burn DLDVD to external Lacie

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matt w

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o.k. its my turn.

have a LaCie d2 external firewire DL DVD burner.
also have an internal SL DVD burner.
I want to burn more than 4g of i"movie" to the external from iDVD.
I have been told this is not possable unless the DL burner is internal.
I have searched all over for some kind of patch, cracker or "something" that will alow me to access the DL burning that is accessable in iDVD5 for internal DL burners to go to the external.
I have tried the "french" patch but it does not work in panther.
(10.3.8).
I have the "easter egg" to alow iDVD to default to external and it works for what it is supposed to.

on that note the "easter egg" will alow me to change default only once and then I am stuck with it until I remove "easter egg" docs and reboot.
but I digress....

I want to know if any "gurus" out there can help on this subject.
its either that or I have to buy an internal DL DVD burner.
that would be an expensive bummer....i mean burner. ;)
cheers&aloha
matt
 
right off the patchburn web site.


Q: Will PatchBurn give me write support for double layer (8.5 GB) media?
A: PatchBurn will not give you double layer support. This is up to the burn engine inside Mac-OS X, PatchBurn has no influence on that. For double layer support please use Roxio Toast Titanium 6.0.7 or newer


i.e.---aint gona happen here.
M
p.s.
have RTT 6.1.1. the menue page sucks and only give you 1 start button and no options.
iDVD theams are what I am aiming for. to do that you need to burn from (or at least creat disc img from) iDVD itself. and as stated you cant do 8+gig unless you have an internal DL DVD burner. it will not let you go 8+gig to an external. thats the kind of patch or cracker i am looking for....if it exists.
nice try though!
cheers&aloha,
matt
 
Some possible fixes -
Update to 10.4.x (better support for DL burns)
Update to Toast Titanium. 7.x (improved support for more drives, DL support improved)
Update to iDVD 6.x, which has easy support to external burners. (part of iLife '06)

Some, or all of these may be needed to do what you need.
 
10.4.x is known to be more buggy than 10.3.9(what I have and what is working fine for me as a sys...dont mess with whats running smoothly ;))
TT 7 requires 10.4 for full function
likewise iDVD6 which also needs QT 7 which also needs OS 10.4 for full function.
iDVD5 can do it but it needs to see an internal DL DVD burner.
hmmmm....no crackers or patches .........
well looks like I'm getting an internal DL DVD burner.
thanx
cheers&aloha,
matt


DeltaMac said:
Some possible fixes -
Update to 10.4.x (better support for DL burns)
Update to Toast Titanium. 7.x (improved support for more drives, DL support improved)
Update to iDVD 6.x, which has easy support to external burners. (part of iLife '06)

Some, or all of these may be needed to do what you need.
Click to expand...
 
With that though in mind, I bought a Lite-On internal DVD-RW today, at wal-mart. Dual-Layer DVD+/-R/W everything, 16X DVD-R, but missing Lightscribe function (which I can do without). Not a mention of any Mac use, but took only 2 minutes to replace, and tried it out
Installed in a first-gen G5 tower (1.6 GHz) to replace a failing drive. Absolutely works great, very fast burns. Imported an audio CD into itunes in just over a minute. Burned a DVD copy through Toast, 3.5GB, in about 5 minutes. And it will boot a Mac from a bootable disk. The OS reports it as 'un-supported' which should mean that iTunes won't use it (but, in fact, burns from iTunes), and also SHOULD mean that iDVD won't use it (and I did not try a burn from iDVD, but no errors when iDVD opened, so I cannot give you a firm OK with that, and I have all those software updates I mentioned) Works great for what I do (lots of CD/DVD copies for customer drive backups), and it's physically shorter than the drive I replaced, so easier to remove/install.
Cost? - $49.95.
 
very cool.
I would be interested to know if you can burn an iDVD 8gig project from iDVD.
the drives I have been looking at are apple "certified" and cost as high as 2x what you paid.
my Lacie external DL was "unsupported" until they updated the driver.
with the "easter egg" I can get iDVD to use the external but not as a DL.
I have been told that my current setup (g4-1.2g proces-1.6gig ram-iLife 5.x-TT6-QT6.5.2-MPEG streamclip-mac the ripper...and thats just for aud-vid) CAN burn DL but only with an internal DL installed.
so just for kicks try a realy big project from iDVD and keep me posted.
if its cheep but it works I can "get my hands dirty" if I need to.
but not from "sprawl mart".
;)
p.s.
"light scribble" has a lot of probs like "overburning" so as to sometimes corrupt your data.
I have seen the prob on other disc boardz. not ready for prime time I think.
 
matt w said:
very cool.
I would be interested to know if you can burn an iDVD 8gig project from iDVD. ...
...so just for kicks try a realy big project from iDVD and keep me posted.
if its cheep but it works I can "get my hands dirty" if I need to.
but not from "sprawl mart".

"light scribble" has a lot of probs like "overburning" so as to sometimes corrupt your data.
I have seen the prob on other disc boardz. not ready for prime time I think.
Click to expand...
that's why I said, I can do without the lightscribe....
I rarely use iDVD, so I don't have a project of that size, more like 1.5 to 2 GB, and these are at a different location, so no go on the project.
I know what you mean about WalMart, but seemed like a good project, and had the cash, and there it was - seemed like a really good price. My main goal is dual-layer burns for data backup, and works great for that. WallyWorld would have it back already if that didn't work. Returns are easy LOL
Anyway, I can't answer about iDVD, but great for what I need....
 
"wally world"....LLLLLOL. gona have to add that one to the list.
I make surf and dive vids. also instructional stuff that commonly goes more than 60min. I also use my "external" DL for data storage. wish someone could come up with "super compressed ultra high capacity 20gig discs".
oh well.
If I get something and it works I will post it and the results.
seems there is a real lack of info on this subject for the "casual" user or even typs like us.
if your into it...there are a couple of good printers out there that can print on a printable cd/dvd. (epson stylus photo r200).
cheers&aloha,
matt
 
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