[MacDV] Re DVD-RAM

[Mark M. Florida]

Wow, Mac OS X 10.4.3?  Typo?

I also had the same issue with some DVD-RAM disks a while back -- I 
don't think Mac OS X really supports the format...

- Mark

On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 03:10 AM, Tom Kirshbaum wrote:

> I've been following  the diuscussion about problems reading DVD-RAM 
> disks. I
> have one also, but it's different.
>
> I just installed a 105 Superdrive in my G4 and put my DVD-RAM (original
> model, 5.2 GB Type 1 only) in a Firewire box (Ssorry, Kunga, I just 
> couldn't
> bear to attack my G4 with tin snips!).  It works fine, but when I 
> tried some
> new DVD-RAM disks I bought recently (Panasonic Type 1), and clicked
> "initialize," nothing happened. And I mean nothing. Even if it sat for
> thirty minutes. I had to open Disk Utility to eject the cartridge.
>
> Just for fun, I booted in 9.2.2, and all the disks initialized 
> perfectly and
> instantly. Having been initialized, they now work perfectly in 10.4.3.
>
> Anyone have any idea why OS X wouldn't initialize them while 9.2 
> would??
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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