IDVD freezes after burn

After many successful DVD burns, my iDVD has developed a problem! It only allows 2 DVDs to be burnt. Then, it freezes. The display is: "burn" highlighted with blue "task" bar complete. And, message is "cleaning up" followed by "done" underneath blue bar. However, at this point, I cannot cancel or close iDVD window. PLEASE HELP!!!!

Just to add to Sue's excellent advice ..... might also be that your burner is over heating after multiple burns. try allowing more time in between burns to avoid system freeze (that or invest in an ext. DL FW Burner).
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IDVD 6 (after burning) has "moving" parts in a still picture

I went to Israel in March. I came back with many, many pictures and all the audio clips from our tour guide. I have been putting together movies for the past month, night and day. I found out that working in iMovie, on a G5 dual 2.0 GHz (2 GB RAM) or MacBookPro w/1 GB RAM, it was best to leave the movie at about 57 minutes because the spinning beach ball appears too often if I didn't.
Between the 2nd DVD and the 3rd DVD I've had all sorts of problems. I am taking pictures from iphoto to iMovie (using Media Tab) and these are pictures as is. Nothing has been done to them. I then find the clip that matches the place we were and work with it as much as possible so the pictures match what the guide is talking about.
Once the 50+ minutes is done and iMovie starts slowing down, I share to iDVD, create my theme (usually using Pass Through, but I have tried others) and burn the DVD. It takes 3 hours on my G5.
The iMovie runs fine and the iDVD runs fine before burning. I DO NOT render in iMovie as I found the pictures were horrible (pixelated, etc.).
I then watch the movie to see that all is well. About 5 minutes into this 3rd one, the branches/leaves of the olive tree start to "move". Or the grass, or hair on a donkey, or rocks where it looks as if they are alive with tiny little moving piecses on the rock. More like a shaking or jiggling. Sometimes it will stop, other times it will continue and get worse until it's very pixelated.
Finally I thought it was the audio. I tried taking the audio, which was an aiff file, open into QT, and then export as AAC. I removed the areas I thought were causing the problems. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I booted into Panther and used the iLife 05 that I have.
I am now making a QT compression to see what that does. One iMovie/DVD I worked on for 12 solid nights after work and 1 entire weekend. Same result. Then I finally removed some of the audio (an Olympus digital recorder was used) and it worked for #2 DVD. Maybe a little "movement" but enough to scrape by.
Has anyone run across this before? Tonight I'm trying a different type of DVD. Memorex instead of Verbatim.
Nanc

My motto with these projects: KISS. You are not doing that....
Tonight I'm trying a different type of DVD. Memorex instead of Verbatim.
I wouldn't do that. Verbatim DVD-R burned at 4X or slower is your best bet. If you create a disk image from iDVD, you can control the burn speed. See below.
Suggest you create a disc image and then burn the DVD. File/Save As Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. Then click the Burn button.
-->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
Also, you can use DVD Player to play the virtual disk to check your iDVD project before burning to DVD. Launch DVD Player. File/Open VIDEO_TS (Open DVD Media... in Player 4.6). Find the VIDEO_TS folder and open that. (The audio folder is for DVD-Audio disks.)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006
G4 DP 1.25 GHz 2GB RAM 4 Drives 770GB Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 SuperDrives (SL 8X & DL 16X)

IDVD freezes when burning

Hi all,
My iDVD is playin up. I've created a beautiful movie (12mins long) but when i tell iDVD to burn it does all the processing and encoding but it freezes just before it starts burning. I tried to burn it 4 times and nothing I did helped. I did close down all the other programs not needed to free up CPU space but it didn't help.
I also had the problem of I was using a DVD-R which disk utility said was locked and unwritable but, in system profiler, the CD drive says it will burn DVD-Rs and that the media in it is a DVD-R and that it is writable. I dunno what's wrong. please help
thanks,
Sam

when I start the burning project until it gets to the audio, then i get the spinning disc icon and the application freezes. I right click on the idvd icon and it says the application is not responding, so I force quit...
Please don't 'panic' - it really HASN'T frozen. Let it alone and ignore the application is not responding thing - it's lying to you.
Encoding can take several hours and often seems to stall during the audio encoding process. Have patience and let iDVD do it's thing!

IDVD freezing during burn process

I was trying to burn my DVD project onto a disc and iDVD kept freezing during the middle of it. It just so happened to always freeze during step 2 of the process, but Im not sure if that is just a coincidence or not. Any suggestions at how to get the program to burn my project without freezing up in the middle ?
Thanks
I am using iDVD 4

Thanks dispatx.com, that page was of immense help. I found much of it very encouraging simply knowing that someone has gone through the exact same thing, missing deadlines, sleep, etc.
I gathered as much info as I could and have successfully burned a DVD image now using the "Easter Egg" hurz & pfurz. Why doesn't apple include that in the program?
I cleaned up my powerbook prior to burning with OnyX. I trashed the iDVD preferences. I created a new project in iDVD using the same footage I had exported from FCP as QT movies, not self contained. I included songs I downloaded from the iTunes store (debunking the myth that the protected songs foul up the burning process). I held down ctrl and clicked burn, named the image, and then it went to work.
Timeline:
6:00am started step 1, 10 secondes later, step 2 begins.
9:00 Step 3, Asset Encoding begins (Hallelujah, I never could get to this step)
9:50 Step 4 begins, mulitplexing
10:20 Image is ready and iDVD is asking me to name the image again, I finally figured out this gives me the option of burning several copies, I did and it only took another 15 minutes to create another image instead of starting the whole process over again.
10:40 I drop it into disk utility and burn a 3.7 GB DVD in 20 minutes.
Oliver Luker accurately observes and records CPU usage at each of the steps so that helped me know NOT to cancel even when Activity monitor showed iDVD as not responding.
I went with best performance because too many people were reporting over 60 minutes and best quality as not working well, and I need this DVD done. I had an extras section in the DVD that I yanked. But I don't understand why we are limited to less than 60 minutes. This angers me a bit and I'm determined to find a way to have a good looking DVD with over 60 minutes of footage that will burn through iDVD. I don't want to buy DVDSP, yet.
Good luck everyone.

IDVD freezes while burning

I had iDVD 5 and it worked fine for burning DVDs. But I upgraded to iDVD 6 and and am having some troubles. The first DVD I burned with idvd 6 was one with no video and just a slideshow. Now i'm trying to burn my second dvd that actually has video on it and iDVD always freezes when it gets to the end of "Process movies." I've tried twice now and it's quite time consuming because it takes about 4 1/2 hours each time, and it just freezes! Anyone now what's happening?

Have you searched this group? Seems someone had a similar problem, but I don't recall his/her solution. May be the .plist.
Quit iDVD. Search for the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist and trash it. (A new one will be created next launch of iDVD.) Or look in: User/Library/Preferences. This may solve project loading errors too. Restart and use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.
Take a look at this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1630540&#1630540

IDVD glitch after burn.

17.3 gb h.264 masterfile. No problems in the master file. Just a simple menu, does have song in menu. Encoded into professional quality to DVD-5. Burn speed I have tried from maximum all the way to 1. The DVD is fine for a while , then it glitches or stops for about 2 seconds and continues playing. Does this several spots in the DVD. I have tried 2 DVD players and 3 discs with the same result .
Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Hi there MidwestMass
For me, here's what comes to mind from my experiences. First, use quality media. Cheap brands tend to use less dye on the substraight. So, they don't burn very well. Make sure your harddrive and monitor is not set to sleep. If the sreensaver comes on during the burning process, you may have some issues with playback. Close all programs except for iDVD.
Also, how often do you use the burner? If you've burned a lot of DVDs, there is a possibility that the laser is not working as well as it once did, hence a low quality burn -- and again playback problems. Where is your project stored? If the disk speed is less than 7200 rpm, you may experience problems. And last, if you're using an external drive how is it connected to the Mac - USB, firewire, Thunderbolt. Some posters claim that they experience no problems with USB, but just as many say a USB connection creates problems. Personally, I prefer firewire.
I hope you get the problem solved.
Carl

IDVD crashes after burning a DVD

iDVD is crashing almost every time it completes a DVD. These are long DVD's, but the status screen tells me I'm at 3.9 out of 4GB, so it should be okay. Over 35 GB available on the hard drive.
I'm seeing this problem elsewhere on this board. Is anybody having this problem using a prior OS? Comments made indicate the problem may be specific to 10.4.3.
I'm open to suggestions.

Try using the Easter Egg workaround to burn a disc image which can then be burnt to a DVD-R using Disk Utility.
It is also called "Hurz and Pfurz", and is available as a free download from
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/macsupport/mac_help/pages/0015-burn_idvdother.html
iDVD5 has this built in.
I also suggest you get another free download Mac Sweeper which you will find on http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Mac-Sweeper.shtml
Now I would recommend the following steps but first make sure there is about 20GB free on the internal HD then:
1) Shut down/Restart without any applications running.
2) Run Mac Sweeper carrying out all the optimize options including repair permissions and, under clean, empty caches.
3) Launch iDVD and the project
4) "Burn" a copy to disc to hard disc using the Easter Egg workaround.
5) Go to bed and have a good night's sleep.
6) When the run is finished (always for me 1 hour in less than 8 hours) examine the DVD image and play it using the DVD player in the applications folder
7) If and when satisfied and burn a copy using Disc Utility, full instructions on
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
but you just use the second half to burn the DVD.
This approach means you can readily produce multiple copies. I have taken to burning the DVD without any other applications running as I think too much going on may cause bad spots on the disc.

IDVD froze after burning

I just finished burning my first DVD through OneStep. The Disc burned and now I can't get iDVD to close. I tried restarting but it said the iDVD wouldn't let me. I'm new to Mac so just let me know if I'm missing something.
Thanks!
Mindy

Hi Glenn,
The first thing you need to do is go to the iDVD support site and study it. You should also download the iDVD PDF tutorial. It gives good step by step instructions on creating the various kinds of DVDs possible with iDVD. I've attached the link to the site for you convenience.
http://www.apple.com/support/idvd/
The burning error could come from a number of causes, but they are limited.
Here's a couple of common causes;
Using poor quality discs.
Using other apps while burning.
Incorrect burning speed (to fast).
Incorrect burning settings - Best quality or Best performance.
Another cause can be a corrupted system cache. To fix this you will need to install a cache cleaner like 'Onyx', which is a free download from Version Tracker.com
I think that's enough food for thought for now.
Good luck Glenn. Post back if you have more questions.

Encore CS3: First Play timeline freezes after burn only

Ok, so in Encore CS3 I have this timeline,it is set as first play and at the end it goes to a menu.
The video plays fine until near the end where it freezes on a frame for a few seconds and then continues fine. There are no other problems on the dvd. It occurs both on a physical disc and a disk image so it's not a player problem but it does not appear in Encore's previews.
I have tried re encoding the source file, deleting the timeline, re importing the footage.
Any suggestions?

Johnathan,
Tell us more about your Assets on this Play First Timeline. What are the files, format, Duration, etc.? Is this file muxed, or elemental streams? The greater the detail, the better.
I have not seen the behavior that you observe, hence my questions.
Hunt

IDVD 08 - problem with scene selection tabs not working after "burn"

I have a movie that is about an hour long (made in iMovie08 using mostly still photos). I wanted to have "chapters" -- but with that option gone, I used the Scene Selection option in iDVD08. This created menus with 15 scene selection buttons (I chose every 4 minutes). The menus were automatically created by iDVD and I did nothing to change them, except to type in scene info (two-three words).
The buttons all worked fine on the computer, and I burned a DVD. The DVD worked great in my VCR player. I'd select Play Movie and it would go. I'd select Scene Selection and I'd get the menus for that. But when I'd highlight one of the scene selections and "enter" (select) -- it wouldn't go to that scene. I could go back and forth between menus, and could move around and highlight the scene buttons, but selecting would not start the scene to play. The movie played fine from start to finish, and the other remote features worked (stop, pause, menu, etc.).
I went back to iDVD and chose a different theme (thinking maybe I'd inadvertently done something to mess things up. The only thing I did differently in addition to the new theme, was to add two small movie clips - and I rearranged the buttons on the menu (dragging) to get them positioned where I wanted them. So my first menu says "Play Movie". The second menu has: Play Movie, Scene Selections, Little Movie 1, Little Movie 2. Everything worked greated in iDVD. Then I created a disk image to view using DVD Player (rather than waste another DVD). Same problem -- only worse. This time I couldn't even highlight Scene Selection to get to the scenes' menus.
Any thoughts on why I'm not able to get the "Scene Selection" buttons to work after a burn? Am I missing a step somewhere in iDVD?
Thanks.

I am not sure, but does your post concerning the problem, that all Remote Control function will work properly within iDVD'08 but after burning the DVD absolutely not with the RC of your set top DVD player connected to your TV?
If this is it:
Meanwhile I could figure out - after many nights of not been very productive and only working out on all the iDVD'08 problems - that **ALL** of the *7.0 Themes* have a major problem in generally.
The following points are concerning iDVD'08 using any of the 7.0 Themes:
- Complete deep freeze of your Mac under Leopard when rendering/coding/burning a movie which has chapters and you use movies instead of still images in drop zones. (LeopardiDVD087.0Themes)
- Functions on remote control of your set top DVD player are not working correctly when making a movie with chapters. This is generally on Tiger and Leopard the same problem using iDVD08 with any of the 7.0 Themes.
Quick and dirty workaround:
You may avoid this if you simply use a 6.0 Theme or lower version of the Themes.
But this is of course not the clue...
It is VERY DISAPPOINTING, having software at such a low quality level deliverd by Apple. And somehow it looks like they DO NOTHING against it. No statement, no excuse, they really remain silent.
This may also be a thread you could be interested in:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1203323
Cheers,
Roland

Problem: DVD won't loop after burning in iDVD '08

I need help.
I made a slideshow in Keynote '08 and sent it directly to iDVD (iLife'08) for burning. I wanted to burn it to DVD and have it show continuously (loop) at a kiosk.
I selected the presentation and had set iDVD (Advance Menu) to "Loop". The loop icon showed up on the "map menu" for the selected presentation.
As I read in other forums, I also set the "button" for Play Movie with a TRANSITION.
After burning and playing it on two DVD players, the DVD won't automatically loop. It just freezes after it completes one play.
I also did the "REPEAT" button on the DVD Player Remote and still won't loop.
I went back to iDVD and removed the Loop option and burned DVD. I was hoping that I can play it back with just setting the DVD player itself to REPEAT disc. Again, the DVD won't repeat or loop.
I also converted the keynote presentation to quicktime first then moved it to iDVD for conversion and burning to DVD. The results are the same above.
I need to know if there is a step I am missing or a procedure not followed properly.
Thanks in advance!

Check these instructions from iDVD Help to see if you missed anything.
+_Here are ways to turn looping on or off_:+
+Double-click a slideshow button on the DVD menu to open the slideshow editor. Click the Settings button and select the “Loop slideshow” checkbox.+
+Select a slideshow icon in map view, and then press Command-I to open the Slideshow Info window. Select the “Loop Slideshow” checkbox, and then close the window.+
+Click a movie or slideshow button on the DVD menu, or a movie, slideshow, or autoplay movie icon in map view, to select it, and then choose Advanced > Loop Movie or Loop Slideshow.+
+When looping is turned on, a checkmark appears next to the command in the menu. To turn off looping, select it again to remove the checkmark.+
+To turn looping off for a background movie on a menu, open the Menu Info window. With your pointer over the menu (but with no buttons or text items selected), press Command-I. Move the Loop Duration slider to zero.+
If you have followed these directions and are still having the same problem, give this basic remedy a try. Quit iDVD and delete your iDVD preferences. To do this, go to your username> library> preferences> com.apple.idvd.plist. Delete this file. Then reopen iDVD; it will create a new preference file with all of the default settings.
Do a verify and repair of permissions using Disk Utility.
If the problem persists, do the following for troubleshooting purposes. While working on your project in iDVD, create a disk image. Go to File>Save as disk image. This will create a file that can be viewed on your computer's DVD player. You will be able to see just how your project will work when viewed on a regular DVD player. You will be able to catch errors and correct them before burning and possibly wasting a disk. If the disk image plays correctly, then you know that the encoding is being done correctly. This would point to problems with the burn process. If there are problems with the disk image, then the issue is with encoding.
I hope this helps.

After burning a successful DVD in iDVD out of FCPX, how can I see the settings it used? So I finally burned a DVD out of a Apple Pro Res file into iDVD in PAL format. My question now is how can I find out what the exact burn properties were so that I ca

After burning a successful DVD in iDVD out of FCPX, how can I see the settings it used?
So I finally burned a DVD out of a Apple Pro Res file into iDVD in PAL format. My question now is how can I find out what the exact burn properties were so that I can apply the same burn properties to a project in Compressor 4?
Is it possible to see what iDVD did?

I don't know any way you can interrogate iDVD to reveal settings to the extent that you can in a Compressor project. What you could do is open up the show's VOB in MPEG STreamclip, go to File and Reveal Stream Information; that will at least give you some rudimentary info like average bit rate. Perhaps someone, with more iDVD experience, can chime in here.
The broader question is why use Compressor at all if your current workflow is doing the job to your satisfaction?
The value of Compressor is that it gives you control over the many parameters that affect size quality. and playability. The Compressor presets can give you a starting point for DVD delivery, Web, etc. From those presets, people typically experiment by adjusting the parameters until they get the desired results for their specific show. It's a little bit science and a little bit art. After experimenting, you may be able to get slightly better quality for the project you've successfully burned in iDVD by using Compressor and something likeToast…or maybe not.
Good luck.
Russ

Problem: While creating a project in iDVD, it plays perfectly on the computer, but after burning the sound is off. Video soundtrack is not in the right place. HELP!

Problem: While creating a project in iDVD, it plays perfectly on the computer, but after burning the sound is off. Video soundtrack is not in the right place. HELP!

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After burning to dvd, using idvd, movie stops on frame but audio continues

After creating imovie which works perfectly, and also after trasferring to idvd works perfectly, i have problems when playing back dvd after burning to disc. The movie stops but the audio continues. I altered the clip but same thing happened in next clip after next burn. I don't think its a corrupt clip, but maybe something to do with WHEN it occurs in the movie. Any suggestions? After 4 goes and many hours burning I am stumped!

Hi Tomma1
And welcome to apple discussions. It's good you chose to use 16 bit audio for all of your source material. And assuming this is accurate info .... From what I can tell, you are doing nearly everything correctly. However let me ask you a few questions.
1. Are you using the boot volume (the hard drive where iDvd and Leopard are actually located) to encode your dvd (yes/no)?
2. More importantly, does the disc image also go out of sync when played thru apple's dvd player app? or does it only happen on the burned dvd-r?
3. Are you using Verbatim Dvd-R or an alternate brand? if it's the latter, then for troubleshooting purposes while on this forum; please use Verbatim Dvd-R. (it helps us eliminate additional / possible variables). Thereafter feel free to use the media that works best for you and your mac.
4. Have you tried an alternate encoding setting other than pro quality setting? and do you get the same results?

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:
I'm trying to burn an iMovie in iDVD...: Apple Support Communities
I am using idvd and i keep getting the...: Apple Support Communities
encoding video error: Apple Support Communities
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