[devmage]

Just read this article on news.com that Apple is going to support the DVD+R and DVD+RW formats in panther. I have read in several places my shiny new G5 has a drive capable of doing the + formats does this mean those formats will become available to me when I upgrade to panther?

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by devmage:
Just read this article on news.com that Apple is going to support the DVD+R and DVD+RW formats in panther. I have read in several places my shiny new G5 has a drive capable of doing the + formats does this mean those formats will become available to me when I upgrade to panther?

It appears to be a "yes," with a few qualifications...

DVD+R/+RW appears to be supported for data-writing only (no video/audio). Although, it's certainly possible that Toast will support writing audio/video to '+' formats.

The iApps (iDVD mainly) have not yet been patched to write to DVD+R/+RW media, and it's yet to be seen if they will. It's my understanding that DVD-R is more compatible with stand-alone DVD players anyway, so I don't think there's going to be a big rush.

I guess we'll all find out for sure when Oct 24 rolls around

[metfoo]

i recieved my g5 today and installed an adc build of panther.

my superdrive was able to burn a dvd+r using toast 6. This played without a problem in my dvd changer.

Here is the system profiler display of my superdrive:

ATA-6 Bus:

Vendor ID: 0x106b
Device ID: 0x0043
Revision ID: 0x0000

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:

Manufacturer: PIONEER
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Revision: A606
Serial Number: CIDL121035WL
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal



PANTHER DID BURN A DVD+R USING TOAST ON THE SUPERDRIVE