DVD projects --saving them?

What is the difference between saving a file as a dvd project and saving it as a DVD ARCHIVE file?
thanks

To 'archive' a project I assume you mean put files away for storage. If you use DVD media material you will have 4.7 gigs to play with. It's the same thing as using a CD to store 800mb as storage devices. Same process too.
HOWEVER -- if you want to record a CD for playback in a CD player you'll need to do more than just copy 10 songs to a CD. You need software that will conform the CD to blue-book standards (or white... I forget) anyway - beyond anyone's basic need of understanding.
IF you want to create a DVD for playback in a DVD player (from here out called a DVD) you'll need to do something similar. First order of understanding is that a DVD is a HIGHLY compressed form of storage. Yes, it might LOOK good, but only because there are more lines of resolution. Actually a DVD has LESS information on it than a VHS tape!!
Anyway - you need a piece of software to compress the video and separate the audio into mpeg2 (video) and something else for the audio.
Lucky for you - iDVD does it all by itself, or you can use Compressor to control the amount of compression and then use DVDSP to create your own DVD.
Hope this helps.
CaptM

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Is there a way to restore them to iPhoto from the DVD project which I saved on my hard drive?
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Hi
A. Do not Use - Share to iDVD - in any iMovie version at all !
B. Start a BRAND NEW iDVD project
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- FinalCut - Export as QuickTime Movie - NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION - AT ALL !
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How do I create a DVD with no theme, i.e., it plays what was recorded when inserted in the player?

How do I create a DVD with no theme, i.e., it plays what was recorded when inserted in the player? Nothing extra, just the recorded content.

Hi
No Menu on DVD
from. Mishmunken
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1. Easy. Drop your iMovie in the auto-play box in iDVD's Map View, then set your auto-play item (your movie) to loop continuously.
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//lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
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Dell 9200 (aka XPS 410), WinXP Pro SP2, Encore 2.0.
I have a DVD project that I am assembling and need to include different types of files on the same DVD. I have an educational movie that is already formatted on a stand-alone DVD (just like one you would rent from Blockbuster). It needs to go onto a DVD along with some additional supporting files in .pdf and .txt file formats. The DVD has to be able to autostart and play on both a home TV/DVD setup as well as a computer. Users also need to be able to access the additional .pdf and .txt files if it is viewed on a computer. Can these two viewing arrangements co-exist on one DVD? Seems to me that it would all work fine if I converted the stand-alone DVD movie into a something like a Quicktime or Windows Media file, created a XHTML file that can be used as an autostart menu, and then link the movie, .pdf and .txt files from there. All of this can then be burned onto one DVD that can be viewed on a computer, but I assume it would NOT be able to be viewed on a TV/DVD home setup. On the other hand, If I created a DVD using Encore I could just make an autostart screen with menu, but I don't think the menu would suppport something like linking to the .pdf and .txt documents (not that they could be viewed on a home TV/DVD setup anyway.
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Question: Is that dvd project now saved on my hard drive somewhere?
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If I guess right You want
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• Auto looping DVD
Self Starting:
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I initially got the "hardware error 37303" message. I looked online, it advised downloading Microsoft Fix and ASPI, I did so and this message is no longer appearing. However...
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