IMovie fails to create iDVD project

After completing my iMovie project, clicking Create iDVD Project, Dialog box says launching iDVD, wait; but nothing happens after waiting hours!

Dennis,
After you clic the IDVD button, that should open the chapter marker pane on the right of the main movie screen. At the bottom of the chapter marker pane is the 'Create DVD Button'. You clic that and then you will be moved to the DVD window. Use your Mac's iDVD Help to find your way through the process of creating theme pages and moving your movie into the DVD. Help has solved most of my iMovie/iDVD teething problems. Hope this helps too!
Forest
iMac G5 20" 1.8 GHz - 400GB HD - 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) 300 GB & 160GB Ext drives, QT 7.1.5 Pro

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IMovie crashes when click on create iDVD project

IMac Power PCG5 1.8 GHz, 768 MB DDR SDRAM, running Tiger (can't find the version, but must be the latest)
iMovie 4.0.1
iDVD 4.0.1
I worked on my iMovie project for months, I cliked iDVD on the right, added chapters. When I click on "Create iDVD project" I get a message which says that "Your movie contains still, and/or slow motions, reverse clips which need to be rendered for export to iDVD or DV tape".
I click on "Render and Proceed" and the program crashes.
Previously, the program also warned me that 39 stray clips had to be put in the clips panel, and I did it.
The first time I clicked on the rendering it did start rendering, but it stopped after a few minutes (right when a CD I was importing into iTunes at the same time finished importing...could it matter?). Since then, it does noit even start rendering.
In the past, I have succesfully made two movies with iMovie and iDVD, burned them on DVDs etc, but I was using earlier versions of the sofware and OSX. So I feel I am not a total incompetent.
Thanks for any tips or suggestions to anybody who has them!
sandra

Hi Sandra
Try this instead:
When You have added the Chapters.
a) Close iMovie
b) find the project icon/folder
c) Ctrl-click on it and Show package.
d) in this there are a folder -> Shared Movies -> iDVD
e) in this there is a QT movie nnnnnnn.mov
- You can test this with QT-player to see that it is OK -
f) drop this into an open theme in iDVD (just inside the edge of the
window) and save it as a desktop image
(if iDVD prior HD/5 You have to add a hack to make this possibly
named HPfurz and install it)
Test this with Apple DVD-player - OK then burn it with iDVD
or Toast if You have and dont want to re-code the movie.
Yours Bengt W

IMovie "Create iDVD Project" Button Opens Previous, not Current Movie/Proj

I updated my non-Intel iMac to Leopard a year or so ago. Since then, my wife says when she works on a project in iMovie and is done she clicks on Create iDVD Project button and when iDVD opens it opens the last movie she was working on (over a year ago) before we upgraded to Leopard. iDVD does not open the movie that she is currently working on in iMovie. This worked before we switched to Leopard. I have 10.5, iDVD 5 & iMovie 5. Is this a compatibility issue with Leopard? She told me about this when we switched to Leopard but I ignored her. Now I have to find the answer.

I have seen report that iMovie 5 won't even run under Leopard.
What you might try is avoid clicking on the "Create iDVD project" button in iMovie. Instead you save the project and quit iMovie. Launch iDVD, create a new project and drag the iMovie project from the Finder into the iDVD window.

Create iDVD Project in iMovie opens iDVD but nothing else

I have created a new project in iMovie 5.0.2. I put in my chapter markers, then click the "Create iDVD Project" button. It opens iDVD 5.0.1, but nothing else happens. iDVD doesn't open a window, all I can see is the menus, of which all the items are grayed out. I have tried to import the movie directly into iDVD by selecting "import" in the iDVD menus, but it doesn't load properly, and the themes don't show up. Anybody have any ideas?
I have tried to delete the com.apple.iDVD.plist, and repaired as well as verified the disk, but that didn't make a difference.
PLEASE HELP!!!

Try saving the iMovie project as a full quality DV (QuickTime) file. Then just drag that to a new iDVD project.
Does that work?
Sue

If I delete iMovie events, will completed iDVD projects be affected?

Three questions:
1.) If I delete footage from iMovie, will iDVD projects that use the same footage be affected? I have burned some home videos to DVD's recently (footage went from camera to iMovie to iDVD to burned DVD... never knew this process took so many steps) and I would like to clear up some hard drive space but it would be nice to be able to go back and burn replacement copies of these DVD's in the future.
2.) Why is the footage in iMovie MUCH larger than the exact same footage in an iDVD project?
3.) If I delete footage from iMovie events, will iMovie projects that use that footage be affected?

What I have is completed iDVD '08 projects. What I need to know is this: if I deleted the event and project files from iM08, would I still be able to go back to the iDVD projects and burn additional copies of the DVD in the future?
As others have tried to say, it all depends on what you mean by "completed."
1) If you, for instance, shared your project the the Media Browser, then imported and burned a DVD (which you no longer have), and subsequently modify the iMovie project or delete it, then the "source" file for your iDVD project will be gone.
2) If, on the other hand, a physical file not stored in your "project" package was saved to you hard drive and used as a source for your iDVD project, then it remains available for iDVD and can be used as a basis for additional burns as long as you don't delete it or the iDVD project. In this case, deleting the iMovie '08 project and event files has no effect on future burns.
3) A better option is to simply save the encoded iDVD output as an "image" file. Then you can get rid of the iDVD project file as well and any time you want to burn additional DVD copies, simply burn the image to as many times as needed. Of course, this means you cannot alter the iDVD project so you have to make sure you are really happy with the output before deleting it.
4) Also be advised, that depending on the software available, you can either "copy" or "image" burn your finished DVD as often as you desire. The advantage here is that you don't have to keep any files on your hard drive for future "cloning" of your DVDs. On the other hand, this process takes a bit longer than simply burning a DVD image already stored on your hard drive.
Basically, you have many options here. Evaluate them and decided what is best for your particular work flow.

HT202853 iMovie failing to update older projects and events on external hard drive.

I've made sure my iMovie events and iMovie projects files are on the top level of my external hard drive, however iMovie says, "iMovie could not find any events or project files to update" please help.
I only recently updated my computer to OSX 10.10.1 ; before that, I was using OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Not sure if that has any effect on this topic.
Here are my specs:
Type: MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk: Macintosh HD
Pretty sure graphics and serial dont matter so I wont put it in.
But yea, I've been trying to figure out what's going on for a few days and have had no result.
This problem's really hindering my progress for a film I'm making and iMovie is getting more and more frustrating to use as it develops.
I hope somebody be able to help me asap.
Thanks

If you want to try and start over with the iMovie 10 "Update Projects and Events...", remove the "UpdatedToiMovie10" file in both the iMove Events and iMovie Projects folders (the older folders). Then open iMovie 10 and reselect "Update Projects and Events...". My expectation is that you will experience the same missing events problem I have, caused by changing the clip date and time in the previous version of iMovie (9). It's a bug that persists through iMovie 10.0.8 (just released a few days ago). Really really wish Apple could fix this.

Importing a NTSC iMovie to a PAL iDVD Project

For some reason my iMovie is in NTSC format even though I am in the Uk and operate PAL. If I import to iDVD and burn in PAL is that going to work? And also, how do I change an iMovie project from NTSC to PAL. It is supposed to do it automatically based on what the DV camera is but mine clearly did not do this?

there are 3 reasons, why iM sets a specific video
standard:
* you have set in iM's prefs to 30
frames-per-second.. which is a little cryptic for
"NTSC"; PAL = 25fps...
* you've imported from a NTSCcamcoder... iM sets
automatically the standard, because it can handle
both...
* you've imported as clip_01 some downloaded file
which is NTSC... same as with camcorder-imports...
same with iDVD, you can set the video standard
manually ... or let the first file set it...
I wouldn't "switch" within the workflow... NTSC dvds
are mostly playbacked on European DVDstandalones&TVs
(some older lose audio and/or color...)
The Quicktime engine has a NTSC<<>>PAL converter
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just NTSC footage to a PAL project) was, that the
free JES
Deinterlacer does a better job... workflow:
finish editing in iM/Export as QT Full Quality/Import
to JESD/convert/Import new, converted file into iDVD
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and in case, your version of iM has some "hickup",
trash the imovie.plist... that will "reset" the
app....
helpful?
I was having lots of problems with the conversion of an Imovie6 NTSC to Pal and followed all the instructions in Imovie to convert to QT etc. finally got a girl at Apple and she moved one over to IDVD after changing the Preferences and and the Info to Pal and she actually burned a disc while I was on the line, just ignore the notice that comes up to that you are burning a Ntsc to a Pal disc and continue and it shows up on the later as a Pal disc. I think that was how I did them under IDVD 4 and 5.
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Imovie freezing when creating new project?

My imovie app- seems to be freezing the loading icon won't go away - all other functions seem to be working but when I create a new movie and add a movie clip- it starts to freeze and the pop up new movie window just keeps on coming back up when I try to add a clip. Then it just does not respond to any prompts and I have to force quit. I also did delete a few projects earlier to free up space & it just seems like all the projects have been deleted. I tried restarting but that did not work. Any suggestions?

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Hello! I recently got a MacBook Pro. It came with Mavericks, but I quickly upgraded to Yosemite. I never opened iMovie in Mavericks, I upgraded to Yosemite I imported any videos to work with.
I'm trying to open a project in iMovie and it won't work. I've never been able to get a new movie or trailer to open. Here's what I get when I try:
"The operation could not be completed.
No other information is available about the problem."
I've read around and it appears to be something with the preferences. So I looked where they suggested and couldn't find the file. I'm guessing it was moved for Yosemite?
Either way, I need help. I've been messing with it for a week and nothing has worked.
Any feedback is appreciated, thank you!
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Updating iDVD project from iMovie - how?

I spent a lot of time on an iDVD project and burned the movie. Except, I forgot a couple of chapter markers that need to in there. I subsequently put them in iMovie - is there a way to update the iDVD project without having to re-do everything from scratch? Thanks. . .Jim

Hello Jim
I had the same problem (and I missed out a vital bit of video too). In iMovie I went back to the iDVD button on the right (next to effects) and clicked it.
Then, in the timeline I inserted the new (chapter) marker where I needed it, (write the text you want for it in the pane of chapters on the right) . The existing chapters you had originally then get shuffled automaticallly to get the new one in and place the chapters in the right order for you too - clever stuff . I then went to `create iDVD project` and progressed through again and finally to `burn`.........
Hope this helps
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Want the best quality imovie/idvd project

Hi all
Just imported a video from my Sony digital8 cam using imovie. I'm having a little troubele deciding from idvd or imovie, which is the right direction? Can someone share a good home video back up system? I'm trying to import my home videos from my Sony digital8 camcorder

+I'm having a little troubele deciding from idvd or imovie, which is the right direction?+
It depends on what you want as an end result.
iMovie is an editing program so that you can crop your movies, add titles, effects, transitions, add still photos and audio files.
iDVD is an authoring program so that you can create a burned DVD disk of your videos, photos, etc. You create your movies in iMovie and then drop the finished movie into an iDVD project to burn it to a DVD disk so that you/others can view it on a TV from a set-top DVD player. iDVD has to compress data when it is burned, so you don't want to be burning DVDs to preserve your home videos if you want to edit them later in iMovie.
If you just want to burn them to back them up and you don't want/need to do any editing, you might want to look into just using a stand-alone DVD recorder. You could connect your dig8 camcorder and record to DVD disk directly.
You can also use iDVD to create slideshows and burn them.
You should go to Apple's support site for iLife and watch the tutorial videos for both iDVD and iMovie 6:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#idvd
http://www.apple.com/support/ilife/tutorials/idvd/index.html
http://www.apple.com/support/ilife/tutorials/imovie/
+Can someone share a good home video back up system?+
Again, it depends on what end result you want. Some people think that they want to import all their video footage into iMovies, and save all of it on their computers. However, that requires HUGE amounts of drive space. Each of my iMovies runs from 25-60 GB. It is better to import the footage for each movie at a time, as you work on your iMovie.
A large external drive just for doing movies is a great idea. Get as large a drive as you can afford! Be sure to format it for macs first before importing anything. Keep the iMovie and iDVD apps on your main drive.
I. Save your original raw digital 8 tapes. Data is already in digital format. Be sure to keep your camcorder so you can reimport if you want. If you really want a back up for these original tapes, you can connect your dig 8 camcorder to a miniDV camcorder and record to miniDV tapes. I did this for my VHS tapes as they were getting too old and I was concerned about further degradation. I like having a digital format of my original video VHS and Hi 8 tapes. This may not be necessary for you since all your tapes are already digital.
2. Import videos into iMovie, doing just one movie at a time to save drive space, edit, then export the movie to miniDV tapes with a miniDV camcorder. This process gives you tape(s) of your EDITED iMovie. I use these tapes as a backup for my iMovies, since I delete my iMovies after exporting them and after I have burned my DVD of that movie. (See next).
3. Create iDVD projects from edited iMovies, do 'save as disk image' for each one so that you have an image file of all your projects. Since disk images are self-contained, you can safely delete the original iMovie and iDVD projects without losing the ability to burn DVDs in the future. It also saves drive space. Use the disk image file for the actual burning of the DVD disk, using Disk Utility.
Now you have a set of raw original tapes, a set of edited mini DV tapes, a burned DVD and the disk image file of each project. You should copy all the disk images to another external drive as a backup.
I don't worry about backing up the DV tapes, as I can always reimport them. The tapes are small and store easily. It is recommended for longer life of the tapes that you get them out once a year and rewind them, but I have not been doing that.
Yes, you can take one of your burned DVD disks and create a disk image from it, and use it to burn more disks, but that means that your future burns depend on that disk staying in good shape until you want it. DVD disks can crack, break, melt, etc depending on who uses them. I prefer to know that my disk images are saved and backed up for when I need them.

Broken Link to iDVD Project File

I created an DVD from iMovie just fine.
However, when I try to use the iDVD Project file, it cannot find the shared file. This means I have to redo the iDVD opening screens whenever I make changes in iMovie, and want an updated DVD with the latest changes.
I have moved both the iMovie file & the iDVD Project File to my external firewire drive. Both open fine, but won't link.

Thanks, good advice. I'm up to date on OSX and iLife 05.
My iBook only has 40G free, so I'm creating & storing my imovies on the external HD. What if I create iDVD project from the external drive and leave it there? Will it link, or does it have to be on the startup (internal) HD?

Can't burn iDVD project

Hello,
I created a set of movies in iMovie and then created a project in iDVD (v7.0.4).
I imported the movies that play just fine when you click on the buttons in iDVD.
I checked and there are no errors in the hierarchical view and am ready to burn the project to a DVD.
I clicked the round DVD button and it requested that I insert a DVD. I inserted a DVD and it started to burn the project. After about 4 minutes (after it burns the drop zone pictures and begins to burn the movies), I get a dialog box saying "You inserted a blank DVD. Choose and action from the pop-up menu or click ignore." I've tried numerous options but continue to get this dialog box.
At the same time the above message appears another message appears in iDVD which says "Error during rendering/encoding."
I have found no error icons when viewing the project in hierarchical view. I have tried restarting my Mac. What could be going wrong?
Please help. Thank you!

Please disregard this post, I solved the problem. Basically, I just created a brand new project in iDVD and re-imported all the movies. I don't know what problem there was in the earlier version but it's been resolved.

Error message when creating iDVD

Hi,
Help! I've made about a dozen DVD's through iMovie/iDVD, but tonight am getting an error message that I can't beat. After completing the movie, I went to the "create iDVD project" button, and I repeatedly get this message-
"Please make sure that iDVD is properly installed, that your project disk has write permission, and that you have enough disk space. (Error 0)"
Disk space is great, my powerbook came with iDVD installed (which has worked fine for the last 1.5 yrs), but I don't know anything about "write permission".
Has anyone had this problem? BTW, it's a small project, only about 3 minutes long. I'm posting this question on the iDVD forum also.
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Problem burning iDVD projects using external LaCie burner

I recently purchased a LaCie DL d2 DVD RW with LightScribe 16x from the LaCie company (12/07/2007). The LaCie burner is connnected via Firewire to my iMac. The iMac is a little over a year old and I am running Mac OS X (ver. 10.4.11).
The primary reason for my purchase was that I wished to create/burn iDVD projects on my iMac computer. The reason that I needed this product was due to the fact that, when I purchased my iMac, I made an error in judgement , and ordered it with a combo rather than a SuperDrive. So, while I am able to create iDVD projects and iMovies, I am unable to burn DVDs with of projects on the Combo Drive that came with the computer.
Thus far, however, I have not been able to burn a DVD with any of my iDVD projects. I am running iDVD 6 (ver. 6.04). When I attempt to “burn” a DVD disk the “Creating your DVD menu” appears. When I put in a blank DVD+RW 4x 4/7GB, it appears to go through the process (Prepare,,, Process Menus... Process Slideshows... Process Movies and Burn procedures). The DVD is then ejected and a message says that it is done and is “cleaning up.” However, that message never leaves the screen and when I click on the “Cancel” button, nothing happens. The iDVD application seems to lock up and I have to do a “force quit.”
I have tried this with three different projects, all with the same result. When I place the supposed “burned” DVD in the Combo Drive, it spins for a while and then kicks the DVD diskn out.
I have also tried launching Toast Titanium 7 (software that came with the LaCie burner). However, I see no place where I can “drag & drop” an iDVD project to the “drop zone.’ The closest thing seams to be “movies.” However, when I select that mode and go to my iDVD folder, all of the files are “grayed out.”
Can anyone help me out? Should I be able to burn iDVD projects with this unit? If so, what am I doing wrong.
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open up Toast 7, click on Video tab, click on Image File and drag your img. file to Toast.
John,
That's not correct. In Toast 7 you must use the Copy tab to burn a disk image to writable media. See page 94 of the Toast 7 manual.
(The procedure is slightly different for Toast 6 and Toast 8 but always involves using 'Copy')

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