Unpacking Your LaCie Drive
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LaCie DVD±RW Drive User’s Manual
USB 2.0
1.1. Minimum System Requirements
1.1.1. Mac Users
Hardware Requirements –
Computer equipped with a USB interface card.
System Requirements –
Double Layer Recording
Single Layer Recording
• 8.5GB Double Layer disc
• 4.7GB Single Layer disc
• 700MHz G4 or later
• 700MHz G4 or later
• Mac OS 10.2 or later
• Mac OS 9.1 or later
• 64MB of RAM
• 16MB of RAM
(256MB is recommended)
(24MB is recommended)
• QuickTime 6 or later
• QuickTime 4.0 or later
Important Note:
MPEG encoding is a system intensive application and
requires most of a CPU’s power. This process can take several hours on
slower systems.
Additional Requirements for DVD playback and Pre-Mastering –
Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768, 24-bit color
Additional Requirements for DV Capturing and DVD Authoring –
Minimum of 128MB of RAM (256MB is recommended)
1GB of free hard disk space for every 5 minutes of DV video capture
4.5GB of free hard disk space for copying a single layer DVD-Video disc
8GB of free hard disk space for copying a double layer DVD-Video disc
Important Note:
To ensure optimal recording results, avoid copying
from a CD or DVD and record directly from a hard drive that supports
sustained data transfer rates for the following speeds:
• 8x = 11.08MB/s
• 4x = 5.54MB/s
• 2x = 2.77MB/s
• 1x = 1.385MB/s
Tech Note:
Mac Users!
USB Connectivity:
For optimal
performance under the Mac OS, it is
recommended that you use the
FireWire interface unless you are using
a G5 or are running Mac OS 10.2.8
or later on a computer with a Hi-Speed
USB 2.0 PC or PCI card. All versions of
the Mac OS before Mac OS 10.2.8
do not support the transfer rates of Hi-
Speed USB 2.0, and all data transfers
will be made at the slower USB 1.1
rates.
DVD Playback:
At the time of publication (May, 2004),
Apple only supports DVD playback on
Macintosh computers with a built-in
DVD-ROM drive. If your system does
not have a built-in DVD-ROM drive, in
order to enable DVD playback you will
need to utilize a third-party utility.
Apple Disc Recording Updater:
In order to provide maximum
compatibility with Apple software
products, LaCie is constantly providing
drive support updates. Visit our Web
site,
www.lacie.com/support
, choose
Optical from the pull-down menu and
download the LaCie DiscRecording
Support for Mac OS X 10.3.2 or later
to add LaCie drive support to
applications that utilize Apple’s
DiscRecording framework. These
include, but are not limited to, the
following applications: Finder, iTunes,
iPhoto, Backup, Disk Utility and DVD
Studio Pro.