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I have an older mac that did not come with a dvd burner..I recently ordered a Liteon external DVD burner,but of course the provided software is not compatible..

What do I need for my mac to recognize and be able to use the external dvd burner? I have tried putting a blank DVD and one movie,but it just comes up as a disk with many files I cannot open..

I am running osx panther..Do I even have IDVD?

Please advise as to what steps are necessary to make this burner work..

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Since you can see files the drive appears to be working properly.

You have Disk Utility. That can burn DVDs.

If you place a movie into the drive, try starting DVD Player if you have it and Open the VIDEO_TS file. There is a preference in the System Preferences pane regarding what to do when inserting CD's and DVD's.

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Thanks for the suggestion..I tried it and I don't think I even have DVD player or IDVD installed..When I try to install IDVD or DVD player updates,it tells me I cannot install it on my computer and I cannot find them anywhere in applications..

I m about to give up and just order a new macbook..

My mac is 6 years old..I believe it was called a G4 cube,but it has been so long since I purchased it,I cannot remember exactly..

There is probably a way to make it work,I just don't know it..
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What operating system are you running? If you cant get iDVD to work try VLC player. It's free and if it doesn't work then you can always erase it
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I am using osx panther 10.3..I will try that download thanks for the tip..
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