EncoderServer and ThumbnailServer not responding

When I start iDVD, EncoderServer and ThumbnailServer show as not responding in Activity Monitor.
If I click on any iDVD menu choice, then iDVD stops responding.
I've tried creating a new user... that didn't work.
I've tried deleting the themes, which just get recreated when iDVD starts.
I've tried deleting idvd plist file.
I've tried deleting the cache file[s].
These seem to be most of the recommended steps to get iDVD working again, but none of them have gotten iDVD up and running again. Yes, I have used it successfully in the past.
Oh, yes... did try repair permissions too... nada.
TIA,
Lang

Are you able to reboot into hardware test mode while holding down the D key?
Yup.
Whatever key works, run the Extended Hardware test and post those results here please.
I did that and no problems were found, but I didn't have a Disc in the CD/DVD Drive plus it never asked me to insert one either. Should I at least insert a CD & re-run the Hardware Test?
Also check your crash log w/in system profiler > Software > Logs .....anything here regarding the S-drive?
Absolutely nothing else was in ANY other logs. Only the DiscRecording.log! The weirdest thing is, I was Erasing a CD-RW with DU and then used iTunes to burn a Playlist. Then I would copy the CD-RW to a new folder and repeat this DU Erase & iTunes Burn then Copy. I repeated this 3 times until I got to "The Wall" Playlist but it would not fix on the CD-RW, so I grab a No-Name DVD-RW & Erased it with DU without any problems. Then iTunes Failed to burn to that DVD-RW, so I when back to the CD-RW and burned most of "The Wall" & Erased & burned the rest of "The Wall". By then, it's 2:00 AM, so I went to bed.
After work the next day, I decided to play COD2 but *IT WOULD NOT MOUNT* the COD2 DVD. Now ONLY CD's will mount & Read/Write!
This is so bizarre I'm LAUGHING my butt off.
Buzz

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When I open up iDVD '08 and start a new project, or contiue on an older one, iDVD gets very sluggish. When open up Activity Monitor to see if there is a problem, EncoderServer and ThumbnailServer are not responding. I go to my other Mac to see if there is the same problem, and there is not. I do not know what is wrong, but if someone has the same problem, or if someone knows how to fix this please reply. I need help!
-Thanks

Well, it sounds like we're going to have to go a bit further. You should re-install iDVD '08. I don't know how this will affect your current project. My guess is that you'll be able to open it and make some adjustments.
I read here recently that someone implied they could just run the (Custom) installer for iDVD '08 and it would re-install. That's news to me. This is more like what I would expect is needed:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5088205#5088205
Another person said all they did was go to HD/Library/Receipts/ and remove iDVD.pkg and then Custom install iDVD.

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I just opened up my iDVD for the first time (bought computer in March). Software update asked if I wanted to update things... I did. Now my computer is getting super hot and loud. When I bring up activity monitor it shows EncoderServer and Thumbnail(something) not responding. It stops when I close iDVD.
Can I still successfully use iDVD? How do I fix this problem?
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Here's what I'd do...
Go to your project's info/settings and change the encoding setting from Best Performance to Professional Quality. Best Performance is a con basically. It encodes your video in the background to a very low standard and this fools you into thinking you're getting better performance... but it's at a huge cost. When finalising your project, save it as a disk image instead of direct burning (not recommended if your project requires a Double Layer DVD). Later you can use Disk Utility to burn the image. You can give the image file to anyone else with a Mac and they can produce their own copies without needing iDVD or other DVD duplication method.
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Neil, just for reference the Cron script problem was fixed in 10.4.2 and should be run on boot if they haven't already. This doesn't mean that running cocktail occasionally to make sure doesn't have value or to run the maintance scripts early doesn't help (it wont hurt).
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The 3 Gb limitation is a limitation of 32bit operating systems and software. Photoshop can't address (use) more than 3Gb regardless of how much you have free or installed. OSX 10.4 is kind of 64bit but not completly, it has the ability to remap memory so EACH program can use a max of 3Gb. so in your case with 5ish Gb used PS is using 3Gb, Safari is using a bit and the OS is prob using most of the rest.
Looking at what you posted the only two figures your really interested in is the Used and Free (which add up to approx 9Gb). The fact that the used number doesn't change from the several files open and the liquify filter opening indicates to me that it has already grabbed as much memory as it can( it's using 3Gb of the 5.52, the rest is the OS etc).
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(see attached screenshot)
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FIX ATTEMPT 1:
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