We pray a lot!
eBay. And hope emulation will let you run the legacy environment on modern hardware.
Yes, as I mentioned above, I run DVDSP in a Snow Leopard Server VM under VMware Fusion. At the time of setup, the normal User versions of OS X were not permitted to be virtualized, so our IT department set me up with a Server version in a VM. Because it’s dependent on VMware Fusion, I keep that computer running Sierra (it could be High Sierra, but why upgrade and risk toppling the entire stack?). I’ve had to return to the safety copy of the VM three times now, when things broke in DVDSP or DVDAfterEdit and could not be fixed with restarts of the VM. I keep multiple copies of that VM in various locations.
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You know, even cassette tapes are making a comeback.
Cassette tapes are making a surprise comeback in Japan - Nikkei Asia
Again, it is surprising that NO ONE in the Mac ecosphere seems to notice that people may want the ability to create DVDs?
I think it’s because streaming took over that function a long time ago for many. I still like to have physical disc media but many do not. It’s almost impossible to buy DVD’s locally as Best Buy is or has dropped them leaving Walmart one of the few stores that still stock them. Otherwise, it’s all mail order.
I also think that many do not want to take the time to learn how to use the programs needed to create and burn a DVD or Blu-ray. Many feel that streaming sources have everything they want but the problem is once that content is gone, it doesn’t always come back so having physical discs is insurance for that issue.
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Look, Super-8 is back, it’s only a matter of time…
@tommy Were you referring to this?
That and the older cameras are starting to go up in price. Film looks not quite ‘back’ but more secure than it has been.
Isn’t that cool? Looks expensive.
It is expensive! 5,495 USD but it looks cool and like it it’s very smart re-invention of a Super8 camera. That’s without the $100 or so for the film, development and transfer of the cartridge.
Tbh I’m keener on this than the AVP 
in my list of kit I can’t afford at the moment.
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Or lucrative. He was intent on creating a market, not predicting one.
One of the few moves he made (the entirely-closed Mac being another) that I truly loathed.
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I persuaded my spouse to hold on to her Kodak Super 8/Reg 8 dual projector from the 1970s. When we started having this discussion, it was for “no particular reason.”
Now I look prescient.
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I still have my Hi-8 cameras, that work quite well. Converting video from those cassettes has become a bit problematic. Hooks up to my Cheese Grater Mac Pro, but that is about it and I can bring it in.
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Well I showed it to my wife, half an hour later we had bought a Minolta Super8 camera on the Bay for $130. With some Ektachrome en route, too. Oh boy, she’s worse than me…
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Wow. That was fast. 