[MacDV] Re: iDVD and the Blue and White G3

[Warren Freeman]

I also did something similar.  I started out with a Beige G3 (300 MHz), and
upgraded it with a G4 processor from Sonnet (500 MHz).  From MacWarehouse I
got a Pioneer SuperDrive and installed it internally.  It installed smoothly
enough, but did require downloading a small firmware patch from Pioneer to
make the drive work with some of the newer higher speed recordable DVD
disks.  Then I ordered an iDVD installer disk from Apple for $20 and
installed iDVD.

There was one glitch, however, that came as a bit of a surprise.  When I
tried to install the software for Apple's DVD Player, the installer refused
to install the Apple DVD Player on my machine!  Instead, the installer gave
me an error message saying something like ³The installer cannot install DVD
Player onto this model of Macintosh².  I contacted tech support at
MacWarehouse about this, and they suggested I try out a third-party DVD
Player client from VideoLan.  The VideoLan client, unfortunately, delivered
very choppy video and very garbled audio on my machine.

At this point, I am not quite sure what to do to view DVDs on my Mac.  If I
could figure out a way to get the installer for Apple's DVD Player to
install the software on my machine, that would be my first choice.  I have
also been considering upgrading my video board to an ATI Radeon 7000 to
accelerate my video throughput in the hopes that I could get the VideoLan
client to work a little better.  Another option would be to just buy a
stand-alone DVD player that would plug into my TV set and then just view the
DVDs on my TV set instead on the Mac.

Anyone have any suggestions as to what I could do to view DVDs on my Mac?

Thanks in advance,

- Warren Freeman


On 1/27/03 5:02 PM, "Thubten Kunga" <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:

> Cendyne 4x DVD-R/RW at OfficeMax, Staples and Fry's is a Pioneer
> DVR-105 SuperDrive. You need to add a G4 processor to your G3 for iDVD
> 3 to work. Inexpensive G4 upgrades for B&W are at OWC among other
> places. I did it and it works.
> 
> k
> 
> On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 04:46  PM, digitalcinema at shaw.ca wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I was wondering if anyone could verify whether iDVD would work in my
>> Blue and White G3 if I popped in an Apple Super Drive. Maybe I could
>> find one kicking around on eBay.
>> 
>> Chris:)
> 
> 
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