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Ok, I've figured it out.
Apple system profiler says: Pioneer DVD-R device. Though the extra
specifications tab mentions "DVD-RW DVR-103".
The device is DVD-RW, it is just the MacOS that does not support the RW
functionality.
Just disable all extensions that belong to "Authoring Support", except for
the "CD/DVD Driver"
Then use Roxio Toast Titanium 5.1 to burn the DVD-RW! That is all it works
perfect. Just read Toast instructions for the DVD specific stuff.
I have iDVD 1 and DVD Studio Pro. iDVD Does not seem to be able to create a
project and then save it to disk, so that you can use Toast to actually burn
the DVD project on DVD(-RW), but DVD Studio Pro does.

So:
-No firmware update is needed for the DVR-103
-Disable the Apple system extension for CD/DVD authoring except for the
CD/DVD Driver (so disable Firewire, USB, etc. support)
-Use DVD Studio Pro to master your DVD project.
-Use Roxio Toast Titanium 5.1 to burn the project on DVD-RW

Last note: There's DVD-RW and DVD+RW.
DVD-RW is the standard created by Pioneer, and DVD+RW is the one created by
Phillips.
A Phillips DVD+RW disc does not work on the Pioneer DVD-RW Found in the G4!
And not all standalone players or DVD-ROM drives in computers can placyback
all these formats. Be careful, test it before buying!




"Rob" <rob@nospam.solidrocketboosters.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all, first of all sorry for the corssposting madness, but I have no
> clue where to go exactly.
>
> I have a Power Mac G4 swith the Apple "SuperDrive".
> In fact this drive is a Pioneer DVR-103.
> Apple system profiler says it is a DVD-R\CD-RW drive, but the product
> specifications of Pioneer says it's also DVD-RW.
> When I try to insert a DVD-RW disc, MacOS says that the disc needs to be
> formatted and when I hit OK it says that the disc is protected.
>
> Any help here? Anybody here that has experience with the DVR-103 on a G4
and
> it's DVD-RW capabilities?
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