Make DVD out of iMovies project

Dear All,
I am not used to write item in the support communities because I usually find the correct way to use my mac mini and it works.
But sometimes I am somehow upset & angry about mac world.
I have a mac mini server 2011 (OS lion) with i7 dual core processor, 2.7GHz, 8Gb RAM, 2HD of 500 Go (where 300Go is freespave on each HD).
I imported for the first time video from my sony DR-PC350E (mini DV tape) to iMovies and enjoy making a project of about 1h20mn duration.
-> Now I am just looking at the way to burn this project on a dvd to share it with friends on my TV.
I tried the following commands:
1. finalize the project -> it did fail after 5 hours time with "Error 108".
2. export the project to Quicktime -> it did fail after 2 hours time with "Error 108".
3. export the project to Quicktime by selecting as target my second HD-> it did fail after 2 hours time with "Error 108".
4. export the project to iDVD -> it did not fail but send me ask me after 2 hours where is iDVD application located. And I realized then that iDVD is not installed on my mac mini!
Now i am wondering:
- why is iDVD not installed when I got with OS lion iPhoto, iMovies, Garageband etc....?
As far I see on internet, iDVD is somehow not supported anymore by apple but then why do they keep this option "export to iDVD" in iMovies ???
- why do I get this "error 108". As far I see on internet, this would be about space requirement or RAM requirement. This is a joke...8 Gb RAM should be more than enough.
I did not find any clear answer regarding this "error 108" on forums and also the status of iDVD application looks quite unclear to me.
After coming back home this evening, I may try the following:
- I just read on the net I should somehow try "export to media" and then get my movies on my HD.
Then by opening a DVD burner application (DVD creator for instance), I should then be able to create by DVD finally.
- Also I may try the cut my project of 1h20mn in about 10 projects of 8 min (I have about 10 chapters...).
If anyone has feedbacks or suggestions.....

Hi
There are much to this and I can only give a few suggestions at a time.
I imported for the first time video from my sony DR-PC350E (mini DV tape) to iMovies and enjoy making a project of about 1h20mn duration.
If You want max quality - then iMovie'08 to 11 are not the tool of choice as they all are unable to Export interlaced SD-video to any DVD en-coding program - but discard every second line resulting in less quality. I use:
• iMovie HD6 - or
• FinalCut Express or Pro
• FinalCut Pro-X is said to be able to deliver 100% too - AND it can burn DVDs !
If iMovie'08 - 11 is a must then I do
• Share to Medioa Briwser - and as Large (Not HD or other resolutions as this too degrades the result)
If there is no iDVD on Your Mac (and it's not on newer Macs as Apple discarded it) then You need a program that can do this.
Your Mac can burn CDs and DVDs - BUT DVD as Data-DVDs not as Video-DVDs - they need a program to be encoded and STRUCTURED as such.
• iDVD is part of the boxed version of iLife'11 and can only be bought outside Apple as on Amazon and e-bay
• DVD Studio pro - Part of FinalCut Studio Pro bundle - this to has expired and can only be bought second handed. (High price and tough learning Curve - but best ever done.)
• Roxio Toast™ - Not as elegant as iDVD - but has many other positive additions (I like it as 10-Pro incl BD-component) (now version 11)
• Burn - only free alternative I know of on internet. Very simple - Just for doing a plain Video-DVD
Burn http://www.digital-digest.com/software/Burn.html
only You can buy from Apple is
• FinalCut Pro-X which also can burn to DVD but without any nice themes.
AppleMan1958
You can also buy Compressor from Apple for $50 US. It will also create DVD and BluRay but without the nice themes.
Duration:
iDVD 08, 09 & 11 has three levels of qualities. (version 7.0.1, 7,0.4 & 7.1.1) and iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality
(movies + menus up to 120 min.) - BEST (but not always for short movies e.g. up to 45 minutes in total)
• Best Performances
(movies + menus less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD (Can be best for short movies)
• High Quality (in iDVD08 or 09) / Best Quality (in iDVD6)
(movies + menus up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
Menu can take 15 minutes or even more - I use a very simple one with no audio or animation like ”Brushed Metal” in old Themes.
About double on DL DVDs.
Yours Bengt W

Similar Messages

How to make a good quality 8 Giga DVD out of a Project in AVI of 14 Gigas?I have a film in a proyect

How to make a good quality 8 Giga DVD out of a Project in AVI of 14 Gigas?
I have a film in a proyect made with a miniDV camera in my old Premiere 6.5
It has 68 minutes and after exporting it with the Microsoft DV AVI compressor in 100 % quality and not compressing the audio, it ended in an AVI of 14 Gigas.
I would like to obtain a DVD of the best quality in audio and video possible. How can I do it? SHOULD I EXPORT IT FROM THE PREMIERE 6.5 WITH ANOTHER COMPRESSOR OR IN LESS THAN 100% QUALITY WITH THE SAME DV AVI COMPRESSOR ? my INTENTION IS TO USE THE NERO VISION AFTERWARDS... I HAVE THE NERO VISION 4...-. FROM 2007- WOULD IT BE OK OR IS THERE A BETTER ONE? - I know there are newer ones...but better?
I HAVE POSTED THIS A FEW DAYS AGO. THANKS TO THE PEOPLE THAT REPIED. BUT I THINK MY QUESTION IS NOTFULLY ANSWERED YET.
i NEED THE BEST QUALITY I CAN GET, EVEN WHITH MY PREMIERE 6.5, BECAUSE IT IS A FEATURE FILM THAT TOOK ME SEVERAL YEARS AND THIS LAST REMAKE IS NOW READY AFTER TOO MUCH WORK.
THANKS A LOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Thanks for your replys and sorry for being so fussy about this.
I have now seen that one of the options for exporting from Premiere 6.5 is Adobe MPEG encoder. So Do you guys think it would be a good idea to do it with that, Or Would it be better AVI or DV AVI compressor from Premiere before making the DVD?
I have the Nero Vision 4.9.6.6 But I may be able to look for another one if you think it is better...
Thanks a lot for your advises...

How do I burn a video onto a dvd out of imovie 11?

How do I burn a video onto a dvd out of imovie 11?
Also the program churns and churns, till I'm able to do something else. Why so slow? Is there any render button?

Here is a step by step on how to create a DVD from iMovie 10 using iDVD 7.1.2. If you do not have iDVD, you can probably substitute Toast (or one of the programs Pieter mentioned) everywhere I used iDVD (I don't have Toast so can't verify this).
1. Create a project in iMovie 10.0.1
2. Go to File>Share>File... and for Size choose Large 540P (960 x 540) and click Next
3. Choose a location on the hard drive to save the file to.
4. Wait for the blue circle activity indicator to finish.
5. In Finder, verify that iMovie created an MP4 file in the location specified in step 3.
6. Open iDVD and click "Create New Project."
7. Give the project a name and save it to your hard drive.
8. Drag the file you created earlier from the Finder into your iDVD project window.
(or go to File>Import>Video... and choose your video there)
9. Make any adjustments to drop zones, etc.
10. Click the burn button.
11. Insert a DVD and let it do its thing.
This produces a working DVD for me.
Here are my software specs:
OS X 10.9 Mavericks
iMovie 10.0.1
iDVD 7.1.2

Quality of my pictures after I burned a DVD out of imovie 11

I have created a new imovie project for our High School for their Basketball dinner and I just "shared" the project and created a DVD with idvd. The quality of my pictures is terrible..... I can't present this at the dinner. How can I get a better quality dvd???? HELP. The dinner is this weekend.

Hi
The quality of my pictures is terrible.....
There are minimum two major reasons to this.
A. DVD is as standard Low eg as old CRT-TV - No DVD encoding program can do better than this.
B. iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - Makes things even worse by discarding every second line resulting in a quality loss of 50%
C. Rendering can also make things worse especially when using "Share/Export to iDVD"
and using transitions in the SlideShow project.
• iM'08 to 11 - Publish to Media Browser - in iDVD import from this
• iM up to HD6 - just close it and let iDVD import the movie icon (with a Star on it)
High Quality (suggestions)
• Make a Blu-Ray disk - with Roxio Toast™ incl BD-component, BD-burner + BD-disks
• Use Camera and show photos from this
Just some thoughts from Bengt W

Making a DVD with 3 iMovie projects

I am fairly new at making a DVD. I have iMovie 9.0.4 and am on a Mac OS X version 10.6.8.
My question is: I would like to make a DVD with 3 chapters.
     Chapter #1 would be an iMovie project (13 minutes)
     Chapter #2 would be an iMovie project ( 8 minutes)
     Chapter #3 would be an iMovie project (14 minutes)
I have all three of the movie projects completed.
At this time they are all seperate projects in iMovie.
They are the only projects that I have in imovie.
I hope to combine all three projects on one DVD and provide the DVD to classmates for a 50 year reunion.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Good or bad info. To be honest - I never use the SlideShow way - but it's well described in this forum and I tested it to be sure that it works. Problem I came up on was
• Black framing - One must select to not scale photos in SlideShow
• Bad sound - as I had to high level it resulted in severe distortion - Lowering it helped
So the problems can be handled - but in reality I rather do
• One movie containing all parts and Chapter Marks set to match. This too has a built in problem as one can not set Chapter Marks in transitions or within 2 sec from them (OR IN VERY BEGINNING OF MOVIE). But there is a way around this too.
• Export the combined movie as Full Quality QuickTime .mov
• Import this QT.mov and now You can set the Chapter Marks (except at very beginning = no need to do this - iDVD does this by it self)
And then I add each Chapter as a free movie too
This works greatly - BUT the Con in this case is that it takes x2 space on DVD. For material less than 60 min this is no problem - but for longer movies one has to be even more elaborate to fix it.
Good Luck !
Yours Bengt W

How to make a good quality 8 Giga DVD out of a Project in AVI of 14 Gigas?

I have a film in a proyect made with a miniDV camera in my old Premiere 6.5
It has 68 minutes and after exporting it with the Microsoft DV AVI compressor in 100 % quality and not compressing the audio, it ended in an AVI of 14 Gigas.
I would like to obtain a DVD of the best quality in audio and video possible. How can I do it? SHOULD I EXPORT IT FROM THE PREMIERE 6.5 WITH ANOTHER COMPRESSOR OR IN LESS THAN 100% QUALITY WITH THE SAME DV AVI COMPRESSOR ? my INTENTION IS TO USE THE NERO VISION AFTERWARDS... I HAVE THE NERO VISION 4...-. FROM 2007- WOULD IT BE OK OR IS THERE A BETTER ONE? - I know there are newer ones...but better?
OR SHOULD I JUST USE THE ACTUAL 14 GIGA AVI PROJECT AND PUT IT STRAIGHT INTO THE NERO ? I GUESS THIS NERO COMPRESSION SHOULD BE WORST THAN THE ONE THAT THE PREMIERE WOULD MAKE...
Thanks a lot for all the help and advise you could give me !!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS IF IT IS A PROBLEM TO MAKE A GOOD QUALITY 8 GIGA DVD I COULD JUST MAKE A 4 GIGA ONE...

68 minutes DV should fit just nice on a single dvd.
Feed the DV file directly into Nero. Nero will transcode everything for you.
You can also use AME from Premiere 6.5 and export the timeline direct to mpeg2-dvd.
Unfortunately i do not know if Nero is going to re-transcode this mpeg file before burning to dvd.

How can I make a DVD of an iMovie project?

Why is there no mention of iDVD in the latest iMovie?

Because Apple have withdrawn it.
Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac? How do I get it and how do I install it?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673

Converting camcorder footage to DVD for future iMovie projects

I have alot of older video footage on High 8 Tapes and Digital 8 tapes that I want to import and save the raw uneditted footage to a DVD, so I don't use up my hard drive space, but also be easily imported into iMovie at a later date.
I used iDVD's One Step on one of my tapes but found that when I put that DVD in my MAC to import the footage into iMovie it wasn't compatible and I would have to go through the time and hassel to convert that video footage.
The other way I tried was to import the taped footage into iMovie and then select all the clips and drag them into a project but that causes iMovie to error out and telling me to only add your best clips into your project. So going that route you have to select small clips at a time and that takes alot of time.
I guess to summarize my frustration, I want to find the easiest way to save this raw tape footage into a digital format that can then be imported into iMovie with out having to convert it or do a bunch of additional steps? Is there a way or a program I should invest in to help me with this issue.
Thanks

I guess to summarize my frustration, I want to find the easiest way to save this raw tape footage into a digital format that can then be imported into iMovie with out having to convert it or do a bunch of additional steps?
The simplest method is to divid your source files in segments which can then be burned to DVD as data. The size of these segments will depend on the size of the DVDs to which you plan to burn the material.
For instance if you captured your clips as DV with a total data rate on the order of 28.8 Mbps and are recording to a dual-layer DVD, then you may be able to store about 36-37 minutes of content per disk. A worst case scenario of DVCPRO50 with a combined data rate on the order of 57-58 Mbps to a single-layer disk would probably be as little as 9 minutes of content.
Is there a way or a program I should invest in to help me with this issue.
Applications like MPEG Streamclip (free) or QT Pro ($30) would allow you to segment your raw files as needed. Then your system software would be able to burn the segments to DVD as needed. (The specific work flow depends on what OS you are using.)
I used iDVD's One Step on one of my tapes but found that when I put that DVD in my MAC to import the footage into iMovie it wasn't compatible
This work flow creates MPEG2/PCM content for playback on commercial DVD players. All you want to do is store the already edit compatible file content as "data" to your DVDs. This raw data can then be copied back to your hard drive/imported to iMovie '08 as often as needed for editing whenever you wish.

Creating DVD's from imovie projects: quality issues

Currently have a HD project created in imovie, when burn to a DVD, using the best quality setting there is still a very noticeable decrease in quality compared to viewing in imovie. Any suggestions on maintaining the HD video quality

You need to use Toast to burn HD DVDs. iDVD cannot do this.
See this thread for more info: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10037719&#10037719

Idvd is missing and i cannot make dvd's on iMovie anymore

I am very angry because I have devoted 6 months of my time editing a film on iMovie and I cannot burn it to disc because iDvd is not on my new iMac.
Apple should put iDvd back on the Mac or create something new or else filmmakers will not be using their programs to edit their films since there is no way to export them on disc. I'm very very disappointed in iMovie and Apple right now because I have bought myself a Mac FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDITING MOVIES and i will not be able to burn my films on disc to watch on TV.
I will have to move all my filmmaking projects to my Windows laptop even though I just bought a Mac.
I really hope Apple fixes this.

because iDvd is not on my new iMac.
Did you also notice that there's no optical drive on your new iMac with which to burn CDs or DVDs?
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you can obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailer like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.

How to make dvd on new iMovie

I just realized that the new iLife does not include iDVD. Does anyone have any advice on how to make a DVD of a slideshow trailer I made in iMovie. I guess Apple decided that making DVDs is obsolete. Unfortunately my 90 yo Grandma does not think so and she would love to see the Birthday slideshow we made for her on a DVD player or laptop.
Alternatively, how do I move the iDVD software from my old iMac (OSX 10.5.8) to my new iMac (with Lion)? I just tried burning the application onto a DVD (drag the iDVD icon to a disc) and transferring it that way but somehow it didn't bring over the themes and I was not able to use it on my new iMac.

Do you still have the install disk with iDVD7 on it? That would be the only way to install it on your new iMac.
Otherwise you will have to purchase iLife 11 - soon before they stop selling it!

Locked out of iMovie project - aagghh.

I'm using iMac, OSX 10.8.2 with iMovie 11.
Not an expert but familiar with this.
I have worked on a project for some time, 20 minutes long. Last night, while beat marking the audio, it seized up. After a restart, I have been unable to edit or export the project. When I start iMovie now, I can see all my projects including this one. I can edit any of the others. I can highlight this one, but as soon as I do, the "Edit Project" button dims, so I cannot edit or export the project. I can however still see its contents by skimming it while in the project library window.
I'm not getting any error message at all.
Is there any chance of recovering this? (Sadly, there is a lot of work since the last backup - i.e. never backed up).
Roderic

Odds are that the project is corrupted and cannot be recovered. However, it is worth a chance to trash your preference files and try to open it again. The ideal would be to trash preferences and then open your most recent backup, but still I think it is worth a try.
You may want to go to iMovie Preferences and note your current settings so you can reset them later to the way you want them.
See how to do this in my User Tip here.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4061

PLZ HELP.. How can i make dvd from FCP project..

Can someone plz help..
I have FCPPRHD and DVD Pro..
I got lost trying to make a dvd out of fcp project
Can someone plz help in easy 123.. steps how to make a dvd for my client to view..
Thnx ever so much
awaitng ur reply

I don't want to sound too harsh, but you really need to read the manual and do the tutorials.
You shoot, capture and edit in FCP. You export that to MPEG2 using compressor and you import the resulting video and audio files into DVDSP. You add a menu and set up buttons to get to the footage, and you set up navigation so that your client can get back to the menu at any time. You build and format that (i.e. burn the disc).
That's the process, but it is very much more detailed than any of us could write here.... it's all in the manual and tutorials

Imovie project to dvd issues

I have a bunch of home movies that I wan't to burn to a dvd. I've been using imovie to turn the edited videos into an imovie project. I then send the project to the theater side of imovie and theater turns it into a movie but then that's it. I've tried sharing it to a file, itunes, etc. but to no avail. I try various software but when I try to import of select the project, it's greyed out an I can't select it. I tried to find idvd because I've read that it will work but all I can find are the updates for idvd and not the software itself. Quicktime won't even open it and I can't share it to quicktime because that's not an option. I kept hearing how easy Apple was supposed to be and so far I'm not impressed. Any thoughts out there?

To create a video DVD from an iMovie project you need iDVD.
Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac? How do I get it and how do I install it?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673
Old Toad’s recommended installation method for copying iDVD from another Mac:
1 - copy your current iDVD application from the old Mac to the Applications folder of the new Mac. The latest version available is 7.1.2. If you don't have that versoin go to the Apple Downloads site and download the iDVD 7.1.2 updater and run it on your current iDVD application.
2 - copy the iDVD folder that resides in the old Mac's HD/Library/Application Support folder to the same folder on your new Mac.
To burn a DVD with iDVD from the latest version of iMovie, you have to export the movie using the Export button and select 480p as the size. Open iDVD and start a new project, then drag that exported movie file into the iDVD menu window, avoiding any drop zones you see.

Trim a .mov clip without creating iMovie project

I would like to trim a video clip that I have in iMovie and iPhoto. I just want to shorten the file and save it. I do not want to make it into a iMovie project. I know this can be done on iPhone. Can it be done in iMovie or Iphoto or by some other simple free software?
I am running iMovie 10.0 and iPhoto 9.5 on a iMac with Mavericks.

There is free software called MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 that will do this.
I think you can also do this in QuickTime Player X, but I have not tried it myself.

Make DVD out of iMovies project

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for