[MacDV] Re: iDVD (was: iMovie4)

[CFlatow]

On Friday, January 16, 2004, at 04:21  PM, Eagle wrote:
>>
>> Wouldn't it be nice if Apple quietly dropped the need for iDVD to 
>> have an internal DVD drive since they now charge for this?
>
> Well, they're halfway there right now.  Actually iDVD 3 will _run_ on 
> a machine without a DVD drive, but before it wouldn't install.  Now 
> with the new iLife 04 you can run iDVD anywhere and build your 
> project, then take the project to a machine with a SuperDrive for 
> burning.
>
> As for not requiring a SuperDrive to burn, good luck.  But I agree - 
> now that they charge for it they shouldn't require a SuperDrive.  ANY 
> DVD burner should work.

OK, as a real outsider, in what form is the video when you need to port 
it to an internal-SuperDrive machine?
Would you be able to use Toast at that point to get some different 
version onto a DVD?
What has to happen at that last step?

Carl