Buh, Bye VHS!
Well I just purchased a Panasonic DVD recorder DMR-E30 ( a deck like a VCR not a computer component ) at Circuit City for $499.99! The price had finally come down to a reasonable level. I've used tape for years and I'm sick of it. I have a Hitachi HD TV and tapes look awful on it. The picture is much better than even super VHS. I did a comparison by recording the same show at the same time with both and no contest. The tape looked like everyone had too much tanning lotion on, grainy, and dark. With the DVD-R the picture was smooth, brite, and the colors were right on. This unit also records DVD RAM. On one of those you can record on it 100,000 times! So it's perfect for time shifting.
Ok Now we get to the only negative part. I've tried the DVD-R discs recorded on this unit ( I understand about the DVD RAM not playing in other players ) in many players ( including my friends PC ) and they work flawlessly. The only player it didn't work in was the DVD player on my G4! I'm wondering if any of you know if this is a support issue? If so I wish Apple would get on the stick. Panasonic seems to be the major player in replacing the VCR with a DVD recording. My VCR is going to become like my cassette deck. The VCR's days are numbered.
Ok Now we get to the only negative part. I've tried the DVD-R discs recorded on this unit ( I understand about the DVD RAM not playing in other players ) in many players ( including my friends PC ) and they work flawlessly. The only player it didn't work in was the DVD player on my G4! I'm wondering if any of you know if this is a support issue? If so I wish Apple would get on the stick. Panasonic seems to be the major player in replacing the VCR with a DVD recording. My VCR is going to become like my cassette deck. The VCR's days are numbered.
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Originally posted by SledgeHammer
Yesterday, I tried playing a DVD-R on my computer that a friend gave me. It was short film he had made. I got some weird error when I tried to use DVD Player to play it, something about configuration or something. I tried using VLC, that kind of worked, but there were terrible aduio problems. The thing about it is, the DVD had been made using iDVD! It had been made on a Mac, yet wouldn't play in my PB (G4 500).
Very wierd! I find it funny that my DVD-R's work in my friends PC ( and every other player I've tried ) but not my G4. I'm not trolling but, I thought Apple was supposed to be a forward thinking company. When I load a DVD-R sometimes it will show up on the desktop, sometimes not. Even if it does if you open it in a window it shows no files so VLC doesn't work. Yet if you pop it into my friends PC no problem! Come on Apple!
Originally posted by jimmac
Very wierd! I find it funny that my DVD-R's work in my friends PC ( and every other player I've tried ) but not my G4. I'm not trolling but, I thought Apple was supposed to be a forward thinking company. When I load a DVD-R sometimes it will show up on the desktop, sometimes not. Even if it does if you open it in a window it shows no files so VLC doesn't work. Yet if you pop it into my friends PC no problem! Come on Apple!
perhaps a format issue?
superdrive info here