Andrew, iDVD is not a free download and it only comes with systems with a Superdrive. I bought off of Apple's site iDVD 2 for $20.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/32/wo/jfM2nR LfP88L3Bq2OWw1VtnsmOA/0.3.0.3.27.79.1.1.1 Ward Oldham On 12/22/02 5:45 PM, "andrew arnold" <a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu> wrote: > 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>. > 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>.
