iDVD system requirements

One of the reasons Apple specifies a minimum of 733mhz for iDVD 6 MAY have to do with the graphics cards in older computers. There have been reports on the forum of people having problems with the iLife '06 applications and older video boards. In addition, at least on iMovie HD 6, 10.4.4 is required for HD menus. No such claim is made for iDVD 6.

The stated system requirements are here: http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html

Note that QT 7.0.4 is required.

I suppose the best we can say here is "maybe" it will work for you.

I'm running iLife 06 on a 667 Mhz Powerbook. This also falls below the required specs, but the software runs fine. I had no trouble installing it. I'm actually encoding a DVD in the background right now (its being going for maybe 10 hrs now). However, you may want to be careful with your DVD burner. I'm not sure you situation, but I had a working DVD writer that I added myself, and iLife broke software support for my burner when i installed it. I had to reinstall Patchburn after iLife to get support back. Also I don't have dual layer support in iDVD, even though my burner does support it (I think this is from 10.3.9).

-Josh

I have a question also on this same topic:

If the min. system requirement is a G4 733mhz, then what exactly does the following mean (taken from the above link you kindly provided) ?

"High-definition video requires 1 GHz G4 or faster and 512 MB of RAM."

Does this mean i can create a 16:9 iDVD on a G4 733 but that I won't be able to play it back on my G4 733 Digital Audio computer, or what?

I'm curious because I've never actually created an iMovie HD project and then burned it in iDVD6 at 16:9 ...... is it even possible on a G4 733 DA?

I think my 3 chip Sony TRV900 MiniDV Camera will shoot in 16:9 but I'm not 100% certain I can use my existing G4 733 to create an iMovie HD project which i can then burn via iDVD6 in 16 :9 ...... (yes/no) ?

Any chance I would be better off using FCP HD and DVDSP2 for this type of work (which I currently have loaded on this particular G4 733 also on it's own separate startup volume)?

I think my 3 chip Sony TRV900 MiniDV Camera will shoot in 16:9 but I'm not 100% certain I can use my existing G4 733 to create an iMovie HD project which i can then burn via iDVD6 in 16 :9 ...... (yes/no) ?

The Sony TRV-900 in widescreen should work fine. It does for me. I doubt that a single 733 would be an issue.

Thanx again Len. Appreciate the speedy reply.

SDMacuser