iDVD & external drive dual layer

i did have it plugged in and still to no avail.

LOL


i have replaced the DVD file on the french website..i have taken out the lacie project file..out of the folder ..restarted iDVD and still the same issue.

it won't allow me to even save a disc image


HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP.

Hi Black Muscle,

Open the System Profiler application inside your Applications/Utilities folder. In the Disc Burning category, look up your LaCie DVD drive ( not your internal drive), what do you see for 'Burn Support:' ? It should be 'Yes (Unsupported)'. For 'Profile Path:', it should be 'None'. If they say something else, then you need to remove this profile from the folder indicated by the 'Profile path'.

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi Kevin,
Welcome to the Discussion.

The only thing remaining is Patchburn which looks a

bit daunting to me. Has anyone tried it? What are the
results like?

PatchBurn wouldn't give you the double-layer
functionality. Use the French patch I mentioned in post #1
together with Tiger will enable the double-layer in
iDVD.

Okay, I have tried to get iDVD to allow me to create a DL DVD img by following all the procedures and it still doesn't work for me. The only difference seems to be that I am still running Panther (10.3.9). Has anyone got the French Patch to work with Panther? Do I need to upgrade to Tiger (10.4)?

PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) no superdrive, Lacie (NEC) external DL burner

Hi KevMiller,

Has anyone got the French Patch to work with Panther? Do I need to upgrade to Tiger (10.4)?

As far as I know, the French Patch only works with Tiger.

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Ah! That's why I've had no luck with the French patch. I was also puzzled about the much more detailed Project Info windows than I was getting using iDVD5 on Panther.
BTW, I see that the French patch that I unstuffed has exactly the same file size as iDVD. Just mere coincidence? I think not... 🙂
Side topic: I bought iLife 05 in early December. The clerk did not mention that a newer version was right around the corner - likely didn't know. Apple has rebuffed my request for an exchange or partial-cost upgrade. Hmph.

G4 1GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi jcpo,

Side topic: I bought iLife 05 in early December. The clerk did not mention that a newer version was right around the corner - likely didn't know. Apple has rebuffed my request for an exchange or partial-cost upgrade. Hmph.

That is too bad. If you stay with Pather (10.3.x), you are probably better off with iLife'05, since some parts (iMovie in particular) of iLife'06 require Tiger and QuickTime 7.0.4.

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Success! Various bumps in the road laboriously overcome, Tiger installed, french patch inserted, two dr files sequestered, and lo and behold it is OK for DL burning.

G4 1GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Great thread! I have been seeking this info for a long time now!

Some follow-up questions:

1) Will DVD Studio Pro 3 burn dual-layer to an internal Pioneer 110D that I just installed? I'm running OS 10.4.4. Will it do this without the 'French" patch?

2) Say I want to burn dual-layer from iDVD 5, and I install the "French" patch to do so... it requires that I uninstall Patchburn, right? If I do that, will iTunes and other apps like Desktop Burning still be able to "see" my Pioneer 110D and burn to it?

Thanks very much for any info on this.

I am having mixed success burning Verbatim DL DVDs from iDVD directly and from .img files via Disk Utility. These DVDs play fine on our various OSX Macs, but inevitably they freeze at the midpoint on my old Toshiba settop player. I'm going to try Toast in the near future.

Question #1: does an iDVD to .img file include the exact location for the layer break/refocus? Or is it left up to the burning software, either Disk Utility or Toast or...
Question #2: with a project encoded by iDVD directly to disk, will a disk image file taken from it have the exact location of the layer break/refocus specified, or is it left up to the burning software each time a disk is burned?

thanks!

G4 1GHz FW800 Mac OS X (10.4.5) laCie internal drive, iDVD5, french patch

You might need to get Toast 7 and request Video burn using 'DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS' option after mounting your img file. This mode seems to insert break properly. (See previous discussion on this topic in this thread.) It seems the break insertion is a function of burning software. I also got errors with test dual layer burn using Disk Utility. I use Verbatim +R DL Disks.

Good Luck

Paul