[MacDV] Re: imovie 3 and VCD

[Mark M. Florida]

If Toast 5.1.2 works with your hardware, just stick with that.  It 
looks like (from their website) that there were some improvements to 
the Toast Titanium 5.2 VCD extensions, but if the 5.1.2 version works 
for what you need to do, then just stick with that.  I've been using 
5.1.2 ever since that update came out (that's when some newer VCD 
extensions were introduced) with no problems.  As long as your burner 
is supported by the version of Toast you are using, then that's where 
you want to be.

Also, just checking Roxio's site... This is weird... from the version 
history page for Toast, under the 5.1.2 update changes:  "Toast Video 
CD Support 1.4 also corrects an issue with the previous version, which 
inadvertently expired on January 31st 2002".  So it looks like this 
should have been fixed with the 5.1.2 update.  Hmmm...  I dunno...

Maybe try deleting all of the VCD stuff before running the update?  Do 
a search for "ToastVideoCD" (without spaces) and then "Toast Video CD" 
(with spaces) to track down all of the VCD files.  Maybe use DropStuff 
to "Stuff" the old versions, then delete the original files, then run 
the update.  The updater just looks for a current, registered version 
of the Toast application, and will then copy the necessary system files 
and plug-ins where they need to go, usually replacing what's already 
there.  But if it missed a file for whatever reason (stupid permissions 
problems, maybe?), then that could cause a problem...

Yeah, try that...

- Mark

On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 11:43 PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:

> Over on an iMac I am sitting for a friend who's moving, I did a new 
> first time install of 5.1.2 from the Toast CD and the VCD to toast 
> export capability worked in iMovie 3. When I ran a new downloaded from 
> Roxio today 5.2 installer Version 7.4 dated 9.26.02 at 6:05 PM the 
> export failed because of the expired file. I now believe that Roxio 
> may have the wrong updater on their website because Toast had never 
> been installed on that iMac before.
>
> Does anyone know where that expired file is located?
>
> k
>
> On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 09:31  PM, Gordon B. Alley wrote:
>
>> Kunga--
>>
>> I removed all Toast stuff I could find, ran the Toast 5.0 installer 
>> in Classic (that one didn't run in OS X), then ran the new 5.2 
>> updater I had just downloaded. That fixed Toast  for me, so I didn't 
>> get the "expired" message anymore.
>>
>> However, I still didn't have the direct-to-Toast VCD export 
>> capability in iMovie 2 before I upgraded to iMovie 3. To make my VCD, 
>> I exported my movie as QuickTime (best quality, largest size), then 
>> dragged that into Toast's VCD window. Hopefully, when Roxio gets the 
>> iMovie 3 export stuff working, I'll get that functionality working.
>>
>> --Gordon
>>
>> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 18:21:46 -0800, Thubten Kunga 
>> <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:
>>> Yes I thought of you Gordon when it first happened. I remember your
>>> date problem. I have the right updater. Did you just rerun it on top 
>>> of
>>> the old install or start over. I have a 5.1.4 OS X version on CD-ROM.
>>>
>>> But I also have a working install on another Mac here. Do you know 
>>> if I
>>> can just replace the bad export folder? Anybody?
>>>
>>> k
>
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