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"Hakan Eriksson" <e5he@etek.chalmers.se> wrote in message news:235090d1.0201180156.528f17bd@posting.google.com...
> 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

One thing to consider is that some of the new
slot loading CD players that have no tray, can't
use mini CDs. I don't know of any slot loading
DVDs yet, but they will probably be coming soon.

David