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  • VSL with no DVD-R?

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    I recently purchased the complete orchestral package and my pc only has a cd drive. I would like to aviod buying a dvd drive just for this library. Does anyone have any suggestings, particularly if it is possible to network my g4 (which has a superdrive) with my pc running XP-pro?
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    Chris (CM) is a speciailist for networksolution between Mac and Windows OS. I'm sure he can support you.

    Herb
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    @jrodmusic said:

    I recently purchased the complete orchestral package and my pc only has a cd drive. I would like to aviod buying a dvd drive just for this library. Does anyone have any suggestings, particularly if it is possible to network my g4 (which has a superdrive) with my pc running XP-pro?

    I did have the same problem and did purchase a software called DAVE. This will make a network between your G4 and your PC (s). It does work quite well and you can load your DVD's directly from the super drive to your PC HD. It is not even slower as with a PC build in DVD drive. BUT....it is better to turn DAVE sharing off while not using it, because it can produce problems and crashes. Maybe their are also other soulutions?

    Iwan
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    cmC
    thanks iwan to point that out (also several other third-party-software for sharing PC/mac has some unwanted side-effects)
    i've sent jrodmusic a private message, since with XP he would be able to use ftp-filesharing with nearly no effort
    given he uses OSX, the same would work the other way around or even using windows-shares
    (note: i'm trying to keep such technical stuff out of the library-forum, as i feel it may be not the right place to discuss)
    christian
    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.
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    jrodmusic,

    I don't know the reasons for not wishing to have a drive that reads DVD's, but just in case you haven't checked it out recently, a decent DVD reading drive is ridiculously cheap. You can pick up a nice, new Lite-On drive at www.newegg.com for $33.

    This is a huge library, and a DVD reading drive will really make installation a LOT smoother.

    Lee Blaske