1 Step iDVD for camcorder with disk

My Sony Camcorder uses 8cm disk. I tried 1 step dvd; a disk was not created. I removed the plist as recommended to "jferf" on 5/3/07; no disk created. Can iDVD work for a camcorder with disk or only with tape?
IMAC 5.1 Mac OS X (10.4.8) USE AIRPORT EXPRESS

Welcome kiron
For best results use a camcorder with firewire or i.Link interface and one step via iDVD6. Normally this involves a mindv device that records to tape with FW input/output.
Not intended for use with cameras that record to a hard drive or to a DVD since that format /mpeg 2 is already highly compressed and cannot be imported directly into iDVD6 w/o a 3rd party app. Long and complicated process that invloves apps like mpeg streamclip or Visual Hub.
Apple's pro apps will work directly with mpeg2 format also.
Btw, you can use iDvd's one step directly with a Folder/QT file also. In other words, if you were able to create a QT folder on your desktop, then you could use the one step feature within iDVD6 ....
Hope this is Helpful & Solves the problem.

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So, I try to work with 10.6.4 (delivered with MBP 17"), but have also an universal 10.6.0 Snow Leopard, with which I can configurate 10.6 *at any state*.
Unfortunately, I *can't use* (it so that Apple decided to do) the DVD delivered with my 15" MBP (rejected by 17"), because it is with my MBP 15" that I formatted those disks.
*Another thing :* If I didn't want my wife *to install herself* (with me to help her) the 15" MBP I've gave to her (there's the 17" new 500GB 5400rpm installed in it by me), I would already have tried to connect these two 4TB, just to see.
Last login: Fri Nov 26 21:22:38 on ttys005
sys171064:~ OH$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Seagate 149.9 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_HFS System 17 64.9 GB disk0s3
4: Apple_HFS Sys171064 34.9 GB disk0s4
5: Apple_HFS For Alu Black System 149.6 GB disk0s5
6: Apple_HFS SL 10.6.x 100.0 GB disk0s6
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Applepartitionscheme *16.1 GB disk1
1: Applepartitionmap 32.3 KB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFSX olivier_herrbach 16.1 GB disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *1.0 TB disk2
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS HSD 01 TM 600 Go 599.9 GB disk2s2
3: Apple_HFS HSD 01 400 Go 120.6 GB disk2s3
4: Apple_HFS DiskTools > Seagate ... 279.1 GB disk2s4
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *1.5 TB disk3
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_HFS HELP ÉNERGIE 1,5 To 1.5 TB disk3s2
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *1.0 TB disk4
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk4s1
2: Apple_HFS HSD USB 03 1To 999.9 GB disk4s2
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *32.0 GB disk5
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk5s1
2: Apple_HFS Patriot USB Key 32 Go 31.7 GB disk5s2
/dev/disk6
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *1.5 TB disk6
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk6s1
2: Apple_HFS WD USB 1,5 To 1.1 TB disk6s2
3: Apple_HFS WD 02 350 Go Seagate 349.9 GB disk6s3
/dev/disk7
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *1.0 TB disk7
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk7s1
2: Apple_HFS HSD USB 02 50 Go 49.9 GB disk7s2
3: Apple_HFS HSD USB 02 715 Go 714.6 GB disk7s3
4: Apple_HFS HSD USB 02 110 Go 110.0 GB disk7s4
5: Apple_HFS HSD USB 02 100 Go 99.9 GB disk7s5
/dev/disk8
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *2.0 TB disk8
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk8s1
2: Apple_HFS WD USB 2To 2.0 TB disk8s2
/dev/disk9
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *2.0 TB disk9
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk9s1
2: Apple_HFS FW 03 TM 2To 2.0 TB disk9s2
/dev/disk10
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *1.5 TB disk10
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk10s1
2: Apple_HFS FW 02 1,2 To 1.2 TB disk10s2
3: Apple_HFS FW 02 200 Go 199.9 GB disk10s3
4: Apple_HFS FW 02 CS5MC 50 Go 49.9 GB disk10s4
5: Apple_HFS FW 02 Leopard 50 Go 50.0 GB disk10s5
/dev/disk11
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *2.0 TB disk11
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk11s1
2: Apple_HFS FC 02 Time Machine 1.0 TB disk11s2
3: Apple_HFS FC 02 SL 1To 999.5 GB disk11s3
/dev/disk12
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *2.0 TB disk12
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk12s1
2: Apple_HFS FC 01A USB 1To 700.0 GB disk12s2
3: Apple_HFS FC 01C 300 Go Leo 299.9 GB disk12s3
4: Apple_HFS FC 01B USB 1To 699.8 GB disk12s4
5: Apple_HFS Leopard 125 Go 300.0 GB disk12s5
/dev/disk13
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *2.0 TB disk13
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk13s1
2: Apple_HFS FW 04 TM 2To 2.0 TB disk13s2
3: Apple_HFS eDrive 12.9 GB disk13s3
/dev/disk14
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *2.0 TB disk14
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk14s1
2: Apple_HFS FW 05 2To 2.0 TB disk14s2
sys171064:~ OH$
As you and I see, I strongly believe that disk15s2 and disk16s2 (with s3, s4, s5 etc. partitions) are missing.
I must find a way to prove what I say to you. Remember that we are not in the case where I use *Cmd + s* after rebooting with Install DVD, but under normal utilisation. What follows has no interest :
Last login: Fri Nov 26 21:23:55 on ttys006
sys171064:~ OH$ sudo fsck -fy /dev/disk15s2
Password:
/dev/disk15s2: No such file or directory
Can't stat /dev/disk15s2
Can't stat /dev/disk15s2: No such file or directory
sys171064:~ OH$
So, I will now restart my MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.4 Install DVD, and go :
—1 in *Disk Utility* ;
—2 in Terminal (with *Cmd + s*).
I'll *note all* what I see, and then write you what I found.
You'll be nice to tell me if there's a way, in these conditions,
a) to *save Disk Utility log* ; or/and
b) to *save Terminal Output(s)* (.txt) ; or/and
c) to *take and save screenshots*, ; or/and
d) to *print anything*. (?)
as I don't know how it's possible to save these informations.
Thank you once more for your help. I'll do things now, but as it is 23:02 here in France, maybe I won't write you till tomorrow.
But, if you can answer to a), b), c) or d) above, post it to me please, because I'll go back here tonight.
And, also, *but I don't want to bore you*, I'd like to learn how to *copy and paste parts of messages* as you did, and how to *insert a Grab item (.png)* in a discussion, because an image is better than thousand words (that's what we say in France, but I'm sure we are not alone on Earth — like in the Universe).
With my best regards
Vialatte

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