Yea or nay burner question
 

Did a lot of looking on this site (fantiastic info) and I just want to know if I've misunderstood.

The Pioneer DVR-A06 will work with
(imovie 3.0.3), ( idvd 3.0.1) or studio pro.

I have a brand new G4 1 gig processor, I am running OS X 10.3

If I've read the posts correctly, I believe it should be ok, buy I just want to double check as I am very new to this computer thing.

Thanks
Joe

Hi Joe,
I recently installed a Pioneer DVR-A06 in my dual 1.25 G4 with 10.2.8 (you probably read a couple of my posts) and it works great. I've successfully burned cds and dvds with the Mac Disk Utility, Toast, and iDvd. From what I understand, any system with 10.2.6 or above can run the DVR-A06 no problem.
You may also want to try the DVR-A07. It just came out a couple weeks ago and has 8x dvd burning capabilities (A06 only has 4x). Check this thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=21142. The first post was about trouble with Windows and the burning software that comes with the drive, however other Windows users, and a few Mac users, have posted that it works great and will even burn 8x to the regular 4x dvd-r discs.

Actually I would beware of the A07. I ended up taking it back because it kept reporting errors and refused to write the lead in and lead out on DVD+R discs. I was using Memorex 4x DVD+R discs. It wrote CDs just fine. Never tried writing to a DVD-R. I was using Toast with the burner, and Toast works with everything! I didn't try it with DVD Studio Pro because that is not how I prefer to burn the disc (it's the whole "fewer coasters" thing, kna mean?)

I only use DVD-R and have no problem burning with the AO7. I also do not try burning at 8x with 4x media.

It probably only has problems with DVD+R/W then. Isn't the + format supposed to have better error correcting during the burn?

I've heard that also. Maybe the Mac software (Toast, Disk Copy Utility etc.) doesn't fully support the increased error protection (just a guess).

I bought an A06 for my G4 DP 800 a few months back. From DVDSP if I click "Build and Format" using 4x Apple DVD-Rs it will freeze up during burning or finishing the disk. If I use 2x Apple DVD-R it works fine.
To my knowledge you can't specify in DVDSP what speed to burn with, So now I have to build the DVD in DVDSP, then go to Toast and drag the VideoTS and Audio TS folders to Toast 5.0 and burn the DVD-R there specifying 2x burning.
I've been told Toast 5.0 has some 4x burning issues that Toast 6 has resolved. Anyone else had these problems?

It might depend on the media and how compatible it is with your burner. http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/archive/t172496.html
One of the things the article says is that + and - media are about equal in compatibility, and that the difference in compatibility between the formats is neglible.

One recommendation for media are Ritek discs- "$1.08" each at meritline.com (never used meritline). http://www.meritline.com/hacochforrid.html That media should burn at 4X with the A05 and should be compatible with a lot of DVD players.