IDVD 8 Performance?

I would like to know how iDVD 8 performs on a G5 Quad burning a DVD with 2 hours of video. iDVD 5 could do it in about an hour but iDVD 6 took twice as long. I would like to know if 8 is as fast (or at least close to) 5. I'm eagerly awaiting some feedback.

Gio,
Welcome to iDVD Discussions.
Have you seen this?:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306064

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I have tried authoring a 75 min project using compressor and dvdsp and I get this strange pulsing pixelation in certain shots. I author the same project in idvd, I don't get any pulsing, but in the last 10 minutes of the project, I get pixelation on playback.
I have a deadline tomorrow and I'm ready to throw my new macbookpro out the window. I have made numerous tests, using default settings and custom settings, used various disk brands, and still I can't seem to manage the simple task of authoring a 75 min dvd.
Any suggestions? Has anyone else experienced this pulsing?

Hi
Those pulsing shots were made under certain different light condition? Some kind of ambience lighting can make and "pulsating color" effect.
Besides that, what format is your source and what encoding setting did you use in Compressor?
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i repaired permissions
cleared caches
what happened????

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Finder repeatedly quits after performing Quickstart/iDVD update and restart

I just did an Apple update on Quicktime and iDVD, performed the mandatory restart, signed on and, once I got to the full Desktop, I began to get the following, identical problem message, every minute or so: Finder quit unexpectedly, EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
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Hi Jarod, see this...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1873700&tstart=0

Another tip for working around iDVD encoding errors: Use internal drive

I've had several projects that produced the encoding error while rendering the menus, I've also seen a number of tips in this discussion area, e.g., have 20 GB of free space, delete iDVD preferences, delete encoded assets, and make sure your chapter markers are not near a transition or end of a clip (good luck with that using iDVD to set your chapters). Neither of these tips alone allowed me to burn a disk image to disk, but I'm confident they contribute to a more stable iDVD performance overall.
In my case, the only way I've managed to make the projects to work is to copy the iMovie project over to my internal drive, create the iDVD project on the internal drive and to save the disk image to the internal drive.
If you're low on internal disk space, as I am, easy to move assets is another advantage of using iMovie 6 over iMovie 8, i.e., you can create the iMovie project on the external drive and then drag a temporary copy over to the internal drive, then you can launch iDVD from within iMovie 6 without the annoying step of exporting to the Media Browser. When you're done, delete the temporary movie to free up space for your next project. The iDVD projects can also be moved to a backup drive or deleted.

You'll always get better results on the startup volume / internal HD (as opposed to an ext. HD) provided you also have at least 20GB's of available HD space remaining. Anything less is often problematic at best.
My suggestion in this situation is to find a way to clear more HD space. You can clear video files already burned to DVD-R media, burn your iPhoto Library to DVD to clear more space , or even consider clearing languages you won't need on your system with an app like Monolingual. No problems will be created by removing unneeded language files (however it's highly recommend you avoid removing architectures on any intel mac).
http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/
The following may interest you as well:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1102377&tstart=0

IMovie & iDVD from iLife 06 don't work with my computer

Hello all,
I have just installed iLife06, and I have problems with iMovie and iDvd
1. when opening a file from the old iMovie 05 it doesn't work. The transitions are messed up and the audio and video are out of phase. If I try to redo the transitions a big jump happens.
2. I imported a new movie from my camera and when I wanted to edit it (just as I used to with the 05 program) it does not work. Transitions and fades don't work either.
3. iDvd performs the same way with my old files. It doesn't read them properly and I can't use them anymore.
iWeb, iTunes, iPhoto work just fine.
The computer was reformated after having a new logic plate installed two weeks ago.
Does anyone know what I can do to use these programs just like I used to before I installed iLife 06??
Help appreciated.
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iMac (iSight) 17 inch Mac OS X (10.4.4) 1.5 GB Apple RAM, iLife '06

I also just installed iLife '06 on my G5 and iMovie HD '06 does not work at all. I am not able to import photos of any format or any DV clips. All of the buttons appear to be frozen (themes, media, editing, etc.). I do get the error message when I start up that some features of iMovie HD will not work since my graphics card does not support quartz extreme. Perhaps that is the problem, but I thought the program should at least run on a G5. I have tried several of the maintenance activities (repairing permissions, dumping logfiles, etc.) suggested on a previous posting, but with no success. I have used iMovie 4 for years with no problems. Is there anything left to do but try to reinstall iMovie 4?

IDVD08 lower quality video than iDVD06

I'm not a pro video guy, so I really relied on the "simple" Mac apps and associated iLife (mainly '06). There were MANY changes from iMovie/iDVD '06 to '08 and maybe I'm missing something.
With a recent import of DV tape into iMovie '08 and sharing it with iDVD, my wife and I immediately noticed lower quality video in the films (let alone the lack of chapters, sigh). Reading these (and other) forums, I found the iMovie '06 download and proceeded to use it for another movie and sent it to iDVD '08.
Using the same quality (professional -- I don't mind the lengthy time), the output DVD was definitely better looking than the previous work flow (iMovie 08, share, iDVD 08).
Has anyone else seen/noticed this?

Hi Andre
There is another aspect too.
If You add photos to Your movie and use "Share/Export to iDVD" from versions up to iMovie 6
then You'll probably get a lousy result what ever coding scheme.
If You done this and let iMovie render - two problems occures:
• iDVD performs badly
• Your original iMovie movie is harmed and You need to re-import Your photos and re-do the edit.
Then close down iMovie. Drop the movie icon (with a Star on it) into the theme window in iDVD.
Now iDVD will do the rendering and so much better.
Most probably this goes for iM08 and iDVD08 too.
Ps. I used Pro Quality on a small project and got a very good result - but may be I just was lucky Ds
Yours Bengt W

Bypass Hardware Test on Start

Is it possible to bypass the hardware check iDVD performs when launched? I have only a G3 processor keeping me from using iDVD.
PowerMac G3 (Blue and White) Mac OS X (10.4.4)

when you read my specs, I do use iDVD5 way under the recommended hardware specs, besides one thing:
a G4 (or better) is absolutely neccessairy for encoding videoDVDs!
a G3 has no "Altivec/Velocity engine" coprocessor, which is absolutely needed with the zillion of computations done in the encoding process..
you would literarly need weeks/months for a 20min project.........
sorry to say: G3 + DVD creation = NoGo...
helpful?

Photos in monocrom

In Mavericks, I have create one iDVD with some photos (all photos are in colours). When I display it the first photo is in colour but the other photos are monocrom.
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Mabuni

How did iDVD perform in the other user account on your Mac?
Along with the iDVD preference file delete the iDVD cache file::
1 - delete the IDVD preference file, com.apple.iDVD.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete IDVD'S cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iDVD folder.
3 - launch IDVD and try again.
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
If you're running Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
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Help! problem loading chapters

This is my first iDVD project, and i have gotten the theme customized, up to a point. But tho the movie segment i dragged in has six chapters, only two show up in the chapters submenu. How do i create more, or is the program supposed to do this automatically? also, there is only a back arrow (to menu screen) and no forward arrow for scenes 3, 4, 5, 6.
I am stressing over this because i have little time left, after struggling so long with iMovie 6 (where the pegs to lock audio clips to video clips kept slipping around). And the project is due friday.
Also, i have added some music tracks to the movie since dragging it in from the iDVD movies pane. I don't know whether iDVD uses the document as it currently exists or whether the doc was imported entire in that earlier version. Looks like the latter.
any help deeply appreciated.
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From iDVD '08 Help:
*If iDVD performance is sluggish*
If you have a complex project that contains large images, an autoplay movie, more than one movie, or a lot of button transitions, and if you keep motion turned on while you are working on your project, you might experience slow performance.
Here are ways to improve iDVD performance:
Consider resizing large, high-resolution slideshow images to 720 x 480 pixels for standard projects and 854 x 480 pixels for widescreen before you add them to your project.
Large images can slow iDVD performance. (The performance of your burned DVD is unaffected by image size.)
Make sure motion is turned off while you’re working on your project if your project has complex dynamic drop zones or motion menus. To turn motion on or off, click the Motion button (shown below).
*Turn off background encoding if you are using the Best Performance encoding setting. To turn it off, choose Advanced > “Encode in Background.”*
*The checkmark is removed to show it’s no longer selected.*

Best performance vs. Best quality in iDVD Prefs!?

What is the difference? i have selected "best quality" and see no difference in picture, but one can fit more onto a dvd with best quality vs. performance. what is the difference!? thanks!

A quick, simple explanation is given in David Pogue's little iLife '04 manual. I will pare it down a little:
"Given that a blank DVD contains a limited amount of space, how much picture-quality data can it afford to devote to each frame of video?
The Best Perfomance option in iDVD 4 ....allots a fixed, predetermined amount of data to each frame of video--enough to make it look great--no matter how many minutes of video is included. A lot of the DVD might wind up being empty if the project contains less than an hour of video. But, the burning process will go quickly and the video will look really great.
The Best Quality option uses every micron of space on the blank DVD, analyzes the amount of video included and divides it into the amount of space available on the DVD. The amount of information used to describe an indiviual frame of video will vary from project to project, and it will take a lot longer to burn the DVD because of so much analysis. But it will give two hours of great-looking video per disc."

Can Enery Saver settings affect performance in iDVD

Hi,
I would like to know if changing the settings in Energy Saver in System Preferences will result in iDVD encoding taking MORE time and thus save on processor heat etc, thus allowing me to fully encode a slideshow and its transitions without the iDVD quitting unexpectedly?
I notice when I encode using BEST PERFORMANCE that I get the encoding to go further than when I choose PROFESSIONAL QUALITY.
Many Thanks,
James

allowing your system's hard drive to "sleep" while encoding an iDvd is simply NOT recommended regardless of the fact it may be less CPU intensive. Yes it produces less cpu heat BUT it also makes for a greater number of read / write errors each time you allow the HD to enter sleep mode and the transition in and of itself can trigger the application to quit.
It's best to set these energy saver controls to "Never" while encoding. The only exception is allowing the display to sleep while encoding which can safely be performed while encoding. However my personal preference is to set EVERYTHING to Never and simply turn off the display as it encodes.
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IDVD 4 Best Performance bit rate

I've read on these forums that using best performance, iDVD encodes video at a 7.3Mbps bit rate.
Is that including audio, or is that just video?
In other words is it 7.3 + 1.5 (audio) = 8.8 Mbps?
or is it
5.8 + 1.5 (audio) = 7.3 Mbps?
Thanks!

where did you get that information about the 7.3 bit rate?
I used the Bitrate Viewer ($0 or $30, it runs OK in Virtual PC) for the ~7404 kb/s = 7.2 Mb/s value (that was the average from 15, 30 and 60 minute content lengths but the original values were very near each other).
http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm
I got the 7.3 Mb/s value by extracting a 1 minute .m2v segment (i.e. just video, no audio there) from the longer VOBs: it was always 54.6 MB/min or an average of 57282275 B/min = 7.28 Mb/s.
I have also used Digigami MegaPEG.X but not with those iDVD files. I vaguely remember comparing some Bitrate Viewer's results to those from Digigami MegaPEG.X. AFAIR the results weren't exactly the same but they were similar.
to analyze some mp2's
You mean "to analyze some MPEG2's", right?
average bit rate = 2.559-4.144 Mb/s
Really? That sounds VERY low! Can it be true?
DVD's video bitrate is up to 10036 kb/s (=9.8 Mb/s) and usually it is about 4-6-8 Mb/s. 4 Mb/s is already quite low for high quality output (SVCD is 2,4 Mb/s).
How long were your test clips? My iDVD 4.0.1 test clips were 15, 30, 60, 70, 75, 90, 105 and 120 minutes.

IDVD 5 project, 26 chapters, burns Best Performance not Best Quality

My iDVD project WILL burn with 26 chapter headings at "Best Performance", but the same project will NOT burn at "Best Quality". The same file will burn at "Best Quality" without the chapter headings. I have retried multiple times. Each time Best Performance will burn, Best Quality will not.
As a rule I use Best Quality. The last project finished a couple of months ago. (So, probably earlier than 10.4.7) Best Quality usually works for me, just not on this project.
Note, I have filed a bug report but thought I should also share this with discussions.
(All the usual remedies, with resetting cache plist repairing permissions performed between each attempt, and attempts to burn from a new user. The video file has no transitions)
iDVD 5.0.1 (626), Quicktime Pro 7.1.3, 10.4.7
Mac G5 Quicksilver 867 MHz, 2MB L3 cache, memory 1.5 gig.
Entire video length is 00:45:58.
My user set chapter markers are at [00:01:19.2637] [00:03:18.1194] [00:04:06.2638] [00:05:45.2235] [00:07:07.2781] [00:08:16.0988] [00:09:53.0879] [00:12:22.2126] [00:13:04.0552] [00:15:30.2190]
[00:16:15.2725] [00:17:13.0799] [00:18:26.2418] [00:20:02.1206] [00:22:48.1704]
[00:27:03.1369] [00:27:59.0637] [00:29:56.1588] [00:31:27.1161] [00:34:26.1298]
[00:34:59.0097] [00:38:54.1302] [00:41:12.1516] [00:42:02.2966] [00:43:34.1742]
[00:45:09.1127]
So the first chapter marker is over one minute into the video and the last is 49 seconds before the end of the video.
It took me a couple of weeks of futile attempts at Best Quality to figure this out. I am exhausted and don't have the energy to start deleting chapter markers one at a time to see if and when it will burn at Best Quality.
Any thoughts?

Hello Robert,
I'm not really able to provide a solution - maybe some of the more knowledgeable users on this board will chime in - but can only offer a guess.
There hav been several reports of compatibility issues between Tiger/QT 7 and iMovie/iDVD 5, so maybe that's your "bug".
Recommended is:
• OS X 10.3.9/QT 6.5.2/iLife 5
• OS X 10.4.x/QT 7.1.x/iLife 6
I would also try to create a new iDVD project for your movie after deleting iDVD prefs and repairing permissions. Then try to create a disk image (if you didn't try that already)
hope this helps
mish

IDVD 7.1 (asOf iLive'11) slow performance?

Hi,
Now that I have iLive'11 I wanted to create an new DVD with iDVD. As already known it is the same version as before (7.0.4?), with no changes except adaptations to the other iLive'11 app. But I am wondering if the performance is really accurate: When choosing a picture from an iPhoto or Apperture library it takes a few seconds until the picture appears in the album. That makes no fun working with it ! Did somebody found the same behavior .. or even an solution?
I am running iDVD on a iMac 24'', 2.8Ghz Intel Core Duo with 4GB RAM on Snow Leopard 10.6.5. That should be sufficient...

No answers yet ... Hmm, disappointing ... seems no one can either agree or disagree ? I can only repeat: On my Mac (which still works fine for all apps) this iDVD is useless as it stops productivity, no fun at. Please Apple do something !!!

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