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itten

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:05 pm
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Running OS 10.2.6 on an iMac and the Sony DVD+R will not mount or will
accept an iMovie project through iDVD. CD's will mount & burn OK in
the Superdrive. Is there another brand of blank media I need to burn
to DVD or some utility that will allow me to use it?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:49 am
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In article <040920031805292000%itten@comcast.net>,
itten <itten.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:

 > Running OS 10.2.6 on an iMac and the Sony DVD+R will not mount or will
 > accept an iMovie project through iDVD. CD's will mount & burn OK in
 > the Superdrive. Is there another brand of blank media I need to burn
 > to DVD or some utility that will allow me to use it?

If you're talking about your internal SuperDrive, you need to use a
DVD-R, not a DVD+R. If you have a Sony drive, I think it theoretically
supports DVD+R but is disabled in the firmware, and even if it weren't
disabled, Apple's software wouldn't support it.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 3:02 am
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I have the internal Superdrive. I look at the "+" and "-" on the Sony
blank media and didn't think it made any difference. Apparently it
does.






In article <macg3-2ED121.16493204092003.DeleteThis@news.verizon.net>, Doug Brown
<macg3.DeleteThis@pleasenospam.mac.com.invalid> wrote:

 > In article <040920031805292000%itten@comcast.net>,
 > itten <itten.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:
 >
  > > Running OS 10.2.6 on an iMac and the Sony DVD+R will not mount or will
  > > accept an iMovie project through iDVD. CD's will mount & burn OK in
  > > the Superdrive. Is there another brand of blank media I need to burn
  > > to DVD or some utility that will allow me to use it?
 >
 > If you're talking about your internal SuperDrive, you need to use a
 > DVD-R, not a DVD+R. If you have a Sony drive, I think it theoretically
 > supports DVD+R but is disabled in the firmware, and even if it weren't
 > disabled, Apple's software wouldn't support it.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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David C.

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 3:38 am
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Doug Brown writes:
 > itten wrote:
  >>
  >> Running OS 10.2.6 on an iMac and the Sony DVD+R will not mount or
  >> will accept an iMovie project through iDVD. CD's will mount & burn
  >> OK in the Superdrive. Is there another brand of blank media I need
  >> to burn to DVD or some utility that will allow me to use it?
 >
 > If you're talking about your internal SuperDrive, you need to use a
 > DVD-R, not a DVD+R. If you have a Sony drive, I think it
 > theoretically supports DVD+R but is disabled in the firmware, and
 > even if it weren't disabled, Apple's software wouldn't support it.

Or if he's got an external FireWire DVD+R drive (can't tell from his
message) then iDVD won't burn to it. He'll need to have iDVD make a
DVD image file (should work if there's also an internal SuperDrive)
and then use something like Toast to burn it to a DVD+R disc in the
DVD+R drive.

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Jon Bell1

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:16 am
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In article <040920031805292000%itten@comcast.net>,
itten <itten RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote:
 >Running OS 10.2.6 on an iMac and the Sony DVD+R will not mount or will
 >accept an iMovie project through iDVD. CD's will mount & burn OK in
 >the Superdrive.

AFAIK, SuperDrives accept only DVD-Rs, not DVD+Rs.

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:11 am
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What is the difference? I'm glad I didn't buy the blank media in bulk.






In article <bj8rm8$9rn$1@jtbell.presby.edu>, jtbellq2f.DeleteThis@presby.edu (Jon
Bell) wrote:

 > In article <040920031805292000%itten@comcast.net>,
 > itten <itten.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:
  > >Running OS 10.2.6 on an iMac and the Sony DVD+R will not mount or will
  > >accept an iMovie project through iDVD. CD's will mount & burn OK in
  > >the Superdrive.
 >
 > AFAIK, SuperDrives accept only DVD-Rs, not DVD+Rs.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Gregory Weston

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:38 pm
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In article <050920030611396897%itten@comcast.net>,
itten <itten RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote:

 > What is the difference? I'm glad I didn't buy the blank media in bulk.

HUGE can of worms and or kettle of fish. They're two competing
technologies for user-writeable DVD media, pushed by two different
industry groups that are almost completely distinct; Sony and one or two
other companies are advocating both formats to some degree. Basically
the + variant is slightly newer and designed as large random-access
media. The - variant is aimed more at one-shot writing, as one might ddo
creating home movies. + has more active support in the computer
industry, but I believe - still retains a slight compatibility edge in
the consumer DVD player space.

G<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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