[MacDV] Re: iDVD3 w/ external drive... Anybody try this?

[Thubten Kunga]

Yes but the art work and music involved with Apple's iDVD 3's templates 
is so outstanding that it will be a hard act to follow. What Mac are 
you trying to get iDVD 3 working on with a SuperDrive for yourself 
Craig?

k

On Saturday, February 22, 2003, at 01:15  AM, Craig Busch wrote:

> I don't know where this fits in with all of this going on but the 
> other day I saw a post
> about a product being marketed by LaCie.  It is called CaptyDVD.  It 
> is a DVD authoring
> program that sells for $149.  It has only been out in the US for a few 
> weeks.  It was
> created by a company in Japan, and previous to now, was only available 
> in Japan. The
> company Pixela (?), found a US distributor- LaCie.  The program works 
> on G3 and G4
> computers.  It also works in OS9 and OSX.  You can buy the software 
> only for $149 or you
> can buy their external firewire DVD 4X burner which includes the 
> software for $379.  I
> called today and I am trying to learn more about it.  They don't have 
> a lot of
> information, but that is changing.  The product is available now.
>
> It will work with any/most external firewire DVD burners.  It does not 
> have to be an
> Apple superdrive.  It also works with G3 computers.
>
> It is supposedly similar to iDVD, but with some more capability.  From 
> what I have read,
> it may not be as intuitive as iDVD3, but it is learnable.
>
> There is very little out on it so far, so I am following it.  Then I 
> read the post about
> the iDVD3 patch, which sounded hopeful, but might not be.  I also 
> think I read that Toast
> is working on a DVD authoring program.
>
> Anyway, you can contact www.lacie.com to get more information.  I will 
> continue to watch
> it and see what kind of user feedback I find.
>
> I have never used or seen it.  I have just read about it and talked to 
> LaCie.  I am
> definitely interested.