IDVD 6, destroyed a theme

While messing around, I renamed /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 6/Reflection-Main.theme/Contents/Resources/ThemeDescription.plist to something else, made a copy, and tried to edit the copy using OmniOutliner. It didn't work out for me, so I deleted the copy, and renamed the original file back. It retains its original ownership, permissions, date and time stamp, but the "Reflection Main" theme is no longer available in iDVD 6. How can I "re-import" this particular theme or re-enable it for iDVD?

Thank you for the advice. It ultimately worked, but was not quite as easy as that. A previous MacBook, or one of the MacMini's I had purchased did come with an iLife '06 disc, but when I tried to re-install the application, all I got was the opportunity to install some Garageband sample tunes. So, I dragged iDVD to my TRASH (with my fingers crossed) and tried it again: same result, so I located the original Mac OS X Install discs (2 of them, in the package marked "Everything else") and selected the option to install the bundled software. I unchecked everything, then re-checked only iDVD, and it installed iDVD, along with Themes. (WHEW!) However, the Reflection/Black/Main theme was still missing, so this time, I dragged iDVD AND the folder /Library/Application Support/iDVD (where I knew the theme assets to be) into the trash and repeated the process. This time it worked. I got back my missing theme, and I'm all happy again! Thank you again for a push in the right direction!

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1. Easy. Drop your iMovie in the auto-play box in iDVD's Map View, then set your auto-play item (your movie) to loop continuously.
Disadvantage. The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy. If you don't want your (auto-play) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the drop-zone (text needs to be black as well).
Disadvantage. The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time. Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage. One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
4. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software. Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn.
Disadvantage. you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.
5. The "hard way". Post-production with myDVDedit (free-ware)
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• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
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• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
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• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned. If it works save and close myDVDedit.
• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager.
//lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html
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Click Here
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No Menu DVD
from. Mishmunken
How to create a DVD in iDVD6 without menu (there are several options)
1. Easy. Drop your iMovie in the auto-play box in iDVD's Map View, then set your auto-play item (your movie) to loop continuously.
Disadvantage. The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote
2. Still easy. If you don't want your (auto-play) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the drop-zone (text needs to be black as well).
Disadvantage. The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.
3. Still quite easy but takes more time. Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.
Disadvantage. One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.
4. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software. Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn.
Disadvantage. you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.
5. The "hard way". Post-production with myDVDedit (free-ware)
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• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.
• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window
• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.
• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.
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• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager.
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