[DM-MUG] iMac G5 Superdrive Upgrade

[kcrouch]

My research says that with PatchBurn you can install an Easter egg that allows iDVD 04 to save a disk image, also. I'm going to experiment with that this weekend. I just don't want to go through all of these Windows-like work-arounds. I like it when it just works the first time.

My biggest problem with going to iLife 05 is that iMovie has problems with importing 8mm analog with a digital 8 camcorder. Possibly fixed with the latest patch.

Kendall

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> From: Bryan Baker <ka_klick at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] iMac G5 Superdrive Upgrade
> Sent: 12 Aug '05 16:02
> 
>  iLife '05 also added a feature that lets you "burn" an image instead of
>  a DVD which you can then burn multiple times, use third party burners,
>  store on a backup drive, etc. I just about don't (or at least haven't)
>  worked any other way since that came out. Real time saver (for me). I
>  think it also added direct support to non-Apple drives, but not sure on
>  that one - in any case burning to an image may be worth the price of
>  iLife '05 for you - it's also a LOT faster to work w/. and has a much
>  better feedback system when burning. It actually shows what stage you
>  are in and thumbnails of the video as it's encoded. There's other great
>  stuff in all the new iLife apps as well, and I'd say it's been the best
>  performance boost I've seen in these apps in a while.
>  
>  Details:
>  http://www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/
>  
>  
>  On Aug 12, 2005, at 10:48 AM, CW Smith wrote:
>  > On 8/12/05 7:03 AM, "kcrouch" <kcrouch at klccomputing.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >> I'm attempting to use OWC's Superdrive upgrade that I've been reading
>  >> about,
>  >> but cannot always get DVDs burned through iDVD to play on DVD
>  >> players. Has
>  >> anyone had experience with the upgrades for the iMac? I currently am
>  >> running
>  >> 10.3.9 and iDVD 4.0.1. I don't want to have to put the original drive
>  >> back
>  >> into the machine, but if I cannot get the new drive to work, it'll
>  >> have to go
>  >> back. Any ideas out there?
>  >>
>  >> Kendall
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>  > Apple's iPrograms, like iTunes, iDVD, and others require a stock Apple
>  > Combo
>  > Drive or SuperDrive, and don't support aftermarket drives (unless you
>  > replace with a model identical to Apple's stock drives).  There is a
>  > way
>  > around this, however:
>  >
>  > PatchBurn is a firmware patch that fools your Mac into believing that
>  > your
>  > aftermarket drive is in fact a stock Apple drive.  You can find it at:
>  >
>  > http://www.patchburn.de/download.html
>  >
>  > Hope this helps!
>  >
>  >
>  > Peace,
>  > CW
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