Cant burn a dvd on imac g5 it says idvd not responding

It encodes the dvd video but when it gets to audio it siezes up.... re set permissions from start up disc.. and it works on smaller files but wen i go up to 84 mins it won't do it.... it used to work fine and has stopped recently.

Let me try again - I have the same problem. It locks up when it gets about 95% done in the Encoding Audio portion. None too happy with my new Mac! Can anyone help?

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I created in iMovie, and extracted audio from one of the clips to use in the title sequence. All is well, export to iDVD and it plays OK, but when I burn the DVD the audio for the titles does not play. Any suggestions?

I created in iMovie, and extracted audio from one of the clips to use in the title sequence. All is well, export to iDVD and it plays OK, but when I burn the DVD the audio for the titles does not play. Any suggestions?

I am on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.6.7 running iMovie '11 and iDVD 7.1.1. Thanks for any input.

Burning homemade DVD on iMac.

Relevant stats: I'm working on an iMac w/Snow Leopard v. 10.6.8.
I want to copy the contents of a few homemade DVDs(I think they are mp4, but not certain) onto the desktop, then burn them onto a new DVD in different orders(sort of consolidating similar movies onto one disk). How do I do this? Is there an easy way?
Thanks in advance for suggestions.

You don't specify if these are video DVDs or data DVDs? Video DVDs contain a VIDEO_TS folder with a bunch of files in them, many of which should have the suffix 'VOB' (for video object) which is a fragment of the video encoded as an MPEG2 stream. If you have a data DVD with MPEG4 files, that would simply appear as a filesystem with files ending with the suffice MP4 or MOV.
With MPEG-4 files, just drag the videos off the DVD to your desktop or another folder on your hard disk. With MPEG2 VOB files, use an application like Handbrake to convert those files to movie files (MPEG4, or something else). Note that MPEG2 is comparatively low-quality and the conversion process is going to reduce the quality a little more unless you are careful about the encoding options (use full-resolution, high bitrate, etc).
Once you have your movie files on your computer, you're going to need to decide if you want to create a video DVD or a data DVD. The differences are that a video DVD will play on set-top DVD players, but with the limitation that the data has a fixed 480i resolution, a capped bitrate of 9.8 Mbps, and is MPEG2 encoded (which is not as efficient at compressing video). The data DVD will allow you store video at any bitrate and any format, but with the limitation that many set-top players won't play it, and you don't get the video menus wou get with a video DVD.
If you want to create a video DVD, drag the videos onto the iDVD icon. Adjust you project and setup your menus as you like, and then click the Burn button.
If you want to create a data DVD, go to the Finder and select 'Create Burn Folder' from the File menu; drag the videos to the burn folder, and click the 'Burn' button to burn a disk.

It says my superdrive isnt supported so i cant burn a dvd????!!

Both me and my sister have Macbooks with the latest verison of iLife
i recently made a movie on imovie for school.
My teacher just told me that i had to burn the movie to a dvd.
Right when i opened IDVD (for the first time) a message came up saying that my superdrive was not supported and so i could edit videos on iDVD but i couldnt burn anything
i tried this on my sisters computer and teh same thing happened
has this happened to anyone else?
and how can i fix this!
my sister has a brand new computer and i just updated all the software on both macs but it didnt work.
help anyone?
thanks

If you do indeed have a combo drive then here are 2 options:
Buy a Lacie Ext. FW Burner
or Build your own like i did here (4 easy steps).
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5826631&#5826631
I prefer building my own within an ext. FW enclosure (requires no additional drivers whereas Lacie and others might) Pioneer S-Drives (both internal and ext. FW) model types include and are not limited to DVR-103, 104, 107, 110, 111, 112, etc. Highly recommend using a DL Burners btw or at least having this capacity available to you.

Cant Burn Data Dvds HELP!

Actually Im not sure I can burn any Dvds at all! Im on a toshiba satelittle L305-s5919....and ive had it for quite a few years but ive never tried to burn anything before. Ive downloaded three diffrent programs and each program gives me basically-rthe same error that the Disc isnt compatible?! but im using the SAME dvds ( DVD-R ) that i use in my desktop and they work just 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!

ALHuff26 wrote:
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.
I use ImageBurn free program that many in video forum seem like. It’s usually reliable.

Cant Burn a DVD

Having trouble burning a DVD.
if i burn photos from a folder to a CD, no problems. If i try to burn the same images from the same folder to a a DVD then the computer freezes, does it matter what type of DVD i use. Such as DVD-RW or DVD+RW

Well, Shelley.
If you'd bothered to describe the problem in more real detail I might have recommended some real sort of action. As your description goes, there is no reason that simple button will do any harm to DVD SP 's ability to burn discs. But since you mentioned version 4.03 of the software and version 10.5 of the operating system on Mac Pro I think there is your problem. Have you been able to burn discs in the past? If so, was it before 10.5? In any case you should upgrade at least to v. 4.1 of DVD SP which runs natively on Intel machines. Good luck with your project

What do I do wrong, cant burn a DVD from FCPX 10.1.1

It comes with this window

OK.
Then we'll need some more basic information: System specs; Original media format; project settings.
Are you using physical media or making a disk image?
Have you ever before exported and burned a DVD with your current setup?
Can you export this project with any other share options – for example, a master file? If you cannot, are you able to export another existing or a test project?
Russ

Just trying iMovie, I am trying to burn a dvd it's pointing me to iDVD is that a program that I need to purchase?

i took video of a friends wedding and uploaded it to my imac 27. I want to burn a dvd of the video that i captured. iMovie is pointing me to an application iDVD is this a program that I need to purchase? I am running Lion on this iMac27.

Unfortunately, Apple discontinued iDVD; but, you can either try the other poster's suggestion or buy a retail iLife 11 disk at many online resellers. iDVD is the best software available with its customizable menus and themes to take your project from amateur to pzazz! Most Apple stores no longer have the retail iLife 11.
And, when you want to export your movie from iMovie, use the following settings - they produce the best quality especially if you shoot your footage in HD: use the Share > Export using Quicktime. In the resulting window, use these settings (by clicking on Options):

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.

HT1338 What has happened to IDvd, a friend of mine purchased a Mac Pro, he asked me how to burn a dvd from IMovie, his pro mac does not have IDVD to download to, only a dvd player setting, how do you burn a IMovie project now, before you went through IDVD

A friend bought a Mac Pro, I want to also, he cannot download a project movie from Imovie to IDvd, because I Dvd is not downloaded on his $3000.00 new computer, what has apple done, how do you download & burn a movie project from Imovie if you do not have IDvd software, all previous systems had IDvd on them to do this. What is going on and how do you burn now.

An alternative to iDVD - miDVD which I believe you can get from the App Store for free!

How to burn a DVD-Video out of iMovie without iDVD (pre-installed Lion)?

I am wondering how I could burn a DVD that works on standalone DVD players out of iMovie since iDVD has been banished from Macs with pre-installed OS X 10.7 Lion.
When I try to export iMovie projects to iDVD the machine naturally cannot find the program. How is the workaround instead?
Thx for your help (Mac newbie).

I have the same issue as olifinger
"I am wondering how I could burn a DVD that works on standalone DVD players out of iMovie since iDVD has been banished from Macs with pre-installed OS X 10.7 Lion.
When I try to export iMovie projects to iDVD the machine naturally cannot find the program. How is the workaround instead?"
I was curious to know, how well does "burn" work? Please advise, thanks

Can't burn iMovie to iDVD (not responding) - after "Encoding Audio"

Hello,
I have a similar post in the iDVD board, but thought someone in this section may be able to help as well.
I have a 15 minutes project (almost 2 GB) iMovie show that I've attempted to burn to DVD through iDVD (4 times with the same problem)...
It goes through the "encoding menus" and videos, but gets stuck on "Encoding Audio" and in my Force Quit window says (Not Responding). I have almost 12 GB free on my PowerBook G4 and successfully burned a test DVD of this last week before completion (when I only had 7 free GB - I also added on another 2 minutes since then)...
Any help or ideas? I need to get this done ASAP...
Thanks
Chris

Chris, what I've found is that patience is the key here. You really can't count on the progress bar to let you know how far along in the process you are. I've run into the same problem as you. When the burn symbol stops spinning and you get the beachball/lollipop don't rush right off to force quit. Just because the force quit menu shows that iDVD is NOT RESPONDING does not mean that all is lost. What made me realize that iDVD was still working was the Activity Monitor located in your Utilities folder under applications (applications/utilities/activity monitor).
Do yourself a favor and run this app while burning you project. When you get to the point where it appears to hang on you check the status of iDVD in the activity monitor window. More than likely it will show that iDVD is still using a good % of your CPU (%CPU column numbers will constantly change as iDVD demands more or less from your processor). You may also notice that it may show that iDVD is not responding (as well as a couple other processes that are related to the prog), this doesn't mean a thing because iDVD is in reality still chugging along. Of course if the %CPU column is showing 0.00 then iDVD has indeed stopped workin in which case you do have some issues.
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Failed to burn iMovie project, iDVD "not responding"

A preemptive thanks for your time.
I am trying to burn iMovie projects through iDVD. I have done this successfully in the past. What happens now is after going through many of the steps up through Encoding Video, the process gets stuck when the status window says "Encoding Audio". No error message occurs or anything like that, the burn wheel stops spinning, and the "multicolored wheel of computer confusion" pops up. Needless to say this means that I am even more confused than the computer and examining the iDVD icon in the dock reveals that it is "not responding."
This same problem happens with two similar projects (one of which was burned successfully in the past.) I am using Sony DVD-R disks. The projects are the typical size for about 50 minutes of edited iMovie project (15GB).
HELP!

As Rich says:
This question is frequently asked!
iDVD is probably not 'hanging'. Disregard any messages that iDVD is not responding. It is. Do not force quit.
Encoding audio is the slowest part of rendering, and can take many hours. Great patience, even an intermittent alternative hobby, is called for.
Make sure no other application is running, make sure you have not set the hard disk to go to sleep and that the screen saver will not come on. Leave it overnight, or have a 36 hole game of golf.
Sooner or later iDVD will finish!
(The current record mentioned here for encoding a DVD with lots of added audio etc is 47 hours!)

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Very frustrating. My 2012 iMac with an i7/16Gig memory is crawling with Mavericks. It didn't start out that way, but it's almost unusable now. I will get a few minutes of seeming to work fine, then periods of long lasting slowness. Evening typing an email will have a delay where typing will not come out as I am typing it for a few seconds, then it all bursts out. Simple interactions get spinning beach balls from 5-45 seconds. The activity monitor shows nothing taking any particularly large amount of processor load, memory pressure and status is all green & good. Some disk activity but nothing that should account for the lags. Loading applications, the system grinds to being unresponsive. Adobe applications and running aperture have delays in activity from 5-60 seconds in simple interaction. The activity monitor then shows several of the larger apps (iTunes, Aperture, Premiere Pro) as Application Not Responding. It can take from to 30 seconds (if Im lucky) to several minutes for the system to become responsive again. Sometimes it never does.
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Cant burn a dvd on imac g5 it says idvd not responding

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