Portable DVD writer good for output?
 

hi all,

I know you may wonder why dun i just get a damn internal DVD writer, well personal reasons...arrgghh..

but has anybody tried using a portable DVD writer to output your finished projects? eg. from Premiere Pro? is it gonna be amazingly slow?

also, do i need a seperate software for a portable DVD burner to output a project or Premiere Pro can do it by itself?

thanks!

Hi Ong,

An external Protable DVD writer should be just the same as an Internal writer in terms of performance. Obviously they are a little more expensive than internal ones.

Premiere Pro should be able to output directly to your portable DVD writer. Do you have a Model you are particularly interested in?

apparantly i dun...as i am now in china, a lot of brands cannot be found here. any recommendations?

thanks

Make sure your computer has USB2 ports, if not get a card in it
that does have it or get a firewire burner (not sure if that exists)!

Good point Rob.

I don't use any external DVD writers. But the La-cie drives seem OK from what I hear.

try a google search, there are many types of external writers, some with USB2, others with firewire, some with both.

I'm not sure what you want to output to your external burner, raw AVI data, Premiere projects or MPEG2/DVD.

If it's the later, an external burner is fine. Premiere exports out and burns to DVD and I think this is what you are talking about.

I have a Pioneer A07 burner inside an inexpensive dual firewire/USB case and talke it with me wherever I need it. Works fantastic. No problems, as good as an internal burner. These firewire/USB2 cases are the best PC investment I've ever made, cheap and useful. I have 5 cases with firewire drives that I use as well.




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