IDVD Saving as Disk Image

I have a MacBook 1.1 (with a Single Layer SuperDrive). How do I get iDVD to save a project that is large for a Single Layer (4.7GB) disk, using Save as Disk Image?
Is there a way to force it to author a project as a Dual Layer DVD?

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Q: Is there a way to force it to author a project as a Dual Layer DVD?
A: No. (short of exceeding 120 mins. of QT playback).

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Saved as Disk Image to test it - now what??

Hi all,
I have created a DVD with just the drop zones filled, and a slideshow . All plays well within iDVD. But I wanted to test it, and saved it as a Disk Image. However, there is nothing on the Disk Image that will allow me to play it at all.
I want to burn it for someone who has a DVD player and a DVD player in their computer.
It is my first DVD (if you can't tell!) and I don't understand how to take it from Disk Image (or not, perhaps just burn it from within iDVD? What works? What is more reliable?
HELP!

HOW does the Disk Image start the playing of the DVD?
It doesn't!
A disk image is just an 'image' of a DVD you can burn. You can double-click on the image to mount it on your desktop and then use Apple's DVD Player application to play the VIDEO_TS folder in the mounted disk image.
Creating a disk image from iDVD and then using Apple's Disk Utility or Roxio's Toast to actually burn the disk image to writable is the ONLY way to control your burn speed when creating DVDs. Burn at 4x or lower.
Disk images are also very useful when you want to create many copies of the same disc.
F Shippey

IDVD Hanging On Disk Image AND Burning

I've been having this problem since upgrading to 10.4.7 (I have iDVD 6.02). I can't burn a DVD and I can't save a disk image. iDVD just hangs up and quits or it just hangs and becomes non-responding.
I restarted and repaired permissions over six times and even tried it running no other applications but iDVD and still have the same issue.
Help!

Hi Leigh:
Did you read the Apple article that Len Goff
suggested?
iDVD appears to be unresponsive when encoding Audio
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302988
It may just take a lot of time to finish. have you
tried burning overnight?
Sue
I set it up Wednesday Night to burn and at 9 am it was still hanging. I force quit iDVD and restarted my Mini and set it up to burn again and when I got home from work it was hung at the Audio encoding again. I repaired permissions and attempted the process again over night and this time the DVD had been ejected but was still blank when I went to play it. I then read the this forum post and trashed the plist, repaired permissions and attempted again and still no luck! I am about to try it again and see what I get when I get home from work!

IDVD creating large disk images

I've recently upgraded to iDVD 6 from 5 to solve a bug. The bug's fixed however I have a new problem. I have about 11 short movies which total about 100 minutes. When looking at the project size, it says 3.2 GB. However, when it burns to a disk image, the image is 5.11 GB, obviously too big for a 4.7 GB disk. I've never seen this problem in previous versions and it's really bugging me. Any ideas what's up?

They're all in Quicktime movie format. Maybe that has
something to do with it since I've usually used DV
stream in the past. However, I added up the length of
all 11 movies and it comes to 101:30 minutes, so I
would think it should still work.
Unless you have used LONG clips in menu drop zones, 101 minutes of content should be OK. Have you used movies in any menu drop zones?
You may want to delete the iDVD preference file (com.apple.iDVD.plist) which will be recreated when you start iDVD. Then start a new iDVD project.
F Shippey

Audio is great in iDVD preview, when Disk image is burned it cuts out

My project works great in iMovie and iDVD in the preview state. When I burn a disk image though, the sound keeps cutting out within the last 7 or so minutes of my video.
It worked when I burned a dvd a few weeks ago, but since then, I went back and edited a few more pictures to what i had previously had, and shared it in the media browser. It looks great in iDVD. But now the sound is not consistent. It cuts out in the middle of a song.
Help?

I went back and edited a few more pictures to what i had previously had, and shared it in the media browser.
The best advice I can give you is to create a NEW iDVD project. Sometimes iDVD is 'unhappy' when you edit the video in an existing project.

Can't play Disk Image in DVD Player

I saved my iDVD project to disk image so I could view the video on my Mac Pro prior to burning the project.
When I double click the saved disk image icon, the archived file that I made earlier populates on the screen instead of the DVD player opening. That's strange?
I see an Audio_TS file, Video_TS file, and a DVD-ROM contents files instead of the DVD player. Why isn't the DVD player playing the disk image that I saved?
I also tried the process in reverse. Trying to open the saved disk image from the DVD Player and the saved disk image is all greyed out not allowing access to view the video.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Mac Pro 2.66 GHZ, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB HD Mac OS X (10.4.9) Mac Pro

All I want to do is just play the disk image.
Read through the following for help.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/18.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/image_to_diskstone.html
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. If you hold your mouse cursor over the pop-up it says: "Select a slower speed to work around burn failures," so select 4x or slower for best results. 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 Internal Drives: 860GB Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2 SuperDrives (SL & DL)

IDVD saved/Can I burn another copy???

Hello, Last week I created a iMovie and then burned it to iDVD. I saved the iDVD file and the iMovie file. Is it possible to burn another copy of that movie without all the encoding time? It runs 45 mintues and took hours. I also have TOAST 6 if that would be easier. Or do I need to start the iDVD process all over? I opened the iDVD file and it played so I am hopeful.
Thansk in advance,
Sue

If the original files are intact then the encoding process (multiplexing) ought to go much faster the second time. If you envision making additional copies consider saving a disk image from iDVD and then burning that with Disk Utility or Toast.

Burn to Disk/save to disk image

A short answer is fine if you can send me to where i can find the explanation of what exactly these are are how to do it. Is it MAC 101? I am new to mac
I have been using the same ol movie to experiment with and see what i can do.
I tried to burn the project to disk and it says its too large..I have nothing in the trash. In Finder and (command i) on the star it says its 13.21gb's
In Finder and QT FQ it says 9.84 gb"s
I only see a burn to disk in i Movie
I don't see an option of saving to disk image but have seen a post where it was being done,it may be the same thing.
I though I would be able to save the movie as just data using very small bytes
without loosing quality. Am I even in the right ballpark here?
thank you

My movie is filmed using the HC3 Sony HD .. Its about 25 min long .I have done everything using HQ when asked , so far with the movie.
I have burned to dvd in iDVD, no problems( other than the time to encode the audio)...lost some quality there in i DVD, but I understand that..Its not burnung to High Def .
I have shared it back to the camera with excellent result. seems like no loss of quality there. Looks great on the HD tv.
I have shared it to Quick Time and viewed it on My PC . Looks good there also.
I have shared it to ITunes and viewed it in iTunes, looks great, but so far unable to put it on an iPod. I have that 60gb ipod that plays music videos and has the movie capabilities.
I saw in iMovie under the dropdown menu under file it has BURN TO DISK
Thats what I tried when it said it was too large..so whats that for?
I am now trying to share to iDVD and I see the> Save as disk image.
Now by doing that I will have saved the movie to a file that I can later use to burn another DVD? Just import it into i DVD and burn. Then it can be played on a dvd player? And I will have lost the capability to share it back to a camera for the high def?
If so I guess the advantage here is that mabey I could save multiple movies on a single disk being the size is so small . Is ther any other advantage...maybe shorter time to burn more of same movies at a later date?
I think I may understand a... little ..
Thanks VJK

Burned Disk Image Won't Play on DVD Player and Work Around

Hi all,
I was having problem with DVD not being recognized on a regular, stand alone, set top DVD player. The program was created in iDVD6 and saved to disk image. Then I used Disk Utility to burn it and the resulting disc played on Mac but not regular player.
Knowing that the blank media was good from a previous Toast 7 burn, I used Toast 7's Video TS option to burn from the mounted disk image. This disc worked on regular player with one small difference. With multiple videos (in addition to chapter markers) on the DVD, fast forwarding past the end of one video would start the next one with Toast, whereas the disk image (played on the Mac) would return to DVD menu.
I never burned directly from iDVD 6, since the video conversion process took 7 - 11 hours, so I don't know if that would work or not.
I hope this is helpful to some and if anyone decides to buy Toast from Roxio directly, leaving the online cart page open for a minute or two will pop up a 10% off incentive to urge you to check out. That's as of a week or two ago.
Yu

whereas the disk image (played on the Mac) would return to DVD menu.
That has happened to me, but not with the one project I made with iDVD 6.
leaving the online cart page open for a minute or two will pop up a 10% off incentive to urge you to check out.

Source Material error when burning disk image

Well, I've been haunting these forums for 10 days, finding answers to every darn problem under the sun I've encountered! (thanks folks, I've been near hysteria) Now I have yet another problem, and I cannot find an answer in the forums (sorry if it's there.)
I have built my movie in iMovie, imported to iDVD, created my disk image, played my disk image (worked perfectly), connected my brand new LaCie external burner, loaded Toast 6 Lite, dragged my mounted disk image icon into the window, popped in my Verbatim DVD+R and let 'er rip.
And, poo, I'm informed that 4 files are in an unsupported format and cannot be imported. EH? I thought the disk image kept all self-contained? I press onward, and hit burn. Churning, churning... and then this message:
"Could not record disc because there is a problem with the source material. Result code= -18774"
Trying to burn via Disk Utility doesn't work either. My mounted disk shows up, but when highlighted the burn button is grayed out. Only when I click on the .img file is the burn option lit.
Am I supposed to drag the .img file rather than the mounted little disc icon? PLEASE HELP. These movies were SUPPOSED to be Xmas presents... now I'm praying for Michaelmas gifts!
TIA

ohmygosh. Lightbulb! I've been trying to burn the file_name one and not the file_name.img one. I assumed the point of mounting the file was to burn it, but it's only to preview it, yes?? So, I did that via Disk Utility, and it worked!! Only thing I can't figure is how to set the burn speed. I know slower is better, but can't find the place to tell it the speed. It never asks.
Toast still gives me the source material error. I do have the 'video' tab selected, and I've done the drag-n-drop method AND the 'add' method ('copy' is only for transferring data from one CD/DVD to another in my version, evidently). Toast doesn't allow me to grab the .img file, so I'm assuming IT wants the mounted file_name one? I'd still like to be able to use Toast to burn, so a solution to this would be appreciated. I'm using Toast 6 Lite, BTW.

Is it possible to recover iCal calendars from disk image of hard drive?

Hi, I made and saved a disk image of intel imac hard-drive with a g4 imac running leo. I now want to recover the info contained on iCal in my account on that disk image. Is it possible without restoring that disk image on to an intel imac?
I wanted a clean install on the new imac for reasons that are valid, and some that I'm not quite sure were valid reasons such as security, since I don't know what is on the net that can or cannot compromise security either through website visits or email.

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Cannot open disk image created in Snow Leopard

I created an encrypted disk image in Snow Leopard. When I'm running Mavericks, it asks for the password, then the folder doesn't appear anywhere. Disk Utility shows it as mounted, but it is not visible in the Finder or in the sidebar as a mounted volume usually is. First Aid says all is OK.Unmount with Disk Utility, then it doesn't even ask for a password when reopening is attempted. Nothing happens. What's going on?

sdl3 wrote:
OK... I opened iDVD, found my project, and selected 'file', 'save as disk image'. The disk image was created (took almost 3 hours this way!). now, when i open disk utility, i can see the image there. i placed a blank DVD in the computer, selected the image in disk utility and clicked 'burn'. when i placed the burned DVD in my DVD player, it says it cannot read the disk! my understanding is that creating a disk image is the smart way to keep backup copies of my home made DVD's but if I can't burn playable replacement DVD's that obviously negates this option. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Advice above is 'spot on' : Do 'save as disk image'INSIDE iDVD. The disk image should be playable in anything which PLAYs DVD VIDEO_TS Folders: DVD Player, Mpegstreamclip, VLC.... I'm sure the only reason it took almost 3 hours this way is because iDVD Wasn't finished encoding/finalising the project....
W/O changes, subsequent Burns shd be as fast as any other DVD Burn (Altho, as I think was suggested, Burn at slow speed on slwo media is a very wise move.
CAVEAT: Burning using OTHER tools - from folder etc is not alway going to 'get everything' iDVD Changes, assets/work /temp files may be kept elsewhere.. etc etc.
INSIDE iDVD is the only safe way of 'getting it all.
best,
[PS: Hitchhikers' advice: Don't panic: This is very mature stuff now, you have a zillion options, most of them work very very well.- Good Luck]

How do I copy a disk image using disk utility?

I have a copy of my idvd as a disk image, but when I open disk utility to burn it to a disk, I can't drag the destination disk to the destination box. What am I doing wrong?

How to copy previously-burned DVD-R video discs
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2059
To create an image file, launch Disk Utility and select File: New: Disk Image From Folder. In the window that appears, navigate to the desired folder and then click on Image. Give the image file a name, and click on Save when prompted. That’s it.

Disk images and storage space.

Dear members:
After a disk image is created and saved, how much storage space does one need to work with it ?
Let's say I create a 10 GB disk image that is saved in an encrypted form. Once I try to open it I have first to provide a password and then the drive corresponding to this image mounts to the desktop. Once the drive is mounted, since I have the disk image and the drive, does it mean that I actually have 20 GB added to my desktop folder or both files combined still take up only 10 GB of storage space ?
One other question:
I have saved a disk image to an external Firewire hard disk. When I click on this disk image the drive mounts on the desktop. Is there a way to open this disk image so that the drive is actually mounted on the same external disk where the image is or does it always mount on the desktop independent of where the image is ?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards,
Joseph Chamberlain

Hi, Joseph.
1. You wrote: "In case I wanted to would it be possible to create a disk image on another drive and also mount the disk from this image on that same drive ? For instance, can I create a disk image on an external Firewire drive and then mount the disk from this image on this same external disk ?"I'm not quite sure what you're saying here. I thought I addressed this.
You can create a disk image and save it on an external drive. Double-clicking that disk image (saved on an external drive) will mount it, with the mount point being in /Volumes, same as every other mounted volume on your computer, as discussed in my prior post.
2. You wrote: "On another discussion I initiated one poster said that when creating a bootable external drive it is important to uncheck the square for "Ignore Ownership". I just installed OS X 10.4 on a LaCie 120 GB external Firewire drive and after the installation process noticed that the "Get Info" panel shows the box "Ignore Ownership" checked. Is there a problem ?"You do not want "Ignore Ownership" checked on a bootable volume, i.e. a volume on which you installed Mac OS X. That installation may not work properly.
3. You wrote: "In case there is, shouldn't OS X have unchecked this option as it installed itself on this particular drive ?"I don't know. I've never tried installing Mac OS X on an external volume that had "Ignore Ownership" checked before installation.
4. You wrote: "What does the option "Ignore Ownership" mean and why/when should I use it ?"See "Mac OS X 10.4 Help: I don't have permission to use a disk. The only time I would use this feature is if I had a volume on an external drive, e.g. FireWire drive, that needed to be accessed and written-to by multiple users of the computer to which that external drive was connected. The volume in question should contain only data — not a bootable volume, i.e. one with Mac OS X installed — and one should also be prepared that anyone could add, delete, or modify files on that volume since permissions are ignored when "Ignore Ownership" is enabled.
FYI: When asking multiple questions, numbering them individually is helpful. Then someone can respond by number to link the answer to the question, vs. quoting the text as above.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

Trading computers... Easiest way to transfer disk image?

What is the easiest way to turn my 320gb iMac's disk image into one that can be stored on a 500gb external and then transferred into a 240gb mac book (assuming the saved files are less than 240gb)
Will making a disk image in disk utility perform this.? once i have saved the disk image... how will i then get it onto the laptop from my external after i make the trade?

I don't believe that the system from an iMac will run properly on a MacBook. A better approach might be to use the Migration Assistant. If both machines have firewire, connect them with a firewire cable and boot up in target disk mode. Instructions can be found here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Then use Migration Assistant to bring over the data.
If that isn't an option, you could clone to an external hard drive (using [Carbon Copy Cloner|http://www.bombich.com/software/index.html], as suggested by someone else), and then use Migration Assistant to copy the data from there.
Migration Assistant will do the work of pulling out settings and whatnot and sticking them into the appropriate spot on the new machine.

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