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I used iDVD OneStep with my Panasonic Digital Movie Camera to quickly back-up to DVD's. I recently upgraded to iLife '11. While iDVD recognizes the camera as attached, it does not recognize the content on the camera to download and create a DVD. Did something change in the most recent version to iLife '11 in regards to iDVD OneStep? Any suggestions to get around this?

Hi GenoMacProUser
Welcome. I see no one has yet addressed your question / concern here. So I'll give it a shot. Keeping in mind I don't yet have iLife'11 since I'm still working with iLife'09 on a Dual G5 2.0 PPC. So I'm not speaking from direct experience here but rather from the replies and threads I've seen posted on this forum. It would appear or rather it has been suggested by at least one member on this forum, that there has been one significant change based on these comments. That is, when referring solely to iDvd's One Step. In the past iDvd's One Step was the only option for making a Dvd with No Menu whatsoever. I'm not 100% certain you can do this any more within iLife'11. Or at least I've read where the app now generates a "hidden" menu even in one step. I can't verify this myself. I'll have to wait and see from feedback from others who actually use the latest version /iLife'11 as opposed to earlier versions.
If the above is correct (big if) then I could see where this might also have an effect on device (camera/s) recognition and on the content recognition of said cameras. Some newer models of camcorders and cameras will be added while other older models may eventually be dropped. Seems logical anyway. Again, this is just a guess on my part.

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