PLAYING TIMELINE TO STAND ALONE DVD RECORDER VIA FIREWIRE

Hi,
i have read that you can play out a timeline to a DVD Recroder through the Firewire input of the DVD Recorder.
Pretty handy for quick client DVD which dont need fancy menus.
Anyone know of a good DVD Recorder to go for?
Thanks,
Jamie

Not all Firewire equipped DVD recorders will accept a FW signal from your computer, but fortunately, some will. No one that I'm aware of can say with any certainty which models will and which won't. Its kind of a hit-or-miss type of thing.
The one I have does work ... a Pioneer DVR-533H-S. FCP even recognizes it as a DV device so I can capture from it as well as do a Print-to-Video. A friend purchased another Pioneer model that didn't work. Go figure.
-DH

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