[MacDV] Re: Another DVD burning question

[Rod Duncan]

Don:
That's your problem. Formac Divideon software. I purchased one of 
their burners and returned it. The  software was unreliable and the 
external case of the Devideon was cheesy, the burner itself was fine. 
It was a Pioneer. They also charged me a 20% restocking charge which 
they didn't divulge at purchase time. I would never use any Formac 
product again. Isn't Formac out-of-business - bankrupt? So it might 
be a moot point.

I ended up with a bare Pioneer 4X  drive and installed it into an 
excellent Firewire Depot minimalist butter box.

After using whatever digital weapon of choice - iMovie, FCP Express 
or FCP.  I export to Quicktime Pro in uncompressed DVD format (fix 
the sync sound if I shot in 12 bit) use the Quicktime Pro MPEG2 
encoder and author in Studio Pro. I use Toast to burn the DVD. The 
reason for the work around is I am using a G4 Ti 667 DVI and iDVD 
isn't supported.

Formac and their software is the problem.

My 2 cents.

Rod



>Dennis - Thank you for your response.  I am using the DVD authoring software
>that came with my external burner - Formac Divideon.  It does the encoding
>and multiplexing and then is supposed to burn the disk. Therein lies the
>problem.  The disk only burns for 34 seconds and then ejects.  If using
>Toast would solve the problem, I'm glad to buy it. And, you're right. The
>encoding takes 7 hours for a 15 minute Quiktime movie! Any other thoughts?
>
>Don Tully

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