Cant delete IDVD project?

Created large movie 45 min in imovie burned through IDVD. I deleted the Imovie file. Now when I click on IDVD icon a box appears stating- missing files.
users/kellybuechlein/movies/mygreat1./shavid - when I hit cancel it gives me the idvd theme of project. I try to enter and it states- broken link. I exit out and then I can get to other saved idvd projects. All I want is for this old project to be gone. I cant drag this idvd theme into trash or delete it. I want to be able to click on idvd icon and see existing projects instead of going through above hassle. txs

thanks!! That fixed my problem. i am new to mac and still trying to figure out
applications and documents. I guess I thought I deleted the file when I deleted Imovie project.
txs,
kelly

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Deleting IDVD Projects

While trying to download a movie from IMovie I apparently open five new projects how do I delete these open projects?

hey there Mrs. Barbara & welcome to discussions,
iDVD projects are located in your Documents folder. if you no longer need/want the project just drag it to the Trash & empty the Trash.
good luck.

Deleting iDVD project

I have several iDVD projects I no longer want and/or I did them wrong
I have tried to delet them but the 'delete' option is grey. Any ideas welcome
Thanks

Hi
iDVD creates individual DVD projects and put an icon as it (on DeskTop or where You wanted to store it ev. Movie folder)
Looks like this
Drop it into the Trash basket - and empty it.
Yours Bengt W

Cant open iDVD project or even a new project! So mad about to go to Windows

Hello,
I can't open iDVD as a saved project and I can't even go to the window pane that allows me to start a new project because if I open it from the Apps folder, it just opens my last saved project - which doesn't open. Basically it gets stuck and doesn't load the content and beachballs forever.
I just got past an issue with a bad audio file and couldn't burn it to DVD - I deleted all the audio and reloaded the full songs, then burned a disc image to make sure it worked fine (needless to say, when I double-clicked the disc image, it didn't start up in DVD Player like the "great" instructions say). But now, I can't even open iDVD to do anything about it...this is extremely frustrating and Apple support on the phone does nothing, except ask for $199 for a tech to work with you (are you kidding me?!?!!? I paid $2000 for this freaking machine...I'm close to saying a Windows machine is more reliable...but I won't say that)
Anyway, any suggestions? thank you!
Chris

Hi, I got through most of the burning process - however, it "encountered errors" and didn't finish my burn!!! See below for what the info was:
"Errors were found during the burning process:
The recording device reported the illegal request: Buffer underrun. (0x21, 0x02.)
There was a problem during multiplexing/burning."
What does that mean and why can't I burn this project!?!!
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How do I delete an idvd project from my hard drive? If I do so, will it delete the raw videos/images from iphoto or imovie? Thank you

I understand that an imovie or idvd project will take up quite a bit of space on my hard drive, so after I create the movies on either program I want to delete them. I can't figure out how to delete them on idvd. Should I go to finder? I'm so confused!

iDVD only uses pointers to the media, photos and QT files, that it uses in its projects. So if you delete a movie that you used in it that movie will be lost to iDVD.
However you can use the File ➙ Archive Project... menu option and that will copy the media into the iDVD project package. Then if you delete the movie file the archived project will still have its copy of the movie to use.
You won't be able to go back and make any changes to the movie if you do this. So wait until the project is complete and burned to disk before archiving and deleting the movie files.
Personally I would get an external HD and save those movies and other files that you might want to delete from your boot drive because you never know when you might want to go back and make changes. Once they are deleted you can't go back.
Happy Holidays

How do I deleted a movie from an iDVD project

I created an iDVD project using a movie, and have decided to go back into iMovie and make changes to the movie I am using for this project. Since I have put so much time into putting photos and music in submenus, I want to use the same project I created, just replace the old movie with the new. I cannot figure out how to delete the old movie from the project. I have shared the new one thru Media Browser, and it is ready to be added, but I first need to delete the prior version from the iDVD project.
Anyone know how to do this? Thanks.

READ THE ENTIRE MESSAGE BEFORE DELETING ANYTHING !!!
To delete a movie from iDVD: Open iDVD. Click once on the movie title to highlight it. Hit Delete. It should disappear in a poof of smoke.
If you have chapters in your movie, you need to delete the Scene Selection text button also.
But, when you reopen iDVD after changing your movie, before doing anything in iDVD, iDVD should give you a message that your 'assets have changed' and ask if you want iDVD to update. Click on yes/ok, but check your iDVD project before burning. The way it is supposed to work is that iDVD recognizes that you have made changes to your iMovie, uses the revised iMovie in its files instead of the first one, and uses the updated iMovie when you burn to disk or create a disk image. It is a nice feature so that you do not have to delete the iMovie already in iDVD and have to put in your updated newer version; iDVD is supposed to add the update itself, using the newer version of iMovie. It worked that way in iDVD 6.
However, if you have an iMovie with chapters, what happens with iDVD 8/9, as opposed to iDVD 6, is that iDVD does indeed recognize the changes and sends the 'do you want to update' message, but if you tell iDVD to go ahead and update, the chapters will no longer select correctly. They all will default to the same chapter no matter which one is selected.
I can't tell you whether or not iDVD will correctly play the updated movie if you don't have chapters. You will just have to try it.
If you do have chapters and/or incorporating the changes in iMovie does not work, the only 'fix' is to recreate the iDVD project. It takes time but is not difficult since you have done it once. Open a new iDVD project and put the updated iMovie into it. Do a "Save as Disk Image" to create a disk image file of your iDVD project. Play the disk image file with DVD Player. If it plays correctly, burn your disks from the disk image file using Disk Utility or Toast. You can delete the old iDVD project.
Good luck with it!

Using iDVD project file after deleting original iMovieHD

I've been using iMovieHD and iDVD to convert my home movies from miniDV tapes to DVDs. I've been putting two one-hour tapes together into one iMovie and then creating an iDVD project with themes, chapters, etc.
Each two-hour iMovie file takes up >20 GB. Before I burned my DVD, the iDVD project file took up only a few MB. After I burned the DVD, the file size grew to >4 GB, so I figured (erroneously, it seems) that this new file package contained all of the information needed to keep burning DVDs. Threfore, I deleted the original massive iMovie file and kept only the iDVD project file.
Now every time I try to load the iDVD file, the program lists all the missing files and, other than my themes and chapter titles, there is nothing left of the original project.
Am I missing something here? What's taking up all that space (4 GB)? Am I completely screwed? Is the only way to make new copies of my project to copy the DVD that I made?
Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Jay,
As John has said, you should have created a Disc Image of your DVD project before deleting the iMovie file. When working in iMovie/iDVD you must not delete ANYTHING that is in the project, not even the iMovie trash can, which often mysteriously fills up with "stuff", until you are sure you are finished editing and then have saved a Disc Image to burn further DVD's from. The files you deleted from iMovie were the reference for the file you were using in iDVD. Without that iMovie file, your iDVD project will only show what was created there, like your theme page.
Sorry that's bad news. Your options now are re-create your iMovies from your tapes, OR, rip the DVD you have back to your Mac to burn more DVD's.
Forest
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If I delete iMovie events, will completed iDVD projects be affected?

Three questions:
1.) If I delete footage from iMovie, will iDVD projects that use the same footage be affected? I have burned some home videos to DVD's recently (footage went from camera to iMovie to iDVD to burned DVD... never knew this process took so many steps) and I would like to clear up some hard drive space but it would be nice to be able to go back and burn replacement copies of these DVD's in the future.
2.) Why is the footage in iMovie MUCH larger than the exact same footage in an iDVD project?
3.) If I delete footage from iMovie events, will iMovie projects that use that footage be affected?

What I have is completed iDVD '08 projects. What I need to know is this: if I deleted the event and project files from iM08, would I still be able to go back to the iDVD projects and burn additional copies of the DVD in the future?
As others have tried to say, it all depends on what you mean by "completed."
1) If you, for instance, shared your project the the Media Browser, then imported and burned a DVD (which you no longer have), and subsequently modify the iMovie project or delete it, then the "source" file for your iDVD project will be gone.
2) If, on the other hand, a physical file not stored in your "project" package was saved to you hard drive and used as a source for your iDVD project, then it remains available for iDVD and can be used as a basis for additional burns as long as you don't delete it or the iDVD project. In this case, deleting the iMovie '08 project and event files has no effect on future burns.
3) A better option is to simply save the encoded iDVD output as an "image" file. Then you can get rid of the iDVD project file as well and any time you want to burn additional DVD copies, simply burn the image to as many times as needed. Of course, this means you cannot alter the iDVD project so you have to make sure you are really happy with the output before deleting it.
4) Also be advised, that depending on the software available, you can either "copy" or "image" burn your finished DVD as often as you desire. The advantage here is that you don't have to keep any files on your hard drive for future "cloning" of your DVDs. On the other hand, this process takes a bit longer than simply burning a DVD image already stored on your hard drive.
Basically, you have many options here. Evaluate them and decided what is best for your particular work flow.

How do I delete old iDVD projects from my hard drive?

I'm sure there is a simple answer to this but as I have messed up things in iPhoto before by deleting the wrong files which caused lots of problems when trying to open the application, so I just want to be sure before doing anything bad . I am still trying to get my head round where iDVD and iMovie keep all the files.
I want to reclaim some space on my external hard drive. I have 3 iDVD projects and their related iMovie movies that I no longer need to do any more to. I have made disc images of each and burnt some DVD's of these projects therefore I don't think they need to remain on the computer. Can I delete the projects by dragging them to the trash from the folder I created to store them and then do the same with the associated iMovie projects? Will this leave the disc images intact in case I needed to burn further discs from them? Will this leave any confused links in iDVD that will affect the application. I also have the burnt dvds as a further back up so these projects are now just taking up space.

Yes, you are on the right track here. Disk Images are entirely independent of any other files. You can trash any of your iDVD/iMovie project files and it will not affect your disk images.
When I create disk images I give them very distinct names ... like Bob's Video Disk Image ... so it is easy to distinguish them and I always store them in a Disk Image folder ... just to cover my youknowwhat

Deleting saved Idvd project

Is there a simple way to delete a Idvd project? Help topic not very clear how to do

the plist is located in your Home folder > Library > Preferences.
But if you are referring to where iDvd project/s default location is (normally) that would be within your Documents folder (Home Folder (the one that looks like a house) > Documents).
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Combining iDVD projects into one.

I have a few videos I burned from iMovieHD to iDVD 5 and now I want to combine them in pairs on one DVD, using a master menu that lets you select which video you want to watch. How can I do this? I dont have the iMovie files anymore and I didn't burn a disc image of iDVD to the hard drive. I mean, it should be able to do it, right? iDVD created the videos, it should be able to read them again to create new ones. Why would it create files that it cant read later? Any help on combinning multiple iDVD videos to one would be great! Thanks!
jt burke

You need the original movies to make a new DVD. iDVD references your movies wherever you have them stored; delete those movies and you now have broken links.
A disk image references an iDVD project. The content of that original project. It is only used to burn new copies of that project; you can't modify a disk image.
iDVD didn't "create" the movies; iMovie did. iDVD just references those movies.
Your only hope here would be to rip your movies from the disc, using something like Streamclip or DVxDVD or by a pass thru solution ... doing that, though, you would likely take a quality hit.
Once you ripped the movies to iMovie you could create a new iDVD project

IDVD Project Locked. wont let me open.

I recently wiped my partition and reinstalled all my apps.
And when I reloaded the OS I used a different name.
However when I try to open a certain iDVD project I get this message
"The project Bday Pool Party Sleepover 2009
is locked by the user xxxxxx (user ID 501):
2009-08-26 16:48:09 -0400.
The project can't be opened at this time".
However Im able to open other iDVD projects I created under
the same previous user name but not this one.
And this is my home computer and no one else has access to it.
And I never locked or password protected it in iDVD if thats even possible.
Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.

To quote Rich839:
I would start with deleting preferences and doing a permissions repair. To delete preferences, close iMovie and trash the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist found in User(the house icon)/Library/Preferences. iDVD will replace that file on relaunch. To do a permissions repair, open Disk Utility found in Applications/Utilities. Select your hard drive icon displayed at the top of the left hand pane, and then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait a few minutes while permissions are repaired, and when finished, launch iDVD and see if you still have the problem.
Last suggestion: Try adding a new user account with the authors name of the original iDvd project file.
Hope this helps but if not just come on back.
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How do I burn a iDVD project on more than one computer?

I created an iDVD (7.1.2) project with three elements. Two iMovies made from iMovie '11 and a presentation made from Keynote (5.1.1).
I deleted the chapters in the slide show to help simplify matters and it did cut down on my burning/processing time.
I made this iDVD project for my son's 5th grade graduation. We would like to burn 135 copies to give each family one 'favor/dvd' for memory keepsake.
I do not want to burn 135 copies on my Superdrive (new to owning a mac) and do not want to ruin my Superdrive for a school project.
I can not take this to a commericial duplicater because of copyright issues with the music. We are not selling the copies, just giving a memory keepsake to the kids- of the year and the slide show from graduation, the other iMovie in iDVD, just contains one page of specifications; like my contact info and songs used etc..
I have parents that are willing to help me copy the movie, however I don't know how to do this?
I don't believe any of these parents have iDVD.
Someone mentioned through all my readings on apple communities and google, making an "ISO" of your project then anyone can make a copy of your movie on any platform: PC or Mac. What is an ISO? How do I make a ISO?
If I have a .img file from saving a disc image - would I burn the .img file to a dvd and give it to someone else to copy? Are there other files that need to go with my .img file?
If/When someone takes my .img file and puts it on their computer how do they copy it? Do they need burning software?
Can I just give a friend a burned DVD of my movie to burn copies on their computer?
What I tried: Bought a LaCie burner to use a external drive vs. my (Superdrive - worried about overuse). Saved project as a "Disc Image." Mounted to my Finder and then burned to external drive with disc utility. This worked successfully 4 times in a row then kept getting message "unsuccessful burn" I took the drive back to Fry's. Not sure if it was the drive?
Any advice to a newcomer would be great!
Summer has already begun and I would like to finish this project as soon as I can.
Thanks so much, Deanna

Yes, you can distribute a burned disk of the project to those who can create duplicate disks. Or create a disk image of the iDVD project using the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option.
Then you can distribute the disk image to those who will burn the disks. For PCs you'll have to convert the .dmg file to a .iso file so they can burn it. This website describer how: Mac Help - Convert and Burn Mac .dmg or .img to .iso Windows PC-Compatible Disk Image
Suggest to them to 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.
It would be prudent to rest your optical drive for about 30 minutes after burning 3 disks in a row. That will give the laser time to cool down before you start another batch.
OT

How do I move an iDVD project to external

I recently upgraded to iDVD '08 and see that now, one of the output selections is iDVD, meaning it goes straight to that. When this is selected, it automatically begins creating the file as opposed to asking where you'd like to store it. It ended up in my documents on my HD. I figured no worry, I'd just move it over to my ext HD since it was over 2GB. But when I did this and tried to open it, it said 2 files were missing. So, couple of questions. First, I remember with the last that you just output a file that you then, yourself, dragged into iDVD. This seemed very easy. But with this way, it seems to automate it. How can I output so that is does it the old way, where it generates a file that I can place in iDVD myself, and that I can store on an external. Second, if that's not possible, what files do I need to locate to move to the ext, where do they hide, and where should I store them?
Why do they make what was perfectly easy, hard?

If I understand you correctly, you are actually asking two different questions.
1. Do you mean that with iMovie 08, when you select to 'share' your movie to iDVD that iDVD opens a new project automatically?
You do not have to use the output options in iMovie. Just close your iMovie and open iDVD yourself, choose to create a new project, select a theme, then go to the Media tab, then 'Movies,' locate your iMovie and drag it onto iDVD's main screen. Be careful not to drop it into a menu Drop Zone.
2. You also would like to have your iDVD project saved to a different location than the default 'Documents' file. When you open iDVD and create a new project, you will see a dropdown box showing Documents as the save location. You can change that right from that drop box.
However, it is recommended that you save your project on your computer's drive, not an external drive. The iDVD application itself must run from your computer. Some users have successfully created and burned projects located on other drives, but many have run into problems.
You can certainly save your completed iDVD projects to an external drive by doing a 'save as disk image' from within the iDVD project. This will look like the burn process, and take just as long for the encoding, but the end result is a disk image file, not a burned DVD disk. The disk image file is a self-contained file that is an exact replica of your iDVD project. It can be moved without losing the ability to burn DVD disks from it in the future.
Remember that an iDVD project itself should be thought of as a container that has references to media files used in it, but it does not actually CONTAIN the media files. When a DVD is burned from an iDVD project, iDVD locates the needed media and copies it for the burn, doing this for each disk burned. Sometimes there are burn 'glitches' where the first DVD disk burns fine, but others may not. Also with an iDVD project, if you rename, move, change or delete any of the files used in the project, iDVD will be unable to locate them and will not be able to open properly. With a saved disk image file, you can safely delete the original iDVD project and the original iMovie, thus saving drive space.
Burning DVD disks form a disk image file using Disk Utility or Toast is a better way to burn DVD disks since the files are all encoded in the disk image file and do not have to be copied in each time.
Please post back if any of this is not clear, or does not answer what you need to know.

Urgent help needed - deadline - iDVD project suddenly gone corrupt?

Ive literally finished and ironed out the problems Ive had with a big Dual Layer project Ive been working on for 2 weeks.
Yesterday I successfully burned a project to DVD - and I had not been having any problems.
Then suddenly I tried another burn later in the day - and after all the encoding - iDVD ejected the blank DVD (before burning it) and appeared to freeze. The burn status bar remained complete saying project status: done. However iDVD was frozen like this - and the DVD is blank. I had to force quit as it would not respond.
I calmly tried again - same thing happened - it ejects the blank CD after encoding and freezes.
I decided to open a slightly different version of the iDVD project file I had also saved - and had the same problem....
So I tried to save a disc image instead - this time when I came back iDVD was gone - it had crashed and disappeared leaving no disc image.
I did some searching in this forum and I made some drive space and trashed my .plist files and repaired disc permissions.
I did another test burn this morning....SAME ISSUE - IDVD FROZE AND EJECTED THE BLANK DISC AFTER ENCODING....help! I have no idea what happened or what made it start behaving like this - I cant think of anything that changed on my system...and after all this work this bug has happened at the last hurdle....
Thanks in advance...

ok - so after all the above tinkering and OSX update, plist trashing and permission repairing as well as shifting assets to an internal drive - I set the iDVD project (which had previously burned ok) to burn again - and lo and behold - after the encoding - the same thing happened again...
The project encoded - and then right at the end - it just ejected the blank CD and stopped...
here is a picture of the resulting iDVD screen.
As you can see - it just says 'done'. And the CD is sitting ejected and blank. The media is a fresh disc Verbatim +R DL. If I close the player nothing happens.
If I press the 'cancel' button iDVD says 'cleaning up' and just sits there doing nothing. It does not register as 'not responding' in the 'force quit application menu' - but nothing happens.
This is a real mystery to me. So frustrating I have the project finished! Something weird has happened...
Hi Rich...this project is a regular 4:3 PAL format.
I did try making a new project similar to the one Im trying to burn - and got the same result. Ditto with older versions of the project...
I have just run the Disc 1 hardware test - 'no trouble' result.
I am re-installing 'bundled software' from disc 1. Then I need to sleep and try burning again tomorrow...
cheers

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