On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 09:11 AM, Les wrote: > I noticed that Jaguar did not install DVD Player 3.2. What will I need > to do to get this once I get an external DVD+RW connected to my iMac?
AFAIK, you can't. DVD Playback doesn't only require a DVD capable drive, it requires a video card with MPEG-2 decoding (even "software" decoding players need specific graphics cards to work; replace a DV iMac's logic board with a non-DV logic board, and you'll find that DVD Player stops working, even though it's a "software" decoding machine). > I heard that Apple's software (DVD Player & iDVD) only work with DVD > drives that Apple shipped. Is this true? iDVD only works with Apple's internal SuperDrives. I think I've seen hacks around the net to work iDVD with external drives, but I don't recall where and am always dubious of "hacks". DVD Studio Pro works with external drives. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
