Plextor external DVD burner -- HELP!

I have the same issue - with a MacBook and a Plextor 740UF.
The Apple burn folders don't seem to work at all with this drive.

I did try PATCHBURN - but this only marginally helped... I got 2.5% complete and then it got stuck.

Toast worked like a charm - I burned a pair of DVD+R DL
disks in about 11 minutes each (8GB on each disk).

I am still wondering if anyone got this to work without Toast.

Marc

We have a PowerBook G4 and are running OSX 10.4. We
just bought a Plextor PX-740UF external DVD burner.
We plugged it in, turned it on, inserted a DVD-+R,
dragged pictures onto it and then tried to burn it.
Then it acted like it was burning it but the % never
changed.

Then the same thing happened with DVD-R. What am I
doing wrong? Do I need Toast?

Is it possible to install an INTERNAL DVD burner in
my laptop?

Thanks!

Did you check to see if the Plextor model you purchased was compatible with a Mac?

You don't say which model PB you have.

You can go to http://www.mcetech.com/ or http://www.macsales.com/ and see if they have any Combo drives for your PB.

MJ

Did you check to see if the Plextor model you
purchased was compatible with a Mac?

You don't say which model PB you have.

You can go to http://www.mcetech.com/ or
http://www.macsales.com/ and see if they have any
Combo drives for your PB.

MJ

FWIW the Plextor 740-UF lists itself as MAC-OS compatible but since I had it before I got my Macbook - mac compatiblitly was not my main purchasing criteria...

It does work just great with Toast, as it does on my old slow Dell but it makes coasters when trying to burn DVD's.
This, to me t least, implies it is compatible to a large degree but I still can't use the native burn functionality.
However, since I bought a copy of Toast... the problem is largely rendered moot at this point.

Marc