I picked up my SATA to IDE adaptor at a local Comp USA for $14.00 US. The least expensive Blu-ray setup is with an internal IDE Blu-ray burner, but you will need a SATA to IDE adaptor to make this work. In the event that Apple ever releases a firmware update for the Mac Pro, that opens up those SATA Ports behind the fans, you already have a SATA burner, so you would just remove your adaptor. The price of the LG SATA Burner and Adaptor are less than $300.00, this seemed like the logical way to go. There are IDE Blu-ray burners on the market now, Pioneer makes one, however the least expensive price I found was $400.00 US. I went with the IDE route as it was the easiest for me at the time. You can also put the burner into an external case, I would recommend Firewire 800, or use eSATA if you have an eSATA card. This leaves us with the option of connecting the SATA Blu-ray burner to the IDE cable with an adaptor, or connecting the SATA Blu-ray Burner via a SATA PCI card.

They are useless and will cause you nothing but problems when trying to burning data or authored movies to Blu-ray. Apple has stated that they are not meant for use. Those 2 SATA ports behind your main fans, forget about them, just pretend they do not exist. If you want to install your Burner internal you need to know a few things. Is $279.00 US, but the store was marking them down due to the arrival of newer models.įor Mac Pro owners, there are 3 ways to connect the Blu-ray Burner to

I picked my Burner up at Fry's Electronics for $250.00 US. New version that did not have the HD DVD support. Wanted a DVD Drive as a backup, besides, it was a little cheaper than the I still have a fairly large HD DVD collection along with my Blu Ray's, so I I personally chose an LG GGW-H20Līecause it has HD DVD Read support, Lightscribe, Blu Ray Burning, and Standard Definition edited with Final Cut Pro.įirst thing first, we need a burner. This workflow works for Both HD material Edited in Final Cut Pro, and yes Tiger is preferred but if you are running Leopard you will need to update Encore. We explore the Blu-ray work flow, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), from burner purchase, installation,Įditing in Final Cut Pro, and burning all without leaving the Mac OS. Unless you burn it to HD DVD using DVD Studio Pro (onīut why is there no solution using Apples Final Cut Studio? Today there is. In the timeline, looks great finished, but you can't watch it on your HD TV, Filming with a HD/HDV camera is nice, video looks great If you are like me, you have been recording in HD, or HDV since the camerasįirst became available. Blu-ray with Final Cut Pro, Compressor and an Encoreīlu-ray with Final Cut Pro, Compressor and Encore

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