[MacDV] Re: iDVD iDvDidn't.

[Mandy Claire Caulton]

Isn't the superdrive dvd format dvd-r and aren't dvd players 
dvd+r..?Even with mpeg2 encoding is it gonna play on any dvd 
player.?Just a guess. Roger from U.K
On Sunday, January 18, 2004, at 08:54 PM, Paul Williams wrote:

> What brand of of blanks are recommended for a mac?
>
> Paul
>
>> On Sunday, January 18, 2004, at 02:18 PM, Bobbo wrote:
>>
>>>  After another four-hour attempt at encoding and burning, I came up 
>>> with another pancake. It does play oK on my  Superdrive, but Crikey, 
>>> the idea behind iDVD is that you burn a freaking DVD! If I wanna 
>>> pass out home movies to my family, do I REALLY have to buy them a 
>>> Superdrive equipped Mac to go with it? This is outrageous.
>>
>> Well, Apple can hardly be responsible for the compatibility of your 
>> DVD players with the latest technology, or with the brand of blanks 
>> you're using.
>>
>> You might as well rail on that Apple is stupid because the Mac won't 
>> run your PC programs. Or that your Sonicare toothbrush is stupid 
>> because the brushes for your Panasonic won't fit, or your Mr. Coffee 
>> is stupid because the cone filters for your Braun won't fit.
>>
>> The state of technology just isn't at a point that you can burn a DVD 
>> on any arbitrarily chosen brand of blank and have it play on every 
>> DVD player in the world. You can blame Apple for the state of the 
>> art, or you can take the time to figure it out. Its really not that 
>> hard.
>>
>> SR
>>
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