Making a dvd of a movie

how do I make a dvd of a movie?

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Problems making a dvd of my movie stored on I movie

We have moved home movies to I movie and are trying to make a DVD and have encountered problems

Hi
Please Please Please - Don't ask for mind reading.
Very sorry that something is wrong - but by supplying near to Zero info this is a non human task to take on.
• What did You do in iMovie
• What version of iMovie do You use
• What kind of video codec and photo and audio file format did You use
• Did it play OK in iMovie
• How did You go on from here
• Did it play in iDVD
• Did You - Save as a DiskImage
• Is there enough free space on Your hard disk to do it at all - my minimum is 25Gb free space
As You see - there are so much needed to be asked if You don't tell. Please a step by step description and where it goes hay-wild.
Yours whihing to be of Help - Bengt W

Making PAL dvd from NTSC movie

I have all my DVD assets in NTSC, and I produced a good quality NTSC DVD. I have been asked from relative to make PAL DVD. I have converted the sequences to PAL.
My question is . Do I have to convert also to PAL the IDV menu, the shot picture in the menu, and the Itunes in the menu.
If your aswer is yes! - How can I do that? I am using Mac G5 final cut pro 4. Your help is appreciated
Thanks
Moussa

My sequence is already converted to PAL.
1. When I recreate the menu. Do I have to convert the menu to PAL?
2. When I recreate the picture shot background to the menu. Do I have to convert the still picture also to PAL, before importing?
3. When I imported the music to background/Menu. The music is too loud. Can I lower the volume from the menu?
4. When I convert my sequence from NTSC to PAL. How can I know that my new sequence turned to be PAL? (I am using MPEG Streamclip) When I went to get info on the new sequence, there is no sign if the sequence is PAL or NTSC.
Please help. This is very confusing
thanks
moussa

Making a DVD from Keynote

This should be a simple process, but I can't find out how to do it. (I get it to work after hours of trial and error, usually, but this time I'm stuck)
I make a Keynote show - beautiful photos, text, etc - but without the music since I've been told the best way to add the sound is to make a movie first and THEN use that to make the DVD.
I exported the Keynote presentation to Quicktime (iMovie wouldn't take the actual Keytime presentation), and then moved that to iMovie. But it won't let me move the clip below to actually make a movie and add sound.
And I tried moving the Quicktime presentation (of course no sound in this version, but the original has sound) directly to iDVD. It appears on the Media/Movie page but I can't figure where to go from there. Nothing happens.
Sigh. Any help would be appreciate.

This actually is an addendum to my own email since somehow half the message got dropped. Sorry.
Basically I've created a Keynote presentation (lovely photos, text, etc) with the intent of making a DVD to share with my mother who is bedridden.
(In the "olden days" I would just make a slide show in iPhoto, add sound, and burn. But I love whaat Keynote can do, it's just figuring out how to get THAT presentation to a DVD I can play in a regular DVD player.
I didn't include sound on the version I exported to Quicktime since I was told that the best way to make the DVD was to make a Movie first so I could better adjust the sound. So I exported the soundless one to Quicktime and then moved that to iMovie, but couldn't get it to let me move the clip below.
I also tried moving the Quicktime version directly to iDVD. It is there on the Media/Movie page, but I can't get anything to happen after that. (I could easily use the version of my Keynote presentation with sound, if it would let me,, but I understand there is a problem with that too....)
Again, any suggestions would be helpful.

Making a DVD without menus

Hi all,
I'm a newbie to DVD Studio Pro. I'm wondering if there is a way to make the equivalent of an Autostart movie in iDVD. No menu, no buttons – just put the DVD in the player and it starts.
Thanks for any advice,
Andrew

Thanks for that David,
I was trying what you suggest but in the process have hit another problem that is preventing me from making the DVD at all. The audio is not linked with the video. I have a 2-minute movie that I made in Final Cut Pro. The movie plays fine in FCP. To export from FCP, I made a Reference movie via:
File > Export > QuickTime Movie...
Settings: Current Settings
Include: Audio & Video
Markers: None (there aren't any in my movie)
In DVD Studio Pro, I clicked on the Import button and selected the .mov file.
Two items appear in the Name column: 2min.mov (Video) and 2min.mov (Audio)
I just don't get it. I've watched Larry Jordan's tutorial video on Lynda.com and am following the instructions to the letter. Do you know where I'm going wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew

Converting VHS-C to DVD through I Movie

I have been converting my VHS-C home movies to DVD using I Movie, some of the DVD's will work in my DVD player and some will not. It shows it is a Data Disc and "file format is not supported". Any suggestions as to why one would work and another would not? Could it be the length of the DVD?

I have done lots of that.
To get your VHS video into iMovie, use the Grassvalley ADVC300. With the ADVC300 Audio and Video go in, FireWire comes out. It also comes with a nice Macintosh application that works flawlessly with iMovie 06 and iDVD 09/11 (I have used it a few times with iMovie 11).
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source (VCR, Tivo, Satellite Receiver) and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
I would use iMovie 06 with iDVD 09/11, why?
iMovie 09/11 uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage. iMovie 06 uses ALL of the image to form the video.
If your primary workflow is editing DV clips and making DVDs, iMovie '06 is better suited. Your movie will arrive at iDVD in DV format, which is an ideal match for making a DVD: same resolution, same pixels aspect ratio, and original quality. If you share your movie from iMovie 09/11, it gets re-rendered at 640x480 or less, and then iDVD upscales it back to 720x480. The end result is obviously not as good.
iMovie 06 and iDVD 11 is a "lossless" combination.

Making a DVD from iPhone Video

Lifelong Windows user here seeking some Mac expertise:)
I am in the process of making a DVD from Iphone home videos that can be played on any DVD player.
I see that Mac's video format is .mov which from what I can tell is not the same format needed to make DVD's that can be played on all DVD players. I already have the files saved on my MacBook Pro as mov. files can anyone tell me how to get them converted in order to have them play on a DVD player? Can iMovie do the conversion for you or do I need another program to convert the files and then process them into a movie in the iMovie program or even Adobe Premiere Elements 12 which I also have installed on this MacBook Pro.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

That is great information to have. Thank You for your quick response. Following your response I did some more research on video converters and found that Handbrake which I already have installed on the MacBook converts video files but only in the output formats of MP4 and MKV which does not help my cause; however, while doing that research I came across a program known as iMedia Converter Deluxe for Mac from Skysoft which from what I can tell supports output .avi video formats. Do you have any experience / advice on iMedia or any other recommended video converter program that works well with Mac and is preferably "free"?

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

Making a DVD with chapters

I'm making a DVD on iDVD with chapters but it won't play all the way through unless it comes back to the menu. I could do it on DVD Pro but it doesn't have the theme I am using on iDVD and it won't let me import it either. iDVD let me make scenes or chapters but not where it supposed to be. How can I change that?
Thoughts anyone?
Sheyla

Hi Sheyla
This can be more than one problem. As I get it You are using FinalCut Pro and iDVD.
Then
• How do You go from FCP to iDVD - all steps described ?
• Are You aware of the iDVD BUG ?
I have a general note on this and more - Please read.
FCE/P to iDVD
Several things that I keep in mind
• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD
• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do
• Disable Screen and Energy saver
• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mixdown
• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file
• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark
• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
Free space on Start-up hard disk
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
Encoding
• I use Pro Quality encoding
Brand and type of DVDs used
• I use Verbatim
• I use DVD-R
Burn speed set
• I set down this to x4 (or x1)
iDVD BUG
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither
of them will work.
Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.
Use of Chapters
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks
Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want
them except at very beginning - still)
Material used to build movie
• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this eg .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)
• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes
• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Trash iDVD pref file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screensaving
Yours Bengt W

How can i create a dvd of my movies on mac?

how can i create a dvd of my movies on mac?

That is what iDVD is for. If you don't already have 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
and once you do:
A good guide to iDVD 7 can be found here:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/idvd_07_stone.html
Apple's tutorial on iDVD 07/08 is here:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/idvd_08_getting_started.pdf
Previewing before burning:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5447
Making a Magic DVD etc:
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/idvd.html

Idiots guide to making a dvd

can any body do me an idiots guide to making a dvd, just one to play on inserting into a dvd player for a short film to be shown at europes only digital cinema in hull (uk). dont need any thing fancy just so i can put it in the player it starts and i can pause it. this will give me a start for the future

Step 1: Export from FCP by going to File->Export->QuickTime Movie
Step 2: In the export window, do NOT check to "Recompress All Frames." Use "Current Settings" and include chapter markers if needed. You can make the movie self-contained or not - that's up to you.
Step 3: Import the resulting file into Compressor.
Step 4: In Compressor, choose the appropriate DVD preset for the duration of your PAL program. If needed, you can adjust the preset for video (.m2v) and audio (.AC3).
Step 5: Import the resulting two files (.m2v + .AC3) into DVD-SP as assets.
Step 6: Drag the two assets to the DVD-SP Timeline. If you included chapter markers, they'll show up on the Timeline.
Step 7: Go to the Outline tab and delete the menu.
Step 8: Right-click on the Disc and set the First Play to the track (Track 1->Track).
Step 9: Load a good quality DVD-5 disc into your DVD burner.
Step 10: Click the BURN button.
-DH

I'm making a DVD with my iMOVIE and when I tried to burn a DVD I got an error message that said "ERROR IN PROJECT

I'm making a DVD with my iMOVIE and when I tried to burn a DVD I got an error message that said
"ERRORS IN PROJECT
There were errors during the project validation that have to be fixed before burning the project."
What does this mean and how do I fix it.
jim

Hi
Do You have a NEW Mac ?
Does it really have iDVD ? New ones Don't.
Please tell much more
• Mac used
• Program used (versions)
• Material used (Codecs, file formats etc)
Yours Bengt W

Making a DVD from iMovie 8

I have read some of the earlier posts and replies, so I think I know some of the answers to my question (and I'm not encouraged). I have made an hour long movie in iMovie 8 based on video taping I did for business using miniDV. I need to make a DVD of this movie in reasonable quality, with chapters, to distribute to clients to look at. I have iDVD on my laptop but no drive to burn a DVD. I have an external hard drive to store the movie and my wife has iDVD and the capability to burn a DVD on her desk top. I also have an older(6) version of iMovie on my hard drive. Can/should I import this movie onto that version and use it for better quality? Help!!! Thanks.
Message was edited by: Dodgersguy

Why not just burn it to a disk image file (an option under FILE in iDVD) on you laptop? You can then play it with Apple's DVD Player application (double-click on the disk image file to mount it on your desktop). If everything is the way you want it, THEN use an external hard drive to transfer the disk image file to your wife's computer and use Apple's Disk Utility to burn the disk image file to writable media.

How to Create a DVD from a .mov File?

I have a .mov file of a concert and I want to make a DVD out of it. Ideally, I'd like to have full menu options just like a normal DVD. From the main menu, I'd like to have two choices: 1) being able to watch the full length concert, and 2) being able to select individual songs (much like a scene selection on a regular DVD). The .mov file is in really great quality (the concert was filmed in HD) so I'd also like to keep as much quality as possible. How can I separate my .mov file into separate chapters so I can place each individual song into the menu choices? Thanks for any help!

NOt sure what you mean by "first play." I've done the tutorials on iDVD, but still can't figure it out. Is it possible to delete a movie that in the right box, i.e., previously selected? For some reason it says i've exceeded the size of the DVD even though it's only 1.8 GB. So i want to delete it and compress what i have, but i can't get rid of what's there. I suppose i could just delete the whole iDVD file and start again, or change the file name of the movie on the HD, but that seems very unMac-like.
There's nothing in the iDVD help either on "project validation" errors or how to correct other errors. But right now a simple way to delete a movie would be helpful.
Thanks

External dvd, not detecting .mov files

Hi
I have external dvd, its working fine but when I insert dvd with .mov file then its says that your Dvd is blank help me out detect this dvd.
this dvd shows all .mov files when I inserted on my ubuntu Pc.

Hi Hassan,
See these Apple articles:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006

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