Burning multiple dvd's

I have 200+ iDVD projects that either need to be burned or converted to disk images. I know there is no easy way to rush the process. I have a robotic dvd duplicator if that helps. Is there a way to queue the jobs to let them burn, or save to a disk image after I have left work. Any imaginative suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

what would be the advantage of creating disk images over burning them?
Are the contest viewers going to view them through settop dvd players or on computers?
is there a deadline? when are these contests going to take place?
lets see, 200 projects at about 4 hours each gives 800 hours ÷ 3 a day (8 am, 12pm, 4pm) or 266 days. (pretty much answers the question asking in the macpro discussion board whether two drive bays is useful)
so i agree with j keller, a lab might do the trick.
Or you could rent, borrow or buy a slew of external drives, lets say 6 plus the internal one, 7 and we have 800 ÷ 7 ÷ 3 and we're down to 38 days. But you're imac ain't be doing not'in else. (i luuuv my 8-cores, there's no going back)
how long does it take you to encode a project on your imac?
or you could outsource. If i lived in your city, i would help you out, 12 projects a day. Then a dollar a project would be a nice gesture on your part.
Find a few people like me and in no time its done.

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Hello,
I am trying to burn an iDVD project to a single layer DVD but the size of the iDVD project won't fit on a single layer DVD. I've already adjusted the Encoding information (deselected Best Performance and chose either High Quality or Professional Quality, forgot which one right now). But after doing this, it still won't fit nicely on a single layer DVD. Can iDVD span multiple discs for a large project?
I know if I buy some dual-layer DVDs, it would fit. But right now, I am wondering if spanning multiple DVD discs is do-able within iDVD.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. If you save the project to Disk Image first you might be able to burn two at a time. Saving as a disk image lets you check the encoding with DVD Player first before committing to disk. Then burn it with Disk Utility at the slowest speed possible.
Yesterday's MacOSXHints site has a hint on how to open multiple occurrences of the same application, in this case Disk Utilty: An easy way to run multiple instances of any program.
If that didn't work you could use Disk Utiltiy to burn the disk image while using iDVD to burn directly from the project. The first burn would be very slow as it would have to redo the encoding but then it would go pretty fast after that. Be sure to give the drives a bit of a rest. You don't want them to overhead and fail which is possible.
OT

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. If you save the project to Disk Image first you might be able to burn two at a time. Saving as a disk image lets you check the encoding with DVD Player first before committing to disk. Then burn it with Disk Utility at the slowest speed possible.
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I use a 1-to-8 duplication tower with an internal hard drive; load the DVD onto the hard drive and make several copies at the same time.
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I made a movie on iDVD and now want to create more copies of it. The only problem is I don't have the original movie anymore, I did it on a different computer. Is there any way I can take the already burned DVD and copy it to another DVD?
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Is there any way I can take the already burned DVD and copy it to another DVD?
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Thanks Bill. I downloaded the shareware and started the burn (before I left for work this morning), so I'll be able to test it and see how well it works...
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I am having a problem burning multiple DVDs. My first DVD burns fine but my second one won't complete the process. It stays in the "BURN PROCESS Current Operation: Writing Lead-Out..." phase for hours without ever completing the burn. I am using good quality Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R blank discs. Can anyone offer any advice/solutions? Thanks!

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Double Click on the hard disk up righthand side of Your desktop. Often named
Macintosh HD.
At the bottom of this new window it reads nn Objects and xx.xx Gb free space.
Else:
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• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disc if it is less than 10Gb should raher have 25Gb
• Hard disc is untidy: Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disc (Apple Disc Util tool)
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Stephen,
Yes, I am a professional and usually work in PrPro. I am working on a similar Project for a client, that begins in the 1860's and goes up until very current times. Though it focuses on on member of the family, the full "tree" is used to set the stage. Right now, we've got over 2000 scanned still images, over 100 3-D animations and motion Assets from Mac-based animators, over 100 separate Video Clips, and maybe 300 Titles. Every still image is separately animated and is over an abstract background to compensate for vertical and square images. The entire Project is scored, and there will be minimal narration. This is done to produce an 8-DVD set, that will be distributed to about 25 surviving family members.
In PrPro, I can work with Sequences (think of these as mini-Projects within a larger Project), and there are 19 at this moment.
Were I working in PrE, I would just have 19 Projects, and would Export/Share each of these to a "Master Project," for assembly and final output. Even with PrPro, I still have a similar step, as I use a separate authoring program, Adobe Encore, to do my output to DVD-Video. There, I assemble the DV-AVI files from my Sequences (the number changes, per the individual DVD that I am working on), add my Menus by hand, and establish the links to the Encore Timelines. PrE does this for you in a semi-automatic way. You would Export/Share as DV-AVI's then Import into that Master Project - I Export to DV-AVI and then Import these as a Timeline in Encore. Same number of steps, though I am using two different programs, while you are using to separate Projects in the same program. The biggest difference is that you only need to pick a Menu Set, set your DVD Markers, and push one button. I have to do the "assembly" by hand and manually link everything together for my navigation. Much more hand-work, but with the benefit of much more power and greater control. However, I am doing 3-D animations that launch, when one chooses a Button, to seamlessly start that Button's Timeline. As I said, a whole lot more work.
I think that you have everything that you need to do your Boy Scout Project. It's probably all sitting in front of you, and you are but a few steps away from getting the job done.
Let's start a new thread, so that others will be able to find and follow along with the assembly of your Projects into a Master. If you could do a little list of the Projects that you have already, and how you would like to assemble them into that Master, I'll be glad to step you though every phase of this Project. To me, the editing is the "fun part," and I'd love to make it so for you. The "work" will just be the Export/Share of those intermediate Projects. That will take some time, but it would for me too. Personally, I find that a good time to jump on my laptop, and hang out here - while the workstation is crunching the Export.
Once we get you started, It should be the same for you. Let's get you though Lesson 1, with that new post and an outline of the Project, and while you're doing the Export/Share, we'll move on to Lesson 2. Piece-o-cake!
When time comes to establish your navigation, we'll likely want a bit of input from others (they are more than welcome at every step, BTW), as I do not use PrE for my authoring, and there are major differences between the authoring function in PrE and Adobe Encore. I'll need some "lessons" here too. Once we have that part behind us, I'll step you though getting ready to Burn multiple DVD-Videos as efficiently as is possible.
In that new post, please give me a rundown of your system. Things like the number of physical burners, and even your available HDD space can determine which path we take. It can be very easy, but I do not want to make suggestions that do not play with your system.
I do not think that you will need my assistance, beyond this forum. If you decide otherwise, I'll be your "safety net." Note: I do not have PrE 8, so I could not open your Project files. Though PrPro can open most PrE Project files, my version, PrPro 2.0, cannot open PrE 8 files - I've already tried this. This would mean that you'd still have to do the Export/Share to DV-AVI and then ship those large files to me on an external HDD, for me to do the final edit. You will still be doing the majority of the "heavy lifting," and the next few steps would be so easy for you.
If you need to get input as to what would be beneficial in that next post, do not hesitate to PM (Personal Message) me through the PM tab in your Profile. I'll get you a list of details. I'd also like to keep the real lessons in the forum for two reasons: remember that authoring in PrE is not my strong suit, and those lessons are likely to help others with similar Projects in the future. If we did it all via PM and e-mail, then others will not benefit, and when we get to authoring in PrE, I will still need to post for help in this forum, so I can get you through that phase.
Good luck, and I'll be looking for that new post,
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