Burn Quicktime Export to DVD

I exported a Keynote 3 presentation (with a times soundtrack) as a Quicktime movie. It splits the movie into two files, one with audio and one with video. I'd like to burn the movie (both audio and video) to a DVD using iDVD. When I try to do this, the resulting DVD only has the video file, without the audio. I can't figure out how to get both audio/video files into iDVD to burn them together. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
And while we are on the subject, why does Keynote split the files anyway? Is there some purpose served by this?

You could probably go to iMovie and put the two together and then export to iDVD.

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I'm fairly sure that a bootable DVD has to be specially constructed for this purpose, as is the case for a Mac OS X install disc and for various commercial products. You can't just install OS X onto a partition, clone an image of it and burn the image to a DVD, and then successfully boot from the DVD. When a "normal" version of OS X boots, it needs to write to its startup volume to create needed caches, swap files, configuration files, etc. It could not do so if the startup volume is read-only, as would be the case for a DVD.

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I have some movies that I am trying to combine into 1 long movie with songs/soundtrack. My questions are:
1. Should I be creating this final product in QuickTime or should I use another program, especially for the transitions and soundtrack?
2. If QuickTime is the solution, what is the best way to get it to a DVD that plays on home players? Is this where iDVD comes into play or should I use iMovie?
Yes I have searched, but have not found answers that specifically address what I am trying to do. Thank you in advance.
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1. Should I be creating this final product in QuickTime or should I use another program, especially for the transitions and soundtrack?My personal opinion is that any editor application will do such things easier, faster, and probably better (especially if you are a novice) than working in QT Pro alone. While I have no qualms about using QT Pro for simple taks and respect QT Kirk's ability to turn out some spectacular results with QT alone, the integrated access and built-in capabilities of even iMovie would likely be hard to match by the average user -- especially if you want professional looking transitions; overlay the song audio with volume control, fade in/out, etc.; add titles, credits, special effects, or the like.
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Rosemary,
Trying to remember the full article, I do not think that I used too much "jargon," but in case that I did, I'll give you a quick distillation. You might want to still read on, as much more will be covered in that article.
When one starts a Project and then does a Save, a file is written to the location that the user chose. That file is [Project Name].prel. That file uses a computer language called XML. In the article, I show and example of a little bit of that language. That file ONLY contains a series of lines that link to the location of all Imported Asset files - the AV files, the still images, etc.. Those links are to where the various files were located on one's computer, when they did the Save. Next, there are a series of instructions for PrE to work with those linked Assets. These might be along the lines of "cut Shot_01.AVI at 00;00;30;00 and then again at 00;00;45;00," or "apply the Gaussian Blur Effect to Shot_02.AVI." Things like that. PrE is what is called a non-destructive NLE (Non Linear Editor) program, in that it never directly does anything to your original Assets, but only to the info gathered from them though those links. Your files are untouched, unless you were to do an Export/Share to that location, with the exact same name.
The .prel file only has some programming language inside. It is basically a database of links and instructions - not one Asset. It is not until a user does an Export, or Share (those terms basically mean the same thing, but in later versions, some of the old Export functions are now only under the Share tab), that any playable file is generated from PrE. Until then, there is nothing to play, only to Open in PrE (so long as the linked Assets still exist).
I hope that this makes sense. Many users are under the mistaken impression that Save will yield a playable file, or that one can play a .prel file. That is not the case, as explained above. This question has come up often enough, that I did the article to point out the differences, and give some tips on how to really get what one wishes.
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Just let me know,
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Forum,
I have a 108-minute finished Final Cut Pro project. Ultimately, I'd like to burn it on a DVD so that it can be watched by any Joe-Schmoe using an ordinary DVD player. I'll be using DVD Studio Pro to do the burning. And before this, I plan to compress using Apple Compressor.
But...
I can't export this file to QuickTime! FCP keeps CRASHING about halfway through the process. I'm preserving the Current Settings, which, by the way, are XDCAM EX 1080p24 VBR.
I have four internal hard drives used as follows:
D1 OSX and FCP
D2 audio media
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D4 location of FCP files and scratch disk
I also have a MyBook USB2.0 external drive available should this be of use.
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Is there a way to do this WITHOUT your suggested software?
Sure, but its very manual and the Corrupt Clip Finder really just automates that for you ... but I get your point about keeping things clean and can't fault that philosophy.
First, you can use the Tools > Render Manager to delete all the sequence's render files and references. Then just play through the entire sequence (in the sequence RT menu you can enable the option to Play Base Layer Only). If the corruption was in one of the render files then you should now be able to play through without issue. If the corruption is in one of the clips then you should discover that FCP will crash or throw up an error when it tries to play though that clip ... keep a note of where this error occurs as thats your corrupt clip. Similarly, after trashing renders you can re-render, keep an eye on the render progress ... the error will be thrown proportionate to the area of the timeline where the corrupt source clip is contained. Additionally, yes, you can use the Reconnect Media function to selectively reconnect your source media to your masterclips, clip by clip ... the one that won't reconnect is going to be the problem child. That's the one you need to recapture/reimport from source.
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Hi,
I've spent quite a long time producing beautiful slideshows in iPhoto '08 - complete with soundtrack, Ken Burns affects and transitions. I wished to burn this slideshow to DVD, but I was extremely disappointed with the quality of the final result.
Compared to playback on my iMac, the slideshow on the DVD was very grainy and jerky. I have a HD (1080i) plasma at home, with an upscaling DVD player. DVD movies are excellent quality with my home cinema set-up, so I'd like to achieve similar results with the slideshow movie I create from iPhoto.
When exporting from iPhoto, the maximum resolution I seem to be able to specify is 640 x 480 pixels, which to be quite frank is rubbish.
Is there anyway that I can export a higher definition slideshow movie? If I purchase Quicktime Pro, will I be able to do this? I don't want to spend money upgrading to Quicktime Pro, if I can't produce a better quality output from iPhoto (or iDVD for that matter).
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iDVD creates presentations that are 640 x 480 in size. That's the standard for TV. I create all of my iDVD slideshow in iDVD and, IMO, get better image quality when played. I don't get to use the KB effect but it's not one of my favorites anyway so it doesn't matter.
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I have created a slide show in Keynote and I want to burn it onto a DVD to play in a DVD player. I exported to quicktime and created a version there. It has a .m4v extension when completed. Then I burned that to the DVD disc. It won't play in a DVD player. I tried changing the extension to .mv4 and .mov but it till won't play. This is getting expensive. I need this in 2 days. I have researched the web and followed every advice I could find. I cannot afford to buy more software such as toast, to make this work.

It has a .m4v extension when completed. Then I burned that to the DVD disc.
That is not how you make a DVD Video.
This is the workflow you need to use:
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Project: to burn and play a self-play DVD
Process: to do this I ....
....first created a slideshow in Keynote
....second exported as a Quicktime movie
....third burned a DVD - however, when placed in a DVD player, I received a message on the player that it was a data disk!
....fourth I used iDVD to create a DVD - however, when it played, "Movies" had to be selected and then the movie to be played had to be selected - what I would like to have is a DVD that will play the movie itself when inserted into a DVD player.
...fifth used iDVD to create another DVD and used its map function and dropped the movie on the firs square for it to be played automatically - this process was suggested in a reply to my post in iDVD- however, it resulted having to make the same selections as before.
...sixth used "Burn.app" which converted my Keynote slideshow to a movie in mpg format and burned the DVD - however, when I played the DVD in a DVD player, the message came up on the TV screen "Playback Prohibited by Area Limitations" and it would not play
I also have used a Burn Folder on which I placed my Quicktime movie but when used in a DVD player, I received the message on TV screen that it was a data disk!
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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.
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http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2936
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You can't use iMovie to create a video DVD - for that you need iDVD:
Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac? How do I get it and how do I install it?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673
To burn a DVD with iDVD from the latest version of iMovie, you have to export the movie using the Export button and select 480p as the size. Open iDVD and start a new project, then drag that exported movie file into the iDVD menu window, avoiding any drop zones you see.

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I am wondering what is the best way to export a movie for burning to a DVD. I have two movies, each about 20 minutes long. Mostly consists of pictures set to music, with some video clips mixed in. Each movie will be burned to their own DVD (single layer). Will be showing the movies on an HDTV via DVD (Standard DVD Player with upconvert connected via HDMI).
I'm wrestling with the options of exporting as an MP4 file from Imovie, and then to a DVD, but I understand that is limited to 720 and I'm concerned about quality loss due to compression.
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I don't want to buy any other software if I can avoid it, so if there are freeware options outside of this that are simple to use, I'm open to other suggestions.

The best possible comes from exporting your movie as QT movie (NOT conversion) same settings, self contained (leave recompress all frames unchecked).
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