[G4] Re: DVR-108 question

[Ron Steinke]

SuperDrive refers to the capability of the drive. It is not the "name" 
of the drive in System Profiler.

Your drive is identified as {Product Identification "DVD-RW DVR-108"}. 
This means that you have a DVD burner that is capable of writing DVD 
discs and also erasing DVD discs as long as they are the right type, 
ie: DVD-RW discs. It is also capable of reading and writing to CD and 
CD-RW discs. Of course, this depends on whether or not the drive is 
supported by Apple's proprietary disc burning software.

You might have to use a third-party software program to get the full 
capabilities of the drive. I do not know whether or not your drive is 
fully supported by Apple's software, perhaps someone else can answer 
that for you.

For your information,
The ComboDrive is capable of reading and writing CD and CD-RW discs but 
ONLY reading DVD discs. It cannot write to a DVD disc.
The SuperDrive is capable of reading and writing to all formats, ie: 
CD/CD-RW and DVD/DVD-RW discs.

On 30 Sep, 2004, at 23:03, Rav Norodom wrote:

> I had my DVD-RW DVR-108 installed in my QuickSilver lately. There is a 
> few steps needed to take before it works fully. What I mean fully is 
> that iTunes and all other iApps and System Profiler will not 
> recognizing it yet. Only Toast sees it.
>
> Step 1. Download PatchBurn II:
> http://www.macwelt.de/public/PatchBurn/PatchBurnIIb1en.sit
>
> Step 2. Launch PatchBurn II, it detects your new DVD drive and will 
> ask you to install a driver that it has in its list. (If you have 
> other PC based DVD drive that won't work on Mac, PatchBurn II can fix 
> you up.)
>
> Step 3. Restart your Mac.
>
> Step 4. If you use iTunes, launch iTunes and to go Preferences ---> 
> Burning ---->CD Burner, under pop down menu select the new driver 
> (Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108).
>
> You are done.
>
> Rav
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2004, at 12:05 AM, Stefan Daehler wrote:
>
>>
>> Original Message:
>>
>>>> I have a 400 MHz G4 (AGP) running 10.2.8.  I can burn regular 
>>>> CD-R's, but I don't see anything that states "superdrive" in any 
>>>> application.
>>>
>>> The System Profiler:
>>>
>>> CD-RW/DVD-R
>>> Disc Burning "not supported"
>>> Unit Number "0"
>>> ATA Device Type " atapi"
>>> Device Serial (blank)
>>> Device Revision "1.06"
>>> Product Identification "DVD-RW DVR-108"
>>> Vendor Identification "PIONEER"
>>>
>>> Is this how it should show up? Do I need to install a driver just 
>>> for it to be recognized as a "superdrive"?
>>
>> I think that a CD-RW/DVD-R  IS a "superdrive".     Steff
>>
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