HT1091 burn iphoto slideshow to dvd

I made a slideshow in iphoto 11 and i want to burn in onto a dvd to play on tv. Everything I found on line mentions iDvd but the newer macs don't have that program. How can I do it?

Whilst Macs with a Superdrive continue to be able to burn video DVDs, the software for so doing, iDVD, is no longer included in the iLife bundle that came with OS 10.7 Lion (which also omitted iWeb) or that comes with OS 10.8 Mountain Lion. And it is no longer included in the iLife 11 from the online Apple Store: http://www.apple.com/ilife/. Your only solution is to look on Amazon or eBay and try to get an older version that includes iDVD 7, i.e. iLife version 9 onwards. You should also do this if you plan to buy a new Mac anytime soon, as stocks of iLife that include iDVD will not be available for ever.
However, the vastly more expensive FCPX can burn a DVD without iDVD or DVD Studio Pro involvement, but lack the themes etc of iDVD. Also, of course, there is Roxio Toast, which is the best software for burning anything but again does not offer the flexibility of iDVD.

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    How do you burn iPhoto slideshow to DVD?  I exported to Quick Time & burned as movie but won't play on DVD player.

    If you want it to play on a domestic DVD player then the disk must be created in iDVD. The format of such a disk is quite specific and iDVD is the app the makes these formats.
    So, Share -> Send to iDVD
    Regards
    TD

  • Has anyone used an app with the Maverick software to burn iPhoto slideshows to DVD disks that will play on any DVD player?

    Has anyone used an app with the new Maverick software to burn iphoto slide shows to DVDs that will play on a standard DVD player?  This probably cannot be a demo app in that the amout of photos on the slideshows is large.  
    Thank you,
    Jim

    Export the slideshow from iPhoto, that makes a movie of it.
    Do you want to use this DVD in a domestic DVD player? If so, then the disk will have to be 'authored' to make it the correct form for that. If you have iDVD then that's the app you use. However, iDVD is no longer developed or distributed by Apple. You may be able to get it on an old iLIfe install disk.
    Other options:
    Burn: http://macupdate.com/app/mac/21992/burn
    Toast: http://macupdate.com/app/mac/6351/toast-titanium
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  • Burning Iphoto Slideshow for DVD player

    When I burn a slide show to a DVD my DVD player says invalid format....what am I doing wrong?

    The correct way is to go Share -> Send to iDVD, and then complete the disk in that app. My guess is that you exported the slideshow (hence getting the option to compress to mpeg4 - this doesn't happen when you use the Share -> Send to iDVD command). The Share -> Burn option is not available for slideshows.
    Regards
    TD

  • Can someone please tell me a simple but effective method for burning a slideshow to DVD? Now that the connection between iPhoto and iDVD no longer exists, I can't figure out a way to get there with an acceptable quality result.

    Can someone please tell me a simple but effective method for burning a slideshow to DVD? Now that the connection between iPhoto and iDVD no longer exists, I can't figure out a way to get there with an acceptable quality result.

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    Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
    Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
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    To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is 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.
    If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com.  Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago. 
    Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
    If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides  themes from iDVD 5-7.  The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them. 
    Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
    This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
    You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
    OT

  • How do you burn an iPhoto slideshow onto dvd?

    I am trying to burn an iPhoto slideshow onto DVD - any tips? Thanks!

    If you want to create a video DVD that will play on a set top DVD player to your TV read the following:
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    To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is 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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    Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
    This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
    You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.

  • I'm trying to burn a Iphoto slideshow to DVD but the "burn" in the menu isn't active?

    I'm trying to burn a slideshow to a DVD but it isn't hightlighted in the menu?  Any ideas.  Also, is there a way to put captions under a photo that show up in the slide show?
    Thanks,
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    To burn a Slideshow you DVD for viewing on a domestic DVD player you need to use an app that with author the disk to the correct format.
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    Regards
    TD

  • Putting an iPhoto slideshow on DVD with Toast

    Hello
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    I can't figure out how to burn an iPhoto slideshow to a dvd.  I created the slideshow and clicked on "export", the popup shows the different sizes, and a checked box that says "automatically to iTunes". From iTunes, I'm told to right click to burn the dvd.  But I'm not seeing any options to burn cd

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    Do you want to use this DVD in a domestic DVD player? If so, then the disk will have to be 'authored' to make it the correct form for that. If you have iDVD then that's the app you use. However, iDVD is no longer developed or distributed by Apple. You may be able to get it on an old iLIfe install disk.
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    Burn: http://macupdate.com/app/mac/21992/burn
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    But there are lots of others too. Search on the App Store or MacUpdate

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    Follow this workflow to help ensure the best quality video DVD:
    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.
    If you have iDVD instralled on your iMac the above workflow will do the job.  If you don't have iDVD and your iMac didn't come with Lion or Mt. Lion preinstalled the disks that came with the iMac can be used to reinstall iDVD and its themes.
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    OT

  • Burning a slideshow to DVD

    I have spent a total of 4 hours over 2 days at the Genius Bar in the Apple Store and NO ONE can figure out my problem! Maybe someone out there is able to help me??
    I have a slideshow I created in iPhoto that I need to put on a DVD. Everytime I finish the menu portion and go to burn, it quits after a few minutes and gives me the following error "Error during rendering/encoding: there was an error during rendering/encoding of the menus/slideshows. Burning process aborted."
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    2) Does anyone know if you must have one of the menu choices or can you skip that part and just burn the slideshow with no menu beginning?
    This is really stumping everyone I've talked to. I even went so far as to purge all the photos and rescan them thinking maybe something was corrupt in the photos. Of course, that solution did not work. We also made an archive of the slideshow on CD and took it to another Mac in the store and it also failed to burn on the other computer as well.
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    I had that same problem awhile ago. When sending from IPhoto to Idvd, you can either send to Idvd, or export. I believe I just tried the other method, the export, then it worked and the funny thing is I was also able to go back to the old way after that one time and everything works fine again. A very vague answer I know, but it worked for me, hope it helps you.

  • Iphoto slideshow to dvd

    How do I create a DVD from an iphoto slideshow?

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    Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
    This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
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    Follow this workflow to help ensure the best quality video DVD:
    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, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is 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.
    OT

  • IPhoto slideshow on DVD is a mess!

    I am trying to create a slideshow on DVD for a client. His business is a small newspaper. For an upcoming tradeshow, he wants to have a large display with a slideshow of each page of the paper scrolling across the screen, flipping to the next page, etc. I figured iPhoto would be an excellent tool to do it without much labor, using the Ken Burns effect to pan the full length of each page. It works perfectly on my Mac display and looks great.
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    I am trying to create a slideshow on DVD for a
    client. His business is a small newspaper. For an
    upcoming tradeshow, he wants to have a large display
    with a slideshow of each page of the paper scrolling
    across the screen, flipping to the next page, etc. I
    figured iPhoto would be an excellent tool to do it
    without much labor, using the Ken Burns effect to pan
    the full length of each page. It works perfectly on
    my Mac display and looks great.
    Even the exported video looks OK when I preview it in
    iDVD.
    However, once it goes to DVD, the visual quality is
    worthless. I expected serious degradation of text
    quality since it is only 720 pixels wide. The text
    isn't as sharp, but it is readable.
    The big problem is that as it scrolls, it looks like
    the the images pass behind a grid of prisms that
    refract everything. The disruptive lines are about
    1/4 inch apart, so the whole TV screen is a mess,
    it's impossible to watch. At first I thought it may
    be an issue with the scan rate of the TV, but the
    same thing happens when I play the DVD back on my
    notebook PC and my Mac.
    I set the iDVD preview window and the DVD Player
    window side by side and played them together. The
    iDVD preview was fine, the DVD player window gives me
    a headache.
    What can be causing this, and is there any way to
    change a setting in iPhoto or iDVD to prevent it?
    What resolution are you using for the slides? I have done several DVDs with slide shows as an option (training DVDs) and it's always worked well. I am using PNG and JPEG files with at least 150dpi resolution. I've even used Contrictor to snap screen shots of some PDF files with good results. I am using a 17" screen so again, I'm getting as much resolution as I can before I stick them into the DVD slide show.
    MikeS

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    I created a slideshow using iPhoto11 and when I export it and burn it to a DVD it seems fine but the DVD will not play in a DVD player at all. What am I doing wrong? or Does a Mac require me to purchase something more to make DVD's? Thanks.

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    If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides  themes from iDVD 5-7.  The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them. 
    Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
    This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
    You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
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    Launch iDVD, create a project and select a theme.  Drag the movie file into the iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
    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.
    OT

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