using iDVD external firewire DVD burner

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using iDVD external firewire DVD burner

My G4 only has a CD burner. So, I am buying an external (Plextor) Firewire DVD burner.

Will iDVD recognize the external burner?

iDVD requirements indicate computer should have a Superdrive (which mine doesn't have). Will the external firewire drive work with iDVD?

Thanks.

Posted on Oct 2, 2005 8:54 AM

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Answer 1

David Bale

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Oct 2, 2005 9:34 AM in response to Steve Hart1

I think you need to create a disc image in iDVD5, which is a new option, and then burn it on the external drive using Disk Copy.

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Answer 2

Oct 3, 2005 8:03 AM in response to David Bale

I bought the LaCie external and it works fine with Toast to burn to a disk but I get errors when I try to burn from iDVD to the external burner. So yes it recognizes the burner but I have yet to get a successful burn from iDVD but am able to get one from Toast 6 platinum software. I am not sure what iDVD problem.

Am trying to find out here.

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Steve Hart1 Author

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Oct 3, 2005 10:55 AM in response to potterygirl

Are you able to save your iDVD project to a file (dmg/iso/whatever) then burn that image file to a dvd?

Previous poster thought that was the way to go...

Seems to me Apple should allow iDVD to work directly with whatever DVD burner is installed on the user's computer (internal/external).

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David Bale

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Oct 3, 2005 3:23 PM in response to Steve Hart1

Seems to me Apple should allow iDVD to work directly with whatever DVD burner is installed on the user's computer (internal/external).

I agree

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Answer 5

Oct 5, 2005 3:13 PM in response to Steve Hart1

I have iDVD5 and the Plextor firewire burner. I save to disk image in iDVD then use roxio toast lite (came with the burner) to copy the disk image to DVD.

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David Bale

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Oct 15, 2005 8:01 AM in response to Steve Factor

You should also be able to copy it with Disk Utility.

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