Preview Doesn't Work on DVDSP

[Ira Flatow]

Pat,
Glad to hear that your setup of DVDSP works so that Preview is allowed,
When I try to preview on my iMac FP, I get the following error message:
".....no compatible DVD Video decoding hardware available."
I'm betting this is because:
1.  My DVD burner is external, as below.
2.  I don't have a DVD player in my iMac...just a CD-RW. Perhaps if I had a
DVD player instead, it would recognize it internally. When I tried to
install Apple's own DVD Player software, it won't let me, saying I don't
have the hardware installed to use it.

Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks.

if



> 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...
> I, too, was considering swapping out the internal drive.
>
>
> ----------------------------
> Ira Flatow

So now let's Pat and Ira continue this dialog so Ira can figure out
what's wrong with his DVDSP settings.

On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 05:48  AM, Pat Wilson wrote:

> I've done several projects using DVDSP without an internal DVD drive
> connected and have been able to preview my work without a problem. I'm
> confused as to why some posters to this list are not able to preview
> their work without an internal SuperDrive.
>
> I've authored a couple of projects on my home computer, copied the
> muxed folders to my iPod, and then burned the DVDs on my work machine
> without a hitch. The preview feature worked fine on my Cube at home.
>
> Pat Wilson


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