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DVD+-R/RW Recorder

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colinp

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Jul 7, 2004
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My gf is thinking of picking up a DVD+-R/RW external recorder drive for her Powerbook (I knew she should have picked up the Superdrive when she bought the thing!) and i was wondering if you guys have any recommendations...?

Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
 
I bought a Pioneer DVR-109BK drive (EOM version) and installed it into a Bytecc 340U2F case. Had to use Patchburn to make it work natively in Panther, but I don't think that Tiger needs the patch to work. Toast also works well with it.
 
PatchBurn eh? I'll have to look into it. Is it a problem of lack of support for OS X on most burners or what?
 
I *think* it has more to do with OS X than with your hardware. Apple prefers for you to have an internal SuperDrive, and doesn't support writing to anything else. PatchBurn is a patch to the OS to fix this I believe (anybody know for sure?).
 
I built an external DL +/-RW burner by putting an NEC burner in an enclosure with a Prolific Firewire controller. It works great and doesn't need any additional software to work with Tiger. Panther is another story; you will need Patchburn in Panther.
 
Dm84 said:
I built an external DL +/-RW burner by putting an NEC burner in an enclosure with a Prolific Firewire controller. It works great and doesn't need any additional software to work with Tiger. Panther is another story; you will need Patchburn in Panther.
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Sounds the same as my Pioneer experience (also using a Prolific chipset). I am currently using Panther on my main computer, but Toast 7 works great with it.
 
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