Thanks for the responses. I couldn't find iDVD on my X.2 or software restore disks. Maybe it only loads if there is a dvd drive on the bus???
Is iDvd a free download? I read that is wasn't because Apple wanted to people to buy the superdrive-equipped machines! > Hi Jerry (and Andrew), > > My observations are only from a hardware point of view and can only be > accurately applied to the first generation Pioneer mechanism, the > DVR-AO3 (or DVR-103), which is an internal ATA device. The issue I > debated before purchasing and installing the drive was whether Apple's > superdrive had some firmware modifications which differentiated it from > the stock Pioneer DVR-AO3. Discovering that iDVD recognized the drive > as a stock superdrive led me to conclude that the answer was "No". > > However, this may not be true of the current superdrive which is > Pioneer's third generation superdrive, the DVR-AO5 (or DVR-105). For > what it would cost for you to purchase the drive and install it, it may > be worth a roll of the dice. My assumption from past history is that > Pioneer only makes one flavor of this drive period, not a second > variation with proprietary Apple firmware onboard. Therefore, iDVD > will probably work. > > Ward Oldham > > > On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 09:33 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > >> Not entirely true. >> >> Okay, here goes. iDVD is set to work with DVD burners that are on the >> internal ATI bus. It won't run with burners hooked up to the Firewire >> or USB bus. >> >> In many cases, it will not install off of the OS-X install cds because >> of this. If you do as Ward suggest, then you should be able to use it >> (though you may have to go back and install iDVD from one of the >> packages then update it to be current. Don't forget to get the firmwre >> updates that let you use the new 4x DVDs in the drive. >> >> So are you out of luck if you have to get an external drive? No. Toast >> will burn the moves to DVD (once they are encoded in MPEG2 format). >> Getting them onto DVD is not the problem, encoding them into MPEG2 >> format is. There are several ways to compress movies into MPEG2 >> (including using QuickTime). >> >> The advantage of iDVD is that it gives you everything in one place, >> and it gives you the "front menu". >> >> Jerry >> >> p.s I have heard there will soon be a retrofit kit for the TiBook so >> that you can pop a DVD burner into it as well. >> >> On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 08:52 PM, andrew arnold wrote: >> >>> Since we're on the subject... I am confused. I have a 450 G4 desktop >>> and a >>> recent 800 TiBook. I would like to buy a new Pioneer DVD burner for >>> the >>> desktop so that I can burn DVDs of iMovies... I have heard you need >>> iDVD to >>> burn these and that software only comes with Macs that have the >>> superdrive >>> pre-installed. Is this true? Am I unable to make my own DVDs without >>> buying >>> a whole new system???? >>> >>> >>>> iMovie should be able to handle it. Just keep in mind that each >>>> minute >>>> of raw-uncompressed digital video (with audio) will take about 250 - >>>> 300 MB of hard drive space. >>>> >>>> Jerry >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 10:53 PM, Lee Larson wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 07:36 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Can you do a whole 2 hour vhs tape this way? Or are you limited by >>>>>> the >>>>>> camera's storage? Does the resolution capability of the camera >>>>>> determine >>>>>> the quality of the data going to iMovie/DVD? I really am a greenie >>>>>> at >>>>>> this >>>>>> so any advice would be appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> I've never done a whole two-hour tape this way, but, if there's >>>>> enough >>>>> disk space available, it could probably be done. (What's the limit >>>>> on >>>>> iMovie input here? There's surely some HFS file size problem you'll >>>>> eventually hit. Jerry?) >>>>> >>>>> Nothing need ever be stored on the camera, so the storage of the >>>>> camera does not affect anything. You can store it on the camera, if >>>>> you want, and I often do it this way so I don't have to lug the VCR >>>>> down to the computer. >>>>> >>>>> The resolution seems to be as good as the VHS it started with. >>>>> Remember that VHS resolution is pretty bad compared to digital >>>>> video, >>>>> so the results aren't nearly as good as the footage shot with the >>>>> digital camera. You don't really realize how bad VHS is until you >>>>> start editing it in a program like iMovie where you can mix real >>>>> digital stuff with the VHS stuff. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville >>>>> Phone: 502-852-6826 FAX: 502-852-7132 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January >>>>> 28 >>>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >>>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January >>>> 28 >>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >>>> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Andy >>> a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu >>> >>> Remember the two most important things in life: >>> 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know >>> 2. >>> >>> The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a >>> Macintosh. >>> >>> "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we >>> knew >>> the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams >>> >>> >>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 >>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >> > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > Kind regards, Andy a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu Remember the two most important things in life: 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know 2. The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
