Idvd encoding error

I purchased ilife'11 in order to get idvd. And I'm having encoding errors when trying to burn dvds. After trying just about everything suggested, I noticed that when idvd is opened I do not have use of the rop down menu. Don't seem to be supported..unable to update.

Hi
Few of us here are mind-readers
So if You only say that something is wrong - How do You thing we'll be able to guess what ?
There are zillions of things that can go awry.
• What material was used - Video Codecs, photo and audio file formats ?
• Edited in what video editing program - iMovie (version), FinalCut (version) or Adobe Premiere ?
• How was it imported into iDVD ?
• Was there any Error Messages - What did it/they say ?
• Where in the process did it go wrong
• Brand of DVD used
• Type of DVD used
• Burn Speed - set to ?
and much much more need to be told - to set us up on track on where the culprit is.
Yours Bengt W

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IDVD encoding errors when attempting to burn slide show to DVD.

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Hi Patrick,
Welcome to Apple Discussions. I see you're a new member. Hope you're enjoying your new Mac Pro. What are you trying to burn to exactly? I use Verbatim Dvd-R with excellent results. If you are using a higher quality media like Verbatim, Maxell, or Taiyo Yuden but to no avail then I need to ask if you have first tried making a disc image from the file menu in iDvd and then playing back said image with apple's dvd player app (prior to burning to Dvd-R).
This approach helps us narrow down the issue so we can better assist you.
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Chapter markers causing iDVD encoding error

TIP:
I discovered that the text used for a chapter marker in FCE can cause the DVD encoding in iDVD to fail. I kept getting encoding errors at the end and tried multiple fixes without success.
The solution was to remove the apostrophe that was inserted into one of the chapter marker names. The encoding worked at the next attempt.
Moral of the story - change the text in iDVD and not in FCE (or at least be careful in FCE).
Cheers!
David

Peter,
Welcome to the iDVD forum!
Make sure all your iMovies have sound tracks.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301876
And I'd try creating a new user and see if that user can successfully burn the project. You will need to move the project and assets to a public folder.
Make sure you have 20GB free on your startup drive.
John B.

HT201404 iDVD encoding error!

I have followed advice from Apple support of ensuring iDVD is open & a new project created before sharing slideshow from iPhoto.
I was hopeful that the issue would be fixed as the encoding time reduced, however I still get the encoding error after about 2 hours.
Sharing iPhoto slideshows to iDVD & then burning has worked many times for me in the past.
Size is well under DVD capacity. Nothing unusual about the slideshow.
Help!!!

Hi
Just for info. You are aware about
• Limit of No: of photos in SlideShow function in iDVD (99 max per show) (you can have 99 shows too)
• that iDVD doesn't care about space as in GBs - but only in time = duration of movies/shows + menu
iDVD 08, 09 & 11 has three levels of qualities. (version 7.0.1, 7,0.4 & 7.1.1) and iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality
(movies + menus up to 120 min.) - BEST (but not always for short movies e.g. up to 45 minutes in total)
• Best Performances
(movies + menus less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD (Can be best for short movies)
• High Quality (in iDVD08 or 09) / Best Quality (in iDVD6)
(movies + menus up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
Menu can take 15 minutes or even more - I use a very simple one with no audio or animation like ”Brushed Metal” in old Themes.
About double on DL DVDs.
Yours Bengt W

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

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Hi All,
Same story/different plot involving "there was an error during movie encoding". I made an iDVD from iMovie clips and extra .mp3 music clips. This DVD got burned and worked first time around. Then the DVD got a scratch and won't play from a certain point forward.
So when I resurrected the iDVD project, iMovie files, music, etc. it no longer works. Now it just says "there was an error during movie encoding". I'm not missing pieces of the puzzle because when I preview the project in iDVD, all the music, etc. is in place.
I have gone through the discussions over and over and changed things like clicking on and off "encode in background", changed from NTSC to PAL, deleted encoded assets, etc. The only effect these solutions have had is cycling through the movie longer but still eventually popping up the error message.
Unfortunately because I had already made the DVD, I had put it onto my external harddrive, so now I can't find my original iMovie project to re-export it to iDVD (even though the project is obviously somewhere).
Extra details: buring on a double-layer disc, project size 4.56GB, 21GB available on hard drive, using iDVD 7.1.2, Mac OS 10.6.8, 3GB RAM, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
Any advice would be super helpful, it's almost more frustrating to know it worked before, but not anymore.
Thanks!

So when I resurrected the iDVD project, iMovie files, music, etc.
Did you make any edits to the project before trying to reburn it? If so that creates a problem with iDVD preventing a successful encode. It's best to start over with a new project and add the media, i.e. movies, stills, etc., again.
Then follow this workflow to help ensure the best quality final product:
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.
Will the DVD disk play on your Mac with DVD Player? Sometimes the Mac is more forgiving than set top DVD players. If you can try to create a disk image of the DVD disk with Disk Utiltiy. If you can then play it with DVD Player to make sure it plays thru completely. If that's successfull then you can burn a new disk with Disk Utility.
OT

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unable to burn imovie project using Idvd...encoding error

Hi
Few of us here are mind-readers
So if You only say that something is wrong - How do You thing we'll be able to guess what ?
There are zillions of things that can go awry.
• What material was used - Video Codecs, photo and audio file formats ?
• Edited in what video editing program - iMovie (version), FinalCut (version) or Adobe Premiere ?
• How was it imported into iDVD ?
• Was there any Error Messages - What did it/they say ?
• Where in the process did it go wrong
• Brand of DVD used
• Type of DVD used
• Burn Speed - set to ?
and much much more need to be told - to set us up on track on where the culprit is.
Yours Bengt W

IDVD Encoding Error on Menu in Snow leopard 10.6 - Not replicated in 10.5.8

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Why would iDVD have fail at the start of encoding MP4 files in snow leopard 10.6.?1 But the same project encodes with no problems or errors in OS 10.5.8? Is this a bug? Any ideas?
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hi all, i'm trying to burn mp4 videos on a blank dvd. i used the magicdvd option in idvd 08 but the error message of "encoding error" had appeared before it burned the videos to the dvd. could you please let me know if mp4 is not supported by idvd? i heard i must convert mp4 to mpeg-2 in order to watch it with regular dvd player, can i do that with mpeg streamclip? is mpeg-2 supported by idvd? thanks!

Hello Alarkin,
is there a free alternative to toast?
Yes, it's Disk Utility - just follow this procedure:
1. create the disk image in iDVD
2. double-click the resulting .img file to "mount" it. Next launch DVD Player to view your DVD .... if everything is fine, close DVD Player and eject the virtual disk.
3. Open Disk Utility and drag the disk image into the left hand pane, then hit burn.
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My iDvd will not burn a disc...there is an encoding error that comes up after the title screen

Like it says in the title...My iDvd will not burn a disc...there is an encoding error that comes up after the title screen.
Here is the process that I have been doing.
1. put in a blank disk and with the project already being done, i hit burn (not too hard).
2. iDvd then starts to encode the title.
3. After the title has been encoded, the burning stops and a message comes up saying "there was an error during encoding" and when ever I try to burn the same message keeps on coming up.
I am running version 7.0.4
any help would be extremely helpful

Try using this workflow:
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.
Then you can concentrate on the content if you can't create a disk image of the project.
Read these posts by Bengt Wärleby. One of them may have helpful info:
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OT

IDVD audio encoding error

I currently have 10 different quicktime files that i've created by exporting 10 different iMovie projects.
I've created an iDvd project and dragged all 10 .dv files in. Everything works well in the preview. the total project is 3.6 out of the 4GB available.
the entire project is on an 250 GB external harddrive attached to a mac laptop (so having available space is not the problem, i have over 130 gigs free)
i press burn, and the encoding begins. everything's running smoothly for two hours, all the videos are encoded. once it reaches "Audio encoding" i come across an error. it recommends me to "Delete Encoded Assets" and try again.
Which i have, and it's still not working.
Something about the Track.
i've created dvd's before with this exact same hardware. I even just created one now, using just one of the quicktime files. For some reason, this big project just won't happen and i'm on the edge of reason here.
I'd appreciate any help.
Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Is there any audio associated with the video?
iDVD 5: Audio encoding error when burning a DVD
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301876
iDVD: Troubleshooting issues with burning discs
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302925
Sue

Keep getting encoding errors !! What to use instead of iDVD ?

Have read many posts about encoding errors with iDVD. I get them now, no matter what movie file (.mov, mp4, etc.) is used. Tried to save as an image, TS folder, etc. and always get an encoding error. Could never get to burning. Wasted many hours.
Which alternate program is as effective and easy as iDVD ?

iDVD encoding settings:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1502?viewlocale=en_US
Short version:
Best Performance is for videos of up to 60 minutes
Best Quality is for videos of up to 120 minutes
Professional Quality is also for up to 120 minutes but even higher quality (and takes much longer)
That was for single-layer DVDs. Double these numbers for dual-layer DVDs.
Professional Quality: The Professional Quality option uses advanced two-pass technology to encode your video (The first pass determines which parts of the movie can be given greater compresson without quality loss and which parts can’t. The second pass then encodes those different parts accordingly) , resulting in the best quality of video possible on your burned DVD. You can select this option regardless of your project’s duration (up to 2 hours of video for a single-layer disc and 4 hours for a double-layer disc). Because Professional Quality encoding is time-consuming (requiring about twice as much time to encode a project as the High Quality option, for example) choose it only if you are not concerned about the time taken.
In both cases the maximum length includes titles, transitions and effects etc. Allow about 15 minutes for these.
You can use the amount of video in your project as a rough determination of which method to choose. If your project has an hour or less of video (for a single-layer disc), choose Best Performance. If it has between 1 and 2 hours of video (for a single-layer disc), choose High Quality. If you want the best possible encoding quality for projects that are up to 2 hours (for a single-layer disc), choose Professional Quality. This option takes about twice as long as the High Quality option, so select it only if time is not an issue for you.
Use the Capacity meter in the Project Info window (choose Project > Project Info) to determine how many minutes of video your project contains.
NOTE: With the Best Performance setting, you can turn background encoding off by choosing Advanced > “Encode in Background.” The checkmark is removed to show it’s no longer selected. Turning off background encoding can help performance if your system seems sluggish.
And whilst checking these settings in iDVD Preferences, make sure that the settings for NTSC/PAL and DV/DV Widescreen are also what you want.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1502?viewlocale=en_US

IDVD video encode error when burning to DVD

I am trying to burn a new copy of a project I successfully burned to DVD 2 years ago. I have not changed the source material. After the menu renders and video encoding begins I immediately get an error message "video encoding error." There are no menu warnings. All video is successfully previewed. Nothing has changed from the previous burn. The project info box shows all video and audio properly encoded and present.
What gives?

The way from FCE or FCP has been the same for me for lot's of years since FinalCut 1.2.5 I think (was no Express or Pro then)
And QuickTime Conversion never worked for me - I guess You were lucky two years ago.
FCE/P to iDVD
Several things
• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD
• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do
• Disable Screen and Energy saver
• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mix-down
• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file
• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark
• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
Free space on Start-up hard disk
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
Just double click on the Hard Disk icon (top right on DeskTop) and read on bottom part of this windows frame e.g,
( in English - 1 of 14 selected, 38.24 GB FREE)
Encoding
• I use Pro Quality encoding if material (video + menu) exceeds 40 minutes ! if less I use Best Performances
Brand and type of DVDs used
• I use Verbatim
• I use DVD-R
Burn speed set
• I set down this to x4 (or x1) - BEST IS NOT BEST at all only fastest and results in Maximum amount of BURN ERRORS !
iDVD BUG
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither
of them will work.
Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.
Use of Chapters
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks
Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want
them except at very beginning - still)
Material used to build movie
• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this e.g. .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)
• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes
• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screen-saving
Yours Bengt W

IDVD 6 error -8850 !!!!!!

Folks... am tearing my hair out on this one, and am hoping someone can shed some light on the subject! I'm running iDVD 6 on an Intel MacBook Pro, still at OS 10.4.9. Am trying to create a DVD Image, and after it runs through the sequence iDVD reports error -8850, which I cannot find reference to anywhere! Contents is a .mov video, plus a bunch of photos in individual slideshows (photo files included in the burn). I've done all the usual debugging (created small test DVD which ran fine, deleted encoded content, removed non-Apple stuff from Library/Quicktime, checked for buttons outside the TV safe area, DiskCheck, created project archive on 2nd drive and ran from there, etc). Still no joy! Console log keeps complaining about "slideshow.mpg" not being found, but I have not inserted anything of this name, and have double-checked in the DVD map and on all the screens and DVD project info, and cannot find any stray reference to any content of this name!
Would very much appreciate any suggestions!!
Tom

I'm using an external firewire drive for the 8GB DVD project file (I had created a project archive to gather together all the needed resources, which were coming from the iPhoto and iTunes databases on that other computer). I mount the volume via the Finder, and save the disk image on the local computer. I'm right at 24GB free on that local computer, so I was concerned with putting the 8GB project archive onto the local disk.
Some interesting results after a very long night of trying to debug this last night... the Console error of "cannot find slideshow.mpg" which is pointing into the Resources folder inside the iDVD project package is evidently not a critical error. I stripped down the project to menus plus slideshows only (no movie file, for which i've tried both .mov and .dv formats), and each of the 7 slideshows I only populated with 2 pictures each. The DVD image completed successfully in this instance, even though the Console log still compained 7 times about not finding a slideshow.mpg file! I then went into one of the slideshows and added the baland of about 8 pictures, and when I re-ran the DVD image file creation, I again had error -8850.
Ah Ha! I thought at 2am this morning... a corrupted file. Shut down iDVD and fired up Tech Tool Pro, but no indications of problem files. Ran both File Structure and Finder Info checks.
When I re-ran the DVD image file creation, still had the same fatal error -8850, and a non-mountable image file created. When I pull out the extra pictures from the one slideshow, it ran with no errors and produced a good image file. BTW, i have viewed each of the pictures in that slideshow, both via the iDVD edit window, and through other programs, and they display just fine.
I'll try more debugging tonight... I tried to run a stripped down DVD structure with only the one slideshow in question, and I think it ran OK, but I was getting pretty blurry-eyed by then.
I'll report back on progress after tonights episode. I figure I should test by adding photos back into one or more of the other slideshows, while keeping the first minimized, and see what happens. Also will try again on a stripped down DVD with only the one slideshow in question. Any other suggestions on special debug steps would be (as always) greatly appreciated!
Tom

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I keep getting encoding error message when burning to disk despite the fact that under Project Info all coding appears as "done". I created slideshow in Fotomagico. It has video in it but clips are .avi format. Anyone using Fotomagico to make DVD projects that can help?

hi,
i have a similar error on a MacMini 2010 Model with MacOSX 10.6.4.
I got a mediafile from a satellite-receiver. the format is in MPEG-TS. So i demuxed it with projectX, combined m2v, mp2 and ac2 with mplex together to an mpg-file with two audio-streams. After buying mpeg2-license for Quicktime7 at least quicktime is able to play the video. now i am also able to drop the file to iDVD and iDVD creates the dropzones out of if.
But when trying to burn the DVD, iDVD asks if it should overwrite the dvd+rw. Then it creates the menu. but when recoding the video it crashes with the error, while recoding the video?
where have i to search for the error?
why get the video recoded at all? it is in mpeg2 and dvd is also mpeg2?
how does iDVD get out 4,9GB of a video, which is have 2.9GB, when set to best qualitiy under project-information?
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