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Apple Adopts Sony Superdrive?
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This might sound like a stupid question, but how do you determine what kind of drive your iMac has? I'm new to Macs, and couldn't figure it out last night.
test with DVD+R and DVD+RW media
Hello everybody... bad news...
Just bought two above mentioned mediums and tried them out. Didn't work out very well.
When I inserted DVD+R medium, CD Info said that this is an Recordable CD in with size of 4.4 GB. So, I assume than you can burn data on the disk, do not know if it would work from iDVD.
More interesting: info for DVD+RW medium brought back an error saying that it could not get the disk size, reporting some sense codes and stuff. 🙁((
Firmware revision on my drive is A13b. Anyone in posession of something else? Can one ask Apple to provide a new firmware?
cheers
Hello everybody... bad news...
Just bought two above mentioned mediums and tried them out. Didn't work out very well.
When I inserted DVD+R medium, CD Info said that this is an Recordable CD in with size of 4.4 GB. So, I assume than you can burn data on the disk, do not know if it would work from iDVD.
More interesting: info for DVD+RW medium brought back an error saying that it could not get the disk size, reporting some sense codes and stuff. 🙁((
Firmware revision on my drive is A13b. Anyone in posession of something else? Can one ask Apple to provide a new firmware?
cheers
DVD+R, DVD+RW
DVD+R and DVD+RW are logically correct formats for video. See http://www.dvdrw.com for more on why some think this is important.
Also note that DVD format size is measured in bytes so 4.7GB is actually only 47000000bytes or more commonly known as 4.4 Gigabytes. Total capacity doesn't change on format type but burn rate is typically slower for "+" format. Theory is that home DVD players have an easier time reading "+" format.
DVD+R and DVD+RW are logically correct formats for video. See http://www.dvdrw.com for more on why some think this is important.
Also note that DVD format size is measured in bytes so 4.7GB is actually only 47000000bytes or more commonly known as 4.4 Gigabytes. Total capacity doesn't change on format type but burn rate is typically slower for "+" format. Theory is that home DVD players have an easier time reading "+" format.
Re: test with DVD+R and DVD+RW media
This doesn't look too bad i would think. Could this be the case ? : You can burn data to DVD+R (formatted drive in hfs = 4,25 gb i suppose) and you should maybe format the DVD+RW first ?? (don't know where or how this could be done)
Could you try in idvd what it does with the DVD+R (probably best to put the disk in first, then start iDVD as with the -RW disks?)
Thanks
This doesn't look too bad i would think. Could this be the case ? : You can burn data to DVD+R (formatted drive in hfs = 4,25 gb i suppose) and you should maybe format the DVD+RW first ?? (don't know where or how this could be done)
Could you try in idvd what it does with the DVD+R (probably best to put the disk in first, then start iDVD as with the -RW disks?)
Thanks
Hello,
looks like not all is lost :
DVD-R media does not need to be formatted.
The DVD-RW specification leaves formatting to the software on the computer (this is only for the DVD-RW media). The sony drive (previous version to the one in the imacs 'DRU-500A') has pc-software that allows for formatting DVD-RW media in the background : on the mac i suppose idvd takes care of that.
DVD+R media needs no formatting either.
DVD+RW media needs formatting BUT the firmware of the station itself takes care of the formatting, so that (i suppose with the sony software on peecee's only) after about 1 minute you can 'theoretically' copie files to the media. Theoretically, because the sony peecee software has a 'temporary' place for saving the 'copied files'. After the station has finished formatting, the actual files are written to the media.
So because idvd doesn't know about all this (starts formatting the media but can't perform the operation because of different info on the media itself (what are they, what is the max. speed ...) to the DVD-RW specification.
Maybe : if you put a DVD+RW media in the drive, and wait for say 1 hour, and then start idvd???...
Just a thought
Please let us know what works, and what doesn't
Davedive
P.S. i didn't find this out myself : found it in a flemish magazine.
looks like not all is lost :
DVD-R media does not need to be formatted.
The DVD-RW specification leaves formatting to the software on the computer (this is only for the DVD-RW media). The sony drive (previous version to the one in the imacs 'DRU-500A') has pc-software that allows for formatting DVD-RW media in the background : on the mac i suppose idvd takes care of that.
DVD+R media needs no formatting either.
DVD+RW media needs formatting BUT the firmware of the station itself takes care of the formatting, so that (i suppose with the sony software on peecee's only) after about 1 minute you can 'theoretically' copie files to the media. Theoretically, because the sony peecee software has a 'temporary' place for saving the 'copied files'. After the station has finished formatting, the actual files are written to the media.
So because idvd doesn't know about all this (starts formatting the media but can't perform the operation because of different info on the media itself (what are they, what is the max. speed ...) to the DVD-RW specification.
Maybe : if you put a DVD+RW media in the drive, and wait for say 1 hour, and then start idvd???...
Just a thought
Please let us know what works, and what doesn't
Davedive
P.S. i didn't find this out myself : found it in a flemish magazine.
Confused - what should I get?
Greetings and thanks in advance...
I have 350MHz PowerPC G4 with only a CD-ROM drive.
I want to replace it with a DVD (etc.) drive. What are my options? Is my G4 too slow? Do I need all the formats?
Help! Just a wee bit overwhelmed!!!😕
Greetings and thanks in advance...
I have 350MHz PowerPC G4 with only a CD-ROM drive.
I want to replace it with a DVD (etc.) drive. What are my options? Is my G4 too slow? Do I need all the formats?
Help! Just a wee bit overwhelmed!!!😕
Janweth, your machine is fine. Purchase a Cendyne DVR105 (its really a Pioneer Superdrive DVR-A05)--its 2X speed. They can be found at Staples, Office Max or on the web. When on sale they run about $200. ESBuy.com has the Pioneer for around $230. You can pick up the Pioneer 2X version eiher by Cendyne or Pioneer DVR-103/A03 or DVR-104/A04 for less. Make sure you are running the latest version of Jaguar. Remnove your old drive, insert the new and voila. Your machine's not slow though iDVD isnt exactly speedy on any machine.
It's that easy! rich
It's that easy! rich
Sony
If it did, I really wouldn't mind burning my Annie Lennox on a sony. I used to own only Sony before and was happy. Apple just makes me happier.
If it did, I really wouldn't mind burning my Annie Lennox on a sony. I used to own only Sony before and was happy. Apple just makes me happier.
Sony
If it did, I really wouldn't mind burning my Annie Lennox on a sony. I used to own only Sony before and was happy. Apple just makes me happier.
If it did, I really wouldn't mind burning my Annie Lennox on a sony. I used to own only Sony before and was happy. Apple just makes me happier.