[MacDV] Re: External FW DVD-RW & DVDSP

[Frank Wiewandt]

Ira Flatow writes:

> This doesn't work, in my experience! I have an iMac FP, CD-R and an
external
> FW drive, DVD-RW.  Yes, I can run DVDSP but you can't PREVIEW your
work as
> you work on it, i.e. You can't see how your work is progressing!
When
> trying to PREVIEW you get an error message saying that you need an
internal
> drive to make this work.  And in my experience, not being able to
PREVIEW
> your work while editing is like editing in the blind.
>
> So it almost makes the setup worthless...

Having not used DVDSP or any other DVD authoring app. I'll take your
word for this. I'm beginning to think this *sucks*!

I do have a PC & it wouldn't be a problem to add a firewire card. Any
thoughts about how to edit on FCP & author the DVD on a PC? My DVD
burner came with Sonic MyDVD for windows. I'm not really familiar with
this app as I've been thinking I'd go with DVDSP. Anyone know if this
would do the trick? How can I get the FCP project to the PC to burn to
DVD?

Are we the only suckers who thought we could effectively author our
DVDs from FCP on our FW DVD-RW drives?

So many questions!

Frank Wiewandt