[G4] burning single CD with both Mac and PC software?????

[sr ferenczy]

i think the original idea was someone trying to determine the best way 
to transfer files from school to home and back. yes, cd is what shannon 
originally mentioned, but a cd-r/rw isnt the only way of fulfilling the 
need she spoke of:

> Is there a way that I can burn a single data CD over a period of time 
> using both a Mac a a PC without having to reformat it every time I 
> need to burn more data?

so others were simply supplying other options that she might not know 
about. heck, you say not to spend money when it is not necessary, but 
then offer her option as buying a $100 piece of software...? without 
toast it is true, this cannot be done (or without another commercial 
burning application) as the os x burning software only allows 1 burn 
per cd-r.

with toast, tracker is correct, burning iso 9960 format on a cd-r 
WITHOUT "closing the disc" (but "closing the session") will allow 
multiple writes between macs and pcs. but i still think what would work 
better would be a random read/write drive such as flash memory, or your 
zip disk. (with proper compression, sizing, 100 MB should be a decent 
size for director projects-all but my final piece were below 100 MB in 
the classes i took on director/multimedia production) and i would 
actually use 2 forms of media, just for extra special backup. burn a cd 
and use zip/flash) it sucks losing 8 weeks worth of work due to 
corrupted media =(

shannon-say hello to the rochester winter for me! i spent four years up 
there-2 across the street from MCC at rustic village...

sandor



On Jan 22, 2004, at 3:16 PM, Tracker at aol.com wrote:

> I think the original thought here was the idea of burning a CD that 
> could be
> read by both formats, Mac and PC. Let's get back on that thread, OK?
>
> Again, I suggest that the CD should be burned as an ISO 9660 format so 
> it can
> be read by either machine.
>
> Why spend more money for a flash memory stick when you already own a CD
> burner? You could use the money for more blank CDs. I have a 128Mb 
> flash memory
> stick and I think it is terrific, but I don't ever suggest spending 
> more money
> than you have to if what you have can do the job you want to do.
>
> Roxio Toast can burn CDs in Mac only, PC only, Unix only, or Hybrid 
> formats.
> You have a burner? - you should have Toast!