Broken Link to iDVD Project File

I created an DVD from iMovie just fine.
However, when I try to use the iDVD Project file, it cannot find the shared file. This means I have to redo the iDVD opening screens whenever I make changes in iMovie, and want an updated DVD with the latest changes.
I have moved both the iMovie file & the iDVD Project File to my external firewire drive. Both open fine, but won't link.

Thanks, good advice. I'm up to date on OSX and iLife 05.
My iBook only has 40G free, so I'm creating & storing my imovies on the external HD. What if I create iDVD project from the external drive and leave it there? Will it link, or does it have to be on the startup (internal) HD?

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What do I do to fix a "broken link" in iDVD?

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I've been using iMovieHD and iDVD to convert my home movies from miniDV tapes to DVDs. I've been putting two one-hour tapes together into one iMovie and then creating an iDVD project with themes, chapters, etc.
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Hi Jay,
As John has said, you should have created a Disc Image of your DVD project before deleting the iMovie file. When working in iMovie/iDVD you must not delete ANYTHING that is in the project, not even the iMovie trash can, which often mysteriously fills up with "stuff", until you are sure you are finished editing and then have saved a Disc Image to burn further DVD's from. The files you deleted from iMovie were the reference for the file you were using in iDVD. Without that iMovie file, your iDVD project will only show what was created there, like your theme page.
Sorry that's bad news. Your options now are re-create your iMovies from your tapes, OR, rip the DVD you have back to your Mac to burn more DVD's.
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I'll try to be more specific. This was an iPhoto slideshow that was exported to iDVD.
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I received the following information when I clicked on the troubleshoot link:
Windows has the following information about this Protocol. This page will help
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Protocol Type: ms-word
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Title: SharePoint 2010 document broken link due to unrecognized File protocol: ms-word
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Try refining this symptom description. What exactly do you mean by "it won't open"? Answering that might explain why you are posting this in an IE forum. E.g. right-click, Copy Shortcut whatever it is that you are calling
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ftype | find /i "word"
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would be found by your PathExt shell variable.) Etc.
Doing that would make your symptom description independent of IE. All it would have done for you is download the file. If you couldn't open it then it would be because either the file was saved incorrectly (in which case you could rename it)
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I'm editing a documentary, and the bulk of the film is interveiws with five different characters. They are all shot with multiple cameras. I understand how to use the muti-cam editing feature of CS5.5, and it's great. But, is it possible to create a multi-cam sequence in one project, and then import that sequence into another project, and retain the ability to go back to the multi-cam project and make changes to the edit, and those changes will be automatically updated in the second project? This seems like it should be possible as it's so similar to the dynamic link feature with After Effects, but it just doesn't seem to work. After I import the MC edit sequence into a new project it's locked down to the original edit, ie. changes to the original multi-cam sequnece are not updated in the second project.
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But, is it possible to create a multi-cam sequence in one project, and then import that sequence into another project, and retain the ability to go back to the multi-cam project and make changes to the edit, and those changes will be automatically updated in the second project?
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Saving an iDVD project
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Broken Links in RH8 - More Clarification Please

Dear Experts,
I tried following through the other topics posted relating to this topic, however they all seemed to be different than what i am seeign within my project. I know how to correct borken links (per say) within the folders themselves, however, when in the actual folder "broken links" within the project manager, I cannot seem to delete the links that no longer are needed, or to clearly see if I still need them, its a bit overwhelming, as I moved some information within a project, and (while my application kept crashing - whole different story), each time I re-opened, it didn't seem to clear out the changes I had made through the clear caching as I have as my set up.
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The RoboColum(n)
@robocolumn
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Delete Broken Links

I would like to know how to delete everything in the broken
links folder. I have a project that has migrated from a Word import
thru a few editors, structure reorganizations, and other nefarious
activities and it is time to clean up the resulting mess. I can't
find a way to just delete the broken links - they no longer
reference anything in the project.
I can't find a procedure to remove or resolve them - the
broken links are irrelevant. Is there a utility that can just
delete the broken links from the project or edit a file outside of
the project?

quote:
Originally posted by:
lmarden
I had to delete a lot of topics from a projecct - was
creating a template from a fully evolved project to use for new
ones. Long story short, even though I OK'd the message that asked
if I wanted to remove all links in other topics from these deleted
topics, there were more than a hundred broken links sitting there
when I was done. Most of them - about 80 - had No References in the
Broken Link repair window. They stuck there even after exiting and
re-entering the project.
I renamed and rebuilt the .cpd file, came back in, and all
those unreferenced links were gone.
Thanks very much for your quick response! That did the trick!
I made a backup of the *.cpd file, deleted the original,
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longer listed in the Broken Links folder! Yay! Now I just need to
fix the rest of them.
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Read and Write iDVD trouble with backed up iDVD project

Hey guys, I need to open an iDVD project file within my time machine backups for a previously existing user on an external backup hard drive.
When I click it to open I get this message: "An error occurred while loading the project. This project seems to be write-protected and can't be opened."
I've tried right clicking on the file, selecting 'Get info' and changing administrators and 'everyone' to read and write but no luck. Any ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Correct.
Now I see I missed the wording of the "file not writeable" message, which doesn't sound like a permissions issue. That sounds like it's either not compatible (ie, not for the same version of iDVD), or corrupted.
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I've just finish editing a long feature with Premiere Pro that I've broken down into 10 project files to allow Premiere not to have the memory crash.
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a) If I import the project files, can I make modifications in AE (like color correction, stabilization, sky replacement,...) then save the project so that it can still be opened in Premiere
b) Can I recombined my whole feature into one project in AE or the memory won't handle it as Premiere's memory didn't ?
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> If I import the project files, can I make modifications in
> AE (like color correction, stabilization, sky replacement,...)
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How to delete broken links from robohelp 9

Currently I'm using Robohelp 9, unable to perform following actions in the project:
1. Permananetly delete broken links from the project.
2. Updated content and file are shown in search but not in index and in index broken links files are shown.
Kindly tell me how to solve this issue , as my project is too big and unable to delete broken links as they are re-appearing again in the 'broken link' folder after deleted by me.

Hi Rick/Swaraj,
Thanks for replying!
I would like to tell you that , I'm using a robohelp 9 project and have generated .CHM file and in the .CHM file all stated errors are showing.
Also , I'm unable to find .XPJ and .CPD files.
Kindly tell me in project where these files are located and if there is any other option to solve the problem?
I didn't find too the repair option , there is a restore option after left click, I'm restoring the broken link and then deleting them. But the deleted files are reappearing in the broken link folder. Kindly tell me is there any option to delete all files from broken link folder as they are not required.

IDVD Project Locked. wont let me open.

I recently wiped my partition and reinstalled all my apps.
And when I reloaded the OS I used a different name.
However when I try to open a certain iDVD project I get this message
"The project Bday Pool Party Sleepover 2009
is locked by the user xxxxxx (user ID 501):
2009-08-26 16:48:09 -0400.
The project can't be opened at this time".
However Im able to open other iDVD projects I created under
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And this is my home computer and no one else has access to it.
And I never locked or password protected it in iDVD if thats even possible.
Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.

To quote Rich839:
I would start with deleting preferences and doing a permissions repair. To delete preferences, close iMovie and trash the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist found in User(the house icon)/Library/Preferences. iDVD will replace that file on relaunch. To do a permissions repair, open Disk Utility found in Applications/Utilities. Select your hard drive icon displayed at the top of the left hand pane, and then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait a few minutes while permissions are repaired, and when finished, launch iDVD and see if you still have the problem.
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