Re: Apple G4 and DVD-RW ?

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From: Hakan Eriksson
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:56

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erica@mindspring.com (Erica Sadun) wrote in message news:<erica-1701020919430001@news.cis.dfn.de>...
> In article <1f65hhr.1wtvoy818nwcgkN%ingen@mail.dk>, ingen@mail.dk (Jakob H
> K) wrote:
> 
> > chris <hippiect@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I have the answer. iDVD chose not to recognize DVD-RW. Just render the
> > > content into the hard drive and use Toast instead to burn it into DVD-RW.
> > 
> > Which version of toast is required for that kind of operation ? Can you
> > explain how to do it, is it the same procedure as when burning a cd-r ?
> > 
> > I read somewhere that it should be possible to make a miniDVD, that is
> > to burn DVD content on a normal cd-r with toast. Do you by chance now
> > how to do that ? (I am aware that only few minutes of video can be on
> > such a disc :-)
> 
> I've done miniDVD/cDVD (same thing) on the PC, but I do not
> believe you can do it with Toast.
> 
> -- Erica
> p.s. Relatively few DVD players support miniDVD playback, although
> some (most notably asian companies) are starting to. Stop by
> www.vcdhelp.com for player compatibility.

This is excellent!! Good for home movies - exit endless sessions of
birthdays and holidays, enter a few minutes on a miniDVD! :-)

Seriously - can this be done on a Macintosh? You mentioned that Toast
couldn't do it, but are there any other SW that will?
How many minutes will a miniDVD hold? 

Regards, 
H�kan Eriksson

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