Burn to DVD without having to render?

In need of some help! I've been having the worst problems rendering - it's just taking TOO long and I'm leaving Friday to Prague and absolutely must have this film on DVD before I leave. Is there ANYWAY to burn the project to a DVD without the time consuming render process? Anyway that I can get the film right on DVD from the Timeline? please help me!!!

The quickest way I know is to ditch your render files, Export to QT movie, then whack that onto DVD using DVD SP and let it go!
But why is everything taking too long?
What format are you working in?
Do your Timeline and Clip settings match-up?
What processing power do you have?
How much free HD space?
Are your Media Files on your System Drive?
Give full and accurate information and you'll get educated answers - we're not mind readers.
Andy
G5 Quad 8GB. 250+500 GB HDs. G-Raid 1TB. FCP 5.1.1. Shake 4.1. Sony HVR Z1E Mac OS X (10.4.7)
"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

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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

Burning a dvd without a menu

Hi
Im trying for a week now to burn a DVD from ProCS into Encore.
I mangae to get the video in but then got to build and get Title Remote not set. I want to build a DVD without a Menu just simply like the video says with out a menu. But I havent found it easy at all and you most definetly do need to know about Encore unlike wht the Video workshop says.
I just want to burn a DVD without a menu guys can you help?
Branch

"Title Remote not set" isn't an error, but a warning. It means that if you don't set it, there will be no action for the [Title] key on the DVD player's remote control. If you don't want or need to support the [Title] key then there is no problem.
For a DVD without a menu simply add your video to a timeline, set the timeline as "First Play" and set the end action of the timeline either to link back to itself (for a looping presentation) or to stop.

Burn a DVD without IDVD

how do I burn a DVD without idvd?

There really isn't a 3rd party DVD authoring application for Macs that can hold a candle to iDVD. You can purchase iDVD (and the discontinued iWeb) by purchasing a copy of the boxed iLife 11 disk from one of the 3rd party retailers like Amazon.com: iLife 11. It's well worth the price IMO.
OT

Cannot burn a DVD without errors!! Plays fine in IMovie and Quicktime.

Have been using IMovie for almost a year and really regretting getting an IMac, as I am having so many issues with it. Initially, I thought the issue was with IMovie (although when I finish a movie it plays just fine on the computer). Then I thought the issue was with the Quick Time export (although when I finish the export and play from the Quick Time file, it perfect).
Then, I burn the DVD, using IDVD. I think this is the issue! Specifically, when I play the new DVD, the following occurs:
1. Some (not all) music tracks are distorted or sound like there are two tracks playing over each other;
2. Some (not all) music tracks don't play;
3. The sound levels of the music is erratic and increases in volume significantly;
4. The DVD (normally towards the end) starts pausing and usually takes me back to the beginning.
I have now made a number of DVDs, some longer than others, some shorter, but all seem to have these issues.
As stated above. The movie plays fine in the IMovie file on full screen view AND in the Quick Time viewer file. It is when the DVD is burnt that all these errors occur.
I have tried changing the settings in IDVD. Even tried the professional quality.
Can some one please help in a relatively non technical way? I am really ready to throw away the IMac and go back to Showtime on windows, which was far easier to use. Please help?

Not sure how to check how much memory?
Click on the icon for your hard drive. Then go to File>Get info; this will bring up a window that will show you what the capacity is for your hard drive as well as the amount of available space. It is this available amount that you need to check.
The source of the music is ITunes. I think they are MP3, not sure, but they are MP3 compatible.
It is possible that this could be the origin to your difficulty; it has been in the past. Convert the format of your music to AIFF. Here are the directions from iTunes Help:
+_Saving a copy of a song in a new file format_+
+You can convert a song to a different file format (and keep a copy of the original). For example, you can save a copy of a compressed song file such as MP3 or AAC in an uncompressed song format (AIFF or WAV).+
+When converting from a compressed to uncompressed file format (for example, from MP3 to AIFF), you shouldn't notice any reduction in sound quality. However, when converting between compressed formats (for example, MP3 and AAC), you may notice a reduction in the sound quality. For the best results, if you want your music encoded in a different file format, import the music again from the original source using the new encoding format.+
+IMPORTANT: Except for iTunes Plus songs, you can’t convert iTunes Store purchases.+
+To convert a song's file format:+
+Choose iTunes > Preferences, click Advanced, and then click Importing.+
+In the Import Using pop-up menu, choose the format you want to convert songs to, and then click OK to save the settings.+
+Select one or more songs in your library, Option-click, and choose “Convert Selection to.”+
+The song in its original format and the newly converted song appear in your library.+
If your music was purchased from iTunes and is not iTunes plus, post back for directions on how to change the format.
What brand of DVD are you using and what speed are you using for the burn?
The very knowledgeable users on this forum recommend Maxell or Verbatim. Also, be sure to burn at 4x or lower. This tends to reduce the likelihood of errors during the burn process. As an added step, close your other applications during the burn process.

How to burn to DVD without using a menu

How can I burn a project to DVD without using a menu? When I open iDVD, it wants me to select a menu. I just want my project to play without using any kind of menu. Can someone walk me through this? Thanks.

If you use iDVD it is quite simple: after creating the iDVD project, open the tree view, where the project is presented as a tree of menus. Drag your movie from the finder to the top (root) node of the tree, and burn the DVD. Your movie will be played just after inserting the DVD in the player, without showing any menu.
Piero

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

Burning a DVD without a Theme

"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

Apparently the autostart feature doesn't annihilate the underlying theme, but just overlays it. I can't explain why it sometimes pops up but other times doesn't. It seems like sometimes the DVD player doesn't read the auto start cue and goes right to the menu theme.
There are ways other than auto start to make an iDVD project without a theme. I usually just select a theme like Green Linen and drag a black clip into the main menu window, then delete any remaining buttons. You can add a title using a text box. Or you can create a "play movie" button if you want.
Take a look at this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1758774&tstart=15

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.

Can't burn a DVD without Administrator Rights

Hi,
We don't allow our users to run with administrator rights on our domain. If we take away the admin rights, they can't burn a DVD, but if I do a RunAs Administrator on Premiere Elements, they can. How can I run P.E. without admin rights so they can burn a DVD? We are running Windows XP SP3, 32bit mode. Thanks.

Aside from Hunt's idea of writing the output to a folder and using the free Imgburn to write to a disc (have you tried that?) you have just run up against one of the design limitations of all flavors of Premiere... Elements and the various versions of Premiere Pro
The products are simply not DESIGNED to run in a network environment... they are meant to be used by one user on one computer, with full rights to be able to use all functions
I don't know what to suggest, but you may need to find a different product, if Hunt's suggestion does not work for you
Do note that I do NOT work for Adobe... but I've been reading these forums for many years, and the answers I've seen have all been the same... the products just are not designed to, and do not work in a network environment
Even using PPro/Encore CS5, due to Win7 settings, whereI am the owner and only user of the software, I must right click the Encore icon and select Run as Administrator when I want to create a dual layer DVD... but not when I'm creating a single layer DVD
For your situation... I've never seen a solution other than full Administrator rights to use all program functions

Burning a DVD without titles or themes, how?

I have taken a few of my old movies on VHS and using the Formac Studio DV I imported them into iMovie HD 6. Then I transferred the movie to iDVD 6 to burn to DVD, but I just want to do a straight burn and not have any themes or titles but cannot find a way to accomplish this.
I'm just looking to make an exact copy of the VHS movie onto a DVD without any fancy menus or chapter markers, etc. Is this possible?

This questions is asked repeatedly for some reason....personally, I like some of the themes....:)
Have a look at this: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1015296&#1015296
and this: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1016141&#1016141
and this: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2173082&#2173082
See if that helps, and post back if you have more questions!

DVD PRO burning a dvd without a menu after compressing from fcp7

I editing my project using FCP7 then compressed it using best quality DVD 90 min in Compressor and now I am try to burn dvd's using DVD PRO. I am trying to make a dvd with no menu-I just want to be able to hit play and have the dvd play without any graphics on a menu in the beginning. I am trying to import using DVD PRO does not work. I have also tried to export using Compressor-does not work. I keep getting a warning box popping up that says there is trouble in the files or not a compatible file from compressor. I do not understand how that could be since I compressed it using compressor-do not get it. Thanks.

DVDs use an MPEG-2 codec, so regardless of which codec FCP uses to compress the Quicktime file, it will end up as MPEG-2 when you burn to DVD. So as long as the video preview plays in iDVD, you should be fine just using the "Best Quality" setting.
If you are really concerned about the quality, you can also try exporting the video using Compressor and authoring the DVD in DVD Studio Pro. It's a bit more complicated, but the results are worth learning the software.
Hope this helps.

Editing 16:9 anamorphic dv pal without having to render

hi
i have some quicktime files which i believe to be dv pal 16:9 anamorphic.
quicktime info window says this:
DV, 720 x 576 (1024 x 576), Millions
i would like to edit this footage natively in final cut (ie. not having to render stuff)
if i drop a file onto the final cut timeline it asks me if i would like to set the sequence settings appropriately. if i say yes then it places the video on the timeline with a red bar indicating i need to render.
if i set the sequence settings how i think they should be (dv pal anamorphic etc) than i can place video on the timeline without it asking me to render green bars) BUT in this case the video does not look correct. the frame looks cropped.

Andy Mees wrote:
James
Your settings are so messed up its not funny, as is your terminology. You keep mentioning cropping whereas it sounds like there is no cropping going on at all, letterboxing yes, but cropping no.
I'm sorry if my terminology is messed up.
If I watch the footage in quicktime everything is ok. If I refer to the picture not looking correct, i mean that the footage in the final cut canvas window does not look the same as when viewed in quicktime. By cropped I mean that parts of the picture are missing, so if i looked at a picture of a man standing in quicktime and i could see his feet, i would not be able to see his feet in the final cut canvas. This could be in addition to the aspect ratio looking wrong (fat or skinny people). As far as I'm concerned, the aspect ratio being wrong or right can be entirely separated from whether or not the picture has been cropped.
That your clips are apparently upper field DV suggests that the person who supplied them to you did not have a clue.
Yes I would tend to agree. However, they did leave me a nice little note explaining this.
That your clips when displayed Anamorphic 16:9 are "too fat" suggests that they are not 16:9 at all but in fact they are normal 4:3. (Which again suggests that the person who supplied them to you did not have a clue.)
If i look at the pictures in quicktime they look correct. ie. people do not look too fat or thin, a square is square etc. if i take the quicktime window width and divide it by the window height, the ratio is the same as dividing 16 by 9, hence me thinking that the pictures are 16:9.
None of this helps you in the muddle you're in though. Drop me an email off list and/or drop me one of your source clips in my iDisk public folder (member name: andymees) and I'll see if I can help you figure this out.
Best
Andy
This is much appreciated as i am fed up of shouting at my computer!

HT1583 When burning a DVD of photos and music from iDVD, the photos blur right before the transitions and the music has about 5 second glitches here and there before the music starts again. Is there any way to burn the DVD without this happening?

Each year I am in charge of making a slideshow of photos and music for my annual company meeting. I always use iDVD to set up my photos and music and then burn the DVD to play at the meeting. Every time I burn the DVD, it blurs right before the transition of the photo. It has always done this and I'm not sure why. It will also make the music glitch in a few spots for about 5 seconds or more. If I burn another DVD to try it again, the glitches will still be there, but in different spots. I've tried the highest quality of DVD's possible and this still happens. What can I do to fix this problem?

Try disabling transitions altogether!
There is a technical reason that this breakup happens - it is to do with how slideshows can be saved within the DVD specification, they can either be recorded as 'video streams' or as a collection of 'still images'.
When you add transitions iDVD has no option but to use a video stream, this can result in terrible 'breakup' because the mpeg 2 encoder isn't designed to handle scenes that are static with a sudden short change. You can see 'artefacts' in the video stream…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_artifact
'Still image slideshows' avoid the issue altogether by only showing a static image, no video compression is used & because the scene doesn't transition so it shouldn't breakup.
NOTE: Music on the slideshow is irrelevant, both types can use a soundtrack.
I cannot remember if it is possible to force iDVD to only make still image slideshows, I always use DVD Studio Pro to correctly setup DVD's. I'd suggest you use the option to save the DVD to a disk image & then open that disk image so that DVD Player can preview it, that should save on the number of test disks you burn.
If you cannot make it avoid using video streams you may be ether off making your own video slideshow in iMovie & then import that into iDVD. It may eventually look better despite being a video stream!
iDVD isn't really condusive to professional levels of control.

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