[MacDV] Re: External FW DVD-RW & DVDSP

[Thubten Kunga]

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