Andrew, You may recall that I had good luck installing an internal Pioneer DVR-AO3 superdrive by replacing the DVD-ROM drive which originally came in my G4 tower. iDVD recognized it as a stock Apple Superdrive.
The same should work for you. Ward Oldham On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 08:52 PM, andrew arnold wrote: > Since we're on the subject... I am confused. I have a 450 G4 desktop > and a > recent 800 TiBook. I would like to buy a new Pioneer DVD burner for the > desktop so that I can burn DVDs of iMovies... I have heard you need > iDVD to > burn these and that software only comes with Macs that have the > superdrive > pre-installed. Is this true? Am I unable to make my own DVDs without > buying > a whole new system???? > > >> iMovie should be able to handle it. Just keep in mind that each minute >> of raw-uncompressed digital video (with audio) will take about 250 - >> 300 MB of hard drive space. >> >> Jerry >> >> >> On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 10:53 PM, Lee Larson wrote: >> >>> On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 07:36 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: >>> >>>> Can you do a whole 2 hour vhs tape this way? Or are you limited by >>>> the >>>> camera's storage? Does the resolution capability of the camera >>>> determine >>>> the quality of the data going to iMovie/DVD? I really am a greenie >>>> at >>>> this >>>> so any advice would be appreciated. >>> >>> I've never done a whole two-hour tape this way, but, if there's >>> enough >>> disk space available, it could probably be done. (What's the limit on >>> iMovie input here? There's surely some HFS file size problem you'll >>> eventually hit. Jerry?) >>> >>> Nothing need ever be stored on the camera, so the storage of the >>> camera does not affect anything. You can store it on the camera, if >>> you want, and I often do it this way so I don't have to lug the VCR >>> down to the computer. >>> >>> The resolution seems to be as good as the VHS it started with. >>> Remember that VHS resolution is pretty bad compared to digital video, >>> so the results aren't nearly as good as the footage shot with the >>> digital camera. You don't really realize how bad VHS is until you >>> start editing it in a program like iMovie where you can mix real >>> digital stuff with the VHS stuff. >>> >>> -- >>> Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville >>> Phone: 502-852-6826 FAX: 502-852-7132 >>> >>> >>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January >>> 28 >>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >> > > Kind regards, > Andy > a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu > > Remember the two most important things in life: > 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know > 2. > > The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. > > "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew > the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
