Buy old iDVD or something else for burning DVDs

Is it worthwhile to purchase an older version of iDVD? ( I bought a Mac without it in 2011). I have purchased other burning software with much frustration and no success.

IMO there's bi DVD video authoring application currently available that can compete with iDVD 7 for versatility and professional looking results. iDVD 7 will work with Mavericks.
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
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, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Roxio 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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Where do you save a movie project for burning DVD's using iDVD?

I recommend that you use SHARE/TO MEDIA BROWSER in Large size. Then in iDVD, you open the Media Browser and navigate to your project. You can drag it into your iDVD project from there.
You can also use SHARE/EXPORT MOVIE and save to the location of your choice. You can then drag and drop into iDVD.

Premiere Elements 9 - Releasing Project for Burning DVD

Disc burning interrupted at 99%. Problem:\Vobulator\BlockPlanner.ccp,Zeile215. How can I solve this problem?

Thank you very, very much for your help. Stop marker removed - problem
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Before crying out for help I had several (failed) runs sorting out
various probable "suspects" but never even thought of that harmless
looking little red mark.
By the way, it's PREL 11 I'm working with(I was wrong) but when it comes
to problems the version seems to make no difference.
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How come if I rent a movie on my apple tv and pause it to watch something else for 5 minutes I can not find my rentals anywhere on my apple tv

I rent a movie. I watch 1 hour of it. I go to watch something els efor 5 moinutes. I can not get back to my rental.
I go to check for rentals under settings it loads for ever. Argh! How do I access my rentals during the 24 I have to watch!!! So annonying.

I had the same problem and solved it by signing out of iTunes and iCloud, rebooting the Apple TV and then signing back in again.

Idvd 09 - preview looks awsome, burned dvd looks like crap on a stick!

What is going on with idvd???
1. I use a Panasonic HD digital camcorder that saves video in 1080p x 720p and looks spectacular veiwed directly from camcorder to TV.
2. I import the video files into imovie 09 and quality still looks great. (I realize my monitor won't display video at it's highest resolution.)
3. I edit the video and as the text and transitions are added the playback gets choppy and starts to freeze. -Whatever!
4. I "share" the final vid to media browser.
5. I create a DVD menu in iDVD 09 and import the video from the media/movies panel.
Preview looks great, runs fairly smooth. ok!
6. I burn to a DVD-R using the Best Performance setting.
7. I place the burned DVD into my dvd player and....
It now looks like I am projecting the video onto a brick wall with the focus out of adjustment. The video is not very smooth, with jittery motion! And the resolution mimics that of an old Sega Game Gear view screen! Text has video noise distortion all around it. Probably would look better on youtube! AND....If I select "Scene selection" option and choose a scene from the middle of the movie, it just plays from the start anyway!
So much for HD! So much for deadlines! Now I just want to know why I "upgraded" to iLife 09 and a new-found crappy quality!! "Hollywood style movies" - MY BUTT!!!!!
Please help!!!!!!
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Hi Jerred,
Welcome to apple discussions. I have some bad news and some good news for you. I'll start with the bad news.
iDVD does Not support burning High Def DVD (even though iMovie will in fact edit HD). That's the bad news.
The good news is that there are third party options available to you at a relatively low cost (under $120).
See here: http://www.roxio.com/
OK. I told you the bad news and the good news right? Well here's the frosting on the cake:
You DON'T need a BD burner if you're doing this on the cheap (like most of us). A standard DVD burner such as your Mac's superdrive will do fine.
See here: http://www.macvideo.tv/dvd-authoring/features/index.cfm?articleId=112361
Btw, you do want to make certain your camcorder/ camera is listed below prior to proceeding with the above info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3290?viewlocale=en_US
Hope the above info helps but if not just come on back.
Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software / products that may be mentioned in this topic. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information above at your own discretion.
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Need app for burning DVD on new iMac using iMovie

I have a new 64 bit iMac with optional external DVD drive. I want to burn DVDs with the iMovie projects that recognize the chapters I entered in the new iMovie. Basically, I want to do what I used to do on my old 32 bit iMac with the internal drive using the combination of iDVD and iMovie.

mChapters available from the App Store, will add chapters to the output file from iMovie. In the Finder, you may have to change the move file's extension from "mp4" to "m4v" as older Quicktime applications and perhaps some newer DVD creators may not recognize a chapter track in an mp4 container.
In any event, the mChapters application will allow you to visually add chapters and name them as you like. You can save the file in-place (i.e. you do not have to create a new output file--just save to the existing movie file) which is quick. It is irritating that iMovie no longer has chapter markers, but this little application does not add much time to the move creation process.
BTW, I have nothing to do with mChapters. I tried several applications, free and otherwise, until I settled on this one for my needs.

Normal time for burning DVD?

I have imported a 300mb QT movie file into iDVD for burning as a slideshow. It takes about 2 hours to get everything rendered and burned. Is this normal? Seems like a very, very long time.

The size in MB doesn't matter. How long in minutes is the movie.
What encoding method have you selected - Best Performance, High Quality or Professional Quality?
How fast is your CPU?
Back in the early days of iDVD (like 7 years ago) we used to encode over night.
Without knowing more, two hours doesn't sound bad at all.

Will iDVD Disk Image work for creating DVD's on PC

I created a disk image of video that I have made DVD's from. I want to send the disk image to friends to create DVD's but they have PC's. Is there a way for them to use that disk image to make CD's? What programs would they use? etc.

Hi Parrish Jones
Welcome to apple discussions. The good news is that a disc image burned through iDvd is identical in content to the finished dvd. So if your friend can use the video_ts folder to create a new dvd (on his choice of PC Dvd burning software) then there shouldn't be a problem. At worst you may have to first provide him/her with a burned iDvd rather than the disc image (depending on weather or not s/he can read said image on a PC).
I personally use Roxio Toast to burn the disc image to Dvd-R. And Roxio also make a PC version of this software called Roxio Creator. Although I've read the PC version for Windows Vista isn't nearly as good as the Mac version. (why I don't know).
http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/creator/system-requirements.html
Most folks who run Windows Vista / burn Dvd's on a pc do not necessarily use Roxio products as opposed to Nero or CDBurnerXP (and there are other alternatives also listed below for the PC).
http://cdburnerxp.se/download.php
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-free-alternatives-to-nero-cddvd-burner/
Your choice (or rather your friend's choice).
Other helpful link/s for your mac when using apple's disc utility rather than Toast:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/making_dvdcopies.html
Hope the above links help but if not just come on back. And good luck.
Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software / products that may be mentioned in this topic. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information above at your own discretion.
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IDVD will not play my burned DVD lecture!!

I have a DVD for a lecture that I'm supposed to view for work. This is a burned DVD. I am ABLE to play this DVD on my DVD player at home but I cannot watch this video on my Macbook Pro using iDVD. It says "Not Permitted" in a grey screen when you press play. Is there another DVD program that I can use to watch this DVD on?

Does the DVD play in other players or on other computers?
Try the following basic trouble shooting steps that are mentioned on many posts.
Save as a disk image
Burn disk image using Disk Utility at a slower speed (2x or 4x)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006
Use DVD-R (not +/-RW or +R)
Use Maxcell or Verbatim disks

IDVD will not launch to burn DVD

In my iMovie HD 5.0.2, the iDVD will not launch to burn a DVD. I have tried everything. When clicking the iDVD, it says to go to Finder to launch. In Finder, I go to applications and click iDVD and get:You cannot use this version of the application iDVD with this version of Mac OSX.
What are my options???

Just a little confused. I already have iphoto, imovie, garage band etc that would be in a ilife download so what are the benefits? Currently, when I click for software upgrades, there are none. Would downloading ilife really change anything?

Alternatives to Toast for burning DVDs

I have been using Toast for many years with mixed success. Each upgrade seems to hog more resources and sometimes freezes (needing a forced quit). I have tried system maintenance (permissions, scripts, trashing prefences etc) but cannot get it to be reliable.
So ... any recommendations for alternatives. I would like to burn DVDs with EyeTV recordings as well as Apple TV files.

What version do you have?
I have not had any issues with 10.x standard - the red box, not the blue box.
If you have 10, I know there's a couple of updates for 10.6.x compatibility.
OS X itself will burn data DVDs, but they will not be cross platform.
If you are talking video DVDs, and for whatever reason, you can't get your source video into iMovie, try this (free for a few more days) utility
http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/
It converts nearly any format to any other format(so far, I've used it for wmv, avi, and flv to HD .mov) import the to iMovie, then export to iDVD, and burn your video.

Need help with "your purchase can not be completed" when buying an ibook (or anything else for that matter)

I need help with an error message - "your purchase cannot be completed" when buying something on itunes.

Lukas --
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IDVD 2.1 won't burn DVD's on System OS X 10.4.3

I recently upgraded from 10.2 to 10.4.3. Now I am unable to burn DCVD's with iDVD 2.1. IT JUST WON'T BURN. There is nothing on the disk or it gives me an error message at the end of the burning process or quits unexpectedly. There seems to be a compatability problem. Can anyone tell me what is happening?
Clemens

You're not alone! I can't get iDVD 4.01 to burn on OS 10.4.3, but it will burn on my second H.D. on 10.3.9????
If I want iLife bugs with no help from AppleCare I get buy a PC and save some bucks! I've been a loyal user from the beginning , but if Apple is going to start abandoning its software and leave it with bugs to quickly push out upgrades with more bugs I may have to re-evalute my purchases!
Are they ever going to fix the bugs in iMovie 4.01 or just go on to iMovie 5, 6 and 7! Sometimes I'd trade the the new "toys" put into the upgrades for reliability.

Newb Question for burning DVD/CDs

I have an external DVD writer on my iMac.
I got the thing last month and an completely new to Apple (sorta)
Now how do I make a data CD and DVD?
On Winblows XP all I need to do is select the files, right click and click on SEND FILES TO CD for making data CDs.
However for DVD I need 3rd party software.
Will iDVD do the trick?
Thanks for the looking at this simple newb question.
GeekyBoy

Now how do I make a data CD and
DVD?Drag the files to the icon of the
blank CD/DVD that appears in the
Finder.However for DVD I need 3rd party
software.You might want to try Patc
hBurn.Will iDVD do the
trick?No, iDVD is only for making video
DVDs and it requires a G4 processor.
Thanks for the tip Duane.
I was just reading abotu burning CD on another site. It mentions about what you said, drag the files to the CD.
However I am reading in my profiler that burning is NOT supported by OS X on this CD/DVD writer.
Will Patchburn or any other software overcome this?
Thanks

IDVD - Glitch in Music on burned DVD

Have a DVD project with 114 slides and music is from ITunes (3 Songs in a Playlist). Before burning to DVD everything works great - it even burns great. It goes for about 12 minutes. However when playing back on the DVD player (about 7 minutes in) the music stops for about 1 second or 2 seconds - then continues on fine to the conclusion. The graphics are fine.. Can someone help me solve this problem. Thanks

Hello, and welcome to the Discussions,
Yes, even though iDVD can now accept more than 99 photos, many DVD players cannot. They 'count' up to 99, and then pause briefly to reset and start counting again. Check your slideshow and see if the 'glitch' in playback is at the 99-100 slide position.
If you try the DVD in another DVD player it may work better, but many of them do this.

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