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What happened to iDVD? I still have the need to burn a DVD every once in a while, and with Lion, I don't have that option.
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iDVD is no longer included as standard as of Lion. You can purchase iLife to get iDVD if you'd like or you can download and install a free software option such as Burn: burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html
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Lord Jobs has decreed that DVDs are dead, so you should listen and not burn any. ;-)
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You can use the disk utility built in lion to burn, erase or duplicate a disk, CD or DVD.
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Apple is always ahead of the curve when it comes to discarding physical media. First it was the floppy, now the CD/DVD. So it's not surprising that as they revamp the iLife suite iDVD is being de-emphasized. I wouldn't be surprised if iDVD is completely eliminated in the next version, and perhaps some tool for creating iPad/iPod content or apps is made available instead. iApp, anyone?
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I don't suppose it's anything to do with Apple's deal with Sony to stamp out rips and to control the Blu Ra market? Once again Apple pulls up the ladder on a fully useful and functioning process and controls my ability to spend money on items I want to buy... i.e. something other than a new operating system every 6 months.
No I don't rip but my company makes indies and we need to be able to produce pro DVD copies of our own films and TV programs without spending $20,000 on a piece of apple owned hardware. We can still do it because we keep the old machines (G3/G4/G5) and without the QT software updates that mess with the old software on DVD Pro etc. Programs we paid through the nose for which they happily defunct whenever they like. We weren't happy about the situation so we kept old macs for the job. Result is we can produce high quality DVDs for Digital theatrical projection without buying the expensive hardware or paying the $2000 necessary to pay a post house to transfer from a drive to burn a DVD.
Pity they don't stamp out that kind of ripping... where Apple can mess with software on your system without detailed permission. Any film maker is really slave to Apple because the Mac is the only practical solution until Windows figures it out.
I view Apple as heros pre Jobs and corporate oinkers since then. There are signs that Apple may be coming back now that the Prince Regent is gone with things like charitable donations for the first time since Jobs took over. Hope so.
No I don't rip but my company makes indies and we need to be able to produce pro DVD copies of our own films and TV programs without spending $20,000 on a piece of apple owned hardware. We can still do it because we keep the old machines (G3/G4/G5) and without the QT software updates that mess with the old software on DVD Pro etc. Programs we paid through the nose for which they happily defunct whenever they like. We weren't happy about the situation so we kept old macs for the job. Result is we can produce high quality DVDs for Digital theatrical projection without buying the expensive hardware or paying the $2000 necessary to pay a post house to transfer from a drive to burn a DVD.
Pity they don't stamp out that kind of ripping... where Apple can mess with software on your system without detailed permission. Any film maker is really slave to Apple because the Mac is the only practical solution until Windows figures it out.
I view Apple as heros pre Jobs and corporate oinkers since then. There are signs that Apple may be coming back now that the Prince Regent is gone with things like charitable donations for the first time since Jobs took over. Hope so.
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