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LaCie begins distributing DVD authoring app

updated 04:20 am EST, Wed February 19, 2003

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MacNN reader BJ McLaughlin notes that LaCie is now distrubuting authoring software with its products. The software can create customized DVD with drag & drop, features 'Chapters' for easy DVD navigation, can create enhanced DVDs with photo slide show and music with playback compatibility with a wide variety of DVD players, and supports both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. CaptyDVD supports video and images on a single disc as well as MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and QuickTime movies as video sources. It ships with the LaCie d2 FireWire 4x DVD-Rewritable Drive ($380), and is also sold separately for $150. [updated]

"Capty DVD, the DVD authoring software from Japanese software/hardware manufacturer Pixela, now has an American distributor. LaCie of Hillsboro, Oregon has agreed to market the software in America and overseas. The firm evidentally will offer the software to the public on a standalone basis....Unlike iDVD and DVD Studio Pro, this software will run on G3 Macintoshes and work with any drive ... even those not sold by Apple or LaCie."

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Nice!

I'd sure like to use iDVD on my iBook, but I sure am happy Lacie is offering a DVD authoring solution for all of us G3 owners.

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$150?

Seems like alot compared to the $50 for iDVD3.

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Re: $150?

Not really. The reason Apple doesn't allow third party drives to work is because part of the profit they make selling SuperDrives subsidizes iDVD development. The $50 you pay for iDVD is really an upgrade price because you already own a Superdrive and received a previous version of iDVD when you bought your Mac - they've made more money from you than just $50.

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competition

Sweet!

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GIVE IT UP APPLE!

We don't need no stinkin' internal SuperDrive! Bah!!

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previous purchasers

I just bought a LaCie DVD burner directly from them less than a month ago.
I called and they told me they could sell me the software for $150 but there was no upgrade price for prevoius purchases.

Blah. I'm having a bad tech day.
I'll probably wind up getting the software, but I need to figure out a way to hide it from my husband :P

I will raise a stink with LaCie first though. I've been buying their stuff for 9+ years now and hopefully they respect a long time customer.

Still, I'm glad there is an option out there. Has anyone used it yet? Is it worth the $150?

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Capty

I have read some user comments about Capty not being very , uh, intuitive. Let's hope LaCie can put a pretty face on it. I just sold my external burner because there was no hope, and i was gonna get a formac, but now i guess i could try this out. just need to find a dvd burner!

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iDVD apple logos

I would love to use iDVD for some projects, but it sticks the apple logo everywhere, doesn't it? (at least it did in my tests)

I'd happily spend $150 for something that left its god damn logo off my content.

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iDVD apple logos

If you do not want the small Apple logo Watermark to appear on your finish product you can turn it off from the iDVD 2 menu by choosing Preferences and then deselecting the 'Show Watermark' option.

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If LaCie Can. . .

If LaCie can do it, why can't Apple? It's a valid question why Apple refuses to offer iDVD support for external burners. It seems that they only reason they do not is because they wish to ensure the extra revenue stream for DVD Studio Pro. I was hoping the new iDVD would be open to external burners, but it apparently isn't. It's too bad Apple doesn't realize external burners would help sell iDVD. Hopefully the LaCie software is good -- hopefully they'll teach Apple a lesson about competition.

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Yay!

Finally, some competition in this area (unless Apple buys out LaCie tomorrow). I've been really sickened by the limitations of iDVD, and didn't want to fork out the $$$ for DVD Studio Pro.

The REAL reason Apple did not include compatibility with 3rd party drives is because they want you to buy brand new Apple hardware every couple of years. For a school district like us, that is not possible.

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Re: If LaCie Can. . .

"If LaCie can do it, why can't Apple? It's a valid question why Apple refuses to offer iDVD support for external burners."

That question has been answered in the third post. Apple uses Superdrive sales to subsidize iDVD development. $50 for the few people that upgrade to iDVD 3 is not enough. Since they rely on sales of Superdrives to fund iDVD development, they have to ensure that those who want to use it pay for SuperDrives.

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i have CaptyDVD

i got the software with my ADS USB Instant DVD for Mac box. it's pretty good software. yes, it's not as intuitive as iDVD, but believe me, it's not as hard to use as people make it out to be. i'm using it to capture TV shows that i archive on DVD. paired with the ADS box, it's the best solution out there for this, since it encodes to mpeg-2 in real time; no need for my lowly G4 450 to encode to mpeg-2! and being able to edit commercials out of mpeg-1/2 files with their mpeg cutter program is great. again, not as intuitive as an apple product, but work with it a day, and you'll be a pro with it.
i've recently corresponded with Pixela engineers about their product (i had some trouble with the 10.2.4 update and the program--here's the heads up: if using software update, trash your captyDVD/pixeDV prefs, trash the program and reinstall the program from CD). if you look on their japanese site, they have really nice looking PCI capture cards and USB boxes, with tv tuner capability and PVR functions, even a remote control! i've been told by Pixela that they are working to distribute these products to the market outside japan within the year.

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Time restrictions?

Does LaCie's program break the 90-minute barrier that Apple put in iDVD? Are you restricted to a fixed bitrate, or can you adjust that as you like?

Here's hoping that it will combine the features of DVD Studio Pro while retaining the wonderful "set it & forget it" feel of iDVD. (And I promise never to use the phrase "set it & forget it" ever again!)

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its a snappy little program!!

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Encoding quality of Capty

I would sure appreciate it if someone who is using the program could comment on the quality of the encoding. iDVD has a good encoder and the finished product if it is less than 1 hour is supposedly pretty good. If the Mpeg2 encoding of Capy is as good or better, this would save me having to buy a new computer. It is so new that the information seems to be limited-that is unless someone here can direct me as to where to find more information. I would really like to hear from someone using the software as to the quality of the finished product. It seems from what I have read that it has a few things iDVD doesn't. It seems that iDVD might be more intuitive, but Capty is not bad. As far as how bug free it is and how well it works on a G3 are questions I have. But the biggest and most important to me is the quality of the encoding. I have read about some of the DVD authoring programs on the Windows platform, and some of them have poor encoding and thus turn out poor quality DVDs. There is too much work that goes into making a DVD, to not have it encoded properly. So, those who are using it- please share.
Thank you very much,

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LaCie begins distributing DVD authoring app

updated 04:20 am EST, Wed February 19, 2003

Nice!

$150?

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competition

GIVE IT UP APPLE!

previous purchasers

Capty

iDVD apple logos

iDVD apple logos

If LaCie Can. . .

Yay!

Re: If LaCie Can. . .

i have CaptyDVD

Time restrictions?

fast

Encoding quality of Capty

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$150?

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GIVE IT UP APPLE!

previous purchasers

Capty

iDVD apple logos

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If LaCie Can. . .

Yay!

Re: If LaCie Can. . .

i have CaptyDVD

Time restrictions?

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