Mini DVD's - do they work on Mac.?

[Darthmat]

My friend is doing a video for school, the grad. video to be specific, and she filmed everything on a DVD camcorder. I have the OSX 10.5.2, and was wondering if the Mac. supports and burns these. Do I need a specific App. to do this?

I copied this from About This Mac>Hardware>Disc Burning.
Firmware Revision: ZF1E
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
Am I screwed, or is it possible?

 

[Chundles]

Do not put that disc in your Mac if it has a slot loading drive! It'll wreck your disc drive.

Use the camera by connecting it with the USB cable and iMovie (so long as you've got an Intel machine) will import and convert the video into something that can be edited.

MiniDVD cameras are a pain in the neck for post-shoot editing but the new version of iMovie can handle the footage just DO NOT put a miniDVD into a slot-loading disc drive.

 

[Darthmat]

How do I check if I have an intel, or a slot loading drive? Is the S.L.D. what laptops come with? 'Cus I have a laptop. Thanks for the help!

 

[Darthmat]

I do have Intel.

2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Is that good enough?

 

[Chundles]

I do have Intel.

2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Is that good enough?

Yes, and all Macs bar the Mac Pro have a slot-loading drive ie. you put the disc into a slot. The Mac Pro has a tray-loading drive - you put the disc on a tray.

 

[callmemike20]

Intel is the processor. It has nothing to do with your drive. If your drive sucks the disc in (as all current mac laptops do), then don't put it in.

 

[teksurv]

I take it someone has stuck one of these in a slot drive? It seems obvious not to do so to me, but who knows.

 

[Amdahl]

It wrecks the drive?!? Mini-CD/Mini-DVD are a part of the standard. It shouldn't wreck them. I do remember there was a 'floppy' mini-CD/DVD distributed (in UK I think) that would ruin the slot drives, but a real disc shouldn't wreck it.

The Wii handles them just fine; it is a requirement of Gamecube compatibility.

 

[Chundles]

It wrecks the drive?!? Mini-CD/Mini-DVD are a part of the standard. It shouldn't wreck them. I do remember there was a 'floppy' mini-CD/DVD distributed (in UK I think) that would ruin the slot drives, but a real disc shouldn't wreck it.

The Wii handles them just fine; it is a requirement of Gamecube compatibility.

It wrecks the drive. The slot-loading drives in all Macs do not accept 8cm discs. Apple has a knowledge base article on it, I have booked in countless machines with buggered drives from 8cm discs.

The Wii has a special drive that can cope with the smaller discs - I'd imagine it's a thicker, more expensive unit.

 

[Tallest Skil]

The Wii handles them just fine; it is a requirement of Gamecube compatibility.

The Wii has the only dual-size slot-load drive in the world; it should handle them fine. Our do, at least.

They're not part of the standard, they're part of the problem. Along with novelty-shaped disks.

 

[Darthmat]

Thanks everyone! I'll be using the USB, or a firewire, if the camera is compatible.

 

[alphaod]

The Wii has the only dual-size slot-load drive in the world; it should handle them fine. Our do, at least.

They're not part of the standard, they're part of the problem. Along with novelty-shaped disks.

Not to mention the Wii drive has to be able spin in the opposite direction of regular discs.

 

[Carrot007]

Not to mention the Wii drive has to be able spin in the opposite direction of regular discs.

Yes, please dont metion it because it's just not true. (It is a common misconception though)

The disks are just read backwards, not spun backwards. (The start of the disk is the outside edge rather than the centre as with normal disks)

 

[Erwin-Br]

You can make a mini DVD the same size as a regular DVD with a certain plastic border that you can clip on, if I'm not mistaken.

--Erwin