IDVD 3.0 upgrade

Hello. I have recently purchased a Sony DRX-840U External DVD Burner since My G4 does not have a Superdrive. I have iDVD 3.0 and have not been able to Burn My Videos from iMovie to Disc. I have read that unless one has iDVD 6.0 or later this will not happen. Is this correct and can I upgrade on the Apple Website to iDVD 6.0 and does it cost? If I upgrade does this fix the Problem?
Can I do all the Fancy stuff like add Themes to My iMovie also? Thanks.

I am having the same problem with iDVD 4. i cannot get it to even load onto the lap top. Get OS 10.4, upgrade it and upgrade quicktime for free and purchase the iLife 08 package. You should be able to upgrade OS 10 to 10.4.11. I going to have to do that to get it in. It has some great updated features and very much more then iDVD 3 and even 4.

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Carolyn,
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I have some old iDVD projects that do not open under iDVD 6.01 (yes, I have the update.) It is as if my old themes (specifically "Baby Blue") have been erased. Is there some way to download them from the Apple site?
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This is one reason you should finish a project, create a disk image, save the disk image, before "upgrading."
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It could be an encoding problem or a burning problem Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty 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

IDVD audio sync problems after Lion upgrade

Hi all,
I posted this in the Lion discussion, but thought I might have a go here as well. I'm having problems with iDVD and audio sync as follows...
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iDVD won't encode audio portion from iMovie had off.
original iMovie from DV camera, iMove encodes QT, etc
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repaired persmissions, and delited the iDVD.plist
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Scooper,
iDVD is "not" slow (nor fast) encoding (actually transcoding) audio. iDVD relies on the Quicktime framework. iDVD invokes an external library from the set of resources provided by QT.
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T.

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I know this topic has been discussed before, but I'm still looking for an answer. I have an Intel-based MBP, running Snow Leopard from a fresh install(not an upgrade install).
I cannot get iDVD to open. When I click on the icon in Applications, I get the initial splash screen, but when I try to create a new project, entering the title, as soon as I press create, the screen disappears, the icon for iDVD remains in the dock, and nothing further happens.
I'm using iDVD 7.04. My MBP has all current updates. I have tried all suggestions offered on the forums, and online, as near as I can tell, with no success.
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I was able to use iDVD before my upgrade to SL. I do not install all of the applications from iLife, as packaged with my MBP. Could it be something I'm missing when I do an Install/Erase to install SL? Should I install all applications in iLife, even though I have no use for Garage Band, ect., just to see if that helps? Is it just SL creating problems?
Thank you for youre help!!
Again, none of the suggested fixes here have helped. I have no trouble with my MBP, or SL, otherwise.....

Hi
I always have to force quit at this point.
This gives small errors every time on hard disk - resulting in a severe problem
now or later.
I would
• Trash iDVD pref file
• Run - Repair Permissions - Apple Disk Util tool
• Run - Repair Hard Disk - Apple Disk Util tool - BUT YOU HAVE TO START from DVD or
other external hard disk to do this - Can't do brain surgery on one self !
Else my list
*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.*
• Delete iDVD pref file - *or rather start a new user/account* - log into this and re-try
iDVD pref file resides.
Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences
and is named.
com.apple.iDVD.plist
While iDVD is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iDVD.
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb
• Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool)
• Program miss-match. iDVD 5.0.2, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK - DON’T work under Leopard
• Program miss-match. iDVD 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK will work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’09 v. 7.0.4, Mac OS X.5.8 AND QuickTime 7.6.4 - is OK (does work under Leopard)
• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/ zzzzzzzzzz
or
Macintosh HD/Users/Your log-in//Library/Application Support/iDVD/Installed Themes/ zzzzzzzzzz
• Try a Cleaning CD/DVD that cleans the laser lens on the DVD burner/player
iDVD 6.0.4 and iDVD 7.0.1 are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Last resort. from Craig. Solved the problem!! Finally!!
I deleted every iDVD application and folder from my boot drive,
emptied the trash and then installed iDVD 08 using the customize option
and I am up and running.
If You do a re-install be sure to get rid of all iDVD old parts AND then EMPTY the Trash-basket !
iDVD updated ?
Apple Codec updated ?
Start a New Clean project - or delete project assets
No of Colors - must be set to millions
EdinSF writes that, The 10.6.3 update with an Open GL fix seems to have taken care of the problem.
Yours Bengt W

IDVD 5 won't start, icon bounces and dies

I'll repost another person's post, since I cannot improve on the question. He didn't receive an answer, but that was way back in January.
Here's his post:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1489142#1489142
I'm afraid I've tried all the odd little fixes, deleting library/preferences/ file; fixed all the permissions on all the disks; rebooted; reinstalled iDVD, reinstalled Tiger, upgraded, searched this discussion group numerous times... still get a couple bumps from the icon, and nothing. No iDVD starts, and the crash log contains about the same results as this gentleman's does.
The key issue I'm seeing is "image not found". Very not good.
His log results, same as mine:
When I attempt to launch iDVD I get the following error in the console...
===== Sunday, January 8, 2006 11:53:10 PM America/New_York =====
dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/MediaBrowser.framework/Versions/A/MediaBrowser
Referenced from: /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD
Reason: image not found
Jan 8 23:53:41 iMac-G5 crashdump[414]: iDVD crashed
Jan 8 23:53:41 iMac-G5 crashdump[414]: crash report written to: /Users/bhascup/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/iDVD.crash.log
Any ideas what could have caused this (and, more importantly, how to fix it)?
It's been about a month since i last used iDVD and I have no idea what i could have done to cause this.
\End His Message
Thanks,
Harley

You know, Sue? I think you may have hit on the basic issue. I was reading it as iDVD image not found. But you correctly recognized the crash log is in fact saying the library that is corrupted... Possibly from my time spent installing X11/unix applications.
An intimidating booger up.
So, for others' reference:
Original message, key contents:
CONSOLE LOG:
dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/AVCVideoServices.framework/Versions/A/AVCVideoSe rvices
Referenced from: /Applications/iDVD.app/
And now:
Looking down the given path in a Terminal (ls command), shows my directory's contents as:
/Library/Frameworks username$ ls
Inventor.framework R.framework
JCAuthentication.framework SMAPI.framework
JavaBusinessLogic.framework StuffIt.framework
JavaRealEstate.framework StuffItSupport.framework
MacInfo.framework Tcl.framework
OpenBaseAPI.framework Tk.framework
OpenBaseAdmin.framework ViaVoiceLanguage.framework
OpenBaseAdvancedAPI.framework ViaVoiceLauncher.framework
OpenBaseEOAdaptor.framework VocabExpander.framework
OpenBaseForms.framework WOComponentElements.framework
OpenBaseLogin.framework WOComponentExamples.framework
OpenBaseManager.framework WOExamplesHarness.framework
OpenBaseNet.framework WOSessionStoreExample.framework
OpenBasePKPlugIn.framework iMoviePluginAPI.framework
PetStoreWOModel.framework
Sure enough, no ACVVideoServices.framework is present... now that IS odd.
Gee, I wonder which reinstall is in order... But at least you've gotten us on the right track.
Very good job of digging.^)
Harley

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Advice, please!

OK, I understand your dilemma. For what it's worth, iDVD version 7 still works with Mountain Lion.
You have to buy it from an aftermarket vendor, but the price is still fairly reasonable. Here is one source:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1414
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Hi Steve,
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I'm not sure where the problem lies - is it Quicktime, MPEG Streamclip, and/or iDVD ?
Fox

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Hi ocloudsunfold
Welcome to apple discussions. Not sure if converting with Mpeg-Streamclip will help in this situation but it might be worth a try:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
Please make sure to read requirements carefully prior to installing should you wish to use this free download.
Good luck.
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