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eyeangle

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Sometimes I use Compressor to burn a DVD or Blu-ray of a film I have made but I can no longer seem to do this with compressor 4.8

Did Apple really take away this feature or am I missing something here?
 

Nermal

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Hmm... there's nothing in the release notes about it, but it wouldn't be the first time that Apple had silently removed a feature. I don't have a drive in my Mac so I can't test it myself.

Edit: It looks like there "should" be an option to create a DVD image even on a machine without a DVD-R drive. I might give it a go later.
 

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OK, I've taken a look, and you're right. The DVD/Blu-ray features are present in 4.7 but have disappeared in 4.8 despite nothing in the release notes. I suggest logging a bug.
 

thepyrate

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Sometimes I use Compressor to burn a DVD or Blu-ray of a film I have made but I can no longer seem to do this with compressor 4.8

Did Apple really take away this feature or am I missing something here?
DVD and Blu-Ray burning functionality was removed from Final Cut Pro and Compressor in the latest update
 

eyeangle

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Arh, thanks guys for confirming. This is sad for me because I use to give DVDs and Blu-rays of family events to my grandparents who didn't know how to use YouTube or a smartphone. I have a Blu-ray burner set up next to my mac mini but I guess I'll just use it for ripping CDs now.
 

eyeangle

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I know about Roxio Toast. Been around for years. I just thought Compressor was so easy to use, but thanks for your suggestion anyway. I might give it a go.
 

Nermal

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Well, are there any new features in 4.8 that you're actually interested in? If I was in your situation then I'd just continue to use 4.7.
 

eyeangle

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I already updated to 4.8 without knowing it wouldn't support it so it's too late now. However, I will keep 4.7 on my MacBook Air and just plug my burner into it in case I need to burn something. I don't think it's possible to rollback an App after updating.
 

Nermal

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Assuming they're both the same "purchase" under the same Apple ID then you can just copy the app from one computer to the other.
 

eyeangle

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It worked! Thanks so much for the suggestion. I can burn my DVDs and Blu-rays again. Cheers!
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