[CUBE] Yes, an actual working iDVD/external burner hack

[Chip Everts]

So, any cubeowner confirm this works for an external burner?

On Mar 10, 2004, at 12:08 PM, DSatterfield wrote:

> Greetings
>
> I have a QPS DVD-R/RW drive that has always worked with OS9 & OS/X.  It
> works with both the Cube & the iBook flawlessly.
>
> David
>
>
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> From: Cube List [mailto:Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of 
> Phil
> Mitchell
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:57
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> Subject: Re: [CUBE] Yes, an actual working iDVD/external burner hack
>
> George - I'm getting back to you!
>
> LaCie DVD R/RW external drive has been playing DVDs just fine since
> plugged into FW connector after a LaCie 160GB FW HD. No special SW...
> just works! Cube/500MHz/30GB HD/1.5GB RAM/internal stock CD/DVD.
>
> pm
> On Mar 10, 2004, at 9:51 AM, George Pepper wrote:
>
>> How did you copy DVD player from your iBook?... I tried that by
>> dragging the icon from my iBook to the Xserve HD in Target Disk mode,
>> but DVD player would not launch on the Xserve: It spontaneously quit
>> whenever I tried to launch it... I am using X.ii, so if this is a new
>> feature under X.iii, there's my reason to upgrade!...
>>
>> Pep
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 08:40  AM, Allan Hise wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I forgot: OS X 10.3.2. Cube has an internal CDRW only.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Allan Hise wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an external Pioneer 106 attached to my cube via firewire.
>>>> When I instlled Panther, it didn't install DVD player, so I just
>>>> copied it
>>>> from my iBook with a combo drive (CDRW+DVD read-only).
>>>>
>>>> When I pop a DVD into the pioneer, it fires up DVD player and
>>>> plays...
>>>>
>>>> Allan
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, George Pepper wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tell me you're kidding, or tell me what DVD drive you have!... I
>>>>> have a
>>>>> LaCie, and right in the manual it says you can't play DVD's on an
>>>>> external DVD drive due to lack of licensing agreements from
>>>>> Apple!... I
>>>>> was told that this applied to ALL external DVD drives!... My Xserve
>>>>> has
>>>>> only an internal CD-ROM drive, so DVD player DOES NOT EVEN INSTALL
>>>>> on
>>>>> it...
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have an internal DVD drive also?... If so, that may be part
>>>>> of
>>>>> the situation, or perhaps a third-party DVD player app?... 
>>>>> X.iii?...
>>>
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