[X4U] Burning A Disk With iDVD 5.01

[Linda]

On 8/17/05 11:39 AM, revDAVE wrote:

>  When I click the burn button in iDVD 5.01 it automatically opens the DVD
> writer on my internal desktop G4.  This is fine ... However, how do I get it
> to burn a disk from my external DVD writer - pioneer 109 instead?
> 
> -  I tried to insert a blank disk and close the door on the Pioneer ... But
> iDVD did not recognize it...
> 
> -  any ideas?

iDVD doesn't recognize external burners, usually. You could swap the
hardware -- put the DV109 in your G4 (and install PatchBurn if you're not
using Tiger, as the DVR109 is supported in Tiger) and the OEM DVD from your
G4 in an external enclosure -- and burn to your DV109 that way.

or you can try one of the "hacks" that's floating about on the 'Net. I
googled for iDVD external DVD burn and found these:

<http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/12/1639206&mode=thread>
<http://www.byodkm.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-308.html>
<http://wherewearebound.typepad.com/where_were_bound/2004/03/tip_for_burning
.html> (note wrappage of URL)

I haven't tried any of them, so can't vouch for their usefulness.

-Linda