DVD with Multiple Episodes

I have a number of DVDs of TV Series that have multiple episodes on each DVD. The problem is that when I transfer the DVD to iTunes, I am asked to overwrite the existing file. To avoid the problem, I can change the name of the file being uploaded to iTunes by adding a more specific title but iTunes does not recognize any file name change. Consequently, I have 10 videos in iTunes all with the same title even though the name of the source file was renamed before being uploaded. Is there any way to deal with this?
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*Play all resp one chapter at a time*
Play All Button
1. There are NO - Play All - button in any version of iDVD
2. It can be faked in several ways
• Easies and most fault proof way is to make a doublet movie containing All and with
Chapters set to match. It will take up x2 space but is easy to understand and produce.
• It's said that one can put all movies into a Photo/SlideShow and this will also
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Images and movies in a slideshow are scaled to fit the standard DVD window size, but the aspect ratio is preserved. For example, a picture taken vertically (also known as “portrait format”) may have black bands on either side of it to fill out the screen. If you want an image to fit the DVD window exactly, use an image-editing application to resize the image before bringing it into iDVD. (It is not possible to resize movies.) Resize to these dimensions:
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720 x 540 pixels for standard video in NTSC format
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854 x 480 pixels for widescreen in NTSC format
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768 x 576 pixels for standard video in PAL format
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1024 x 576 pixels for widescreen in PAL format
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i'm trying to pause import to one step dvd so I can change 60 min tapes.
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vinestein
Posts: 2
From: vancouver b.c.
Registered: Jan 12, 2006
Re: I'm trying to pause import to one step dvd so I can change 60 min tapes.
Posted: Jan 12, 2006 10:36 AM in response to: vinestein
I've solved my own problem.
While importing to one step dvd and while on that pane I click and hold a word
on the top bar of the screen wich sort of freezes everything and with my other
hand I pause the play on the camera and eject the tape 2 seconds before
the tape is about to come to its end, then load a rewound tape back in and
push play then let go of the mouse or even click one more time on the menu bar. I don't think one step knew what just happened, but there maybe blue
screen recorded while I changed tapes. We'll see.
Brian Christian...
Posts: 1
Registered: Nov 1, 2005
Loading content from multiple MiniDV tapes to one DVD
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I am being offered this "One Touch" feature on iDVD to copy my Camera footage to a DVD. I am wondering what the best process is to follow if I wanted to, say, merge :30 minutes of content from one MiniDV and :20 minutes of content from another. Should I be uploading to iMovie instead? If I have the ultimate objective of a. having copies on DVD instead of MiniDV and b. using the content for video editing in iMovie, what is the best process to follow?
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Len Goff
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From: 35 miles West of Lake Michigan
Registered: Jan 17, 2004
RE: Loading content from multiple MiniDV tapes to one DVD
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Brian,
It's pretty much agreed here that the best storage medium for your MiniDV tapes, is the tape itself.
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