Burning movie DVDs HELP!
I just got a new MacBook Pro, 2.33 ghz, intel 2 core duo......I wanted to make back ups of my DVD movies but when I try to copy the movie it says something like I don't have sufficent privilages to do that.......is there some software I have to buy so that I can rip movies to my computer and then burn them?......is there some way to rip a movie just to be able to add it to my iPod?
Please help!! Also, I am pretty much computer illiterate, so please remember that if you post a reply and don't use a lot of computer terminology thanks so much!
Go to Version Tracker
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MacTheRiper or Handbreak
HandBreak has one just for a quick to iPod rip I think it is called HandBreak Lite
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fine on my desktop.... is it because this drive is a rw that i need a diffrent type of disc or something? or is my burning function just dead? UHG!!!!!!!!!! HELP!
I looked up your model. Your DVD drive is supermulti drive, capable of many media types. The spec states that its DVD-R Maximum Speed Compatibility single layer is 8X. Are you using optical media that is compatible? Another type of problems people sometimes have is brand of media. Some burner is picky about lower quality name brands such as Memorex.
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Getting Error Message When Trying To Burn To DVD HELP!!!!!
This is the error message I am getting as soon as I click on the "burn" button.
The following warnings and errors were found during the validation of the current project:
- There seems to be too much motion menu content in your project. Correct this problem before you continue burning this project.
Any ideas? Please help ASAP, this project is for my grandpa's birthday and I'm trying to finish quickly!
~KIt's a good idea to check the Project Info (under the Project menu in iDVD) before burning a disc. If any of the Duration bars are in the red, then you need to go back and edit your project. Also check the Encoding type with your total Project Duration: if the project total is under 60 minutes choose "Best Performance;" if it is between 60 and 120 minutes you'll need to select "Best Quality."
Unless you have freed a lot of GB on your hard drive, iDVD will not be able to burn the disc. You'll need at least 15 -25 GB free on your boot drive in order for the app to do all that encoding. It takes a lot of brainwork to turn a 13+ GB movie project into a 4GB DVD file.
When your project is ready to burn, choose File > Save as Disc Image. This tells iDVD to do all the encoding, and will result in a disc image file that you can mount in your DVD Player app to see that all is well. If so, you can quickly burn the disc image with Disc Utility or an app like Toast. If not, then you haven't burned any coasters. Another advantage is that you will be able to burn duplicates of the disc image very quickly, without going through all that encoding again, should other relatives request a copy.
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is it possible to do this with the mbp? and if so, how?
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MacTheRiper or Handbreak
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I do a movie whith iMovie. I finalize the project and I pass it to iDvd. Then I do a little menu and I burn my DVD. When I play my DVD on a computer or in my TV it ALWAYS begins directly with the movie and not with the menu... PLEASE HELP!!!!
Go to the Map mode in your iDVD project and make sure the blue bin at the left is empty. That's where you drag slideshows to if you want the DVD to open immediately to that slideshow and bypass the menu.
Click to view full size
If there is an item in there drag it out.
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I am using Snow Leopard and have created a movie in 16:9 format (SD not HDV) I created a movie which stays in the 16:9 format in fcp file, .mov fiule and MP4 file. I created an iDVD pane in 16:9 but when I play the movie in the iDVD preview window the iDVD pane switches to 4:3 and it burns the DVD in 4:3. How can I stop this so I get a16:9 DVD. Thanks for any help offered
James BowmanHi
As I see this I see two parts
• Howto go from FinalCut to iDVD
• Howto set iDVD right
In FinalCut Express (to 4) or Pro (to 6 - most probably 7 too)
• One has to set Anamorphic in the Browser window - menu columns
• Export as QuickTime movie .mov - NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION
In iDVD there are TWO places to set - WideScreen
- Start a NEW iDVD project - AND HERE SELECT WideScreen 16:9
- in Project - select Projectinfo
- now set WideScreen 16:9 - Here too
This use to work for me.
FOR FinalCut Pro-X - I have not a Clue - as I don't use it. SORRY
BTW - There is a good practice to before BURNING the DVD do
• Save as a DiskImage
• Test this by using DVD-Player tool
And if it is OK Size and All - then burn it by using
• Disk Util tool
• here set down burn speed to x4 or less (less burn errors = plays on more devices and better)
• Not using Memorex or NoName etc cheap media - as they usually DO NOT WORK as Video-DVDs
• I use Verbatim DVD-R as they play on more and even older DVD-players
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I have created a project, a DVD with menus and subtitles in 2 languages, yet when I burn the DVD (both using build/format option and build format options separately)the resulting DVD has no main menu, actually it has no menus at all! it goes straight into the DVD film where I can change subtitles language only from the remote buttons. The project compiles successfully but once formatting it gives me two hilghlighted errors in the log (which I gather are the layouts/menus)HERE IS THE LOG (highlighted part is error message):
Building Project Treesitting DVD with sub+menu
17/12/2007 14:12:01
Build Folder /Users/adelitahusni-bey/Library/Caches/DVD Studio Pro Files/HVDVDTS/HVDVDTS/nomad/treesit dvd
Starting DVD Build TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB...
Compiler Initializing...
Precompiling Project TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB
Compiling VMG Information...
Created 15 PGCs in VTSM1
Created 8 PGCs in VMG.
2 Menu(s) will be created...
Compiling Menu PGCs...
Compiling Menu#1 (Menu 1)...
Skipped Rendering Menu:Menu 1,Language:1.
Compiling Menu#2 (Menu 2)...
Skipped Rendering Menu:Menu 2,Language:1.
Writing HV000M02.EVO
1 VTSs and 1 Titles will be created...
Compiling VTS#1 (Track 1)...
Preparing Subtitles...
Muxing HV001T01.EVO
Done.
Linking VMG...
Linking VTS#1...
Writing VTS#1...
Writing VMG...
Writing Layout Info...
Compile Completed Successfully
+*Warning: The file ‘TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB.layout’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.*+
+*Warning: The file ‘VOB_DATA.LAY’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.*+
Start formatting
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Number of layers is 1
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Playable in region 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
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Disc has no copyright material
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Writing files
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I have burned another project with menus succesfully..Hi
FIRST check that your Play Movie button in your menu has NOT an Auto Action selected that make it plays automatically your movie when the Menu loads. You'll find that setting in the Advanced tab of Inspector. If not . . .
You can try a workaround, no matter that if you have your Menu as First Play it must work. Try yhis:
- Create a simple black JPG file i.e. in Photoshop
- Create a Slideshow
- Add a the JPG to the slideshow, set duration 2 secs
- Set the Slideshow as First Play
- Set Slideshow End Jump to your Main Menu
Build and burn again.
Alberto -
I have a video in excellent quality (1280x720 23,976 fps) I burn the dvd in encore cs6 with hd menu and I get pixelated. I've done transcoding but It downgrade to 480 I need urgent help.
Hi,
first, sorry if my english sucks jajaa i speach spanish, havent practice my english for a while.
first i edited my video in premier cc
sequence 1280X720, 59,94 fps
48000hz - stereo
the i linked it with dynamik link to after, make some color correction, etc etc etc
i renderd in quicktime animation
my video looks fine in my computer, but when i send my .mov video to encore (cs6) in a HD MENU and standard menú, the image sucks.
i have done the transcoding in encore, but i doesnt work either. i dont know what else to do. -
I was trying to burn a DVD from files in a burn folder. They were pictures from my Nikon camera. I can play videos and movies from the same dvd player. Thanks for any help you can offer,
Thanks for your reply:
I did find an error log related to the error code and tried all suggestions on the list of recommendations, still no luck
I definitely am running OS X10.5.8 (hopefully will be updating later on this month)
I tried several brand new discs from the same box, still no luck.
My last option is to go out and try a different brand, guess I'll go with Verbatim this time but I think I'll poke around some more before buying 20 more new discs. -
Burning a DVD to open with movie
How can I burn a DVD to automatically play a movie when it is inserted into a DVD player?
I have made a Keynote slideshow, exported it to a Quicktime movie and would like to have the move begin playing when the DVD is placed in the player. In trying to use iDVD, I had to select a theme and have a button for the movie which had to be selected before the movie would play and I would like to without the Themes etc that a person must choose.
I will appreciate your suggestions and help.
Thanks.
Vernonthere was a warming that I had empty drop zones!
It is just saying: 'OI! You have forgotten to put anything in the Drop Zones!', not 'This won't work unless you fill the drop zones'.
As you are not using a theme, it does not matter if the drop zones are empty. I just ignore that warning.
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
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I am trying to burn a dvd. I created it on Imovie shared it to Idvd and am trying to burn it on a memorex dvd-r from my mac os x laptop. Each time it attempts to bunr and then ejects it early. Usually near the end. Please help.
You will get better results if you use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option and then drag the movie from the Movies pane of the Media Browser in iDVD onto the menu window.
Also I suggest you use this workflow which I learned from Bengt:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
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Audio soundtrack won't play when burn to DVD or save to a file! HELP!
When I edit and playback a video project, the soundtrack plays back fine. But when I burn to DVD or export to a file, the soundtrack is silent. It DOES still play audiotracks that are from the original video footage, but it won't play the soundtrack song that I added to the video. I have this problem only when I make a HD version. The sountrack source file is in standard WAV format (44.1 khz). The project settings include:
Editing mode HDV 1080i
Timebase 29.97 frames/sec
Video frame size 1440x1080
Thank you for your help!!!Glad that it worked.
As to why the Fixed Soundtrack sometimes has issues, I haven't a clue. What version of PrE are you working on?
Several users have reported issues with both the Fixed Soundtrack, and Narration Tracks, not working properly, but those cases seem to be Project specific, in that when the same users use those Fixed Tracks, in other Projects, everything works fine. In every case, that I can recall, the "fix" has been to Move the Audio Clips to an empty "regular" Audio Track.
The issues seem to have cropped up in about PrE 7, and continued through PrE 9. Again, because the problems with those Tracks, seems to be Project related, it is tough to diagnose what the real "cause" is. To date, I do not recall anyone having the issues in PrE 10, but maybe no one has hit the right combo of criteria (we have never been able to nail down what those criteria are) in a Project, to cause the problems.
Wish that we could track the problem down to something specific, so we could just say, "Don't do that," but we do not know what "that" is. Until we do, we'll just keep recommending that users Move the Clips to another regular Audio Track.
Good luck,
Hunt
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