upgrade leftovers from the 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. I now have a clean, streamlined, well running 1.1.4 iPhone that can do cell triangulation. I setup my Apache server again without any trouble, copied over my show and everything worked like a charm. Apple definitely did some bug fixes and possibly a small overclock on the front side bus again like they did in 1.1.1. The phone is more responsive and video is much smoother.  Overall I’m very pleased with this phase of the project. I’m very much looking forward to the release of the SDK on March 6. Hopefully these extra few days allowed Apple the time needed to make the SDK that much better. I think my next task will be to script the automatic conversion of selected videos after they download. I’ll have to go through some code and figure out the best plan of attack for this. I will post my findings.