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OK... so yesterday I created my first DVD with my 12" PB G4 (w.Superdrive). I had some issues as I was transfering from an old analog 8mm camera through my Sony MiniDV camera to the Mac... but when I ironed those out... whohoo!

I takes some time (about 3 hours for the whole project) and I don't like how iDVD seemed very non-responsive in terms of status indicators (the progress bar hung for what seemed like hours while it was encoding assests).

But all in all... between iMovie and iDVD for home use there is NOTHING better (and I am comparing this against a 2ghz Dell with WinXP and MS Movie Maker) ... simply awesome.

Now a question.... Is there a difference in the quality of Firewire cables? I have heard the arguement that if a cable is of poor quality you will simply get dropped connections as it is a digital not analog feed. Anyone like to comment on that?
 

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HHmmmmm My Sony DCR-PC9 video camera did not come with a firewire cable (all it came with was a usb cable).

Is there a difference between a i.LINK, firewire and IEEE 1394 cables?

I purchased a Belkin firewire cable and the PB and the camera connect fine... I just want to know if there is a difference in cables and would that affect the video quality?
 
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