IDVD burning

I have a Keynote presentation with 50 slides and music that was exported to iDVD. The problem is that when I go to burn a dvd, i get the following error, "Error During Track Initialization"
I am new to mac's love all the software but not if it isn't going to be useful. Is there anybody that can help.
I have read some posts that talk about Quick Time or something like that which I don't have except what is free to all users.
Second, I don't want to recreate the slideshow in powerpoint or iphoto or anything else. I like the Keynote presentation with the audio file that is attached to it and I just want to burn it to a dvd and play it on a tv.
Frustrated and tired at 3:00 am

Here's a couple of things you might try
Save the project as a disk image
Burn the disk image using Disk Utility at a slow speed (1x or 2x)
Use Maxcell or Verbatim DVD-R (not +R or -RW or other cheap brands of media)
hope this helps

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IDVD burning one project on multiple macs? where are project contents?

How do I burn one project on multiple macs? I have a idvd project I created in keynote, added music to it in Garageband, exported to quicktime, and now is in iDVD burning just fine. However I have tons of these dvd's to make, I would like to put all my mac's to work.
last night i tried to share the file, and it is just an alias when i drag it over from the macbook it was created on to my imac. the file says it is in use and locked, since the macbook that created it is burning it. If I wanted to brun on the imac, I had to wait until the macbook was done.
is there a way around this? What if I copied all files I used to make the idvd project to my imac or any computer i wanted to burn on? woudl it hen allow two macs to be burning the same project?
I figured I could do this just like on my PC, drag the file over and voila...no such luck, its like if i had dragged a shortcut over to another pc...if the first one is using the file, its locked. Basically how do i get to the actual contents of the project, so I can also bring them over and hopefully it will allow me to burn on multiple macs at the same time?
my next solution if that didn't work was to start copying dvd's using popcorn on the other macs while the macbook continues burning through idvd.
Any opinions on how i can duplicate a dvd fast...need alot of copies!

Also as to where the files are.
I-DVD project bundle: This is the file created when you save the project.
• [user]/Library/iDVD/Favorites: This folder is located in your home folder.
• [root]/Library/iDVD/Favorites: This folder is located at the root of your disk.
• /Network/Library/iDVD/Favorites: This folder is on a network system specifically
configured by your system administrator for this purpose. (This is not the same as
having a server networked into your computer.)

IDVD burned disk does not start at main menu

The IDVD burned disk starts randomly in the middle of the disk. Cannot access the main menu. I started with an IMovie with chapter headings, videos and pictures. Then shared it with IDVD, created themes, music, changed the headers, etc. Burned the disk using the File Burn DVD command. The disk takes over 1 1/2 hours (IMovie orginal is 15 minutes) to burn.

Hello to all of you first-timers here!
Welcome to the discussions.
First, are you using iMovie 9?
Did you set chapter markers in iMovie? Did you follow the Chaper Marker Rules?
RULES: No marker at the beginning of your movie, no markers within 2 seconds of the beginning or end of the movie, and no markers on or within 2 seconds of your movie.
Next, did you put your movie in iDVD and then go make any changes to it? Sometimes that causes the chapters to default to the same spot in the movie. The only solution is to recreate the iDVD project.
You should first try deleting iDVD's preference file. You can find this by closing iDVD, going to your Home file (YourUserName)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.idvd.plist
Drag this plist file to the trash. iDVD will create a new one when you relaunch it.
Reopen iDVD.
Try creating the disk image file again or burning a disk again.
If that results in the same problem, create a new iDVD project. Then, drag in the iMovie project from the Media/Movies pane in iDVD instead of sharing it from iDVD.
Post back if that does not resolve the issue.

Idvd burned to dvd+r not compatible with pc?

i've dragged an imovie to idvd, burned a dvd+r and turned it over to someone to show on a pc, and it's not reading.
i would appreciate your help!
thanks.

The DVD drives on some PCs will have trouble with DVD-R, but should be fine with +R. You might want to try reducing errors by slowing down the burning process and using the highest quality media (Verbatim is often recommended; I also use Sony). To burn slowly, you'll need to create a disc image from iDVD, and with older versions of iDVD, I've read that Patchburn software is needed. Search this forum for details.
John

IDVD Burning then not burning

Hi,
I have created my project in iDVD and I am making multiple copies. iDVD burns to DVD ok and the DVD's play fine in a DVD player or PC. After the 6th DVD the discs are now blank even though the iDVD progress bar tells me it has been burnt them.
I tried re-creating the DVD again and exactly the same thing happened again. After 2 discs thet don't play. Am I doing something wrong?
Dame

I can burn about 2 disks then I start to get a message saying 'burn cannot be verifyed'
It sounds like something in your drive is heating up - I guess the drives in our computers may not be designed for 'production' use. You may have to adjust your disc burning duty cycle to something like do a burn, wait 15 minutes, do another burn, wait 15 minutes, etc. This should give your drive a chance to cool down.

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That often is a result of using inferior DVD disks and burning at too high a speed. What brand and type of disk did you use and what speed did you burn at?
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.
OT

Combining two iDVD burned DVDs on a single DVD (regular or DL)

Any insight appreciated:
Does any one know if it is possible to combine two iDVD burned DVDs (burned with iDVD current in 2002) on a single DVD either single or double layer?
17" Flat Panel 1GHz G4 1 GB RAM 80GB Internal Mac OS X (10.4.3) iLife '05 (iDVD 5.0.1 and iMovie 5.0.2) on internal, iDVD projects on 300GB LaCie external

This has been solved. Downloaded and used a program called Handbrake and it successfully extracted the movies, iDVD could read and with a new menu the combined effort was successfull.

Why is iDVD burning incomplete?

I imported and edited my video in iMovie HD. I shared the video to iDVD and when I set everything up in the menus and all that, I burned my video and it ejects the blank DVD before it even starts burning. It ejects the disc at the "Multiplexing and burning..." stage, with a "Time remaining: about one minute". It says it's already done burning, but there is no burn mark on the DVD itself—it is still a blank DVD. I tried everything, I've gotten a few DVD's to burn, but some just won't burn.
How can I fix this issue?

Hi I managed to finally solve the problem and it was a simple DVD disc changing. SDMacuser reminded me of the speed of the DVD disc they have. The one I have is a 4X. I used a Fujifilm DVD+RW (no speed written on the disc).
What I did was a mix method as suggested on different postings:
1) Exported to idvd from imovie, with chapters. Change the navigation text. From +Why is iDVD burning incomplete?+ (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1991062&tstart=15)
2) I burn a disk image as J Keller suggested, and used Disk Utility to burn onto the DVD disc. From +Idvd ejecting while in the burn stage+ (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10293881#10293881)
I also burn successfully directly from iDVD using the faster speed DVD disc. So i would encourage everyone to check the burning speed of their DVD discs. It is usually written in big letters on the DVD disc surface: a number with a capital letter "X" as a metric. Eg. "2X", "16X". This might be the key to the incomplete burning problem.
I wasn't able to burn from iDVD to my DVD disc (with speed 4x), even after i have changed the burn speed settings of iDVD to 4x and 2x. Therefore i concluded that the problem is my disc.
How to change burn speed settings on iDVD:
-iDVD>Preferences>Advanced>Preferred DVD Burning Speed.
Lastly, the resources here really helped. Would encourage everyone to read thru the posts patiently. Most sincere thanks to everyone who contributed.

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If not, will the latest Toast do this?
If not, are there any other OSX apps that will burn a dvd with surround, preferably a cheap one? I know DVDSP will do it, but that's overkill for burning one disc.
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better than ProLogic, but give the dudes credit that
came up with ProLogic in the pre-dolby digital days
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Why doesn't iDVD burn changes made within iMovie?

I have iMovie 6.0.3 and iDVD 6.0.3 and have made several movies and DVDs over the past few years. But now have hit something very frustrating....
1) I've just completed a movie in iMovie. Took it to iDVD, created menus etc. then burned it to a DVD-RW. Noticed a couple of changes I wanted to make, namely a soundtrack volume adjustment, and a subtitle change (within iMovie). Made the changes in iMovie.
2) When I opened iDVD again, it said it noticed some changes in the iMovie project and would I accept them. Answered yes. When I reviewed these changes in iDVD preview, all was well. It showed the new subtitle.
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Thanks-

You're right. Only selecting Advanced>Delete Encoded Assets did the trick. Otherwise, even though iDVD recognizes that the iMovie file had changed, it doesn't necessarily "pick up" all the changes ....unless you Delete Encoded Assets.
I don't know which changes iDVD does or doesn't pick up, but in future I will always Delete Assets to be sure. Saves lots of time in the long run.
THANKS for your help!!
P.S. I did not have background encoding enabled. Never do.

IDVD burning poorly? Help please

Hi,
Not sure why when i burn on iDVD the quality is freaking poor i'm burning on the best quailty (as per IDVD) so im not sure if it's iMOVIE that's transfering poorly or it's iDVD burning poorly.
I want that the DVD transfer from iMOVIE to come out the same as it is in iMOVIE.
Let me know what i can do,
-Joey

Hi Sue,
No it's just regular DV format to DVD... no photos or anything.
However in iDVD I did use a few photos for my menu screen before playing the actual dvd content... here's a screenshot as you can see it looks pretty clear however when i click on preference, under the PROJECT tab, I highlighted BEST QUALITY and it doesn't come close to the screenshot... why is that?
Is there a way I can make sure it burned very good? I know with Compressor (Final Cut Pro) you can save it as .M2V or .M4V and then burn it in toast along with the .aif file.
Here's my screenshot: http://i21.tinypic.com/24yzdye.png
I hope someone can help me out
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-Joey

Many File Types dragged to iDVD, burned to DVD, won't play on DVD player

I have made a recording on Camtasia (video, pictures and audio). My goal is to make it into a DVD that plays on standard players. Any format I have saved the file to is not working.
Here's what I have done so far:
From Camtasia I have selected Advanced Export and saved it as a MPEG4. Then learned that MPEG are not recognized by many DVD players.
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Hi Vicadea
Welcome to apple discussions. I've never tried Camtasia for Mac. Apparently it's not working very well for you even when you export as a QuickTime movie. I don't know what to say other than it seems like fairly pricey screen capture software ($299) just to have it not work as you expected on multiple attempts.
For much less money and much more reliable results I'd recommend the following for screen capture instead:
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/
Hope this helps but if not just come on back. Good luck.
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IDVD burn plays poorly in home DVD player

Help! I have several iDVD burns that play poorly in my home DVD player, a Sony SLV-D300P. So we went out and bought another DVD player, the Samsung DVD-V5500 and the same is true! The audio cuts out, the picture pixalizes and then it all together freezes. In several Mac computer DVD players the iDVD burns play perfectly.
Thank you in advance for helping me with this one.

You definitely have a burn quality issue.
Be sure you have the latest drivers for you dvd burner. That was the fix back in the early dual G5 days, and may still apply.
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I am using iDVD '11 to create projects. My current one (as with all of the past projects) is using the Revolution Chapters theme. I am adding audio to the titile screen, as well as 2 videos into the 2 drop boxes. I added 2 HD iMovies. All of my burning up until today has worked perfectly. Today, when burning, I get a green screen for a title screen when placing into 3 different DVD players. I get the audio track, the outline for the chapters, but no visuals on the title screen. I have moved the project to the trash (twice) and started over - same result.
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Very hard to say and leaves a lot of missing info.
I am adding audio to the titile screen,
Audio in what format and from where. I only use .aiff from miniDV tape Camera or from Audio-CDs (still .aiff - no .mp3 or from iTunes directly without conversion to .aiff)
as well as 2 videos
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into the 2 drop boxes. I added 2 HD iMovies.
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My internal dvd drive has been acting strange lately. It will play mass produced dvds but does not play my idvd projects, which it used to do. Anyone know if cleaning will help? If so, can you recommend a cleaner for an imac dvd drive?
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You can use any proprietary lens cleaner for a DVD/CD player, except the ones using a liquid.
When you have cleaned the Superdrive, do a bit of maintenance:
Repairing permissions is important, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.
Go to Disk Utility (this is in your Utilities Folder in your Application folder) and click on the icon of your hard disk (not the one with all the numbers).
In First Aid, click on Repair Permissions.
This only takes a minute or two in Tiger, but much longer in Leopard.
Background information here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751
and here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672
An article on troubleshooting Permissions can be found here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US
If you were having any serious problems with your Mac you might as well complete the exercise by repairing your hard disk as well. You cannot do this from the same start-up disk. Reboot from your install disk (holding down the C key). Once it opens, select your language, and then go to Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your hard disk as before and click Repair.
Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417?viewlocale=en_US
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