Burn DVD without Themes, Menus, etc.

I was able to import an old VHS tape into iMovie very smoothly. Now I want to burn a DVD of that tape that could be played in any DVD player. Just a one-to-one copy--no frills.
When I start a project in iDVD5, it demands that I select Themes, Menus, Buttons, etc. That's not what I want at this time. I just want a clean DVD copy of my original VHS tape. Nothing else.
I can't seem to find a way to do this in iDVD, yet I feel that such a simple action is so basic that it must be an iDVD option.
Can someone please tell me exactly how to do this?

Hi sirius:
One way is to make an autoplay movie with the map view. Scroll through this site about half way down and it shows you.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/idvd_6stone.html
Or, you can purchase Toast and burn a disk image.
Sue

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Cannot burn dvd without theme

I cannot do what would seem to be the simplest step in imovie and idvd. I have created my customize movie in imovie (no canned themes or audio) and when I go to the shre menu and choose idvd so I can burn my movie, I cannot burn a dvd without first choosing a theme. I don't need a theme...I wnat my movie just the way it is. Please help. This is so frustrating.
barb

've been a Mac user for 18 years and I'm disappointed and surprised with Apple.
Why...? You accomplished what you wanted to do. It just took you some time to find that.
iDVD 6 Getting Started
Apple's iMovie Learning Site
Apple's iDVD Learning Site
General Learning Center
Ken Stone: Authoring in iDVD 6
My favorite, by far:
iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
You can download Chapter four: Camcorder Meets Mac.
iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual

Burning DVD Without Themes and Chapters

I have an iMovie from my own video that I have edited just the way I want it. It has a title and will be about an hour long when burned. I just want to burn it to a DVD for TV viewing WITHOUT any theme or chapter stuff. iDVD won't seem to let me do that and has already screwed me up twice in the process. How can I bypass that theme and chapter stuff and just burn my DVD? I would like the instant play feature on the disc when it is done.
I have iMovie 6 and a MacBook.
Thanks for any help,
videolou

Hello videolou,
here's how to create a DVD without menu (there are several options):
1. Easy: Drop your iMovie in the autoplay box in iDVD's Map View, then set your autoplay item (your movie) to loop continously. Disadvantage: The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy: If you don't want your (autoplay) movie to loop, you can create a black theme"by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the dropzone (text needs to be black as well). Disadvantage: The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time: Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage: One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
3. Easy enough but needs 3rd party software: Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just un-check the appropriate check box. Disadvantage: you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software
4. The "hard way": Postproduction with myDVDedit (freeware)
Tools necessary: myDVDedit ( http://www.mydvdedit.com )
• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.
• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.
• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
• Select the menu (usually named VTS Menu) and delete it
• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned.If it works save and close myDVDedit.
• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager:
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
hope this helps
mish

How can I burn a dvd without themes?

how can I burn a dvd without themes?

(From fellow poster Mishmumken: )
How to create a DVD in iDVD without menu (there are several options):
1. Easy: Drop your iMovie in the autoplay box in iDVD's Map View, then set your autoplay item (your movie) to loop continously. Disadvantage: The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy: If you don't want your (autoplay) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the dropzone (text needs to be black as well). Disadvantage: The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time: Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage: One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
4. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software: Roxio Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn. Disadvantage: you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.
5. The "hard way": Postproduction with myDVDedit (freeware)
Tools necessary: myDVDedit ( http://www.mydvdedit.com )
• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.
• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.
• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
• Select the menu (usually named VTS Menu) and delete it
• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned.If it works save and close myDVDedit.
• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager:
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
Our resident expert, Old Toad, also recommends this: there is a 3rd export/share option that give better results. That's to use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option. Then in iDVD go to the Media Browser and drag the movie into iDVD where you want it.
Hope this helps!

Burn a DVD without themes?

How do you burn a DVD without themes? I have an MP4 that I want to put on DVD and maybe make chapter markings, but I do not want to use any of the themes - just plug it straight in and it goes to the movie.

Hi
MP4 - Don't know
No theme - either
a. Drop movie into the upper left most box in the box-plot view in iDVD window
(button with three small squares under the window)
(Auto-play box)
b. or - copy back to Camera and a new miniDV tape. Then use the OneStep DVD function - when starting a new DVD project.
Yours Bengt W

Want to burn a dvd without themes?

I've read about it, but can't say I 'get it'.
On iDVD I drop my mp4 before the theme in the map view but there is no way to remove the 'Revolution Main'.
Help!
Thank you.

Hi
This I got from. Mishmunken
How to create a DVD in iDVD6 (7) without menu (there are several options)
1. Easy. Drop your iMovie in the autoplay box in iDVD's Map View, then set your autoplay item (your movie) to loop continously.
Disadvantage. The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy. If you don't want your (autoplay) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the dropzone (text needs to be black as well).
Disadvantage. The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time. Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage. One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
4. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software. Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn.
Disadvantage. you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.
5. The "hard way". Postproduction with myDVDedit (freeware)
Tools necessary. myDVDedit ( www.mydvdedit.com )
• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.
• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.
• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
• Select the menu (usually named VTS Menu) and delete it
• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned.If it works save and close myDVDedit.
• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager.
//lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
hope this helps!
From LynnLU USA
www.mediasoftmac.com/dvd-creator-articles/convert-mov-video-to-dvd-on-mac.html#1 29
Yours Bengt W

How to burn movie in idvd without themes, chapters, etc.....

I just want to burn some video I edited in imovie in idvd without the themes, chapters and all. How do I do this? I tried going to file>'onestep dvd from movie' and when trying to import received a message that said 'unsupported movie type - make sure your movie is in a format supported by idvd'. ????????Help.

How to create a DVD in iDVD6 without menu (there are several options):
1. Easy: Drop your iMovie in the autoplay box in iDVD's Map View, then set your autoplay item (your movie) to loop continously. Disadvantage: The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy: If you don't want your (autoplay) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the dropzone (text needs to be black as well). Disadvantage: The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time: Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage: One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
3. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software: Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn. Disadvantage: you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.
4. The "hard way": Postproduction with myDVDedit (freeware)
Tools necessary: myDVDedit ( http://www.mydvdedit.com )
• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.
• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.
• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
• Select the menu (usually named VTS Menu) and delete it
• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned.If it works save and close myDVDedit.
• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager:
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
hope this helps!

Unable to burn movie to DVD without theme

I created a movie on iMovie and would like to create a DVD without any of the themes offered in iDVD. Don't know or unable to do so.
I finally settled on a theme with one drop zone. However, the trimmed clips I created in iMovie when dropped to the drop zone are untrimmed. I deleted the trimmed sections from the iMovie trash. Still it insists on transfering the whole silly clip. Don't have Quicktime Pro so can't do editing there. Any suggestions before I go crazy over this 4 minute movie!
Max

If you have a copy of Toast 7 you can do it. Create your DVD in iDVD (or in Toast if you like) and save it as a disc image. Open the disc image then select the option in Toast to convert a DVD from a VIDEO_TS folder. You'll then find there's an option to burn the main feature only. Select that and burn a DVD. Worked fine the last time I tried it - when you put the DVD in your DVD player it'll automatically play the movie and stop when it gets to the end which, I think, is what you want to do. The only two downers are that (a) it's a two stage process and (b) you need to buy a copy of Toast. It's really silly that iDVD won't let you do this but then quite a lot about iDVD is silly anyway.

Creating a DVD without any Menus (No Themes)

I know how to set iDVD to create a DVD to play immediately when inserted in a DVD player. However, when the show is over, it goes to a menu. Which I do not want it to do. How can I create a DVD without any menu?

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Burned DVD is grainy (menus, video, etc) But project isn't

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How do I adjust to higher dissolution?
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IMovie burn DVD without using "SHARE"

I have a G4 Combo drive powerbook with iMovie but not iDVD or an internal DVD burner. What will I need to burn my movie without this hardware and software? I do not want to use a compressed file like QuickTime.
Thanks.
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what Brie meant:
to burn a DVD, you need a DVDburner, a combo drive can NOT burn DVDs, just CDs... that is a hardware issue...
you can use 3rd party tools as Toast to create a socalled SVCD from your iM projects; SVCD is an old standard, using a similiar codec as DVDs burned on CD-rs, the quality is acceptable, better then VHS, but far from DVD; ~40min fit on a disk, most/all DVDstandalones accepts SVCD...
will I need iDVD to save the movie to a specific file type that Toast could see a burn to disc?
..ehm, wot?
iDVD is an authoring, encoding AND burning app, normally, no need to "iDVD-ing" then "Toast-ing"... in iDVD, you're allowed to create a socalled disk image (=file), which can be later been burned with e.g. Toast....
or...
you can drag'n drop iM project into Toast directly to create a videoDVD; but you loose all nice feature iDVD has to offer (individual menus, chapters set in iM etc)
did I understand your Q correctly? (sorry, me alien, me no good english)
helpful?

How to burn DVDs without the graphics?

I'm trying to burn a DVD for a client, with only the video piece on the DVD. However, the iDVD keeps putting up the graphics/themes/whichever you call them, and I can't get them off. I've tried autoplay, deleting the graphics - nothing works! I don't want to lose a paycheck over this, so can someone help me?
Thanks

(From fellow poster Mishmumken: )
How to create a DVD in iDVD without menu (there are several options):
1. Easy: Drop your iMovie in the autoplay box in iDVD's Map View, then set your autoplay item (your movie) to loop continously. Disadvantage: The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy: If you don't want your (autoplay) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the dropzone (text needs to be black as well). Disadvantage: The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time: Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage: One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
4. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software: Roxio Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn. Disadvantage: you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.
5. The "hard way": Postproduction with myDVDedit (freeware)
Tools necessary: myDVDedit ( http://www.mydvdedit.com )
• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.
• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.
• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
• Select the menu (usually named VTS Menu) and delete it
• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned.If it works save and close myDVDedit.
• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager:
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
Our resident expert, Old Toad, also recommends this: there is a 3rd export/share option that give better results. That's to use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option. Then in iDVD go to the Media Browser and drag the movie into iDVD where you want it.
Hope this helps!

Burn DVD without breaks/chapters

Hi,
I am burning a friends wedding video for him but for some reason when I do this through iMovie '09 the finished DVD is in chapters based (I think) on however many times the camcorder was set to record and recording paused?
Understandably this is resulting in a lot of chapters.
How can I burn it without any breaks, just as one merged file?
Ali.

Hi
I think this is a missunderstanding.
When pausing a Camera - result is several video-clips (no chapter)
When wanting Chapters - one put in a special Chapter-mark in the Video Project.
(Can't be set or used in Event's window)
So If You build a movie in Project window and don't add any Chapter Marks - then Your
movie when exported/shared to iDVD will be one cont. movie without any Chapter Marks.
Reg Chapter Marks
• Do not set ANY AT VERY BEGINNING - This confuses iDVD though it want to set this by it self
• DO not set any Chapter Marks in or Within 2 sec of any transition in Your movie
(Yes there are ways around this - First Export Your Movie as full Quality QuickTime.
Then Re-import this into a NEW project. Now all transitions are glued in so You are
free to set Chapters wherever You want except in very beginning)
• When movie is done and You get started in iDVD - DO NOT Return to iMovie to correct
anything - this will result in a well known BUG. Start a new iDVD project instead after correction.
Yours Bengt W

Is there any way to burn my imovie to dvd without the menus/themes?

please help!
i need to find a way to get my imovie project onto a dvd soon because it must be mailed to a film competition tomorrow! is there anyway i can use idvd to get it onto the dvd but not have the menus/themes? (if not, what should i do!??!? it needs to be burned tonight!!!)
thanks!!!!!

Hi
Im new to forums and hope this is read by someone and gets posted.
I am using iDVD and a demo reel I just made in imovie
I have a few problems-I have set up a nice theme with picture and a link to a demo reel of my work.
when I watch it in the preview it all looks good. When I burn a DVD the menu/themes is not there and it starts automatically, but not only that.. it's the wrong movie even though I have the right movie in idvd?
I have been able to burn the CORRECT movie but not in iDVD. However it only plays in mac computers not PC or any DVD player.
Im a new mac user so bare with me. My movie seems to be a M4v-should it not be an Mpeg and how do I make that happen?

Burning a DVD without Themes

"I recommend an autostart dvd where you drag and drop your QT movie to the top box while in map view and then set the movie to loop. That way it will play in kiosk mode w/o much user interaction other than inserting the Dvd."
Hi all, I am fairly new to IDVD, however this is exactly how I have used it twice in the past to burn a DVD from a presentation created in iMovie. Both times it worked without any problems. However, I just followed this same procedure for a new presentation. And the DVD ran just fine on my computer, on my TV, and on the receiving persons computer and TV also. It even ran just fine on the audio/visual equipment at the rehearsal for the presentation. But what a shocker when the disk was played for the actual event and the Travel Theme with the blaring clarinet started up. Luckily I was seated close to the media room and I asked the tech person to stop it. I also had the insight to bring a back copy that I had in my jacket pocket that worked just fine.
Anyway, to make long story short, can anyone give me a little insight as to what happen here. I have the DVD now, it works just fine. I also noticed a Theme is copied and burned at the beginning of each DVD, but there does seem to be any directory to it. Is this correct or am doing something wrong here
And just to be on the safe I did drop in some relate image and music into the Theme boxes for future presentations.
JG

Sorry about the mix-up but this should be in iDVD 06.

Burn DVD without Themes, Menus, etc.

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