IDVD and photos burned on one DVD

I remember how to attach photos, but the recipient can't open the photo files. Is there a better way to share an iMovie and the photos I used for the movie? Thanks!

mishmumken is right. What you're doing is overkill and could result in a lower quality finished product. That's why I suggested the large size in the export process.
Even better is mishmumken's suggerstion of cropping the photos to 4:3 ratio, preferable 640 x 480, before hand as that's the final size they will end up at before creating the slideshow.
Give you resulting movie file a try by creating a disk image of the project and playing it with DVD Player. Check the movie carefully for artifacts, etc. and if there are none you can then burn the disk image to disk.
I suggest you follow this workflow for optimum quality:
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.

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Hi
A. Do not Use - Share to iDVD - in any iMovie version at all !
B. Start a BRAND NEW iDVD project
C. in iMovie'08 to 11 - Share to Media Browser and as LARGE - NOT HD or other resolution as quality will be even worse
- in iMovie HD6 - just close it and from within iDVD import the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it)
- FinalCut - Export as QuickTime Movie - NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION - AT ALL !
D. When in iDVD - see to that in the Lay-out menu (when it looks like a box-plott) there ARE NOTHING in the upper left most box (Auto Start box). As this overruns any Menu.
E. Save as a DiskImage - TEST this first - befor burning any DVDs
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burning it to a couple of DVDs
Is it your intention to create video DVDS that can be played on TV sets via DVD players? If so you'll need a video DVD authoring application like iDVD.
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. For iPhoto 9.4.3 and earlier select Size = Medium or Large. For iPhoto 9.5 and later selct 480p.
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 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.
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 retailer 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

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Hello iDVD Gurus!
I just installed a new SuperDrive (Pioneer DVR111D) in my Dual 533 MHz Digital Audio G4. I have iDVD 6 which seems to be mostly for making movie DVD's. I was wondering if I could use this (or any other Apple) application for making data backup DVD's from my hard drive. I was unable to find any way to do it on my own.
Thanks much,
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42663
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=322543&tstart=0
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• Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, or Intel Core processor; 733MHz or faster for iDVD
• 256MB of RAM, 512MB recommended
• Mac OS X v10.3.9 or v10.4.3 or later; v10.4.4 recommended
• iTunes 6.0.2 and QuickTime 7.0.4 (included)
• DVD drive for installation
• 10GB of available disk space
• High-definition video requires 1GHz G4 or faster and 512MB of RAM.
• Burning DVDs requires an Apple SuperDrive or compatible third-party DVD burner.
• iPhoto print services are available in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and select European countries; requires Internet access; fees and terms apply.
• .Mac account required for iPhoto Photocast publishing and recommended for iWeb. The .Mac service is available to persons age 13 and older. Annual membership fee and Internet access required. Terms and conditions apply.
• iWeb requires Internet and webserver access (.Mac recommended). The .Mac service is available to persons age 13 and older. Annual membership fee and Internet access required. Terms and conditions apply.
• Mac OS X v10.4.4 required for iMovie HD themes, iDVD themes, iPhoto Photocast publishing, and iChat recording in GarageBand. iChat video conferencing requires broadband Internet connection; fees may apply.
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Hi srtri,
Did you install the driver provided by LaCie? see this LaCie's link: LaCie - External Storage: Hard Drives, CD-RW Drives, DVD-RW Drives, Tape, Monitors and choose the "DVD" product family.
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) Mac OS X (10.4.3)
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Can you make a slideshow and then burn it to dvd?

Can you burn to dvd a slideshow?

Greetings,
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Size of all clips in iMovie that will fit on one dvd burned by iDVD

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Hi
on SL-single layer DVDs - about four hours on DL if Your Mac can burn them
To get even more - Roxio Toast™ - can squees in may be up to ten hours
BUT - TO a quality near not usably. Quality invers to amount of material.
also encoding method is limiting
iDVD 08 & 09 has three levels of qualities.
iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality (movies up to 120 min.) - BEST
• Best Performances (movies less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD
• High Quality (in iDVD08 or 09) / Best Quality (in iDVD6) (movies up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
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Burning 2 quicktime movies onto one DVD using iDVD

I wonder if you could help me.
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Hello Nan,
a Single Layer DVD can hold a maximum of 120 min of video (incl. menus), so either you burn 2 SL DVDs or try to put both movies on a Double Layer DVD, provided you have a burner capable of writing DL DVD.
how do I do it using the right menu and proper theme etc- and right method of importing or loading the movies.
I suggest you have a look at this tutorial by Ken Stone: Authoring with iDVD 5
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/idvd_5stone.html
hope this helps
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Is there a way to have iDVD have accommodate more than one iMovie project on one DVD?

Looking for a way to have more than one iMovie Project burned to one DVD through iDVD. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Hi
YES - But do not use "Share to iDVD" in any version of iMovie as this will degrade the final result - BUT
Share to Media Browser - and as Large (Not HD or other resolutions as this too degrades the final DVD)
Now when Your movies are Shared. Close iMovie
Open iDVD and import movies from Media button/Movies (down to the right)
And You can add up to 99 movies - or 60/120 minutes (reg encoding quality chosen)
Time is = Movie duration + MENU DURATION (can take 15 minutes or more if elaborated)
(I keep it as simple possibly)
Yours Bengt W

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Hi
Strange - But needs lot's of more info to make it possibly to suggest any reason. Me no mind reader at all.
• What Video Codec was used
• What Video editor
• How did You get material into iDVD
• What did You select in iDVD
frame rate
video format
encoding quality
burn speed (set down ?)
• Brand of DVD used
• Type of DVD used
And all vital info You can think relevant.
Yours Bengt W

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My iDVD does not burn movie on DVD. It ejects the the DVD before the burning is finished! Does anyone know what the problem is?

Try cleaning the Superdrive and performing a SMC reset:
Resetting the SMC (System Management Controller) on Intel-based Macs:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964 and
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237?viewlocale=en_US
Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM:
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