dvdsp 1?

[johnxl1s]

I went out and bought a pioneer 520h for dvds, now i have a G4
Superdrive, 60gbhd, 512mb, processor 1GHz, OSX 10.2.4 the software i use is Final cut express, and IDVD3 burn limit one hour i have other software on it which i do not use, as yet, and probaly never will like:adobe illustrator,flash mx. what i would like to do is install dvd studio pro,would i have enough room to burn the finished project:ie wedding, to dvd in dvdsp. i usually load all 3 tapes sometimes 4 but they are not all full tapes, then edit it down to 1.5hrs or thereabouts, but that leaves the HD quite full, how much space do i need then to produce the dvd in dvdsp, can i save some space by removing software i do not need/use to disk/how?
thanks
john.

[miksu]

You wouldn't end up saving much. Don't have Illustrator, but Freehand mx does about same and it seems to be about 50Mb in my computer. FCP HD, 150Mb, DVDSP 2, about 110Mb. Flash mx propably between 50Mb and 100Mb.

If you burn without image-file, it saves you 4.something gig. Sometimes you want to make image file and burn imagefile with Disk app, for various reasons.

Your software takes so little space from disk, that it's not worth deleting them. Just get bigger hard disk, they are dirt cheap, yet easy to install and improve life quality

[terryj]

yes this is true. 1 hour of imported video will eat up more
space than your entire Applications folder.

make a small investment and get an extra internal drive:
Western Digital 200GB HD ATA/100 for $98 @ house of computers.
http://www.hoct.com
what you spend will be a godsend to your video editing capabilities.

[Case]

Some notes on this:
The 1 GHz FW800 can read twice as fast from external FireWire drives as the 1 GHz MDD.
IIRC, you need at least OS X 10.3 for internal drives bigger than 137 GB on a G4.
The 1 GHz G4s have two internal HD busses: a fast ATA/100 and bit less ATA/66. Get your video editing data disk on the fastest bus.

[miksu]

Some notes on this:
IIRC, you need at least OS X 10.3 for internal drives bigger than 137 GB on a G4.

AFAIK, it doesn't depend on your OSX-verion, unless you are using say, 10.0 Beta. Older hardware can't use >137Gb internal harddisks, without software driver, that fortunately exists (actually, there are several). MDD-models support big disks, as well QS (most of them), some newer eMacs too, maybe last models of flatpanel iMac G4s too.

As usually, Accelerate Your Mac (www.xlr8yourmac.com) has good articles on these disk related things. And database, how they have worked. No point to copy 'em here, just read it from XLR8.

I am going to get my 250Gb Samsung next week, it requires helper software, since I'm using good old Sawtooth (137Gb limited). Can't wait having total 370Gb

[johnxl1s]

it's a laptop (superdrive), i was reading about dvdsp and it says it need 10gb to install, what are my options.
john

[terryj]

misku,
I have a sawtooth at work ( G4 450) and it runs two
internal WD 250GB drives off of a Sonnett Tempo Trio
ATA/133 PCI card. No helper software needed.
OSX 10.28 QT Streaming Server
is installed on one, and the other has the data stored on it.
Both see full capacity (237GB HFS formatted) so for $179
for the card, it's something to think about.

John
well in your original posts you said you have a 60GB HD, so
10GB should fit? or are we missing something?
DVDSP3 needs like 20GB to install, which would still be in your limit?

[johnxl1s]

thanks, i a g4 laptop, all i want to know is:the orginal question
thanks.
john.

[miksu]

misku,
I have a sawtooth at work ( G4 450) and it runs two
internal WD 250GB drives off of a Sonnett Tempo Trio
ATA/133 PCI card. No helper software needed.
OSX 10.28 QT Streaming Server
is installed on one, and the other has the data stored on it.
Both see full capacity (237GB HFS formatted) so for $179
for the card, it's something to think about.

John
well in your original posts you said you have a 60GB HD, so
10GB should fit? or are we missing something?
DVDSP3 needs like 20GB to install, which would still be in your limit?

Yes, you need either ATA card or driver in older computers. Card is propably easier but costs more than software.

[miksu]

thanks, i a g4 laptop, all i want to know is:the orginal question
thanks.
john.

So, your options are bigger external Firewire-drive (almost unlimited cap.) or replacement for internal drive. Seagate, Hitachi (IBM) and Samsung have 2,5" laptop drives about 100Gb capacity. Maybe Western Digital too. Stay away from Maxtor, they have bad reputation, almost as much returned and sold units.