diff --git a/sprites/makesprites.py b/sprites/makesprites.py
index 56b4279..5ae9600 100644
--- a/sprites/makesprites.py
+++ b/sprites/makesprites.py
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ from dateutil import relativedelta
 
 #TODO determine optimal number of images/segment distance based on length of video? (so longer videos don't have huge sprites)
 
-USE_SIPS = True #True to use sips if using MacOSX (creates slightly smaller sprites), else set to False to use ImageMagick
-THUMB_RATE_SECONDS=45 # every Nth second take a snapshot
+USE_SIPS = False #True to use sips if using MacOSX (creates slightly smaller sprites), else set to False to use ImageMagick
+THUMB_RATE_SECONDS=5 # every Nth second take a snapshot
 THUMB_WIDTH=100 #100-150 is width recommended by JWPlayer; I like smaller files
 SKIP_FIRST=True #True to skip a thumbnail of second 1; often not a useful image, plus JWPlayer doesn't seem to show it anyway, and user knows beginning without needing preview
 SPRITE_NAME = "sprite.jpg" #jpg is much smaller than png, so using jpg
 VTTFILE_NAME = "thumbs.vtt"
 THUMB_OUTDIR = "thumbs"
-USE_UNIQUE_OUTDIR = False #true to make a unique timestamped output dir each time, else False to overwrite/replace existing outdir
-TIMESYNC_ADJUST = -.5 #set to 1 to not adjust time (gets multiplied by thumbRate); On my machine,ffmpeg snapshots show earlier images than expected timestamp by about 1/2 the thumbRate (for one vid, 10s thumbrate->images were 6s earlier than expected;45->22s early,90->44 sec early)
+USE_UNIQUE_OUTDIR = True #true to make a unique timestamped output dir each time, else False to overwrite/replace existing outdir
+TIMESYNC_ADJUST = 1 #-.5 #set to 1 to not adjust time (gets multiplied by thumbRate); On my machine,ffmpeg snapshots show earlier images than expected timestamp by about 1/2 the thumbRate (for one vid, 10s thumbrate->images were 6s earlier than expected;45->22s early,90->44 sec early)
 logger = logging.getLogger(sys.argv[0])
 logSetup=False
 
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def makeOutDir(videofile):
     base,ext = os.path.splitext(videofile)
     script = sys.argv[0]
     basepath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(script)) #make output dir always relative to this script regardless of shell directory
+    basepath = os.path.dirname(videofile) # alx does not like this
     if USE_UNIQUE_OUTDIR:
         newoutdir = "%s.%s" % (os.path.join(basepath,THUMB_OUTDIR,base),datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"))
     else:
@@ -266,12 +267,12 @@ def addLogging():
         basescript = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))[0]
         LOG_FILENAME = 'logs/%s.%s.log'% (basescript,datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")) #new log per job so we can run this program concurrently
         #CONSOLE AND FILE LOGGING
-        print "Writing log to: %s" % LOG_FILENAME
-        if not os.path.exists('logs'):
-            os.makedirs('logs')
+        print "not Writing log to: %s - alx@" % LOG_FILENAME
+	#        if not os.path.exists('logs'):
+        #    os.makedirs('logs')
         logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        handler = logging.FileHandler(LOG_FILENAME)
-        logger.addHandler(handler)
+        #handler = logging.FileHandler(LOG_FILENAME)
+        #logger.addHandler(handler)
         ch = logging.StreamHandler()
         ch.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         logger.addHandler(ch)