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Topic: new apple g4's...
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Eddie N
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posted 02-20-2001 01:59 AM
ive heard a rumor stating that the dvd burner shipping with the new 733 mhz g4's limits the amount of video written to the disc to under an hour.. can anyone confirm or deny this rumor with actual proof? ill be very disappointed if its true...- eddie - |
Eddie N
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posted 02-20-2001 02:45 PM
just for some clarificaion , the DVD-R will write data in excess of one hour; that's just a limitation imposed by the iDVD software.. if you pay the extra money for iDVD Pro, or any other DVD authoring app, you can write as much data to the disc as it can hold...- eddie - |
deaf to reason
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posted 02-20-2001 07:47 PM
Are you going to be buying the 733mhz? |
morpherguy
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posted 02-20-2001 08:01 PM
I read somewhere that a DVD can hold up to 10 hours of video. That may be for double sided disks. I don't know. |
Eddie N
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posted 02-21-2001 01:49 AM
deaf to reason , i might possibly.. im a pc person but ill prolly be crossing over sometime soon , especially if i can get my hands on that system... - eddie - |
deaf to reason
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posted 02-21-2001 01:56 PM
That's strange... I posted and it never showed up. Anyway, I think the new computer will be good. I have one on reserve at the local Mac dealer. They should have them in stock in two or three weeks. If you decide to go with that computer then look for them to start shipping around that time. |
visiondancer
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posted 02-26-2001 11:23 PM
I know I really really want one!!!I bought a 400mhz g4 and it does a great job on DV video. Yes, it is true that the iDVD limits you to recording 1 hour per DVD. It is written on the Apple website (www.apple.com/idvd). In the FAQ it specifies that DVD can "hold 4.7 gigs, or about 60 miniutes of high-quality video" I would speculate that this means there is a limitation in the ability to create the dual-layer video DVD's that are common in current professional releases. It could be a hardware limitation, a software limitation, or a compression limitation, I couldn't find out which. The $1,000 Apple DVD Studio Pro claims to let you create both DVD-5 and DVD-9 discs. (among lots of other cool things) It also appears to provide other compression options--such as Dolby encoding. So my guess is that it is a compression/software limitation on iDVD, but I'm not really sure. Adam |
deaf to reason
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posted 02-27-2001 12:48 AM
That is what I have been told as well... The idvd software is the thing that causes the one hour limit. I guess i'll know shortly, the computer should be here in about two weeks... |
