This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Need a little assitance

Thanks everyone for the help. Picked up an external LG tonight and it
seems to be working fine. The local store didn't have any other
external brands so...

I also picked up Toast 11 and it seems to work just fine also.

And sorry about the not creating a new thread thing. I thought changing
the subject would be enough, but I guess not.

-P

On 2/18/12 3:01 PM, superhorschd wrote:
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> Hi Perrone,
>
> yep, Toast is still THE burner app on the Mac. See here:
> http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/default.html?rTrack=m_pro_toast
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> Don't know exactly about the current version but when we bought Toast
> 10 we had to buy the "BD/HD"-Plugin separately to be able to burn
> videos to Blu-ray.
>
> According to the Roxio website Toast 11 burns Blu-ray - so you should
> be fine with this.
>
> They still have a BD-Plugin and if I understand correctly you need it
> only if you have a movie file and want a video BD. See here:
> http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/plugin/overview.html
> Check to see if you need it really or buy Toast 11 Pro if money
> doesn't matter!
>
> Well, BD-burners..
> About half a year ago we tested several BD burners from HP, LG,
> Pioneer and Plextor as we have 20+ Avid & FCP Systems. All Burners
> works well, non was bad, but the HPs & Plextors performed best. We
> noticed differeces especially when reading from discs, but don't
> remember details.
>
> And well, it's too bad that there's no way to playback a Video BD on a
> Mac besides using Bootcamp or Parallels. Even Toast (at least v10) can
> only write to BD - or did I miss something here?
>
> Internal or external BD drive?
> Usually the second bay for optical drives in your Mac Pro is empty so
> you can put the BD burner in there. But make sure to remove the bezel
> from the tray so that it works with the Mac Pro's drive doors!
>
> If you want to have it in an external box get a FW800 5,25" housing
> and you'll be fine. Of course eSATA and USB 3.0 are also options, but
> not as easy as FW800 for current Macs.
>
> HTH,
> Ben
>
> PS: It's always a good idea to start a new thread for new topics! Keep
> in mind for future postings! ;-)
>

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