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creating Blu-ray discs choosing writer
I am planning on using Compressor to create MPEGS from FCPro and use Encore for the authoring.
But first I wanted to see if anyone knows which of the Blu-ray writers out there will work with OS X, Toast 8 or Encore? I’d rather not install the drive internally.
There’s the Fastmac
the OWC
Logitecand a $399 Lite-on LH-2B1S BLU-RAY Burner
I was thinking that I could use my Weibetech external SATA dock and simply connect a Blu-ray burner when needed. But I have no idea if anyone has done this and if any drive would work. This is the unit that allows you to connect a bare SATA hard drive.
You can get these recorders for less than $400 now and I’d rather save than purchasing a $599 unit. But if there’s only one or two that are recognized by the OS, I’ll pony up.
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I can tell you the FastMac unit works perfectly for us. We’ve authored 4 titles now and even added a 2 unit BluRay replicator for the jobs.
I know folks who are using the external LaCie BluRay burner, but they’re only creating data discs so I don’t know how those will perform with Encore.
Oh, and you’re probably going to have to purchase Toast 8 as well. We can’t get Encore to burn discs correctly so we use Toast.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Walter – what problems are you finding when you attempt to burn blu-ray discs from within Encore?
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[Paul Escandon] “Walter – what problems are you finding when you attempt to burn blu-ray discs from within Encore?”
they fail every time. As in the process starts and then stops and we waste a $20 blu ray disc.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR
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Hello Walter and others.
I am very curious as to how you managed to install yours Walter. I’ve had an extremely poor experience with my FastMac and have not been able to make it work yet, spent the better part of the day trying.
Really the drive should be an IDE drive (if that is fast enough) because the MacPro has an IDE ribbon cable right there in the optical drive enclosure, ready for a second optical drive to be installed. The MacPro is designed as though to prevent you from doing anything inside the box, incredibly bad layout inside. You have to remove half the components to simply put the sata cable into the slot. Then, courtesy of fastmac,
1/ the sata cable is way too short to go from the motherboard slot to the drive and we have had to run a 3rd party cable over the drive trays, so the case will not close properly because of this.
2/ the sata cable provided should be a 90 degree cable for it to work with the small gap where the sata controller is situated
3/ the drive tray itself is too wide for the MacPro!!!! The drive is screwed into the drive caddy using the 4 supplied screws. The drive caddy is placed in the slot exactly. The original drive ejects fine, the FastMac drive bangs against the enclosure, unable to open.I have just written to FastMac, perhaps they sent the wrong drive!
Mark.
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Hello Walter and others.
I am very curious as to how you managed to install yours Walter. I’ve had an extremely poor experience with my FastMac and have not been able to make it work yet, spent the better part of the day trying.
Really the drive should be an IDE drive (if that is fast enough) because the MacPro has an IDE ribbon cable right there in the optical drive enclosure, ready for a second optical drive to be installed. The MacPro is designed as though to prevent you from doing anything inside the box, incredibly bad layout inside. You have to remove half the components to simply put the sata cable into the slot. Then, courtesy of fastmac,
1/ the sata cable is way too short to go from the motherboard slot to the drive and we have had to run a 3rd party cable over the drive trays, so the case will not close properly because of this.
2/ the sata cable provided should be a 90 degree cable for it to work with the small gap where the sata controller is situated
3/ the drive tray itself is too wide for the MacPro!!!! The drive is screwed into the drive caddy using the 4 supplied screws. The drive caddy is placed in the slot exactly. The original drive ejects fine, the FastMac drive bangs against the enclosure, unable to open.I have just written to FastMac, perhaps they sent the wrong drive!
Mark.
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Hello Walter and others.
I am very curious as to how you managed to install yours Walter. I’ve had an extremely poor experience with my FastMac and have not been able to make it work yet, spent the better part of the day trying.
Really the drive should be an IDE drive (if that is fast enough) because the MacPro has an IDE ribbon cable right there in the optical drive enclosure, ready for a second optical drive to be installed. The MacPro is designed as though to prevent you from doing anything inside the box, incredibly bad layout inside. You have to remove half the components to simply put the sata cable into the slot. Then, courtesy of fastmac,
1/ the sata cable is way too short to go from the motherboard slot to the drive and we have had to run a 3rd party cable over the drive trays, so the case will not close properly because of this.
2/ the sata cable provided should be a 90 degree cable for it to work with the small gap where the sata controller is situated
3/ the drive tray itself is too wide for the MacPro!!!! The drive is screwed into the drive caddy using the 4 supplied screws. The drive caddy is placed in the slot exactly. The original drive ejects fine, the FastMac drive bangs against the enclosure, unable to open.I have just written to FastMac, perhaps they sent the wrong drive!
Mark.
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Hello Walter and others.
I am very curious as to how you managed to install yours Walter. I’ve had an extremely poor experience with my FastMac and have not been able to make it work yet, spent the better part of the day trying.
Really the drive should be an IDE drive (if that is fast enough) because the MacPro has an IDE ribbon cable right there in the optical drive enclosure, ready for a second optical drive to be installed. The MacPro is designed as though to prevent you from doing anything inside the box, incredibly bad layout inside. You have to remove half the components to simply put the sata cable into the slot. Then, courtesy of fastmac,
1/ the sata cable is way too short to go from the motherboard slot to the drive and we have had to run a 3rd party cable over the drive trays, so the case will not close properly because of this.
2/ the sata cable provided should be a 90 degree cable for it to work with the small gap where the sata controller is situated
3/ the drive tray itself is too wide for the MacPro!!!! The drive is screwed into the drive caddy using the 4 supplied screws. The drive caddy is placed in the slot exactly. The original drive ejects fine, the FastMac drive bangs against the enclosure, unable to open.I have just written to FastMac, perhaps they sent the wrong drive!
Mark.
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oops,
very trigger happy here.
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[mark palmos] “I am very curious as to how you managed to install yours Walter. I’ve had an extremely poor experience with my FastMac and have not been able to make it work yet, spent the better part of the day trying.”
I opened the Mac Pro. Installed the drive into the 2nd optical slot. Took about 10 minutes.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR
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[walter biscardi] “I opened the Mac Pro. Installed the drive into the 2nd optical slot. Took about 10 minutes.”
Hello Walter
Did you use the supplied SATA cable?
Where did you plug it in – to the slot under the fan carriage or in an empty drive bay?
if on the motherboard, how did you manage to remove the memory, drives, fan chassis etc without the instructions Fastmac do not provide!
did you remove the piece of plastic from behind the aluminium “gate” which slides up when you eject the drive. Fastmac say this needs to be done too.
now im REALLY curious!
Tx
Mark.
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