dvd formats

**styline** · January 9th, 2006, 12:21 PM

hi

i have a g4 powerbook with the dvd drive: MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-845E
my question is, what formats does it support?
i have bought my mac in europe, so the PAL format is boligatory, but how about NTSC and SECAM formats - do you know?
regards styline

**nixgeek** · January 9th, 2006, 02:50 PM

Have you tried checking in System Profiler? It should give you all the information you need about what's supported by the DVD drive.

**styline** · January 9th, 2006, 02:55 PM

yep, it doesn't say anything...

**MisterMe** · January 9th, 2006, 03:20 PM

Under Hardware, look for Disk Burning. Click that. What does it say?

**styline** · January 9th, 2006, 03:27 PM

hey misterme,
its the same place nixgeek asked me to look... but if it is the specifics you want, then here they are:
Firmware-version: DMP2
Forbindelsetype: ATAPI
Understøttelse af brænding: Ja (leveret/understøttet af Apple) (yes/supported by ..)
Buffer: 2048 K
Læser dvd: Ja (yes)
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Beskyttelse mod underløb ved cd-brænding: Ja (yes)
Beskyttelse mod underløb ved dvd-brænding: Ja (yes)
Skrivestrategier: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Medier: Nej (no)

sorry its in danish, but i guess the lineup is the international

**UpQuark77** · January 9th, 2006, 04:02 PM

Actually, PAL seems to be able to play NTSC - but not the other way around.

Not sure why, but you might have luck with NTSC disks...

This is my reference:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/...cks/6017.shtml

Another good reference:

http://www.macintouch.com/dvdcapture03.html