I have always struggled to do any media work, so if I simply assumed that things were "incompatible" when they didn't work straight away, I would never get anything done. Nothing has ever "just worked" for me, ever.
I have found one way around the 730.1MB barrier - I was recording as MPEG 1 with multiplexed video and audio streams. When I opted to record them as separate streams, I could suddenly record larger files. The problem with this is that (not unlike with my Aurora Fuse) the results are completely out of sync. If the files are the exact same length of time, and start at the same moment, how can they be minutes out of sync? If I only knew... The results so far have been unusable.
As for what systems these are supposed to run on? The DVDirector box says to use at least a G3, and IIRC the MediaPress box shows them using a B&W. Ther only other viable system I have is an 8600 with stock SCSI which will be far too slow. This is what burns me, the documentation of these things always insists that you should use the fastest system that you can. On my MDD I can copy a gigabyte between drives in a minute, so recording a GB over *an hour* should not be a problem. I was hoping that some pro audio or video people might chime in and suggest some performance tweaks for how the system is set up. Configuring the system you have for the task at hand makes more sense than trying a whole different computer when something goes wrong.
I have found one way around the 730.1MB barrier - I was recording as MPEG 1 with multiplexed video and audio streams. When I opted to record them as separate streams, I could suddenly record larger files. The problem with this is that (not unlike with my Aurora Fuse) the results are completely out of sync. If the files are the exact same length of time, and start at the same moment, how can they be minutes out of sync? If I only knew... The results so far have been unusable.
As for what systems these are supposed to run on? The DVDirector box says to use at least a G3, and IIRC the MediaPress box shows them using a B&W. Ther only other viable system I have is an 8600 with stock SCSI which will be far too slow. This is what burns me, the documentation of these things always insists that you should use the fastest system that you can. On my MDD I can copy a gigabyte between drives in a minute, so recording a GB over *an hour* should not be a problem. I was hoping that some pro audio or video people might chime in and suggest some performance tweaks for how the system is set up. Configuring the system you have for the task at hand makes more sense than trying a whole different computer when something goes wrong.