[Kennon Shain]

Thanks for the response-but the drivers are a no go. I downloaded the HP drivers, and installed them (even though I think Tiger has them all ready), and it still didn’t work.

The ibook G4 printed fine, and its running Tiger, so I don’t think that is it. It seems to maybe be more of a situation where Tiger is immediately stopping the job for some reason.

Any other ideas?

Thanks-

[Kennon Shain]

I thought the Panasonic DMR-ES15 gave you the option to either choose autoplay or title menu. I’m thinking about getting it (which is only $120 at amazon), as it seems to have many options the higher priced ones have. The Pioneer DVD-V5000 is around $400, and doesn’t seem to have all the DVD-RW and RAM features the Panasonic has.

From my understanding, basic editing can be done with RW and RAM discs, setting different chapter markers, deleting some footage, etc. Thats really all I need.

Am I missing something?

[Kennon Shain]

Definitely agreed. But I know it was built to support 2 ATA drives and at least 2 SCSI drives. I’m assuming I can substitute the SCSI for ATA if needed. I’m just not sure about the mount screws, etc. holding another ATA drive instead of a SCSI.

[Kennon Shain]

Interesting. Thanks Don. I checked, and OWC has a SATA PCI card with external slots for about $80. So I think I’ll try to hook up the 500GB ATA drive as an additional drive (through the ATA PCI card), as long as I can find a place to physically mount it in the G4 case. I all ready have 3 drives in there, but I think it should have another spot I can put it.

That way, if I do make it the startup, it will be all ready connected internally. I’ll just have to try freeing up as much space as possible on the 80GB startup, then go with a SATA connection soon.

Thanks!

[Kennon Shain]

Also-Does the G4 support internal ATA devices up to 500GB? I faintly remember something about a space limit. I have a 3rd internal drive, which is actually connected via a PCI card that has 2 additional ATA ports.

I had to buy this since I all ready had 2 internals, but I thought I also remember having to buy it because the PCI card was neccessary for drives over 150 GB or something. Does that sound familiar? So would I have to plug the new startup into the PCI card? Would that work?

[Kennon Shain]

My biggest concern is having the maximum amount of space on the startup, although I will probably replace my other internal 80 GB drive eventually with a 500 GB too. But since certain applications need to be loaded on the startup (i.e. Motion and Livetype), and their associated media and files takes up so much space, I really need a large startup drive. I don’t have much more than just applications on my startup, and its only about 15% free.

I was able to clone almost all of my startup on the new drive via usb, including my user account. Does that mean I can just plug it into the computer? What key do you hold down so that the computer asks you what startup drive you want? Do I just choose the new drive, once its plugged in via ATA, and go from there?

Sorry for the newbie questions, but I am trying to be extra-careful, since this is the startup drive.

Any help is appreciated!

Ken

[Kennon Shain]

also-is there anything else I should do? Will the system know what to do once I remove the old startup and install the new one?

Thanks

[Kennon Shain]

Thanks for the response Jon. I actually all ready deleted the database files, and it didn’t seem to do anything. I let it rebuild, and the media still said offline in Avid. I also made a new user ID, and that didn’t seem to work either.

Would it be easy to replace all my titles, etc. when I delete the pre-computes?

[Kennon Shain]

All Battery Inc. on Ebay is a good dealer for third party batteries. I think you can pick up a BP-945 compatible battery for like $20. Even if the charge doesn’t stay after a year, whats another $20?

Try this link for their store, then click on “canon” to find a GL2 battery: https://stores.ebay.com/All-Battery-Inc_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm

Or just search for the seller, who is kanchun, or the store name (All Battery Inc.).

Hope this helps.

Ken

[Kennon Shain]

Never use those sites. I forget where, but someone else posted a question similar to yours, and I guess many of those sites are owned by the same person.

There is a site where a curious person went around and photographed the actual addresses of these websites, and most are abandoned warehouses or beat-up offices.

If it sounds too good to be true, then it is! Try ebay…