How to Make an External DVD Burner the Default

When I click "Burn" I'd like it to use my external burner instead of the built-in one. Is there a way to change the default burner? I was unable to figure out how.
The reason is because the PowerMac is located remotely from my station in a machine room, but the external burner is right next to me.

If you leave a CD, DVD, or some disc with data, in the internal drive, it should then use the external drive for burning. If you use good blank discs, such as Verbatim, there should be no reason to reduce the burning speed.

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Thanks for the reply. I'll respond to your questions...
I have a DVD (movie not ROM) with a 30 minute safety video in English. The DVD has an incredible amount of links that go from one menu to another to another, it's the most confusing and elaborate menu/chapter I've ever seen, well my customer wants me to translate it into Spanish, but now he told me he wants the English AND Spanish version to be in one disc. That's the problem. I can capture the movie. I can translate the script and do the Spanish voice over (just like in the old karate movies) I can create the new menu pages in Spanish and I can create the intricate links, so what do I do with the English version? I can't create the whole English version again, more like I don't want to is there another easier option?
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tartan66 wrote:
B. Associate the Rotate Canvas dialog box with a keyboard shortcut so even if it won't stay open I won't have to fish thru the Image menu to get it each time.
I'm not really sure if this is documented but you can navigate the entire menu using the keyboard. (I only have up to PSE 3 so I'm assuming it hasn't been stripped out of Elements yet.)
Anyway...
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Hi
how to download this and install?
There are no free DownLoads !
There are no legal DownLoads at all !
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Your Mac can burn CDs and DVDs - BUT DVD as Data-DVDs not as Video-DVDs - they need a program to be encoded and STRUCTURED as such.
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• Roxio Toast™ - Not as elegant as iDVD - but has many other positive additions (I like it as 10-Pro incl BD-component) (now version 11)
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Burn http://www.digital-digest.com/software/Burn.html
only You can buy from Apple is
• FinalCut Pro-X which also can burn to DVD but without any nice themes.
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You can't - or rather I can't - Only big companies as EMI, SONY etc can pay for that service.
So I made a small not on it.
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No there is non in standard iDVD.
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sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/diy-dvd-copy-protection
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