From: by way of MAGNet mailing list administrator (mmugler@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 21 2002 - 12:15:15 PST
There was a firmware Superdrive update from Apple recently (11/7/2002) that's supposed to help SuperDrives use the "new high-speed media". See http://www.apple.com/hardware/superdrive/ for details.
Mimi
> Yesterday, I upgraded a faculty member's G4 PowerBook from OS
>10.1 to OS 10.2.2 --- however, now it will not recognize a DVD that
>had been created for her work group (had no problem with it in OS
>10.1). If I go DVD Player to File to Open VIDEO_TS Folder... and
>lead it to the DVD which is visible on the Desktop as a DVD and
>Choose the DVD, it gives the following: "There was a system error.
>Could not detect a valid media file." This is both before and after
>the software update that just came out. However, if I boot in only
>OS 9.2.2, it will recognize and play the DVD properly. So, it is a
>OS 10.2.2 software problem only.
>
> I had tried the DVD on an early-G4 tower running OS 9.1 and
>there was no problem. Also tried it on my new G4 running OS 10.2.2 &
>OS 9.2.2 --- same thing as PowerBook G4 (will run only if boot in
>9.2.2). Both OS 10.2.2 computers recognize a commercial DVD.
>
> Related problem: I had been unable to access the mini-CDs
>that my Sony Mavica CD300 digital camera uses on my new G4.
>Apparently it needs Adaptec HDF Volume Access in OS 9 (not supposed
>to be needed in 10.2.2 and not available for X). If I boot for only
>9.2.2, it now shows up and is available as it was on my old computer.
>
> So, somehow the software for full use of the SuperDrive or
>any CD/DVD is missing from OS 10.2.2 (that existed for OS 9) ---
>definitely not what I expected.
>
>---Peggy Gennaro, EPS
>
>PS: I have tried researching both problems at Apple's website and
>other sites with no results/success. The non-commercial DVD has an
>Apple logo on it so it isn't a non-Apple vendor "conflict" in any
>way. Any help would be welcome. Thanks.
>
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