[P1] Another Question

[david]

On Sunday, April 27, 2003, at 08:28  AM, Jack Rodgers wrote:

>> Somewhere else it was said that it would be nearly impossible for a 
>> G3 to
>> create DVD's because the processing necessary would tie up the chip 
>> for
>> hours at a time.
>
> It may not completely tie up the chip, but the creation of the DVD 
> takes hour(s) on a G4. Someone can offer a bit more accurate data  but 
> if I remember correctly the few iDVDs I burned were not burned 
> quickly. iDVD, for instance, first creates a disk image of your 
> project and then burns it to the DVD. So there are three steps, 
> assemble, burn, verify.

I can confirm. The DVDs I created using iDVD and a granite iMac tied up 
the computer nearly all day. (work day) I took to starting the process 
before I left work and hoping nothing went wrong to stop the process 
while I was gone.

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David