External FW DVD-RW & DVDSP

[Ira Flatow]

> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:20:03 -0800
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: External FW DVD-RW & DVDSP?
> From: Thubten Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org>
> Message-Id: <665D3697-2734-11D7-8D11-003065E5AA00 at FutureMedia.org>
> 
> Yes DVDSP works with external DVD-R drives. But for less than that
> $1,000, you can sell your TiBook 800 and buy the GHz 12" APB SuperDrive
> for $2,000 or the 15" TiPB for $2800 and get to use iDVD3 with it.
> That's what I would do if I were you.
> 
> This route will probably only cost you a few hundred dollars to
> graduate to the 15" SuperDrive TiPB. Plus you'll be faster and won't
> have to be asking these questions about Retrospect Express.
> 
> k

This doesn't work, in my experience! I have an iMac FP, CD-R and an external
FW drive, DVD-RW.  Yes, I can run DVDSP but you can't PREVIEW your work as
you work on it, i.e. You can't see how your work is progressing!  When
trying to PREVIEW you get an error message saying that you need an internal
drive to make this work.  And in my experience, not being able to PREVIEW
your work while editing is like editing in the blind.

So it almost makes the setup worthless...
I, too, was considering swapping out the internal drive.


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Ira Flatow