Re: software to capture stills from DVD ?

[phoenix]

Quoth cqdiep :

> this is a test

That's either incredibly ignorant, or embarrassingly asinine. I've
counted no less than five rather politely-worded admonitions concerning
"test posts" in the past day, and now this...

Please, if you're gonna' "test-post" the list, use some stealth and
cloak the "test" in some wording that someone else might want to read. A
joke of the day, if nothing else.

C'mon, is it really that hard just to pay attention?


Cheers,
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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[Malcolm Cornelius]

>> Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
>> WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
>> out of it. So, yeah . . .
>> 
>> Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM drive
>> for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
>> strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
>> up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
>> mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?
> 
> If you already have a (presumably faulty) dvd/cd drive for the
> machine, you  can remove the drive unit from the carrier (remove the
> 2 #0 screws on either side of the chassis, apparantly not the two on
> the 'top' of the unit, and slide the drive out of the carrier, then
> just slide in a new one.  i found a compatible "laptop ide" drive on
> pricewatch.com or on computergeeks.com  for around $50.
> 
> A friend had a spare slot loading drive that he gave to me... i
> swapped the drive with my original DVD-ROM, and now i have a bootable
> CD/DVD drive, and CD-R capability.  Whoo!

Not on a Wallstreet, which I think is what the OP was asking.

The drive mechanism in a Wallstreet isn't removable from it's casing in the
same way as Lombard/Pismo ones.

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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[Scott Lawrence]

On Feb 2, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:
Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM  
drive

for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will  
eat

up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?


 [ .. my incorrect response deleted .. ]



Not on a Wallstreet, which I think is what the OP was asking.

The drive mechanism in a Wallstreet isn't removable from it's  
casing in the

same way as Lombard/Pismo ones.


Oh.. my bad.  I'm sorry.

-s

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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[Scott Lawrence]

On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Der Mickster wrote:


Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
out of it. So, yeah . . .

Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM drive
for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?


If you already have a (presumably faulty) dvd/cd drive for the  
machine, you  can remove the drive unit from the carrier (remove the  
2 #0 screws on either side of the chassis, apparantly not the two on  
the 'top' of the unit, and slide the drive out of the carrier, then  
just slide in a new one.  i found a compatible "laptop ide" drive on  
pricewatch.com or on computergeeks.com  for around $50.


A friend had a spare slot loading drive that he gave to me... i  
swapped the drive with my original DVD-ROM, and now i have a bootable  
CD/DVD drive, and CD-R capability.  Whoo!


-s


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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[Udo Huth]

> Also - if my display can't keep vertical and needs something heavy to
> lean against, does it mean my hinges are pushing up the daisies?

Well, it means the hinges are broken. Nothing one can do about that except
replacing the hinges.

I bought a used Wallstreet off ebay for the price two new hinges would have
cost me and had the complete screen replaced. As I had a 14" screen and the
bought Wallstreet only had a 13" screen I now oughta have the only
Wallstreet which lets you select screen resolutions in the Monitor control
panel... - so the technician told me.

> Another thing: I've read a couple of scare stories about how hard
> drives with more capacity than 30-40 gig may not be too friendly with
> the WallStreet . . . should I look no further than the 40-gig
> Travelstar that I mentioned in a previous post?

A 20 GB hard disk is working just fine inside my Wallstreet.

Udo


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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[James Sanderson]

I was able to get a Pismo on eBay for $200+s/h.  I did spend money to  
add memory and move to a 500 MHz processor.  I think that I got  
'lucky' because the comp's description included a pink-light-on-start- 
up-but -goes-away-after-a-seconds issue.  The latter hasn't bothered  
me in the least.  I've priced out the replacement.  I think I'll be  
with this one for a while.
I was happy with the WS for basic internet surfing and note-taking.   
When I decided I wanted to use Keynote for several school  
presentation, the WS became obsolete.


Cheers,

Jim Sanderson
On 1 Feb 2006, at 17:36, Der Mickster wrote:


Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
out of it. So, yeah . . .

Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM drive
for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?

Also - if my display can't keep vertical and needs something heavy to
lean against, does it mean my hinges are pushing up the daisies? I've
seen an excellent HOWTO that covered the issue extensively, but I am
somewhat squeamish about attempting it myself. RAM, HDD, whatever, but
the display . . . scary. Or is it some other problem that can be more
easily soluble?

Another thing: I've read a couple of scare stories about how hard
drives with more capacity than 30-40 gig may not be too friendly with
the WallStreet . . . should I look no further than the 40-gig
Travelstar that I mentioned in a previous post?

Cheerio,

Mick.



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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[Gardner Byron]

I will take one for 80.00!! Let me know where you got it and if they  
have any more!


Seriously,
Byron
On Feb 1, 2006, at 8:40 PM, Illovox Media wrote:


80 is cheap.  They are rare.

on 2/1/06 5:12 PM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote:

Message-ID:  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 02:36:31 +0300
From: Der Mickster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
out of it. So, yeah . . .

Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM  
drive

for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?

Also - if my display can't keep vertical and needs something heavy to
lean against, does it mean my hinges are pushing up the daisies? I've
seen an excellent HOWTO that covered the issue extensively, but I am
somewhat squeamish about attempting it myself. RAM, HDD, whatever,  
but

the display . . . scary. Or is it some other problem that can be more
easily soluble?

Another thing: I've read a couple of scare stories about how hard
drives with more capacity than 30-40 gig may not be too friendly with
the WallStreet . . . should I look no further than the 40-gig
Travelstar that I mentioned in a previous post?

Cheerio,

Mick.



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WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[Illovox Media]

80 is cheap.  They are rare.

on 2/1/06 5:12 PM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote:

> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 02:36:31 +0300
> From: Der Mickster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?
> 
> Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
> WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
> out of it. So, yeah . . .
> 
> Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM drive
> for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
> strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
> up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
> mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?
> 
> Also - if my display can't keep vertical and needs something heavy to
> lean against, does it mean my hinges are pushing up the daisies? I've
> seen an excellent HOWTO that covered the issue extensively, but I am
> somewhat squeamish about attempting it myself. RAM, HDD, whatever, but
> the display . . . scary. Or is it some other problem that can be more
> easily soluble?
> 
> Another thing: I've read a couple of scare stories about how hard
> drives with more capacity than 30-40 gig may not be too friendly with
> the WallStreet . . . should I look no further than the 40-gig
> Travelstar that I mentioned in a previous post?
> 
> Cheerio,
> 
> Mick.


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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[Ken]

My Reply follows quote. On 01/02/2006 15:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
said:  

>Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
>WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
>out of it. So, yeah . . .
>
>Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM drive
>for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
>strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
>up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
>mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?

DVD-ROM modules with their accompanying PC-Cards are about as common
as chickens with molars. If you can get a working set for the price
mentioned, you are probably lucky.

>Also - if my display can't keep vertical and needs something heavy to
>lean against, does it mean my hinges are pushing up the daisies? I've
>seen an excellent HOWTO that covered the issue extensively, but I am
>somewhat squeamish about attempting it myself. RAM, HDD, whatever, but
>the display . . . scary. Or is it some other problem that can be more
>easily soluble?

Yep. Bad hinges are a well known "feature" of the G3 Series machines.
The only real fix seems to be replacement. I have seen stainless steel
ones being sold, but too many $$ for me. A stack of books behind the
display is much cheaper!

>Another thing: I've read a couple of scare stories about how hard
>drives with more capacity than 30-40 gig may not be too friendly with
>the WallStreet . . . should I look no further than the 40-gig
>Travelstar that I mentioned in a previous post?

I have a 40gig Western Digital In a WS/300. Seems to work well, but
I haven't had it all that long and don't use them machine all that
much.

>Cheerio,
>
>Mick.

Ken

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[Der Mickster]

Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
out of it. So, yeah . . .

Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM drive
for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?

Also - if my display can't keep vertical and needs something heavy to
lean against, does it mean my hinges are pushing up the daisies? I've
seen an excellent HOWTO that covered the issue extensively, but I am
somewhat squeamish about attempting it myself. RAM, HDD, whatever, but
the display . . . scary. Or is it some other problem that can be more
easily soluble?

Another thing: I've read a couple of scare stories about how hard
drives with more capacity than 30-40 gig may not be too friendly with
the WallStreet . . . should I look no further than the 40-gig
Travelstar that I mentioned in a previous post?

Cheerio,

Mick.

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Malcolm Cornelius]

> are the units just standard "Laptop IDE"?
> 
> I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same
> connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4
> Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor.

Yup.

Should be a drive set to Master, and if you use a different drive the front
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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Dylan McDermond]

On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote:
I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same  
connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a  
G4 Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor.


There is an adapter board on the back of the drive. Under the adapter  
is the standard laptop drive connector. I used a Samsung combo drive  
from a dell in my wife's Pismo.


-Dylan

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Laurent Daudelin]

On 01/02/06 09:37, "Scott Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:
> 
>> 
>>>> DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in
>>>> Pismos.
>> 
>>> Is there any way to repair it?  Or should I just toss the drive and
>>> buy a new one?
>> 
>> I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them.
> 
> are the units just standard "Laptop IDE"?
> 

Yes, they are all IDE or ATAPI in the case of CD-ROM/DVD drives. Maybe not a
familiar form factor but it should be standard.

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Scott Lawrence]

On Jan 31, 2006, at 11:45 PM, James Sanderson wrote:



On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:



DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in  
Pismos.


I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they  
show the

symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa.


How do you know the LG model from any of the others?


On mine, i was definitively able to tell by disassembling the unit.

Using a #0 phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws holding the  
plastic flap on the back, then the two insanely tiny screws on either  
side of the unit.  (notice that the two that go through plastic are  
about 2mm longer than the others)


You can then lift the unit out of the carrier.  The label is on the  
bottom.


:)

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Scott Lawrence]

On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:




DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in
Pismos.



Is there any way to repair it?  Or should I just toss the drive and
buy a new one?


I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them.


are the units just standard "Laptop IDE"?

I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same  
connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4  
Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor.


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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Malcolm Cornelius]

>> DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in
>> Pismos.
>> 
>> I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they
>> show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa.
> 
> How do you know the LG model from any of the others?

It tells you in Apple System Profiler, or on the drive caddy it says
DRN-8080.

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[James Sanderson]

On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:



DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in  
Pismos.


I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they  
show the

symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa.


How do you know the LG model from any of the others?

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Tom and Lisa Peters]

Hi all.  I just joined.

I recently came into posession of a broken G3 Powerbook "Pismo".  It 
seemed relatively complete (no hard drive, no keyboard, no psu, but 
cpu, ram, dvd-rom, battery).  I borrowed a 3400 from work, and tried 
out the pismo with it, but nothing.


I completely disassembled it, down to the power connector, to find 
that it had sheared from the board:

http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0562

so I desoldered, straightned, and reconnected it:
http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0566

I plugged it all back together, along with a 20gig spare drive I 
had, and it gave me the ? Folder.  YAY!


I just got done installing OS 9 on a 1 gig partition, and OS 10.2 on 
the remaining partition.  It all works really well.


(I do still need a shield for the ram/cpu area, keyboard, and power supply)

I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that 
over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the 
stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it 
doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt.


Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end?

-s

(I've also got a 15" TiBook 500 (Rev A), and my current machine, a 
15" AlBook 1.67ghz... which belong to work, but for all intents and 
purposes, my machines.)


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Nice rework on the sound/AC board.

From what I gather the lombard/pismo DVDs are getting flaky by now. 
Luckily, you can replace the mechanisms with a number of other 
devices you can find on Ebay.  This is a good reference page:


http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html#dvdr

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Malcolm Cornelius]

>> DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in
>> Pismos.

> Is there any way to repair it?  Or should I just toss the drive and
> buy a new one?

I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them.

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Scott Lawrence]

On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:44 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:

I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that
over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the
stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it
doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt.

Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end?


DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in  
Pismos.


I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they  
show the

symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa.


Is there any way to repair it?  Or should I just toss the drive and  
buy a new one?


As mentioned in the previous post, I'm not afraid to bring a  
soldering iron to the thing.


-s

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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Malcolm Cornelius]

> I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that
> over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the
> stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it
> doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt.
> 
> Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end?

DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos.

I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the
symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa.

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Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[Scott Lawrence]

Hi all.  I just joined.

I recently came into posession of a broken G3 Powerbook "Pismo".  It  
seemed relatively complete (no hard drive, no keyboard, no psu, but  
cpu, ram, dvd-rom, battery).  I borrowed a 3400 from work, and tried  
out the pismo with it, but nothing.


I completely disassembled it, down to the power connector, to find  
that it had sheared from the board:

http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0562

so I desoldered, straightned, and reconnected it:
http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0566

I plugged it all back together, along with a 20gig spare drive I had,  
and it gave me the ? Folder.  YAY!


I just got done installing OS 9 on a 1 gig partition, and OS 10.2 on  
the remaining partition.  It all works really well.


(I do still need a shield for the ram/cpu area, keyboard, and power  
supply)


I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that  
over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the  
stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it  
doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt.


Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end?

-s

(I've also got a 15" TiBook 500 (Rev A), and my current machine, a  
15" AlBook 1.67ghz... which belong to work, but for all intents and  
purposes, my machines.)


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Re: DVD Burning Problem

[sandra ragan]

On Jan 25, 2006, at 7:04 AM, Ryan Lee wrote:

I have an Aluminum G4 15" with the original 1 speed DVD-R burner, OS 
10.4.3. I've been trying to burn about 800 MB of data onto a blank 
4.7GB DVD-R. I get a message that there is not enough room on the 
disk. There should be plenty of room and the hard drive has lots of 
room to create a "scratch disk" if needed. I've tried burning from the 
Finder and from the Disk Utility making a disk image.


Once I got the message "Failed to calibrate the laser power level for 
this media". I know that the media is DVD-R. I'm not sure of the speed 
of the media. I usually burn at the slowest speed to be safe. Does 
this sound like a problem that an incompatible media would create or 
does it sound like a hardware issue?


Ryan


In my experience the older Mac DVD burners are very picky about the 
media... Sony DVD-Rs seem to be the most reliable...


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DVD Burning Problem

[Ryan Lee]

I have an Aluminum G4 15" with the original 1 speed DVD-R burner, OS 
10.4.3. I've been trying to burn about 800 MB of data onto a blank 
4.7GB DVD-R. I get a message that there is not enough room on the disk. 
There should be plenty of room and the hard drive has lots of room to 
create a "scratch disk" if needed. I've tried burning from the Finder 
and from the Disk Utility making a disk image.


Once I got the message "Failed to calibrate the laser power level for 
this media". I know that the media is DVD-R. I'm not sure of the speed 
of the media. I usually burn at the slowest speed to be safe. Does this 
sound like a problem that an incompatible media would create or does it 
sound like a hardware issue?


Ryan


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Re: DVD-ROM Drive for Pismo

[Caleb Cupples]

On Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006, at 10:29 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson wrote:



On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Michael Kern wrote:

Can a Toshiba DVD-Rom from a Dell laptop be made to fit in the caddy 
of a

Pismo drive

Some can. XLR8 Your Mac <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com> has information 
on the known working models.




I don't know about DVD drives, but I've got an old Toshiba CD-ROM that 
I pulled out of my first PC laptop that works in my Lombard. Of course, 
I only used it long enough to verify that it works, before I swapped 
the stock LG DVD drive back in.


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Re: DVD-ROM Drive for Pismo

[Bruce Johnson]

On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Michael Kern wrote:

Can a Toshiba DVD-Rom from a Dell laptop be made to fit in the  
caddy of a

Pismo drive

Some can. XLR8 Your Mac <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com> has information  
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Re: more Lombard display and DVD issues

[Malcolm Cornelius]

> 1) Display is dark (image is there, but no back illumination; also S-video
> out works fine to TV). I have ruled out the backlight (replaced a know-good
> display assemblywith good backlight) and the inverter. This leaves a
> possible fault on the motherboard, as the cables are part of the display
> assembly. Does anyone know whereabouts on the motherboard to look for
> possible damage (hoping to find visible damage, such a blown capacitor or
> so). Or what other bits could be responsible for such behaviour?

Had exactly this on a machine on Friday, bad logic board, weird thing was it
would pop back when the machine warmed.

Couldn't see nay damage on the board so suspected broken track nor connector

> 2) This is a 400 MHz with DVD drive. Booting in OS9, system profiler informs
> me that DVD decoder is present. However, when I try to play a DVD, I get the
> message saying that this computer can't play DVDs. As anyone seen and/or
> solved this?

Playing the DVD in 9 or X ?

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Re: more Lombard display and DVD issues

[Francesco sciacca]

> > 1) Display is dark (image is there, but no back illumination; also  
> > S-video
> > out works fine to TV). I have ruled out the backlight (replaced a  
> > know-good
> > display assemblywith good backlight) and the inverter. This leaves a
> > possible fault on the motherboard, as the cables are part of the  
> > display
> > assembly. Does anyone know whereabouts on the motherboard to look for
> > possible damage (hoping to find visible damage, such a blown  
> > capacitor or
> > so). Or what other bits could be responsible for such behaviour?
> 
> Have you tried disconnecting the monitor and cleaning the contacts as  
> they could have a build up of dirt on them. this could prevent a  
> contact and give a scrambled pic. or no pic at all also have you  
> checked the cables for any damage or cracks in the strip.

just tried this today to no avail. Also the connector for the video cable 
(on the motherboard) seems fine. The cables are attached to the display 
assembly and the inverter, so they can't be the culprit, as both the 
display assembly and the inverter work fine on another lombard.

> > 2) This is a 400 MHz with DVD drive. Booting in OS9, system  
> > profiler informs
> > me that DVD decoder is present. However, when I try to play a DVD,  
> > I get the
> > message saying that this computer can't play DVDs. As anyone seen  
> > and/or
> > solved this?
> 
> To me that says the system was installed on a book with out the dvd  
> decoder or drive present. for example a wallstreet. Then the drive  
> swapped into the lombard.

well spotted, thanks Vicky! Unfortunately, Its' long since I've lost my OS 
9 discs, so I always use a bootable copy of a clean install to an ibook 
that had not a DVD player.

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Re: more Lombard display and DVD issues

[Tom and Lisa Peters]

Illovox Media wrote:

 If in X, dvd chip is disabled.  Anyone know if VLC can pick up the slack on
 a 400 lombard in x?

 on 1/19/06 7:49 AM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote:

 

The Lombard does not have enough CPU horsepower for VLC to decode a DVD
without stuttering. It will run but I don't think you'll like the results.


Would a G4-433 be ok, from what you have heard ?

thanks,

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Re: more Lombard display and DVD issues

[Caleb Cupples]

It can and it can't. It will play a DVD, but it's so laggy and skips so 
much that I wouldn't recommend it. VLC is great on a G4 'Book, but not 
a Lombard. In fact, the only reason I have VLC is that 'systm', is 
either Ogg Theora or H.264 and I'm on X.2.8, so that rules out 
Quicktime 7.


Boot into 9 and use Apple DVD Player.

Caleb
On Thursday, Jan 19, 2006, at 16:14 America/Chicago, Illovox Media 
wrote:


If in X, dvd chip is disabled.  Anyone know if VLC can pick up the 
slack on

a 400 lombard in x?



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Re: more Lombard display and DVD issues

[Michael A. Howard]

Illovox Media wrote:
> If in X, dvd chip is disabled.  Anyone know if VLC can pick up the slack on
> a 400 lombard in x?
>
> on 1/19/06 7:49 AM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote:
>
>   
The Lombard does not have enough CPU horsepower for VLC to decode a DVD
without stuttering. It will run but I don't think you'll like the results.



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more Lombard display and DVD issues

[Illovox Media]

If in X, dvd chip is disabled.  Anyone know if VLC can pick up the slack on
a 400 lombard in x?

on 1/19/06 7:49 AM, G-Books at G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote:

> From: "Francesco sciacca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: more Lombard display and DVD issues
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Hi Listers,
> 
> I'm trying to salvage a Lombard for a friend and these are the two open
> issues that I'm looking advice for:
> 
> 1) Display is dark (image is there, but no back illumination; also S-video
> out works fine to TV). I have ruled out the backlight (replaced a know-good
> display assemblywith good backlight) and the inverter. This leaves a
> possible fault on the motherboard, as the cables are part of the display
> assembly. Does anyone know whereabouts on the motherboard to look for
> possible damage (hoping to find visible damage, such a blown capacitor or
> so). Or what other bits could be responsible for such behaviour?
> 
> 2) This is a 400 MHz with DVD drive. Booting in OS9, system profiler informs
> me that DVD decoder is present. However, when I try to play a DVD, I get the
> message saying that this computer can't play DVDs. As anyone seen and/or
> solved this?
> 
> thanks and cheers,
> gianfranco


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Re: more Lombard display and DVD issues

[VICTORIA.DUGGAN]

On Jan 19, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Francesco sciacca wrote:


Hi Listers,

I'm trying to salvage a Lombard for a friend and these are the two  
open

issues that I'm looking advice for:


First good to see the books being salvaged.


1) Display is dark (image is there, but no back illumination; also  
S-video
out works fine to TV). I have ruled out the backlight (replaced a  
know-good

display assemblywith good backlight) and the inverter. This leaves a
possible fault on the motherboard, as the cables are part of the  
display

assembly. Does anyone know whereabouts on the motherboard to look for
possible damage (hoping to find visible damage, such a blown  
capacitor or

so). Or what other bits could be responsible for such behaviour?


Have you tried disconnecting the monitor and cleaning the contacts as  
they could have a build up of dirt on them. this could prevent a  
contact and give a scrambled pic. or no pic at all also have you  
checked the cables for any damage or cracks in the strip.


2) This is a 400 MHz with DVD drive. Booting in OS9, system  
profiler informs
me that DVD decoder is present. However, when I try to play a DVD,  
I get the
message saying that this computer can't play DVDs. As anyone seen  
and/or

solved this?


To me that says the system was installed on a book with out the dvd  
decoder or drive present. for example a wallstreet. Then the drive  
swapped into the lombard.


thanks and cheers,
gianfranco



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more Lombard display and DVD issues

[Francesco sciacca]

Hi Listers,

I'm trying to salvage a Lombard for a friend and these are the two open
issues that I'm looking advice for:

1) Display is dark (image is there, but no back illumination; also S-video
out works fine to TV). I have ruled out the backlight (replaced a know-good
display assemblywith good backlight) and the inverter. This leaves a
possible fault on the motherboard, as the cables are part of the display
assembly. Does anyone know whereabouts on the motherboard to look for
possible damage (hoping to find visible damage, such a blown capacitor or
so). Or what other bits could be responsible for such behaviour?

2) This is a 400 MHz with DVD drive. Booting in OS9, system profiler informs
me that DVD decoder is present. However, when I try to play a DVD, I get the
message saying that this computer can't play DVDs. As anyone seen and/or
solved this?

thanks and cheers,
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sticky drawer on Pismo DVD drive

[Andrew in Ann Arbor]

I've been trying to sort out a Lombard for my father in law and I have 
a 6x DVD drive that seems to work OK once you get the drive closed.
The drawer binds as I try and close it, sometimes I have to open it and 
clse it several times before I can get it to close all the way.

Once it's closed  it works fine.
There seems to be a lot of friction in the slides so either something's 
jumped the track or something needs lubrication.
If I can't find anything obvoiusly out of line I'm thinking of a little 
silicon lube on the slides.


Any suggestions?

Thanks

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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

[Caleb Cupples]

Well, on the Lombard, it's between the S-Video and VGA outputs. Either 
way, it's still really easy to work on a Lombard or Pismo, as long as 
you know what you're doing.


Caleb
On Saturday, Dec 31, 2005, at 10:36 America/Chicago, Bruce Johnson 
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On Dec 30, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote:

All you need to do to get under the keyboard is pull the two little 
tabs at the top back and lift up. (The tabs are located between esc 
and F1 & F8 and F9)


Except there's the little locking screw in the middle of the top row 
of keys.


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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

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On Dec 30, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote:

All you need to do to get under the keyboard is pull the two little  
tabs at the top back and lift up. (The tabs are located between esc  
and F1 & F8 and F9)


Except there's the little locking screw in the middle of the top row  
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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

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On Dec 30, 2005, at 2:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




- Original Message -
From: Tom Ethen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:26 pm
Subject: Re: Pismo frozen with DVD


I have two Pismos and have never had a problem playing a
commercial DVD on
either one, although both of them have 1 Gig of RAM.

Tom



Mine doesn't have that much and THAT may well be the root of the
sluggish-ness.
Do you think someone with two left hands can fairly easily add or
replace  more RAM without too much risk of cracking something
underneath the hood?
Does one need a special screw driver to open the keyboard or do you
think the kind that one uses for eye glasses would work?


So long as you're careful adding RAM is easy.

nah, it's just a little straight head. You need a teensy phillips  
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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

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> - Original Message -
> From: Tom Ethen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:26 pm
> Subject: Re: Pismo frozen with DVD
> 
>> I have two Pismos and have never had a problem playing a
>> commercial DVD on
>> either one, although both of them have 1 Gig of RAM.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
> 
> Mine doesn't have that much and THAT may well be the root of the
> sluggish-ness.
> Do you think someone with two left hands can fairly easily add or
> replace  more RAM without too much risk of cracking something
> underneath the hood?
> Does one need a special screw driver to open the keyboard or do you
> think the kind that one uses for eye glasses would work?

To get to the memory bank or slot under the processor, you have to pull the
processor daughtercard. The connector that holds the daughtercard to the
motherboard is in the lower right corner. You have to pull the daughtercard
straight up so that you don't damage any of the multiple pins that the
connector houses. Once removed, it's fairly easy to put the memory. Then,
you have to put back the daugthercard, which is a little more daunting.
Considering how the connector and all the pins seem to be fragile, you have
to push quite hard to make sure the dauthercard is plugged correctly. If you
are careful in aligning the daughtercard to the motherboard, you should be
fine. More instructions can be found here
<http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/6.0.0.html>.

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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

[Caleb Cupples]

All you need to do to get under the keyboard is pull the two little 
tabs at the top back and lift up. (The tabs are located between esc and 
F1 & F8 and F9) After that, simply remove the heat shield. The lower 
bank of RAM is under the processor, AFAIK. However, I've never used a 
Pismo, so I'm running from my Lombard experience. The keyboard is the 
same, though.


HTH,
Caleb
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Date: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:26 pm
Subject: Re: Pismo frozen with DVD


I have two Pismos and have never had a problem playing a
commercial DVD on
either one, although both of them have 1 Gig of RAM.

Tom



Mine doesn't have that much and THAT may well be the root of the
sluggish-ness.
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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

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Date: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:26 pm
Subject: Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

> I have two Pismos and have never had a problem playing a 
> commercial DVD on
> either one, although both of them have 1 Gig of RAM.
> 
> Tom
>

Mine doesn't have that much and THAT may well be the root of the 
sluggish-ness.
Do you think someone with two left hands can fairly easily add or 
replace  more RAM without too much risk of cracking something 
underneath the hood?
Does one need a special screw driver to open the keyboard or do you 
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Thanks

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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

[Tom Ethen]

I have two Pismos and have never had a problem playing a commercial DVD on
either one, although both of them have 1 Gig of RAM.

Tom

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> I was eyeing that and was going to insert a paper clip into if other
> options didn't work.
> For me, watching a DVD is always a little sketchy on my good old Pismo.
> I think if I forward chapters or fast forward, it's prone to freezing
> up.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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Re: DVD stuck in Pismo

[Andrew in Ann Arbor]

I was watching a DVD via DVD Player in Jag on my Pismo and it froze
with the spinning beach ball. Now I can't even force quit and I can't
eject the DVD by dragging to trash or with my finger on the drive. I
can't shut down even. I try not to use the Pismo for playing DVDs just
because of this kind of poor functionality, but now I have a trapped
DVD disk in the drive.



On my Pismo's DVD drive there are two eject buttons.
The longer one is a switch that has the same effect as dragging the 
icon to the trash and only works when the drive is powered up.
The other button is round and just big enough to press with a pen tip, 
it is mechanical and will work even if the drive is removed from the 
powerbook.

Good luck

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Re: Lombard not mounting discs: Was (Pismo frozen with DVD)

[Caleb Cupples]

I'm looking at a superdrive to replace the DVD-ROM in my Lombard, but I 
want to replace the battery and get my home setup for wireless, first. 
I found that blowing the dust out of the connectors can help a little, 
but mine probably sat for a couple of months before I got it.


Before I forget, does anyone have any information on the Sonnet Aria 
wireless cards? I'm looking at one to go in the Lombard, when I replace 
the battery with a NewerTech of some sort.


Well, thanks for the suggestion,
Caleb

On Friday, Dec 30, 2005, at 03:18 America/Chicago, James Sanderson 
wrote:


Replace the drive?  I had similar problems on my Pismo.  I replaced 
the drive and have had no problems since.


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Re: Lombard not mounting discs: Was (Pismo frozen with DVD)

[James Sanderson]

Replace the drive?  I had similar problems on my Pismo.  I replaced  
the drive and have had no problems since.


Jim Sanderson
On 30 Dec 2005, at 00:16, Caleb Cupples wrote:

IMHO, if you're going to watch anything on a Pismo or Lombard, boot  
into OS 9. It saves a whole lot of hassle, plus on the Lombard,  
it's the only way to go. I know this is slightly off the thread  
topic, but it's somewhat related, but I've been having troubles  
with discs refusing to mount on my Lombard. Sometimes it works,  
sometimes it doesn't. Today, it really annoyed me, because I had a  
brand-new CD that I was trying to get to load on the ol' Lombard  
and it refused. It was an "enhanced" CD, but it still clearly said  
on the labeling that it would work on OS 8 or 9 with QuickTime 4 or  
above. The Lombard refuses to mount it in OS X, and I don't want to  
go to OS 9, because I don't have any mp3 encoding software for 9.  
In the end, I gave up and used iTunes on my Windoze machine, but  
I'm really irritated at things for not working on the Lombard.


Any suggestions?

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Lombard not mounting discs: Was (Pismo frozen with DVD)

[Caleb Cupples]

IMHO, if you're going to watch anything on a Pismo or Lombard, boot 
into OS 9. It saves a whole lot of hassle, plus on the Lombard, it's 
the only way to go. I know this is slightly off the thread topic, but 
it's somewhat related, but I've been having troubles with discs 
refusing to mount on my Lombard. Sometimes it works, sometimes it 
doesn't. Today, it really annoyed me, because I had a brand-new CD that 
I was trying to get to load on the ol' Lombard and it refused. It was 
an "enhanced" CD, but it still clearly said on the labeling that it 
would work on OS 8 or 9 with QuickTime 4 or above. The Lombard refuses 
to mount it in OS X, and I don't want to go to OS 9, because I don't 
have any mp3 encoding software for 9. In the end, I gave up and used 
iTunes on my Windoze machine, but I'm really irritated at things for 
not working on the Lombard.


Any suggestions?

Caleb
On Thursday, Dec 29, 2005, at 23:43 America/Chicago, Donald Keenan 
wrote:




On Friday, December 30, 2005, at 12:28 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote:
 Now, on my Lombard, I remember a little button that you can press 
with a pen to force the drive to open. That would've also worked, but 
that's just my experience. It's probably not good for it, but it'd 
work.


Caleb





Caleb,

I was eyeing that and was going to insert a paper clip into if other 
options didn't work.
For me, watching a DVD is always a little sketchy on my good old 
Pismo. I think if I forward chapters or fast forward, it's prone to 
freezing up.


Thanks,

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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

[Donald Keenan]

On Friday, December 30, 2005, at 12:28 AM, Caleb Cupples wrote:
 Now, on my Lombard, I remember a little button that you can press 
with a pen to force the drive to open. That would've also worked, but 
that's just my experience. It's probably not good for it, but it'd 
work.


Caleb





Caleb,

I was eyeing that and was going to insert a paper clip into if other 
options didn't work.
For me, watching a DVD is always a little sketchy on my good old Pismo. 
I think if I forward chapters or fast forward, it's prone to freezing 
up.


Thanks,

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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

[Caleb Cupples]

Donald Keenan wrote:


On Friday, December 30, 2005, at 12:21 AM, Tom Ethen wrote:


Ctrl/Apple/Off should do it! If not plug it in, then pull the battery and
then unplug it.

Tom

On 12/29/05 11:03 PM, "Donald Keenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Folks, please help!

I was watching a DVD via DVD Player in Jag on my Pismo and it froze
with the spinning beach ball. Now I can't even force quit and I can't
eject the DVD by dragging to trash or with my finger on the drive.



Thanks, Tom. I thought to pop out the battery and that allowed me to 
restart. This time I could trash the DVD icon.


Sorry, I should have thought that through...I paniced.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Donald


 Now, on my Lombard, I remember a little button that you can press with 
a pen to force the drive to open. That would've also worked, but that's 
just my experience. It's probably not good for it, but it'd work.


Caleb


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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

[Donald Keenan]

On Friday, December 30, 2005, at 12:21 AM, Tom Ethen wrote:

Ctrl/Apple/Off should do it! If not plug it in, then pull the battery 
and

then unplug it.

Tom

On 12/29/05 11:03 PM, "Donald Keenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Folks, please help!

I was watching a DVD via DVD Player in Jag on my Pismo and it froze
with the spinning beach ball. Now I can't even force quit and I can't
eject the DVD by dragging to trash or with my finger on the drive.


Thanks, Tom. I thought to pop out the battery and that allowed me to 
restart. This time I could trash the DVD icon.


Sorry, I should have thought that through...I paniced.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Donald


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Re: Pismo frozen with DVD

[Tom Ethen]

Ctrl/Apple/Off should do it! If not plug it in, then pull the battery and
then unplug it.

Tom

On 12/29/05 11:03 PM, "Donald Keenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Folks, please help!
> 
> I was watching a DVD via DVD Player in Jag on my Pismo and it froze
> with the spinning beach ball. Now I can't even force quit and I can't
> eject the DVD by dragging to trash or with my finger on the drive. I
> can't shut down even. I try not to use the Pismo for playing DVDs just
> because of this kind of poor functionality, but now I have a trapped
> DVD disk in the drive.
> 
> Is another level of killing this? It's running on the battery.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Donald
> 


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Pismo frozen with DVD

[Donald Keenan]

Folks, please help!

I was watching a DVD via DVD Player in Jag on my Pismo and it froze 
with the spinning beach ball. Now I can't even force quit and I can't 
eject the DVD by dragging to trash or with my finger on the drive. I 
can't shut down even. I try not to use the Pismo for playing DVDs just 
because of this kind of poor functionality, but now I have a trapped 
DVD disk in the drive.


Is another level of killing this? It's running on the battery.

Thanks,

Donald


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Re: Pismo DVD RW drive query?

[Dan K]

>Can anyone please confirm if either of these drives will work in a Pismo?
>a Pioneer DVR-K05? or a Panasonic UJ-835-B?

Either would work great. You may however need to mod the expansion bay's 
interface board to force the new drive to 'bus Master' status. See my 
page for a detailed explanation:


dan k

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DVD drive problem in 12inch PB

[MJT]

Hello
Has anyone had any trouble with the superdrive not writing to DVD-r  
discs.

If I write more than 3.6 gig to the disc it will fail.
If it does write it is very slow half an hour. The discs I am using  
are 8x Verbatim. I can use the discs in my Pismo ( a dual layer DVD  
writer in it ) and they do not fail and also in an external DVD writer.

The 12inch PB works fine with an external DVD writer.
The PB is only 2 months old, it has had the drive replaced once by  
the dealer and it is still doing the same thing.


This is the drive MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-835E:

  Firmware Revision:GAN7
  Interconnect:ATAPI
  Burn Support:Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
  Cache:2048 KB
  Reads DVD:Yes
  CD-Write:-R, -RW
  DVD-Write:-R, -RW, +R, +RW
  Burn Underrun Protection CD:Yes
  Burn Underrun Protection DVD:Yes
  Write Strategies:CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
  Media:No

This is the errors  sense key = illegal request sense code = 0x21,  
0x02 buffer underrun



The drive reported an error; Sense key = Illegal Request Sense code =  
0x30, 0x05 cannot write medium - incompatible format.



Sense key = Illegal Request   Sense Code = 0x24 Invalid field in CDB

Cannot erase DVDRW

Thanks MJT


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Pismo DVD RW drive query?

[kaldav]

Hello,
Can anyone please confirm if either of these drives will work in a Pismo?
a Pioneer DVR-K05?
or a Panasonic UJ-835-B?
Thanks

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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[Dan K]

chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Now I'll pick up a drive off ebay from a Dell or similar and get it 
>installed in my Pismo.
Why bother with eBay when new superdrives are available from regular 
retail channels for (usually) less than going eBay prices?

zipzoomfly has the Pioneer DVR-K05 for under US$90.


BTW, here's my page on Lombard/Pismo expansion bay optical drive swaps:


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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[chris]

>DVD movies are fine on this one. Retail and DVD-R.

Thanks!

Now I'll pick up a drive off ebay from a Dell or similar and get it 
installed in my Pismo.


Thanks to everyone else as well for their advice on this topic.

-chris
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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[Dylan McDermond]

On Dec 8, 2005, at 8:40 PM, chris wrote:


Can you still play DVD movies with it? I know Patchburn lets you  
make non

Apple burners work with Apple tools, but I wasn't sure if you lost the
ability to play DVDs by going with a 3rd party drive.


DVD movies are fine on this one. Retail and DVD-R.

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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[chris]

>I replaced the dying DVD-ROM in my wife's Pismo with a Samsung combo  
>drive from a Dell laptop. I swapped the internals in the caddy and  
>used Patchburn to fully support burning. A little fine sanding and  
>superglue on the bezel and you can hardly tell it's not the original.

Can you still play DVD movies with it? I know Patchburn lets you make non 
Apple burners work with Apple tools, but I wasn't sure if you lost the 
ability to play DVDs by going with a 3rd party drive.

I base this fear on the fact that I can't play DVDs using a 3rd party DVD 
drive on my iMac DV (its internal DVD drive has eject problems, so I try 
not to use it much). However, I freely admit that I don't know if the 
failure is because it is a 3rd party drive, or because it is external.

As such, I'm just looking for a confirmation that the Pismo, when using a 
3rd party drive to replace the original internal DVD drive, will still 
allow you to play DVD movies. If I can get that confirmation, I'll take 
the jump and get myself a DVD/CD-RW drive and make the swap.

-chris
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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[Seth Austen]

On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:03 PM, chris wrote:

Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into  
the

shell for the Pismo? Does it work?


Yes, when the original LG CD drive died I replaced it with a Sony DVD/ 
CD-RW drive, works fine. I never got the faceplate to fit, so it  
looks a little funky.


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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[Dylan McDermond]

On Dec 8, 2005, at 1:03 PM, chris wrote:


Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into  
the
shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play  
DVDs

when you do that?


I replaced the dying DVD-ROM in my wife's Pismo with a Samsung combo  
drive from a Dell laptop. I swapped the internals in the caddy and  
used Patchburn to fully support burning. A little fine sanding and  
superglue on the bezel and you can hardly tell it's not the original.


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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[PeterH5322]

>Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the 
>shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs 
>when you do that?

My Pismo and Lombard (which share the same optical drive bay design, and 
problems with same, BTW) have both been upgraded to dual-layer (2.4X) and 
single-layer (8X) DVD +/- reading, writing and rewriting.

(My Pismo has a slot loader, Panasonic UJ-845S or Pioneer DVR-A05; my 
Lombard has a tray loader, Pioneer DVR-K05. Patchburn is necessary to 
support these drives).

Speed is limited to 2X writes 100 percent of the time, and 4X writes 
about 50 percent of the time, on account of basic defects in the media 
bay's design (lack of effective shielding and grounding).

Nevertheless, I have burned DVDs, and viewed these, and imported all 
kinds of media using these enhanced drives.

Frankly, I prefer a Firewire external DVD for burning, which can do 8X or 
better all day and night. But, the internal drive is otherwise more 
convenient.

Most original Mac optical drives cannot play DVD+Rs at all, and DVD-R 
playing is sometimes chancy; but with the replacement drive these problem 
were eliminated.

So, within the speed constraints mentioned, I have found the Pismo (and 
also the Lombard) to be excellent multi-media portables.

Again, the problems will be encountered in burning; not in ripping, 
authoring or viewing.

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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[Robert Alcorn]

Chris,
I bought an external case (firewire,usb) 50 bucks or less and then 
bought a standard internal IDE/ATA
 cd-r 52x16x24 at compusa or staples for about 40 or 50 bucks, look for 
sales. Put them together, plug it into your pismo and there you have an 
external burner. It works great. I even have a usb only cd-r external 
box that I use all the time. I use toast 5.0 or 5.2 lite or titanium 
for the program. Do not forget to install the driver (toast) first. 
Also great for an external HD use. Good Luck.

On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:03 PM, chris wrote:

I'm looking to change the DVD drive in my Pismo to one that can burn 
CDs.

I don't want to lose the DVD reading abilities however.

I checked around, and such drives exist, but they are VERY expensive.
However, I've heard that the drives themselves are a standard laptop
drive sitting in the shell. In checking for generic laptop drives that
support DVD reading and CD writing, they seem to be much more 
affordable

(tons on ebay pulled from Dells and the likes).

Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the
shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs
when you do that?

Any other options out there to get CD writing without spending a 
fortune

and without needing to carry an external drive?

-chris
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Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 8, 2005, at 2:03 PM, chris wrote:


Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into  
the
shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play  
DVDs

when you do that?


My Pismo has a slot-loading drive from a newer TiBook in it (I  
happened upon the drive). The drive itself fit right onto the carrier  
for the Pismo drive. The bezel doesn't fit, so it looks a little  
unfinished, someday I may get around to hacking it so it does fit.


Everything works, burning disks and watching DVD's.

xlr8yourmac.com has a wealth of info about this, too.

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[chris]

I'm looking to change the DVD drive in my Pismo to one that can burn CDs. 
I don't want to lose the DVD reading abilities however.

I checked around, and such drives exist, but they are VERY expensive. 
However, I've heard that the drives themselves are a standard laptop 
drive sitting in the shell. In checking for generic laptop drives that 
support DVD reading and CD writing, they seem to be much more affordable 
(tons on ebay pulled from Dells and the likes).

Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the 
shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs 
when you do that?

Any other options out there to get CD writing without spending a fortune 
and without needing to carry an external drive?

-chris
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Re: Pismo DVD formats

[Dylan McDermond]

On Nov 26, 2005, at 6:11 AM, Frank Cornew wrote:



Uses DVD-R and DVD-RW, think that the mac line currently uses DVD 
+R, shouldn't be an issue with finished disks. Just means that you  
will need stocks of different media if you get a more current mac.


No, the G5's use Pioneer DVR109's  for "Superdrives" (although I  
think that they are up to DVR 110's now). That drive will burn both +  
and - formats as well as + dual layer.


-Dylan

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Pismo DVD formats

[Frank Cornew]

Tony:

Am using a GoVideo VR3930 precisely for this. Probably not available 
any more, but newer models should be good.


Extremely happy with the unit.

It has a firewire (aka iLink or IEEE 1392?) interface, so I can copy 
directly from my sony camcorder, and the VR3930 controls the camera.


I haven't attempted to hook up directly  to the Pismo.
Uses DVD-R and DVD-RW, think that the mac line currently uses DVD+R, 
shouldn't be an issue with finished disks. Just means that you will 
need stocks of different media if you get a more current mac. They 
play in my Pismo, but my Pismo drive is a bit flaky so I occasionally 
get dirty disk aborts. (further comment, listies?). Am about to 
replace the (matsushita) drive in the Pismo EB with a burner soon.


Reviews mentioned quality issues with GoVideo units. Believe they 
were directed at a previous model, and this one was put on the market 
in early 2004. At any rate, I had an opportunity to buy this one at 
Costco at a very good price, and I haven't regretted it.


I am finishing up transcribing 350 VHS tapes to DVD and will then 
proceed to attack a stack of mini DV tapes. Some tapes play better 
out of a panasonic deck that seems to be more tolerant of tracking 
issues than the one


One feature I really like about this thing is the ability to 
automatically skip all the ads on a commercial DVD and go directly to 
the movie. Very nice with children's videos.


F.




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Subject: Pismo DVD formats
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:56:19 +

Advice please - I'm considering buying a combo DVD/VHS recorder so I
can transfer old VHS material (both personal and off-air TV) to  a
recordable DVD format and thence onto my Pismo for viewing aware from
home. Any recommendations for best recordable DVD format and brand to
work in the Pismo DVD drive? I am UK-based. Thanks! TONY
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[Tony Coult]

Advice please - I'm considering buying a combo DVD/VHS recorder so I  
can transfer old VHS material (both personal and off-air TV) to  a  
recordable DVD format and thence onto my Pismo for viewing aware from  
home. Any recommendations for best recordable DVD format and brand to  
work in the Pismo DVD drive? I am UK-based. Thanks! TONY

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CD-DVD Module problem

[Ed Zelinsky]

List members,

In trying to eject a non playing CD I accidently blew out the tiny 
button on the front of the module- that goes in my Pismo model G-book . 
Now the delicate latch doesn't grab and the unit won't close. Has 
anybody ever run into this? Also, if I start unscrewing the front of 
the module to get a look will it lead to problems? Finally, is there 
someplace I could send it to have someone fix it?


Thank goodness I had a back up unit but I just bought this module. 
Argh-h-h...



Thanks,

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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

[David Brostoff]

At 9:55 PM -0800 on 11/7/05, David Brostoff wrote:


Sorry for the long, unsnipped bottom post.


Yikes! I meant, of course, sorry for the long, unsnipped top (not bottom) post.

David

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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

[David Brostoff]

At 8:04 PM -0800 on 11/7/05, David Brostoff wrote:


MacWorld had reviews of 16X drives earlier this year . . .


Sorry for the long, unsnipped bottom post.

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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

[Cliff Rediger]

Excellent suggestions Robert
Thank you.
Cliff


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Subject: Re: Recommended external DVD burner?
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:27:23 -0500

I bought a firewire/usb ports external case at CompUSA for $39 or so.
A Maxtor internal IDE CD-R 52x52x32 , at Staples (on sale)39 to 49
bucks. There are internal DVD burners also on sale at Staples, Compusa,
Sam Club, etc. Keep an eye out for sales. Put either the CD-R or DVD or
HD  in the case to make a wonderful firewire external CD burner, DVD
burner or HD. I also bought a 2.5 profile 40GB HD and an 2.5 usb
external case
(for my G3 pismo) both at Compusa  for a small profile external HD. Try
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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

[David Brostoff]

MacWorld had reviews of 16X drives earlier this 
year (you can google it or search directly on 
macworld.com). The LaCie D2 16X DVD±RW was their 
pick for value (Plextor had a faster, though much 
more expensive drive).


Based on MacWorld and other sources, I bought the 
LaCie and have been very satisfied. The unit is 
very solidly built. I used Pricegrabber.com as a 
convenient way of finding a low price.


For media, I recommend Taiyo Yuden 8X (or 16X, 
but only for non-critical data; and remember that 
8X DVD is about 6 times faster than 8X CD) on 
Rima.com.


David

At 1:39 PM -0600 on 11/7/05, Howard Katz wrote:

Since my PB only has a Combo drive in it, I've been playing with the
idea of getting an external DVD writer, firewire of course.  I know I
could upgrade the internal drive, but an external unit could be shared
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Thanks!


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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

[G Henry Taylor]

I use a Sony external DVD FW burner for both my Pismo and G3 iBook. 
It's an older single layer burner (Sony DVD RW DW-U18A) but burns at 
16X. I've not had any problems with it.


Henry


On Nov 7, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Howard Katz wrote:


Since my PB only has a Combo drive in it, I've been playing with the
idea of getting an external DVD writer, firewire of course.  I know I
could upgrade the internal drive, but an external unit could be shared
with my roommate for use on his peecee.  I'm interested in knowing
what others are using and recommendations of drives to look into, or
avoid.

Thanks!


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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

[Robert Alcorn]

I bought a firewire/usb ports external case at CompUSA for $39 or so.
A Maxtor internal IDE CD-R 52x52x32 , at Staples (on sale)39 to 49 
bucks. There are internal DVD burners also on sale at Staples, Compusa, 
Sam Club, etc. Keep an eye out for sales. Put either the CD-R or DVD or 
HD  in the case to make a wonderful firewire external CD burner, DVD 
burner or HD. I also bought a 2.5 profile 40GB HD and an 2.5 usb 
external case
(for my G3 pismo) both at Compusa  for a small profile external HD. Try 
www.headgap.com for any

equipment and mac needs. They are one of the best places for deals also.

On Nov 7, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Howard Katz wrote:


Since my PB only has a Combo drive in it, I've been playing with the
idea of getting an external DVD writer, firewire of course.  I know I
could upgrade the internal drive, but an external unit could be shared
with my roommate for use on his peecee.  I'm interested in knowing
what others are using and recommendations of drives to look into, or
avoid.

Thanks!


Later..Howard

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Recommended external DVD burner?

[Howard Katz]

Since my PB only has a Combo drive in it, I've been playing with the
idea of getting an external DVD writer, firewire of course.  I know I
could upgrade the internal drive, but an external unit could be shared
with my roommate for use on his peecee.  I'm interested in knowing
what others are using and recommendations of drives to look into, or
avoid.

Thanks!


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Re: avi to DVD-R again

[Bruce Johnson]

On Oct 24, 2005, at 4:52 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:



On Oct 24, 2005, at 1:21 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote:



One place where you could be missing it is that you need an m2v  
video file and an ac3 or PCM audio file from ffmpeg. In ffmpeg  
there should be a "keep elementary streams" option. That's what  
you need to get the separate files to feed to your DVD authorware.  
Otherwise you just get a simple VIDEO_TS folder to burn onto a DVD- 
R with no menus, just a single movie.


Another is that when you say that you get white video. I think you  
may be missing the proper codecs or that there is a conflict  
between a few. You should be able to decode most of those - ahem -  
nefarious - avi files using the DivX labs "Fusion" codec. 3ivX has  
been hit and miss for me as well as the DivX 5 codecs for OS X.




It looks straightforward to me, but it doesn't work :)  ffmpegx  
plays the thing fine, so I should not be missing anything, and I've  
loaded the 3 codecs that ffmpeg asks about when you first run it...


When I went to the site, they said the high quality one was encoded  
in XVid <http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/>


Which has a Mac version. Since AVI is just a wrapper around other  
codecs, it may be that you still need this to view the movie. If  
you're getting a ts_video folder, the structure is correct to make a  
DVD.


Did you try Mac the Ripper on it? I don't know if that'll properly  
deal with it or not.


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Re: avi to DVD-R again

[Brian McEwen]

On Oct 24, 2005, at 1:21 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote:


One place where you could be missing it is that you need an m2v  
video file and an ac3 or PCM audio file from ffmpeg. In ffmpeg  
there should be a "keep elementary streams" option. That's what you  
need to get the separate files to feed to your DVD authorware.  
Otherwise you just get a simple VIDEO_TS folder to burn onto a DVD- 
R with no menus, just a single movie.


Another is that when you say that you get white video. I think you  
may be missing the proper codecs or that there is a conflict  
between a few. You should be able to decode most of those - ahem -  
nefarious - avi files using the DivX labs "Fusion" codec. 3ivX has  
been hit and miss for me as well as the DivX 5 codecs for OS X.


It looks straightforward to me, but it doesn't work :)  ffmpegx plays  
the thing fine, so I should not be missing anything, and I've loaded  
the 3 codecs that ffmpeg asks about when you first run it...


source file:
mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x272, 25.00 fps

and I've tried 2 output formats:
.MOV mpeg-4:
ffmpeg mpeg4, 640x352, 1265 kbps, 25 fps, no crop

and DVD- mpeg4  (which got me the sound and vid folders, but black  
movie)

ffmpeg mpeg2, 720x576, 4000 kbps, 25 fps, no crop

The audio file is there too, mp3, looks fine, plays fine.

Both of which formats, per the docs for ffmpegx, I should be able to  
play from DVD player and burn with iDVD.


right?  If not, what else should I try?

the source file is from www.starwreck.com



Last, do some research on videohelp.com's Mac video forum ( http:// 
www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 )




It's just so trivial to do this on a PC.  .sigh.

Thanks,

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Re: avi to DVD-R again

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On Oct 23, 2005, at 6:33 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:


OK, what format to I convert to so that a) quicktime will play it   
b) I can make a DVD with toast 5.2.3 or iDVD?


Now you're into the tricky world of video encoding. I've been doing  
this a while and tend to take things for granted because of it.  
Anymore, I use the Pro Tools (Compressor, DVDSP). But ffmpeg should  
do just fine.


One place where you could be missing it is that you need an m2v video  
file and an ac3 or PCM audio file from ffmpeg. In ffmpeg there should  
be a "keep elementary streams" option. That's what you need to get  
the separate files to feed to your DVD authorware. Otherwise you just  
get a simple VIDEO_TS folder to burn onto a DVD-R with no menus, just  
a single movie.


Another is that when you say that you get white video. I think you  
may be missing the proper codecs or that there is a conflict between  
a few. You should be able to decode most of those - ahem - nefarious  
- avi files using the DivX labs "Fusion" codec. 3ivX has been hit and  
miss for me as well as the DivX 5 codecs for OS X.


Last, do some research on videohelp.com's Mac video forum ( http:// 
www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 )


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Re: avi to DVD-R again

[Brian McEwen]

On Oct 22, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote:




On Oct 22, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:





I can't find the tool I need to turn the .avi file into something  
that I can burn onto a DVD (in movie format).





Try ffmpegx http://homepage.mac.com/major4/




OK, what format to I convert to so that a) quicktime will play it  b)  
I can make a DVD with toast 5.2.3 or iDVD?


The ffmpegx converter can preview the .avi-- quicktime can't play it,  
even with the correct plug-in installed.  No surprise, I'm used to QT  
not playing things.


the ffmpegx walk-thru for making a dVD says I should be able to  
use .mov mpeg-4 or DVD (which makes a video_ts folder) for either  
Tosst 5.2.3 (which is what I have) or iDVD (which I also have).


However, .mov mpeg-4 gives me a movie which plays white, although  
sound is there.  DVD, gives me a video_ts folder which is a black  
movie, no vid or sound, but it's big, and does play, just is kinda  
boring.


I moved the thing to my wife's Dell and got it onto DVD in 3 mouse  
clicks, with freeware. Easy enough!


I'd love for this kind of thing to work easily on my Mac.  should it  
be easy??  Sure, if I capture on this Mac, video will work.  I have  
no digital camcorder, and I live in the real world, which means other  
standard formats have to work.


I am 10.4.1, was with QT6.x, now am QT 7.0.3.  I have the latest  
ffmpegx, with the latest of the components it requires; I've gone  
thru the walk-thru at the above site repeatedly, and waited literally  
tens of hours for these things to get converted, only to have them  
fail to be useful.


Thanks for pointers.

Brian



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Re: avi to DVD-R again

[Brian McEwen]

On Oct 22, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote:



Try ffmpegx http://homepage.mac.com/major4/



thanks!

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Re: avi to DVD-R again

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On Oct 22, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:



I can't find the tool I need to turn the .avi file into something  
that I can burn onto a DVD (in movie format).


Try ffmpegx http://homepage.mac.com/major4/


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avi to DVD-R again

[Brian McEwen]

OK, I have another .avi file (the "Star Wreck: In the Perkinning"  
sounded fun).


I can't find the tool I need to turn the .avi file into something  
that I can burn onto a DVD (in movie format).


Googling pulls up so much meta tag spam and commercial apps that I  
have about given up on google.


What apps do I need to do what I want?

I'm on a G4/1.5GHz, OS 10.4, superdrive.  I have both toats 5.2.3 and  
iDVD.


thanks...

Brian


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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[Robert Eye]

I just went through this with a technician at my
workplace who received a hand-me-down Lombard. DVD
Player software will not install in a Lombard under OS
X and won't work if you manage to copy it over. Per
Apple:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106470

"Watching DVD discs in Mac OS 9

Other computers with DVD-ROM drives have hardware
decoders, which DVD Player 3.0 does not work with."

and

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=151943

"Mac OS X 10.3 Help
 
DVD Player is not installed on my computer

DVD Player is installed on computers that have a DVD
drive and support AGP or PCI graphics with a Rage 128
video card or better."

Nor does the DVD-Video PC Card work with the Lombard:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30632

"Note: The DVD-Video PC Card is not supported on the
Powerbook G3 Series 1999 (with Bronze translucent
keyboard)"

All the research I've done says that you can't play
DVD videos on a Lombard under OS X - you have to boot
into OS 9.

I'd love to be proven wrong (as would the tech at
work!).

Regards,

Bob Eye
Dallas, TX

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> >The DVD Decoder board IS NOT supported under OS X.
> This piece is used  
> >for watching DVD movies. It works fine under OS 9.
> 
> A hardware decoder is necessary under 9, on the
> Lombard.
> 
> A software decoder is used under X, on the Lombard.
> 
> With a third-party video card on a PCI bus Mac,
> software decoding can be 
> used on 9 and it is always used on X.
> 
> As an example, the B&W G3, a PCI bus Mac, can be
> provided with a decoder 
> board on the Apple-supplied video card. This decoder
> is required under 9, 
> but it not used under X. Remove that decoder card
> and Apple DVD Player 
> will report "missing hardware" on 9, but will still
> work on X.
> 
> The same concept should be true of other PCI-type
> Macs, such as the 3400 
> (604e), 3500 (Kanga G3), 1998 (Wallstreet G3), 1999
> (Lombard G3) and 2000 
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Re: lombard DVD decoder

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>The DVD Decoder board IS NOT supported under OS X. This piece is used  
>for watching DVD movies. It works fine under OS 9.

A hardware decoder is necessary under 9, on the Lombard.

A software decoder is used under X, on the Lombard.

With a third-party video card on a PCI bus Mac, software decoding can be 
used on 9 and it is always used on X.

As an example, the B&W G3, a PCI bus Mac, can be provided with a decoder 
board on the Apple-supplied video card. This decoder is required under 9, 
but it not used under X. Remove that decoder card and Apple DVD Player 
will report "missing hardware" on 9, but will still work on X.

The same concept should be true of other PCI-type Macs, such as the 3400 
(604e), 3500 (Kanga G3), 1998 (Wallstreet G3), 1999 (Lombard G3) and 2000 
(Pismo G3).


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Re: lombard DVD decoder

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>Which version of OS X are we talking about?

10.3.9.

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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[Steve Fuller]

The DVD Decoder board IS NOT supported under OS X. This piece is used  
for watching DVD movies. It works fine under OS 9.


The decoder is not the same thing as the DVD optical mechanism. The  
Lombard I gave to my son to use boots into OS 9 just for DVD playing  
(and an occasional game of Crystal Quest).


Steve



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 Does the decoder chip work under X ?



 Very much so ... as I stated in my initial reply.



That's odd. I thought the latest versions of OS X could not play  
DVDs on a

Lombard, only a Pismo? Which version of OS X are we talking about?

-Laurent.



10.3.x or 10.4.x

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 Does the decoder chip work under X ?


 Very much so ... as I stated in my initial reply.


That's odd. I thought the latest versions of OS X could not play DVDs on a
Lombard, only a Pismo? Which version of OS X are we talking about?

-Laurent.


10.3.x or 10.4.x

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>> Does the decoder chip work under X ?
> 
> Very much so ... as I stated in my initial reply.

That's odd. I thought the latest versions of OS X could not play DVDs on a
Lombard, only a Pismo? Which version of OS X are we talking about?

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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[PeterH5322]

>Does the decoder chip work under X ?

Very much so ... as I stated in my initial reply.

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Re: lombard DVD decoder

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>I thought the DVD DECODER was for reading movies ?
>
>Why does a DVD DECODER impact writing DVDs ?

Obviously, I volunteered more informantion than you asked for.

My use of my Lombard and Pismos is authoring (writing) and verifying 
(reading) DVDs, almost equally.


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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[Tom and Lisa P]

 > The built-in decoder works well.


 DVD writing is reliable at 2X, usually reliably at 4X, and fails at
 greater than 4X, and that failure is on account of the poor grounding
 provided within the media bay itself. These same drives will not fail at
 any speed if installed as directed, using an 80-wire/40-pin cable.


I thought the DVD DECODER was for reading movies ?

Why does a DVD DECODER impact writing DVDs ?

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Does the decoder chip work under X ?

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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[Malcolm Cornelius]

> 
>> Does the DVD decoder on the lombard motherboard work under X ?
> 
> If you mean the built-in decoder on the 400 MHz models, absolutely. (I
> cannot comment on the 300 MHz models).
> 
> You may need to use PatchBurn if you have updated your media bay to
> include a CD/DVD-ROM-R-R/W drive.
> 
> With the super drives which are in the distributor inventory right now,
> mainly the Pioneer DVR-K05 and Panasonic UJ-845S, you will probably have
> to use PatchBurn in order to cover all variations of DVD media.
> 
> The built-in decoder works well.
> 
> DVD writing is reliable at 2X, usually reliably at 4X, and fails at
> greater than 4X, and that failure is on account of the poor grounding
> provided within the media bay itself. These same drives will not fail at
> any speed if installed as directed, using an 80-wire/40-pin cable.

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Why does a DVD DECODER impact writing DVDs ?

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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[PeterH5322]

>So you can buy one of these mechanisms and swap it with the old one 
>on the housing ?

Absolutely.

Just make sure it is a 12.7mm model and that it has a universal 50 pin 
miniature connector, as all of them now do.

The Lombard/Pismo bezel will not fit any current drive, so there will be 
a cosmetic issue, and the slot loader is probably the best, cosmetically 
and operationally.

(The Pioneer DVR-K15, a variation of the previously mentioned DVR-K05, is 
tray loading. The bezel from the stock Panasonic/Matshita definitely will 
not fit the front of this drive :( ).

The DVR-K05/K15 is supported by 10.4 without PatchBurn; is supported by 
10.3 with PatchBurn.

The Panasonic UJ-845S requires PatchBurn in both cases).

I believe the true super drive is a DVR-K04. The DVR-K05 is an upgraded 
model which supports two-layer writing/rewriting.

The UJ-845S also supports two-layer writing/rewriting.


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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[Tom and Lisa P]

 >Does the DVD decoder on the lombard motherboard work under X ?

If you mean the built-in decoder on the 400 MHz models, absolutely. (I
cannot comment on the 300 MHz models).

You may need to use PatchBurn if you have updated your media bay to
include a CD/DVD-ROM-R-R/W drive.

With the super drives which are in the distributor inventory right now,
mainly the Pioneer DVR-K05 and Panasonic UJ-845S, you will probably have
to use PatchBurn in order to cover all variations of DVD media.


So you can buy one of these mechanisms and swap it with the old one 
on the housing ?


thanks,

Mad Dog

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Re: lombard DVD decoder

[PeterH5322]

>Does the DVD decoder on the lombard motherboard work under X ?

If you mean the built-in decoder on the 400 MHz models, absolutely. (I 
cannot comment on the 300 MHz models).

You may need to use PatchBurn if you have updated your media bay to 
include a CD/DVD-ROM-R-R/W drive.

With the super drives which are in the distributor inventory right now, 
mainly the Pioneer DVR-K05 and Panasonic UJ-845S, you will probably have 
to use PatchBurn in order to cover all variations of DVD media.

The built-in decoder works well.

DVD writing is reliable at 2X, usually reliably at 4X, and fails at 
greater than 4X, and that failure is on account of the poor grounding 
provided within the media bay itself. These same drives will not fail at 
any speed if installed as directed, using an 80-wire/40-pin cable.

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lombard DVD decoder

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Does the DVD decoder on the lombard motherboard work under X ?

thanks,

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Re: dvd for pismo

[PeterH5322]

>Surely, for about the same price, you could get a brand new CDRW module?
>Given the track record of those pismo drives, I'd think twice about
>paying even $70 for a refurbished one.

LOL!

A brand-new, compatible super drive, which includes two-layer writing, 
can be had for $105 or a tad more.

None will accept the old bezel, though.

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Re: dvd for pismo

[Steve Fuller]

Ed,

I was going to buy a keyboard for our Lombard off of ebay. However, I  
found one used for the same amount from someone that i knew.  
Personally, for the $25 I've seen them go for on ebay, I think they'd  
work fine. Other places still want $100 for them.


Steve

On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Ed Zelinsky wrote:



I try to pass on anything that I come across relating to parts for  
the G3 Pismo and Lombard- both of which I have and like to use. I  
have an extra DVD module and an an extra Zip module that I picked  
up really cheap (compared to what they cost when they were first  
offered!)


Now I need to replace the keyboard in my Lombard and was told that  
there were a few available on ebay- is there any other alternative  
place to go for a replacement or is ebay the best choice?


I've only ever bought 1 thing on ebay and it was in lousy shape so  
I'm skittery about it...- it's such a pain to return things



Ed


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Re: dvd for pismo

[Ed Zelinsky]

I try to pass on anything that I come across relating to parts for the 
G3 Pismo and Lombard- both of which I have and like to use. I have an 
extra DVD module and an an extra Zip module that I picked up really 
cheap (compared to what they cost when they were first offered!)


Now I need to replace the keyboard in my Lombard and was told that 
there were a few available on ebay- is there any other alternative 
place to go for a replacement or is ebay the best choice?


I've only ever bought 1 thing on ebay and it was in lousy shape so I'm 
skittery about it...- it's such a pain to return things



Ed


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