IMovie can't find iDVD

iMovi cant find the iDVD program. I use the OSX Lion software on a 27" iMac. I assumed the iDVD program is part of the standard pack.

Apple has ceased including iDVD on its computers. If you can find an iLife install disk that has it you can install from there, otherwise you'll need to use some other DVD authoring software such as DVD-Creator (available on the Mac app store.)
Best of luck.

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I have a 2011 MacbookPro. I'm trying to burn an iMovie trailer onto a DVD that will work on a TV. When I go to "share" as instructed, it prepares the movie but then can't find iDVD on my computer. Help!

I have a 2011 Macbook Pro. I'm trying to burn an iMovie trailer onto a DVD that will play on a TV. When I follow the directions and go to share, my computer can't find iDVD. Help?

iDVD is no longer supported by Apple and does not come pre-loaded on new Macs.
If your computer did not come with iDVD and iWeb preinstalled, you can ask Apple for a free copy here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/idvd.html
Alternatively, you can purchase a boxed version of iLife '11 from Apple, Amazone, etc. Boxed versions come with iDVD and iWeb still on the disk.

Cannot burn an iMovie project to a DVD because the computer can't find iDVD. Anyone know how to accomplish this task.

Cannot burn an iMovie project to a DVD because the computer can't find iDVD. Anyone know how to accomplish this task.

Macs don't come bundled with iDVD anymore. If you have an older Mac that came with an iLife disk, you can install iDVD from that.
If your Mac didn't come with iDVD, you can still find iLife '11 disks in some stores.
There are other programs that can create DVDs, but I've never used them. From what I've heard, they're not as good as iDVD.

Where can i find iDVD

Where can i find iDVD ? for Mac OS X 10.7.5

Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673
UPDATE & ADDENDUM:
But even though you can still buy iLife 11 that includes iDVD 7 from Amazon, Apple now make it difficult to install:
Poster jhb21939 posted this in another thread:
“when I attempted to load iDVD into a new iMac. A notice came up on the screen stating that the 'Authorisation Licence' had expired on 25 March this year (2012).
I contacted the Apple support team and eventually, I was told that the Licence had been withdrawn and could no longer be used.”
In other words Apple are now so adamant that we don’t use iDVD that they have tried to make it impossible to install.
In response, Old Toad posted this solution:
“You can still use it one all of your Macs. If you get an invalid certificate message just set your Mac's clock to sometime before early 2011 and run the installer. After you're done reset the time back to the correct time.” He added this comment:
“It began after iDVD and iWeb were discontued and they were dropped from the Apple Store. All I can think of is the certificate was set to expire after a certain time period after the intitial iLife disc was released.
I've been able to use the installer even without setting back the date. I just clicked on the Continue button and it would work as expected. For some it would not continue unless the date was set back.”
The latest anorexic iMacs just announced do not even include a CD drive! Proof positive that Apple virtually prohibit the use of DVDs - although the newly announced Mac Minis do include a Superdrive.
Yet, they still include iMovie! Heaven alone knows or understands what you are supposed to do with your newly edited masterpiece - except make a low quality version for YouTube?

Moved iTunes Media folder, now iMovie can't find it

I moved my iTunes media folder in order to share it between two users on the same iMac, following these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
That worked fine, but now iMovie can't find the iTunes media library. I don't see a way to change this setting in iMovie, the way that you can in iTunes. There must be a simple solution to point iMovie to the new location, but if so I am missing it. Can anyone advise?
OSX 10.6.8, iMovie 09, iTunes 11.1

anyone?

I can't find iDVD on my computer, and I need to burn a movie onto a disk. Help?

I can't find iDVD on my computer. I need to burn a movie onto a disk, and I need it quickly. Can someone help me? I've searched for iDVD in applications, but it's not there.

iDVD is no longer supported by Apple and does not come pre-loaded on new Macs.
If your computer did not come with iDVD and iWeb preinstalled, you can ask Apple for a free copy here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/idvd.html
Alternatively, you can purchase a boxed version of iLife '11 from Apple, Amazone, etc. Boxed versions come with iDVD and iWeb still on the disk.

HT1338 I can't find iDvD on my Macbook Pro...running OSX Lion...how can I get it?

I can't find iDvD on my Macbook Pro...running OSX Lion...how can I get it?

IDVD is sold separately. (There are no realistic alternatives to iDVD.)
You'll find it on the iLife 11 disc. Once installed Apple's website will update it to the latest version automatically.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U TF8&qid=1337135021&sr=8-1

I can't find iDVD, iPhoto, iMovie, or iWeb

I just bought a used iMac G4 with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther on it and it was used badly I gues because all this junk was loaded on it but I can't find a reason why iDVD, iPhoto, iMovie, etc. were not loaded on my Mac.

Hi,
First of all, Welcome to the  Discussions Forums!
Your post sounds as if you do not have the original disks or a retail copy of Panther 10.3, correct?
The retail Panther disks do have iLife apps included. My set (retail box 10.3.2) came with iLife apps iMovie 3, iPhoto 2, iTunes 4.
When the original owner purchased the iMac G4 it would have had the apps bundled with it. If they are missing now it sounds like the owner deleted them from the disk or did not install them. Originally, I think, iDvD only came on Macs with superdrives.
If you let us know which disks you have, if any, perhaps we can let you know if you can install any of the iLife applications from them.
littleshoulders

I made a movie using iMovie. I went to share and selected idvd. It processed the movie,but nothing happened. The tutorial shows icon on bar,but I can not find idvd. What am I doing wrong?processed

I made a movie in imovie. I went to shate and selected iDVD. It processsed the movie for about 5 min. When it finished I did not have the icon at the bottom of screen like the tutorial displayed. How do I find iDVD?

Check in your Applications folder to see if you have the iDVD application there?
Do you have a new Mac that came with Lion preinstalled? If so you won't have iDVD nor iWeb. Apple has discontinued iDVD and iWeb and is no longer selling them.
In that case you'll have to purchase the boxed iLife 11 disc from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: iLife 11.
Also it's best to use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu opiton in iMovie and then add the movie from the Media Browser in iDVD to the iDVD project. It provides a better qualtiy movie to iDVD.
Also 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.
OT

IMovie can't find events now moved to a new internal drive

I installed a second 1Tbit drive and moved my photos, movies, music and documents from the primary drive to the new drive. I also created alias's for each of these folders.
Although iTunes didn't care about the alias, and Aperture reset it's file location automatically as well - the media browser had a problem. I have the new version of iLife but had not yet opened iPhoto - but when I did it rebuilt it's library and then showed up. Deleting the alias for the photo folder entirely let Aperture show up - but iMovie is whacked. I can see only one simple short event that I had opened immediately after installing iLife - even though this event is no longer on the main drive, it's over on the second drive and "Show in Finder" clearly showed it in the new location.
But all the other events and video files are not visible. I can see them in Finder, and if I click on them I get to see them play just fine. But attempts to import them return an error
Copy Failed
This file could not be copied:
/Volumes/RR-2nd TB/y User Files/Movies/iMovie Projects.localized/Teah ISR Second Year - Larg.m4v
(File not Found)
But the file is most certainly there and the file opens just fine if I click on it. As the alias for the folder seemed to be an issue for Photos, but once deleted Media Browser could indeed see the Aperture library, I have also deleted the alias file for iMovie - no improvement.
I have deleted and let recreate the preferences file - but this only removed the one file I could see.
Both drives are Mac OS Extended (Jorunaled) - and both report no errors.
Trying this and that, iMovie has created a new folder for iMovie Events on the second drive, and if I move things into this they suddenly appear - but not my projects.
I can certainly move the Movie folder back to the main drive, but the intent was to free up space on that drive, and to increase performance by having the application on one drive and the user data on another.
I can't be the only person to ever move the Movie folder - but I can't find any current and helpful info on the matter. I do see that a few others have recently expereinced some issues with external drives and iMovie - might be a similar issue.

You can move Projects and Events to and external drive, but you must move them from within iMovie. If you move them using the Finder, it will make the projects unusable.
I would recommend that you move all projects and events back to your original drive.
Then open iMovie and verify that all is well.
Now, click View/Events by Disk, and you should see your new drive in the Events List on the left.
To move an event, hold the command key while dragging the icon for the event to the icon for the disk in the iMovie Event List.
To move a project, hold down the command key while dragging the Project icon to the icon for the new drive in the Project List.
Doing it this way will preserve the links between your Projects and your Events.

IMovie Can't Find Movie File Location

I had to reinstall the OS and all software on my MacBook Pro and after I imported the Movie files back into iPhoto, iMovie can no longer find the movie files for the projects. When I open an iMovie project, there is a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in it. How can I tweak the iMovie project file to point to the movies in the new location?

It is not the easiest thing to do, but it is possible.
Please make a backup copy of the project file before attempting brain surgery.
An imovie project file (with extension .rcproject) is a package. Right click on your Project file in the Movies/iMovie Projects folder. Select Show Package Contents.
There should be a text file in there called Project.
It will be in hexadecimal, so you need a hex-capable text editor to read it.
I would suggest BBEdit (best but $$$) or PListEditPro (free from Apple).
In this file, you may be able to see the paths and filenames for the clips used in the project.
This is where iMovie expects to find the clips.
The least risky thing to do is to move them to where iMovie thinks they should be, with the right names. However, this may impact iPhoto if you are changing the iPhoto library without telling iPHoto.
So, alternatively, you could edit the file with the new paths and or file names.

IMovie can't find iTunes songs

Hi there,
updated to Lion (which was not wise given the time I have to spend in forums now)
ha among other things the effect that my iMac can't connect to the remote drive (Buffalo Link Station another forum in another company), so I took the back-up disk connect via USB and voila iTunes finds all songs.
Problem is: As soon as I try to access the songs via iMovie, error message comes that file cannot be found.
Yes I have installed all the latest updates for iMovie and iTunes.
Anybody have an idea how I can make iMovie look after the music in the NEW location/disk?

Helped myself. I deleted the iTunes Library.xml in the iTunes folder file which did 80% of the job. iMOvie would then find most of the songs, however still not all.

Imovie Can't Find Music

Hey Everyone,
Been working on a rather long video with about 5 music files added as background. It worked fine all day, I closed it to make dinner, come back after dinner and imovie "*The song "___" could not be used because the original file could not be located.*"
Let me reitterate - NOTHING changed from before dinner to after dinner other than 1) I exported a copy of what I had finished, 2) the computer has been restarted.
I've restarted Imovie, restarted the computer, powered completely down, NOTHING allows me to use any music file to be used as part of the project in imovie.
Now I can't play the music that was apart of the project, nor can I put new ones in. Itunes can play all these files, imovie can't.
Anyone have any suggestions?!

when i hold finder down, there is only a "go to folder" with the words "go" in there isnt a sub box for library and when i typed library for the "go to folder" it said couldnt be found.
this what the options are
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IMovie can't find orginal file/source....

I transfered a number of files that contained clips and sound bites that are being used in my projects in iMovie, but after I'd transfered those files into an external hard drive, I wasn't able to use those clips in iMovie, it showed "!" and stated iMovie couldn't find the orginal file or source. So with the files in my external Hard Drive, how can I put those files back so that they go right back into place where they were orginally placed, to proceed in completing my project in iMovie?
Thanks.

It does sound like you're talking about the Mac version of iMovie (not the iOS version, which is the focus of this discussion area). You may have better luck posting this question at the following area...
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/imovie

IMovie - can't find

Macbook Pro
Mountain Lion 10.8 (upgraded from Lion just a few weeks ago)
When I look in my application list I can't find iMovie and am told it is a standard install app. I have done a search and it is nowhere to be found.
I don't want to pay $15 for it. Is there a way to get it back without doing something that will mess up my computer? I always seem to mess something up with reinstalls and all that.
Thanks, Teri

Lion is there and Mountail Lion, but not iMovie specifically. Is it a part of one of those apps?

IMovie can't find iDVD

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