Dear Ira, This message didn't get to the list for some reason so I'm sending you a copy directly to make sure you notice it. That's what I thought. Now all we have to hope is that the person with the problem follows this string so you two can work out what he/she is doing wrong to not be able to do the previews. Pat, it's a good idea to include the post you refer to when you make a post. IE the one from the person who couldn't see the previews with his/her system so we can keep following the progress of the problem until it's resolved. I found it. It's from Ira Flatow <iflatow at iraflatow.com>. Here it is: > 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. > > > ---------------------------- > Ira Flatow So now let's Pat and Ira continue this dialog so Ira can figure out what's wrong with his DVDSP settings. On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Pat Wilson wrote: > I've done several projects using DVDSP without an internal DVD drive > connected and have been able to preview my work without a problem. I'm > confused as to why some posters to this list are not able to preview > their work without an internal SuperDrive. > > I've authored a couple of projects on my home computer, copied the > muxed folders to my iPod, and then burned the DVDs on my work machine > without a hitch. The preview feature worked fine on my Cube at home. > > Pat Wilson