The iDVD thing isn't as big a deal, though, once you find out what I found out - iDVD has major problems and can't be used for anything over about 30 minutes long or equivalent. It crashes during multiplex and burn, even when using the hack to write to a disk image. There is some black magic that I haven't figured out that allows to work once in a blue moon, but it mostly doesn't work and is extremely frustrating. I've given up on it for now and am waiting anxiously for Apple to come out with a fix, but I'm definitely not holding my breath. Eventually I'll probably decide to buy a copy of Toast and try their software. Not as slick, but maybe it actually works!
Steve
On Oct 26, 2004, at 8:37 AM, Justin Ancheta wrote:
On 26-Oct-04, at 3:00 AM, Are Hansen wrote:
Could someone explain the difference between all the DVD formats? What's the "plus" and "minus" thing?
The only significant difference to the consumer, as far as I know, is what sort of drive the disks are compatible with, although I have heard that there are some substantial differences with respect to the type of laser and recording dye used.
In short, the "plus" and "minus" formats are two competing standards pushed by two different consortiums of companies, the DVD Forum and the DVD+RW alliance. The DVD Forum was the "original" consortium in that they developed the original DVD spec.
A good source on this is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD
--justin
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