IDVD on Tiger better or worse then Panther?

I'm currently running iDVD 5 on panther, but thinking of upgrading to tiger thinking it might fix a few bugs. Anyone have opinions on weather iDVD is better on Tiger then Panther?

Other than this "little" issue, works fine on Tiger:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?128@@.68b6908c
That said, I fine little in Tiger to get me to upgrade to Tiger on my PowerBook. Don't get started about Spotlight...

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Is 2.1 better or worse for you?

I was having so many problems with the iPhone that I was getting ready to toss it for a different brand. The phone would lockup almost daily and I would have to do a restore which took over 3 hours each time. Plus, I had many of the other problems that others have reported. But, I was hoping that the new firmware would make a difference and it did. I am running Vista and I updated to iTunes 8 then updated my iPhone to 2.1. I was amazed at the difference in performance. Here is a list of Before and After the upgrade.
Before, installing or updating apps took 10 minutes. After, it only takes 15 seconds.
Before, deleting or updating apps would lock up phone. After, it has not locked up once.
Before, backup and sync would take up to 2 hours. After, it takes 3 minutes.
Before, the keyboard was slower than molasses. After, there is no lagging.
Before, battery life (at 10 percent remaining) was less than 4 hours. After, it is over 5 hours.
I am sure there will still be some problems I have not found yet. And I am still waiting on some upgrades like cut/paste, landscape keyboard, doc edit app and other things. But, most of those things and more will be coming. For now I am much happier with the iPhone than I was a few days ago.
So, how did 2.1 work for you? Better or worse than before the upgrade?

I think this install may have done the trick.
The long, stupid long, crazy synch times seems to be resolved.
I have the original iP. On 1.4 everything was smooth. Afterwards, backing up and sync was ridiculous.
I just plugged it in to test. The entire process had to have been under 2-3 minutes.
I seem to be getting more bars too.
Also, the plantronics voyager headset I just bought wouldn't play VM through it (there are threads about that problem) but now it's fixed.
Before this update (all update after 1.4) I've had problems w. 4 iP's--constantly freezing, going to the apple screen, dropping calls etc. I've replaced the SIM card and w. this update (so far) things seem to be all good.

Quality of photos BAD in iDvd5- is iDvd 6 any better? Jaggies, blurring...

I've found that the quality of photos is BAD in iDvd5- and I want to know is iDvd 6 any better? Jaggies, blurring, pixelation... nothing NEAR the quality of the original photos. I've read a bunch of old posts on this topic, and I know I can't expect pristine quality from my 10 megapixel camera files, but I CAN expect something better than the crap I'm getting out of iDVD. The slideshows I'm getting in iMovie are great, I just can't burn to DVD for clients. I've tried making them in iMovie but I have the same problem- plus I'd like to bypass iMovie altogether as all my images are stills, no video (for this project anyway).
I've tried everything other people have recommended- saving to quicktime and then importing or dragging into iDvd, applying ken burns first so it won't render, changing the quality settings... anything that anyone has said might help. Still getting crappy DVDs. I think I've wasted about 20 DVDs by now.
I'll buy the new iLife pack if iDvd 6 is any better (currently running iDvd5). I'm hearing that this is apple's problem, not ours, and none of the fixes I've been trying are working. If I can't find a solution soon I'm going to have to buy some non-apple software.

I've found that the quality of photos is BAD in iDvd5- and I want to know is iDvd 6 any better? Jaggies, blurring, pixelation... nothing NEAR the quality of the original photos. I've read a bunch of old posts on this topic, and I know I can't expect pristine quality from my 10 megapixel camera files, but I CAN expect something better than the crap I'm getting out of iDVD. The slideshows I'm getting in iMovie are great, I just can't burn to DVD for clients.
Your expectations are probably too high for what can be achieved usinmg today's DVD technology. Read Preparing images for DVD slideshows at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/17.html for information about image size requirements for iDVD. 'Throwing' to large a file at iDVD can actually make the final image quality poorer that using a smaller image size as recommended in the article because of QuickTime resizing issues.
Today's NTSC DVDs are less than 640x480 pixels. That's all you get. Period.
Roxio's Toast Titanium 8 offers a photo disc option that produces an auto running slideshow in XP machine and only requires a double-click to run under Mac OS 10.4. This approach puts your full res images on the disc which are then available to anyone who has the disc. Since this approach is COMPUTER based and NOT DVD based, image quality on a computer screen is very good.
I have recently put together several large slideshows with FotoMagico. The default setting was less than optimum, put with a little playing around I was able to produce DV movies with excellent image quality. After iDVD compression, the image quality was better than I could get with a slideshow created in iDVD directly. Image sharpness was good. However, it is still only 640x480 resolution and thus hardly high resolution.
It would be possible to put the DV movies I created in FotoMagico on a DVD data disc. I suspect users would have to then copy the DV movie to their hard drive in order to get a high enough data rate for good playback.
Bottom line: for maximum image quality on playback stay away from creating a video DVD and use Toast 8 to create a photo disc that is played back on a computer.
If you need a video DVD, FotoMagico (or Photo to Movie) will probably give you better slideshow image quality than iDVD. But 640x480 is still only 640x480!
F Shippey

Will not share Imovie with Idvd. Gets so far and then a box saying Unable to prepare project for publishing because an error occured (-41)

Cannot SHARE project from IMovie to Idvd. Gets so far and then a box with a message saying Unable to prepare project for publishing because an error occured (-41).

Bengt is as always entirely correct, but another meaning of error -41 is that you have chosen the wrong encoding setting for the length of video you have:
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

If I host with Business Catalyst, will search engines fine me any "better" or Worse than go daddy?

If I host with Business Catalyst, will search engines fine me any "better" or Worse than go daddy?
I am new to Muse and love it! Not sure if the hosting site matters one way or the other.

Liam has some great points. Some other things to consider is that google (just talking one search engine at the moment) more than likely know what a BC site looks like and is made of and would know the best ways to index it assuming you use some of the features of BC and not just straight up HTML.
Godaddy is straight up HTML so as far as indexing goes I think BC has an advantage as it is a known system much like wordpress.
As far as IP blocks, bad neighbours, etc only google will know that information and it's not easy to say which is better.
For example if someone on BC spam's there website everywhere or engages in dodgy SEO practises, spambots etc. Their site is going to be pushed down, if you happen to be on the same IP or close to that site you will be in a "bad neighbourhood" and it may affect your site in the short term. This is the case for ANY hosting solution, so take it all with a gain of salt.

Can I get Tiger cheaper by upgrading from Panther?

Hi, I was wondering if I could get Tiger cheaper by upgrading from Panther. Is there such an option? I would prefer it as I am going to buy new system soon but I need tiger for next few weeks but don't want to pay the full amount. Any suggestions?

No you can't.
The price for the Tiger retail install package is the same regardless which OS X version you are upgrading from.

Why would you think java is a better beginner language then c/c++ ???.

Why would you think java is a better beginner language then c/c++.That is if you think it is

1.)because it stear's you towards useing oop style programing.
since nearly everything relate's to object oriented programing.
2.)this forum alone. is a reason thier are comprehensive example's for beginers. and so many people many very freindly and dont mind answering a question. Other beginners are here also who share what they know with each other.
3.)learing curve for useing the language and geting started immediately is good.
4.)once you learn java and then goto c++ you have another probably better perspective on how to code.
5.)codeing in java avoids deconstructors pointers and direct manipulation of reference's. which can be very confuseing for beginers
and deals with variables that directly point to the computer's memory.
and proper deallocation of memory.
though im just a begginer myself i started trying c++ and switched to java.
however thier are somethings in java that can be as complex as c++
when pointers or reference's are needed but not available.

How can I install Tiger 10.4.11 over Panther 10.3.9

How can I install Tiger 10.4.11 over Panther 10.3.9 ? I tried using a 10.4.2 install disc that I was going to update to 10.4.11, but got message that this would not work on this computer.
Thanks
Bob

Upgrade 10.3 to 10.4 Drop-in Install...
2Z691-5341-A
You must already have Mac OS X 10.3.x Panther installed on your Mac to use this 10.4 Tiger upgrade. Your Mac must also meet the system requirements (detailed below) for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
Compatibility
eMac (2005), iBook G4 (Late 2004), iBook G4 (Mid 2005), iMac G5 17-inch (ALS), iMac G5 20-inch (ALS), iMac G5 (17-inch iSight), iMac G5 (20-inch iSight), iMac (Early 2006 17-inch), iMac (Early 2006 20-inch), Mac mini, Mac mini (Late 2005), Mac mini (Early 2006), MacBook Pro, Power Mac G5 (Early 2005), Power Mac G5 (Late 2005), PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), PowerBook G4 (17-inch Double-Layer SD)
http://www.welovemacs.com/m9639za.html

Downgrading from Tiger 10.4.11 to Panther 10.3.5?

So my old IMAC G5 (17in 512MB ram running Panther 10.3.9) recently had service at the apple store to replace the motherboard and the power supply. As a courtesy, they installed Tiger 10.4.11 when my computer shipped with disks for Panther 10.3.5.
While running the software updater, the OS update errored out and wouldn't restart from the apple menu. I had no choice but to do a cold restart which I knew would be bad. Now the computer boots past the gray screen with the turny gear and then the OS screen loads but the load bar doesn't load.
It's my assumption that I should reinstall the OS but without the retail Tiger disk I am screwed (since all I have is Panther). Any thoughts here on downgrading operating systems? I read all about it in the support section. I just want to know if anyone has actually done it and the thought of having to buy a retail Tiger version on ebay makes my blood boil (oh, that includes leopard too!) All the machine is being used for is leisure at this point, internet surfing and the like. Thoughts anyone?

Hi Karen, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Don't run the Panther's Disk Utility on the Tiger HDD, unless you want to erase things and go back to Panther.
Tough without the Install disc, but some things to try...
Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...
/sbin/fsck -fy
Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.
(Space between fsck AND -fy important).
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Tough without the Tiger Disk problems, but try fsck...
To use fsck, you must run it from the command line. Unlike using your mouse to open an application to do something, you'll need to type a text command at the prompt (#) to tell fsck what to do. The Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities) and single-user mode are two examples of command-line interfaces in which you can type such commands. To use fsck:
1. Start up your computer in single-user mode to reach the command line. Hold CMD+s keys down at bootup. Note: If necessary, perform a forced restart as described in the Emergency Troubleshooting Handbook that came with your computer. On desktop computers, you can do this by pressing the reset/interrupt button (if there is one) or holding down the power button for several seconds. On portable computers, simultaneously press the Command-Control-power keys. If your portable computer doesn't restart with this method, you may need to reset the Power Manager.
2. At the command-line prompt, type /sbin/fsck -fy
(SPACE between fsck AND -fy important)
3. Press Return. fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it'll display this message if no issue is found: 
The volume (nameofvolume) appears to be OK  If fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message: *** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***   Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command you typed in step 2 until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).
4. When fsck reports that your volume is OK, type reboot at the prompt and then press Return.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

Missing Bcc: functionality in Tiger Mail--and worse: no Bcc: button!

MISSING IN ACTION!
Pre-Tiger, if you wanted to include a bunch of Bcc: addresses from your Address Book within Mail you could double-click each one from the mini Address Book window IF YOU HAVE THE CURSOR in the Bcc: field.
Even worse is that since Mail's inception in 10.0x, only To: and Cc: appeared as buttons! Conspicuously absent: a Bcc: button!
With ever-increasing spam, and privacy needs, anyone who sends to groups of people who may not know each other in the To: field is committing a terrible breach of privacy (exception: friends & family, etc.). Hopefully, one or more of those recipients would have have taught the "offender" how to use Bcc:.
Anyway, I was on the phone with Tech Support from Apple and they are finally "on the case." Level II and III techs actually had to fiddle with Jaguar and Tiger Mail to reproduce my problems, which is amazing that nobody [here] has escalated the issue very far. Their database was devoid of these problems!
Let's hope a Mail update is on the way shortly! We shouldn't have to wait for 10.4.5 for such an easy fix (the Bbcc: button at least).

If you have a problem, think about it. There is a wonderful little menu item on almost all applications called "Help". I have found it gives me the answer to about 99% of my problems. Mail "Help" provides the answer to your problem:
"To send email to more than one recipient, type the addresses, separated by commas, in the To or Cc (carbon copy) fields.
To send someone a copy without other recipients knowing, type the person's address in the Bcc (blind carbon copy) field. (If the Bcc header is not showing in your email message, choose View > Bcc Address Field.)
To have the Bcc or Cc header appear in all emails you send, open a new message window, choose Customize from the Action pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the address area. Select the checkbox next to the items you want to appear in your new message headers.
To send to a group of people, create a group address in Address Book, then use the group address in your email instead of the individual addresses. See Address Book Help for more information on creating a group.
If you want your recipients to reply to a different address from the one you are using to send the email, choose View > Reply-To Address Field, then add the address."
I trust this has been helpful.

DVD burned in tiger won't play on panther

Hi,
I have an iMac G5 with Tiger (10.4.2) in it. I just burned a DVD there and it plays fine on that computer and on my home DVD player.
However the DVD won't mount on my Flat Panel iMac G4 w/SuperDrive running Panther (10.3.9).
I have the latest software updates on both computers.
Has anyone come across this problem? Any solutions?
What other compatibility problems do I expect with this DVD?
I used to use the G4 for making DVDs that played on the G4 iMac, the G3 iBook, and other PCs. Will this DVD now work on all those other computers or is it only compatible with Macs running Tiger or worse yet, only G5 computers?

uh, chase, I think you're in the wrong forum.

Where can I download iDVD for Tiger?

I accidentally damaged and then deleted my copy of iDVD.app. My original installation disks seem not to contain it. Where or how can I obtain a new copy? (My computer is a G4 — PPC — with OS X 10.4.11.)
I should be most grateful for any help.

Thanks very much, Bengt. In fact after posting my question, I had another look at my original eMac instal disks, using Pacifist to extract the individual items, and found iDVD. But when I tried to extract the iDVD files, Pacifist ran for a while and then produced hundreds of error messages, the text of the first one being: 'The file “/private/var/tmp/folders.501/TemporaryItems/Pacifist Temp/475/c8ee2105af3d47b89d1d120e519cbf2a Contents/3262dcc7d3094161a472b7087bf26be3 Contents/bf8fa90c09f04c8eb9b65e0be7b887d1 Contents/./Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/Frameworks/Oxygene.framework/Oxygene” does not exist.' (The others are similar.)
I was unable to get rid of these error messages, however many times I clicked 'Continue'. and could not proceed any further. Could the reason be that when I bought my eMac, the OS on the disks was not Tiger but a much earlier version of OS X 10.x, and, now that I am running 10.4.11, it will not accept the files from the instal CD?
Is there anything I can do about this, short of re-installing my pre-Tiger OS and then updating everything again?

Extracting iDVD off Tiger Install Disc

I have an iBook without a SuperDrive. Just purchased an external DVD burner. How do I extract iDVD off the install discs since iDVD is not an application on my iBook as yet?
Thanks.

If you're referring to a purchased copy of Tiger then iDVD won't be on it. If iDVD came with your computer you will have to get it off the discs that came with it. Check out Mac OS X Restore DVD: Installing individual third-party software items without erasing and Macintosh Restore DVD: How to install iMovie, iPhoto, or iTunes using Mac OS X Software Install.
OT

How to import iDVD app from Time Capsule to my new iMac 21" that does not have iDVD? I can find the iDVD app in the Time Capsule, then what?

I have a new 21" iMac to replace a 6-year old iMac 24. My Time Capsule has the iDVD app saved (?) and I can find it, but I can't figure out how to move it to my new iMac that does not have the app. How to do this?

You are probably better to install it from ilife disk.
Can't Find a update or latest Version of iDVD to Download or a Compatibility to Yosemite

OS-9 applications crash Tiger Classic, worked fine in Panther Classic

Greetings,
I recently installed OS-X Tiger and upgraded to 10.4.10 incl. all security and Java updates. Some older OS-9 applications (e.g., Chessmaster 4000 and some of my own software I created years ago), which ran flawlesslyl in the Panther Classic environment, now crash Tiger Classic. In fact, even 10.4.10 gets screwed. E.g., empty ghost windows appear that cannot be removed or the upper Tiger menu bar is empty. Only a computer restart sometimes solves the problem, not the forced quit of Classic or an OS-X Finder relaunch.
When I rebooted from OS-X Panther again, I got told that there was a problem with the "new Classic". So I set preferences for a different, not updated (by OS-X Tiger) 0S-9 System folder - and my old applications ran flawlessly again.
Right now I have to switch between Tiger and Panther. Is there a workaround to have Tiger Classic run older OS-9 applications? Obviously, there is a problem with the "new" Classic.
Some OS-9 applications like Photoshop 5.5 run well in Tiger Classic. Therefore, I can rule out a general problem with my Classic environment. OS-X updates do not exist for some scientific software I use.
Thanks in advance for your advice,
Dietmar
PS: Apple states that there is no firmware update required for a G4 Quicksilver Mac.

dietmart wrote:
Update: I realized that Tiger's new Classic environment cannot handle OS-9 applications that require 256 or fewer display colors for operation. In fact, the new Classic environment will not even start up successfully, if 256 colors are set.
That is not correct. I run Classic under Tiger with 256 colours fairly often. I have one very, very, very old game (Harpoon Classic) which won't run unless the system is set to 256 colours. Every now and again I still play it. Classic works with 256 colours, and it also starts up with 256 colours.
Classic does this with my iMac, and with my eMac, under Tiger, and with my beige G3 under Jaguar. (Or at least it did the last time I ran Classic on the beige.) The eMac shipped with Panther; Classic ran with 256 colours there, too.
I suspect that you have a different problem.
Which applications are you using?
Dietmar

IDVD on Tiger better or worse then Panther?

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