MAC Projector Unrecognized

I created a project with Quicktime files -- basically a menu
that points to external QT files and plays them. The project was
done in Windows and then opened on a MAC, edited and published as a
projector. All good. I copied the projector.osx file from the MAC
to a flash drive, then copied it over to the windows machine with
all the associated files to mass produce onto DVD. All good. The
files burn just fine to the DVD. When viewing the DVD on the MAC,
all the files show up including the PDF files, text files, QT
files, images, etc. The only file that is unrecognized is the
projector.osx file. When you click on the file, it says it is
unrecognized and asks to select the application associated with the
file. I don't understand!
The file will play fine on the flash drive. I can copy the
file back and forth from the flash drive (from windows to mac) and
it will always play fine.
So where exactly am I missing it!

You can't burn files for a Mac from a Windows file system.
You need to
burn your DVDs either on a Mac, or (using Nero or similar)
from an
external HFS+ formatted HDD
By moving a Mac projector to a Windows file system its
resource fork is
corrupted/trashed, and when you try to view it on a Mac again
the OS
doesn't know what to do with the file.

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Hi Phil,
thanks. You're right, it's impossible to set icon or background image, but it seems to work stable.
Do you know, if the D11.5MAC-generated projector works under MAC OS 9 / WIN95/98/NT/2000/Vista/7?
I feel sorry for you because of the UDF file system. Therefore I have no idea.
But apple has changed the way how files are connected with their applications. You can now (since 10.5) define that all files with a certain file extension has to be opened with a concrete program. But I also know that it doesn't work correctly in all cases. So may be it has something to do with that instead the way how the ROM is read with 10.5+ opposed to 10.4
Am 11.12.2009 um 16:20 schrieb PhilGibson:
From what I understand, the "Mac & PC" option in Toast will make a disc that is pretty much compatible with most OSs.
It allows you to specify separate files for the Mac and the PC side of things. What it doesn't do is let you set icon layout or a background image for the window, like the Custom Hybrid option does.
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This is great if it can solve you problems. I just wish there was a solution for making the Mac projectors work as ROM content on DVDs (UDF volumes), which is what I'm working with 75% of the time as of late. It's primarily 10.5 and newer where the issue pops up, as Apple seems to have done something with how the ROM portion is read with 10.5+ as opposed to 10.4.
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