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6 Replies Last post: Sep 11, 2003 4:21 PM by Jon Seff  
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MacTiger
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Sep 10, 2003 9:52 PM

Any external DVD RW drives compatible with iDVD?

Hi, I'm looking for an external DVD RW drive that is compatible with iDVD. IS there any you can recommend? Thanks!
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BHeth
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Jun 19, 2003
1. Sep 11, 2003 4:29 AM in response to: MacTiger
Re: Any external DVD RW drives compatible with iDVD?
No such thing. You must have an internal drive for iDVD.
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Freestyler
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Feb 9, 2001
2. Sep 11, 2003 10:11 AM in response to: BHeth
Re: Any external DVD RW drives compatible with iDVD?
... and that is all there is to it, except

idvd isnt all there is to use!

dvd studio pro 2 - is only 100mb and a few hundred bucks away
and supports external burners...

i think the new version is suppost to be more 'idvd like' .. and can probably
open idvd projects...

so all isnt lost

Freestyler
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iloveitaly
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Mar 17, 2003
3. Sep 11, 2003 10:30 AM in response to: Freestyler
Re: Any external DVD RW drives compatible with iDVD?
I belive OWC made a hack to allow idvd to notice external dvd burners. look on e-bay for it.
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Jon Seff
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Dec 13, 2000
4. Sep 11, 2003 12:53 PM in response to: Freestyler
Re: Any external DVD RW drives compatible with iDVD?
Toast 6 can now author DVDs to external drives as well, but you won't get all the bells and whistles that you do with iDVD.

Jon Seff - Senior News Editor, Macworld
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ftaok
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Jun 21, 2001
5. Sep 11, 2003 12:57 PM in response to: Jon Seff
Re: Any external DVD RW drives compatible with iDVD?
Jon,

Does Toast handle the mpg2 conversion from miniDV or Quicktime? Or do you need to have another app put together the VOB and stuff like that?

ft
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Jon Seff
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Dec 13, 2000
6. Sep 11, 2003 4:21 PM in response to: ftaok
Re: Any external DVD RW drives compatible with iDVD?
Toast comes with an MPEG-2 encoder...it will encode any video file QuickTime can understand.

Jon Seff - Senior News Editor, Macworld
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