Help iDVD to ML

I am in the process of upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard, and then to Mountain Lion. I was planning on doing a clean sweep, and backing up all of my old content, starting fresh with the new OS. If I drag and save iDVD to my external drive, will I be able to upload it as usable in Mountain Lion?

Hello Alex108,
Welcome to the Discussions.
The limitation for iDVD is not the amount of content in GB sizes, but only the time-length of the movie. For single-layer DVDs, the limit is 2 hours; twice that for dual layer. That time limit includes all content on the disk--movie, audio, menu components.
Your movie of 1hr 55min leaves only 5 min for menu content so you would be pushing it unless you opted for very simple menu(s).
If your menu(s) are more complex, your total content would exceed the capacity for single-layer DVD, so you would need to burn a dual-layer disk.
It sounds as if you are having problems with creating the dual layer DVD since your 33 second test disk did not play.
Dual-layer disks are trickier. I try to stick to single layers.
You could see if you could eliminate another minute or two from your iMovie. I have successfully burned 1 hr 56 min movies on single-layer DVD disks using a simple menu.
Yes, Memorex DVD disks have been reported to burn inconsistently. Apparently, their layers are not the same quality or thickness as those of the more reliable DVD disks such as Verbatim, Maxell, Taio Yuden, and Sony. I have seen some new Memorex DVDs that appear to be thicker, but I do not use them. I use exclusively Verbatim Archival Gold DVD-R disks and have had no problems with them.
Also, you can select a slower burn speed; at least 4x or less. If your burn is not being completed, try it at 1x or 2x.
You can also create a disk image of your project, and burn from that using Disk Utility. I know that it is reported that you cannot burn a disk image of a dual-layer project, but others have reported doing this. If the disk image file is successfully created, you will be able to successfully burn the DVD disk.
Post back if you have further questions. Good luck meeting your deadline.

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Welcome to apple discussions. If you haven't already, take a look at apple's tutorial for iDvd. They really do help.
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http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#idvd
iDVD 8 Manual, as pdf, so download it. It is very helpful:
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#idvd
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http://boinx.com/photopresenter/overview/
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8164545&#8164545
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