[MacDV] Re: PC Compatibility with iDVD produced DVD

[Ron Woodland]

You're right.  I over-reacted.  Sorry.  I spend many hours of my days 
in defense of Macs where I work.  I've developed a short fuse in this 
area.  Often the problem is user error, but Mac-bashing has become a 
common thing on this campus.  I can't decide if it's actual hatred, 
jealousy of superior technology, or just to watch mac users squirm.  
The best defense is a good offense.  It wasn't called for in this case.

Ron Woodland


On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 10:35  PM, James Asherman wrote:

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> On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 12:00 AM, Daniel Beck wrote:
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>> On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 12:31 PM, Ron Woodland wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, it should recognize it.  All I know is that I've burned dozens 
>>> of projects to DVDs using iDVD.  They have worked fine on a few PCs 
>>> I've tried them on, but that's not really important.  More 
>>> important, they have worked without fail in every DVD player I've 
>>> ever tried them on, or for those to whom I've sent them.
>>>
>>> If some guy's wintel computer using XP can't run DVDs made on a Mac 
>>> that comply with published standards, guess who's problem it is.
>>>
>>> No help, or sympathy for your friend, here.  Maybe he should check 
>>> his config.sys.  (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
>>
>> No need to be hostile toward him. He uses his PCs to run Linux & 
>> Unix. He tried to use XP so he could watch the DVD on it. I think his 
>> main intent is to watch it on his home player, and that should work 
>> fine. He was just informing me of his inability, not getting on my 
>> case for it. He's just as critical of M$ as anyone I know.
>>
>> I was just trying to find out if others have had trouble. Thanks for 
>> letting me know that you haven't.
>>
>> I think that Erica may be right, some kind of combination of media (I 
>> did use a cheapie for this) and laser. Anyway it plays fine on my 
>> PowerBook and on my home player (old Sony model), so it'll probably 
>> work fine on his home player.
>>
>> Daniel
>>