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No, it was because I had an older verson of Ghost, and it didn't recognize NTFS drives. I eventually realized that it would be a lot easier to spend $30 and upgrade to Ghost 2005.
It proved to be a great move. My old version required me to boot from a floppy in order to make a drive image of my C Drive. The new version can do it from within Windows. Backing up is now a snap.
No, it was because I had an older verson of Ghost, and it didn't recognize NTFS drives.
Cool.
Moonlit's dad is trying to network a '98 computer and an XP computer through a router and not having much luck. The other week I was fooling around and networked an old '98 system with my XP system to see if I could help her dad. I wasn't surprised that XP could read the '98 HDD but I was surprised when I realised '98 could see the NTFS partitions on the XP HDD. (I have a FAT32 partition on that HDD, which is a leftover from when the system was dual boot. '98 couldn't see the NTFS partitions when that was the case.)
Thanks for the Linux suggestions! I'll try when I get home.
Huh. Well, the question to start with is, what kind of DVR? And what software did you use to TRY burning it onto DVD? Or do you have an external DVD burner? If you have an external DVD burner, does the DVD work in other DVD players, because that could be easy to fix...
Oh I burned it onto DVD through my dvr. I have one of those Philips HDRW/DVD/DVD-R combo thingys. It's a built in function.
I have discovered that, whatever the playback issue is on my powerbook, it's not an issue with PCs. I can view the DVD on my office PC. (Which means, ita, that I totally need to get you that DVD of Jonny Zero since I am much more confident now you can actually watch it.)
Is there some mac-centric issue with DVD+Rs? Or maybe I should just try a different brand?
The easiest might be finding a friend with a DV video camera that you can borrow. You can dub the commerical to the camera (using a cable that comes with the camera, usually) and then connect the camera to the Mac and upload it to iMovie.
If that doesn't work, there are dedicated video capture devices that use Firewire to connect, but they are usually $200 or more.
Yeah, I was trying to avoid spending anymore money on this damn site. But the camera is an idea I hadn't thought of. Let me ask around.
Huh. I've never had a problem viewing a DVD+R disc with my Mac, though i've only tried it a couple of times. My Star Wars Laserdisc rips are on cheap cheap DVD+R discs, and I can watch them fine.
What exactly happens when you put it in your mac? Is it just that DVD Player can't play it, or does it actually give you some sort of "cannot read" error? Because if you have an external DVD burner, ripping from the DVD is going to be the easiest way to get the file, with less quality loss and dealing with Quicktime pain than going through iMovie. You could try seeing if the disc appears in MacTheRipper.
It whirs for a moment or twelve and then spits it back out.
Since you've been able to use DVD+Rs, I'm going to try another brand. Maybe the powerbook is just being tempermental.
Quite likely, Kristen. Good luck. If another brand still doesn't work, you could send it to me via some sort of snailmail pathway, and I could extract the video either using my mac if possible, or a Computer Lab Windows machine if necessary.
ION, Just installed Tiger (yay for getting it a day early!). So far it's great. Spotlight is really cool, because it's all integrated and whatnot, but I'm not sure that I'll be using it to fully replace Quicksilver, as the latter is more customizable for things like iTunes control. Dashboard is pretty. Speed seems nice and quick, but I'm on a dual G5 so it's always been pretty fast. Mail 2.0 is interesting looking, I think I prefer it to Mail 1. Haven't looked at Safari RSS (I like Camino, so I might not look at all) or Automator yet.
Up next, Tiger Direct plans to also sue Siegfried & Roy, professional athlete Tiger Woods, Kellogg's and various wildlife preserves across the globe.
If another brand still doesn't work, you could send it to me via some sort of snailmail pathway, and I could extract the video either using my mac if possible, or a Computer Lab Windows machine if necessary.
Thank you so much for the offer! I keep checking my inbox and hoping that it will just appear. But if it doesn't and I can't figure it out, I will let you know.