Copying slideshow to CD/DVD

Is there any way to transfer or copy or backup a complete slideshow made in lightroom to a CD or DVD so that contains photos and music so I could play it on another computer? Anway to save it to Hrd Drive? Thanks.
Matthew Kraus

I created a slideshow and exported to PDF. When I brought the PDF slideshow up and clicked on the full screen mode, the slideshow played like a normal slideshow with about three seconds between each image. I was impressed as I did not know that a PDF could do this.
Unfortunately, there is no facility to export to a DVD in an MPEG format so that the slideshow can be viewed on a regular DVD player. Hopefully that will come soon...

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How can I copy my slideshow on a dvd?

There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, including adding other video clips, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
To simply create a slide show in iDVD 7 onwards from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

I am trying to burn a slideshow onto a dvd that will play on a standard dvd player and tv, but everytime I copy it I cannot play the disc except on my Macbook

I am trying to burn a slideshow onto a dvd that will play on a standard dvd and tv

You can't just copy the slideshow to a DVD as, you've found out, that won't play on a TV. You need to use a program that will render it into DVD format, complete with the proper lead in and trailers. I use Toast to do that, however, there are other programs that can do that too.

How can I make an iPhoto slideshow into a DVD in Lion?

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If you MacBook Pro came with Lion preinstalled then you will not have a copy of iDVD. That's because iDVD and iWeb have been discontinued by Apple and is not longer being included in iLife.
You can purchase a copy from Amazon.com: iLive 11.
If you do have Lion this post will self destruct in 10, 9, 8... seconds and you can follow Terence's directionsl
As for iDVD the following is a recommended workflow to follow;
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 and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then 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.
OT

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The PC cannot read the HFS file system, so it only "sees" the
boot camp (joliet) file system (SL DVD's contain a hybrid file system).
I windows program such as isobuster can make a perfect iso file copy
(provided the DVD is okay) of the SL hybrid install disk that can be
used to burn a backup copy of your SL DVD, either in windows
or Mac (with a good DVD Burner). SL DVD's are Dual Layer 8.3 GB
DVD's, so you will need the equivalent blanks.
I suspect your Mac's optical drive is either dirty or failing, causing the
read problems on the Mac.
You can get isobuster here:
http://www.isobuster.com/

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How to get best slideshow images on DVD?

I just created a DVD using several slideshows from iPhoto. I exported these slideshows from iPhoto as "large" QT movies. These files look pretty good in iPhoto and as QT movies, but once the DVD was burned, I noticed that the compression on these movies was of a far inferior quality (as it was more compressed, I assume) to the original exported QT movie.
Since DVDs can hold far greater than the size of these .mov files, I am unclear why iDVD has to compress them so much. Is there a way to transfer these slideshows to a DVD without having some much compression? Is there a setting within iDVD? Or would it be better to import the photos and then set up the slideshow in iDVD rather than iPhoto? Or is this overall a limitation of iDVD, that is, would these .mov files look bettter if using DVD Studio Pro?
Thanks for any help/suggestions.

Madcow,
You'll get lots of opinions on this subject!
I think if you use the "Send to iDVD" command from within iPhoto, you get good results transferring to iDVD. People have had problems with audio, but it's a very easy and usually reliable route.
iDVD has to change the compression to MPEG2, because that's what the DVD standard requires. The resolution goes down and the file size goes up because MPEG2 is not a very effective compression scheme for stills, it was meant for full motion video. The best you can do within iDVD is to choose "best quality" in the iDVD prefs. Remember that standard video resolution is 720X480 for all DVDs, far lower than the resolution of that sideshow as "large" or when you view it on your mac from within iPhoto.
Your other options:
Build the slideshow within iDVD - probably the most reliable option.
Build the slideshow in iMovie or other apps like PhotoToMovie (my personal favorite).
Resolution on all of these options should be the same when everything works right. Be sure to use the iDVD "constrain" tool within iPhoto to size your files correctly for iDVD......
John B.

Is it possible to copy 8mm video to DVD using my MacBook?

I want to copy 8mm vidoe to DVD using my MacBook. How can I tell if it is possible?

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Burning an iPhoto slideshow onto a DVD

How can I burn an iPhoto slideshow onto a DVD? I have created a slideshow with music but cannot determine how to burn it to a DVD. I've tried to use iDVD but cannot figure it out. I need very basic instructions, please.
Thank you!

Depends on information you do not supply - but burn a slide show to DVD export it to the desktop as a QuickTime movie and the using the finder burn it to dial - it can be played on any device that can play QuickTime
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LN

How do I put an iPhoto slideshow onto a DVD?

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Hi quickquestion,
Here is the info
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165534
You might want to take a look at the iLife support pages which have all the info you need.
http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto/share/

How do i burn an iPhoto slideshow onto a DVD?

how do I burn an iphoto slideshow onto a DVD? and a blueraycompatable DVD?

Export the slideshow from iPhoto, that makes a movie of it.
Do you want to use this DVD in a domestic DVD player? If so, then the disk will have to be 'authored' to make it the correct form for that. If you have iDVD then that's the app you use. However, iDVD is no longer developed or distributed by Apple. You may be able to get it on an old iLIfe install disk.
Other options:
Burn: http://macupdate.com/app/mac/21992/burn
Toast: http://macupdate.com/app/mac/6351/toast-titanium
But there are lots of others too. Search on the App Store or MacUpdate
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Search on the App Store or MacUpdate

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I have many hours of home movies copied years ago to DVDs. Can I edit them using iMovie? All the Help instructions assume that you will be transferring info from cameras not from DVDs.

See my User Tip here.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3951

Copying slideshow to CD/DVD

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