Did iDVD delete my FCE HD movie?!

I exported a FCE HD movie to iDVD for a burn. Now I can't find the project file. I checked the pref pane on iDVD and looks like it defaults to deleting rendered files after it burns a DVD. Did it delete my movie? I can't find the sequence in FCE HD. I can not figure out what is going on! Help!

Walked away, came back, clicked open the project''s icon, and it opened up perfectly intact. Am going to do some diag's on the machine today.

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IDVD won't recognise FCE output movies. Also has bad artifacts.

Recently upgraded to new iMac and Final Cut Express.
Have a problem with making a DVD of my first project in FCE. Of three sequences I've cut and exported to Quicktime, as per instructions, iDVD will recognise only one. That is, only one of the .mov files shows up in the "media" folder in iDVD. So I can bring that into the iDVD project and it plays, but with very noticeable motion artifacts. The other two sequences, (all done on the same day with same settings on camera, HV20), they don't show up in the "media" box, but if I drag them on to the iDVD page they play, but with very bad motion artifacts.
Anyone got any tips on what's happening here and how to work around it?

I am experiencing the same problems but have found a workaround. Although iDVD will not recognize the movie in the media window, you can drag the movie file into the main window and iDVD will accept the file. I have also found that if you use the "export using quicktime conversion" rather than the "export quicktime movie" you get better results (fewer artifacts). I used Photo JPEG settings at 100% and saw great improvement - - it took longer but it was well worth it.

HT1229 My iPhoto Library (version 8.1.2) is 280GB (greater than 50% of my 500GB total storage memory on my iMac. It was too large for me to drag it to a new hard drive so the Apple geniuses did it for me. However they did not delete the Library from my

My iPhoto Library (version 8.1.2) is 280GB (greater than 50% of my 500GB total storage memory on my iMac. It was too large for me to drag it to a new hard drive so the Apple geniuses did it for me. However they did not delete the Library from my iMac (that's my responsibility). I dragged it to Trash and when it started to move I clicked over to the new hard drive to confirm it had indeed been copied. I became nervous when I didn't see among the few files on this otherwise empty new hard drive anything that resembled a 280GB Library so I cancelled the migration to trash.
How can I be sure that my iphoto has been copied and that all my "metadata" survived in tact?

the new backup drive
I thought the new drive would be your data drive to host the iPhoto library. Do you also use it for TimeMachine backups?
I am unable to search either in email as well as Finder. I AM able to search within iPhoto though, thankfully
Spotlight may still be busy rebuildig its index.
You could try to rebuild the Spotlight Index, if you do see no progress:
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I hope, other frequent posters will drop in. I have not used iPhoto 8.x in long time.

Can't delete, rename files, or move to another folder

I had posted earlier about not being able to delete, rename files, or move to another folder. It never was resolved here, and I guess Apple still hasn't done anything about it. Here's a great workaround I found though in case others need something. Download the program called "Unlocker", it's free and you can get it at http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ When you get the message about the file being in use, even though QuickTime isn't even open, you can unlock the f'ing file and do whatever you want to then, move, uh DELETE, or rename, or whatever. Try it, it's the best thing going so far seeing Apple isn't doing anything about this problem.

Hi there,
I am still struggling with this problem. Actually my coworker has the same machine, Apple pro with windows xp installed, but he does not have this problem with his quicktime 7.5. I uninstalled 7.5 and installed 7.2, but it did not solve the problem. The fact is that I don't have the problem in my laptop which I am using it in the office. I am still trouble shooting. Hopefully I can find an answer.
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I made a movie using iMovie. I went to share and selected idvd. It processed the movie,but nothing happened. The tutorial shows icon on bar,but I can not find idvd. What am I doing wrong?processed

I made a movie in imovie. I went to shate and selected iDVD. It processsed the movie for about 5 min. When it finished I did not have the icon at the bottom of screen like the tutorial displayed. How do I find iDVD?

Check in your Applications folder to see if you have the iDVD application there?
Do you have a new Mac that came with Lion preinstalled? If so you won't have iDVD nor iWeb. Apple has discontinued iDVD and iWeb and is no longer selling them.
In that case you'll have to purchase the boxed iLife 11 disc from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: iLife 11.
Also it's best to use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu opiton in iMovie and then add the movie from the Media Browser in iDVD to the iDVD project. It provides a better qualtiy movie to iDVD.
Also follow this workflow to help ensure the best quality final product:
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.
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IDVD won't load the mov

I don't understand, in the past I move the .mov onto the project and it, in the status part, begins loading. But it doesn't do that, it doesn't even load in. Is it because it is so long perhaps??
thanks
Kate

you gave us very little info about your problem, Katherine.. :-/
iDVD doesn't accept all kind of .mov, mov is just a container, containing (sic!) many formats... not all are supported by iDVD... where did it come from, that misbehaving .mov?
secondly, iDVD accepts projects of max. lenght of 120 minutes... the size in MB/GB doesn't matter... e.g. if you try to burn a highly compressed .mov containing some h264/mpeg4/divx/whatever... data of letssay 1GB size, but 180min length, that doesn't work with iDVD....
reading "iBook" in your specs:
make sure, you have at last 10 - 15GB free on your internal drive AFTER you have imported your movies into iDVD to make the app work flawless....
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CS3 Uninstaller Did Not Delete All Application Files

A few months ago, I purchased a new MacBook Pro. When I did that, I used Apple's migration assistant to move my programs from my old MacBook to my new MacBook. The Adobe CS 3.3 applications were migated. I recently purchased the upgrade to CS 5.5 Web Premium. I wanted to uninstall CS 3.3 before installing CS 5.5 to save hard drive space. So, I ran the Adobe Uninstaller (Applications > Utilities > Adobe Uninstallers). The Adobe Uninstaller could not find any Abode Products on my MacBook, although they were clearly installed and working. So, I reinstalled CS 3.3 and then tried the Adobe Uninstaller again. This time, the Uninstaller found all of the product and said that it uninstalled all of them. However, it did not delete the application files from my MacBook. I then attempted to run the Adobe CS Cleaner and that also did not delete the application files.
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I cannot find my photo's on iphoto's and I did not delete them where could they be?

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Fix #2
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3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
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Where did iDVD go? How do I access iDVD? I used to just drag my mp4's straight into iDVD and create my DVD's but it is no longer available. Help!

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http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
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I downloaded and bought a movie from iTunes on my iPad and now want the same movie on my MacBook Pro but its not offering me to download it, it giving me the options of buying it which I already did. How I get the movie onto my MacBook?

I downloaded and bought a movie from iTunes on my iPad and now want the same movie on my MacBook Pro but its not offering me to download it, it giving me the options of buying it which I already did. How I get the movie onto my MacBook?

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On 10.4.11 Mac Mail I get this: Mail cannot update your mailboxes because your home directory is full. You must free up space in your home folder before using Mail. Delete unnedded documents or move documents to another volume. I can't open mail.

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Can I view photos and movies from my external hard drive? I used Time Machine and a WD Passport for backup. Since my drive on my MacBook Pro is filling up I was planning to delete some of the movies and photos.

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Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
This sounds like you are wanting to move your iTunes media folder to an external drive and have iTunes this folder from this location. If this is the case then I would recommend taking a look at the article below.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
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Hi. I down load all of my pictures to iPhoto. I was removing some even folders to make room, but DID NOT delete any of the ones I needed (and there are a lot of photos as I am a photographer just starting out). All of my photos are gone. ALL of them.

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