Need a way to burn commercial DVD's to iPOD.

After I purchased the MPEG-2 option I disovered that QT7 won't play back CSS encoded DVD's. Is there a way to get commercial DVD's to iPOD? Thanks.

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What is the best way to Burn a DVD Movie

What is the best way to Burn a DVD Movie, do I need a specific program?

pamelafrommelbourne wrote:
What is the best way to Burn a DVD Movie, do I need a specific program?
If you're trying to copy a commercial movie and burn it to disc, then it is expressly against the Terms of Use of this community to describe any method to illegally copy or circumvent copy protection DVD's
If you've made a movie and want to author a DVD, then you should use iDVD, Toast or, if you're really skilled, Final Cut Pro X.
If you just want to move a movie to a DVD, which probably won't play on a DVD player, then just insert a blank DVD, and move it over from the finder. Click burn.

Best way to burn a DVD+R DL disc?

I was wondering what everyone thought was the best way to burn a DVD+R DL disc.
This is how i do it and let me know if you have better results doing it a different way.
1. Never burn from DVD SP, always use Toast instead.
2. Select All Regions (including #7) in DVD SP
3. Build/Format, then select Harddrive, .img file
4. Use Toast and select Copy, then Image File.
1. I never burn in DVD SP because it uses the fastest write speed that your disc/burner does and this seems to have issues.
2&3. I always select All Region because DVD SP by default doesn't select #7 (no clue to why that is) and if you got to harddrive using .img, then that is CMF format and CMF needs all region (RCM Value of 0). Otherwise DVD SP will have different region codes in the MAIN.DAT vs. the CONTROL.DAT. 0 and possibly 64 or 40.
4. With Toast you can set the write speed. I just use 2X and this takes 40 minutes or so for a full DVD+R DL disc.
But..
Is this the best way?
Or is the DVD-ROM (UDF) option a better way?
Any suggestions?

Hi Brian,
Not that this really helps you solve the dvdsp thing but if they are regular clients maybe buy a cheap(ish) dvd player that plays your discs fine and send them it. Explain the ±DL issues. Say the authoring is fine but the ±DL media thing is a mine field so here is a player so proofing goes smoother in the future.
If Toast is working better then send a media input form with the proof stating where the LB will be on the master etc.
I'd like to hear anything anyone else has to say but I'm sure we're aware of most of the options already.
FWIW, if you're running 10.4.x you can type drutil info in Terminal and hit enter to see what types of media the attached drives can burn,
Good luck,
-Jake

Satellite C655 - Easiest way to burn a DVD

Hi
I have never had a laptop before. Also new to windows 7. Trying to find the simplest way to burn a DVD from another DVD on this new laptop. I know I have to put the info from the DVD on to the laptop. And then burn it on to a blank DVD. I can put the DVD in to the drive. Thats a great start !!! I am looking for the simplest way to "rip" and burn. Even if it means downloading (hopefully free) burning software.
On my desktop CD burner it was pretty easy to burn from a CD to another CD. 2 trays and software to burn. I know this is more complex. I am somewhat computer challenged, btw. Thanks :)

Hi lili60,
The most DVDs and CDs that you can buy are copy protected so I doubt you will be able to copy them. Usually you can only copy disks from friends with private pictures, music, etc. but common disks are copy protected.
For burning disks you can use the freeware tool CD Burner XP. Thats really nice tool that provide all necessary functions for burning disks. You can download the tool here:
http://cdburnerxp.se/
On the same page you can also find an online help how the program works.
If you have more questions, please let us know! :)

HT1583 When burning a DVD of photos and music from iDVD, the photos blur right before the transitions and the music has about 5 second glitches here and there before the music starts again. Is there any way to burn the DVD without this happening?

Each year I am in charge of making a slideshow of photos and music for my annual company meeting. I always use iDVD to set up my photos and music and then burn the DVD to play at the meeting. Every time I burn the DVD, it blurs right before the transition of the photo. It has always done this and I'm not sure why. It will also make the music glitch in a few spots for about 5 seconds or more. If I burn another DVD to try it again, the glitches will still be there, but in different spots. I've tried the highest quality of DVD's possible and this still happens. What can I do to fix this problem?

Try disabling transitions altogether!
There is a technical reason that this breakup happens - it is to do with how slideshows can be saved within the DVD specification, they can either be recorded as 'video streams' or as a collection of 'still images'.
When you add transitions iDVD has no option but to use a video stream, this can result in terrible 'breakup' because the mpeg 2 encoder isn't designed to handle scenes that are static with a sudden short change. You can see 'artefacts' in the video stream…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_artifact
'Still image slideshows' avoid the issue altogether by only showing a static image, no video compression is used & because the scene doesn't transition so it shouldn't breakup.
NOTE: Music on the slideshow is irrelevant, both types can use a soundtrack.
I cannot remember if it is possible to force iDVD to only make still image slideshows, I always use DVD Studio Pro to correctly setup DVD's. I'd suggest you use the option to save the DVD to a disk image & then open that disk image so that DVD Player can preview it, that should save on the number of test disks you burn.
If you cannot make it avoid using video streams you may be ether off making your own video slideshow in iMovie & then import that into iDVD. It may eventually look better despite being a video stream!
iDVD isn't really condusive to professional levels of control.

What software do I need so i can burn a DVD from iMovies?

I simply want to burn a DVD from my iMovies and send to another party to be able to play on their computer or DVD.

Apple don't want you to do that.
The current Apple thinking is that the entire world has access to fast broadband and wants to distribute home movies to friends and relatives via download (iCloud) rather than mailing them a DVD. The fact that in reality not all users do, has so far had no effect on this policy. If you scream and shout loudly enough down the phone Apple may send you a free copy of iDVD. That worked for some, but is now said to have been withdrawn by Apple. Also, you can complain bitterly here, perhaps suggesting that Apple could have provided a choice between using iCloud and burning DVDs:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Whilst Macs with a Superdrive continue to be able to burn video DVDs, the software for so doing, iDVD, is no longer included in the iLife bundle that comes with OS 10.7 Lion (which also omitted iWeb) or will come with OS 10.8 Mountain Lion. And it is no longer included in the iLife 11 from the online Apple Store: http://www.apple.com/ilife/. Your only solution is to look on Amazon or eBay and try to get an older version that includes iDVD.
However, the vastly more expensive FCPX can burn a DVD without iDVD or DVD Studio Pro involvement, but lack the themes etc of iDVD. Also, of course, there is Roxio Toast.

THE SIMPLEST WAY TO GET A DVD MOVIE IN IPOD VIDEO IN 2-3 HRS

I just got the Ipod video and got Quick time 7pro and everything but it is not the right software to play a DVD or get a dvd movie into ipod. So i tell you exactly what to do: go to carrydvd.com, find the version for use on symbian and psp. download it to test it or buy it to be able to convert a whole dvd movie. When you have the software ready you just put the DVD in, on the screen go where it says select video quality: PSP (MP4) Hi quality. go to screen size select 320X240 (PSP, PALM OR WINCE) PRESS PLAY BUTTON AND IT WILL COMPRESS. WHEN FINISH YOU GO TO ITUNES AND IN FILE GO TO ADD FILE TO LIBRARY, LOCATE THE MOVIE YOU JUST COMPRESSED AND ADD IT TO THE LIBRARY, THEN CONNECT THE IPOD AND JUST PUT THE MOVIE FROM THE LIBRARY TO THE IPOD AND IS READY. I JUST GOT IN MY IPOD TROY WITH THE QUALITY OF A BOUGHT VIDEO OF ITUNES MUSIC STORE.

Have you checked this:
sehested, "Tutorial: How to get DVD's on your iPod", 12:50pm Nov 8, 2005 CDT

Best way to burn multiple DVDs?

I need to burn about 30-40 DVDs of a project that I created in DVD SP. What is the best way to do this? The first one took a couple of hours to process and burn.
Thanks,
Hagen

I use a 1-to-8 duplication tower with an internal hard drive; load the DVD onto the hard drive and make several copies at the same time.
But if you don't have one of those, Toast does a nice job. Or you can do it in Disk Utility: http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/making_dvdcopies.html
-DH

Recently shot a 24min. short in HD.Fairly large file and I need to compress and burn to DVD.I realze I won't get HD on DVD,but I need decent compression for Festival submission.Any sample settings I might try?

Recently edited a short to 24min.in FCPX.It is 1920x1080 24fps.It is large and I want to send on dvd for film festival submissions.How should I compress in Compressor to have the best quality and get it all on a dvd.I realize I won't get HD,but I need it small enough for dvd retaining some quality.

The short answer is, take a short but representative section and "test" and "re-test" until you get the best results you can attain.
Some further suggestions:
I assume that the festival specified DVD and that Blu-Ray is not an option.
The size of the file really doesn't matter to Compressor except that it somewhat reflects your movie's resolution and down-scaling from HD sizes to SD can introduce artifacts.
Start with the standard Disk Burning preset; duplicate it and save as custom settings; name them appropriately as you make adjustments so you can see at a glance what settings worked better or worse.
In Audio, set Dialogue Normalization to -31.
Don't judge the image quality on your computer. The Apple DVD Player may give you a rough idea of whether you have issues. But it's necessary to play out to a broadcast monitor or TV from a DVD player to see what it will truly look like.
Although it's possible that basic Disk Burning preset will give you what you want, I suggest turning opening Frame Controls (which should already be turned on) and setting the re-size filter to Best. You should also consider doing the scaling and the MPEG 2 encodes as separate steps (separate jobs).
The Encoder section of the Inspector allows you to adjust quality settings. You can test CBR and VBR settings at different bit rates. If VBR, use the Two Pass; the default bit rates are pretty good…you might be able to bump them up a little, but I wouldn't go above 8 Mbs.
BTW, how were you planning to burn them? If it's from Compressor, choose Hard Drive as Output Device to make a disk image. You can burn multiple copies from that disk image. You can also drag the Video TS folder into DVD Player to get a preliminary look at your results.
Good luck.
Russ

Why does "Please insert a duel-layer disk" pop up when I'm half way through burning a DVD in FCP X?

I work for a Sports Media company and it is important to burn our games to DVD as quickly as possible. Everytime FCP X is halfway through the burning of the DVD (each game is about 1-1.5 hours long) that pop up about the duel-layer disk comes up. What is that? I never had a problem doing this before. Also what other kind of DVD is there? What is better to use? Thanks a lot!

No catch that I know of - just more content (and more expensive). I don't use FCP X, but is there a screen where you can check the size of your project? In iDVD, I can see my project here:
With that I can keep track of the size.

The easiest way... DVD's to iPod w/ Windows

If anyone has been having a confusion lately with how to convert DVD's to the iPod, then they should really try this, it's time consuming, but it is extremely user-friendly. Also, it's mostly automatic, just need to make some coffee and wait an hour or so.
First, find DVD decrypter... (it's dificult to find because it was recently pulled)... and install it.
try http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/SetupDVDDecrypter_3.5.4.0.exe
that is where I found it to work last, I will try making a mirror.
Now run dvd decrypter, and go to MODE at the top, and then ISO, and click on READ... this will make an ISO of your dvd, and it will be unprotected so you can convert it. Next use a ISO mounting tool, like Alcohol 52%... (http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/)
Using alcohol 120%, open it, and drag the ISO file made by DVD decryter into the window, now drag it to the desired virtual drive in the borrom half of the alcohol panel.
now it will show up as a dvd drive in my computer... it is exactly the same as the original DVD, except that it is unprotected. Now use Quicktime, or pick your own DVD to iPod converter. I use InterVideo's iVideo2Go, but I am not sure they have a trial version, so do some research, maybe there are some more cheap software out there, but that's always been the easy part...
So using iVideoToGo, choose your source as the mounted virtual drive, set your taget as wherever you want, Copy as Apple iPod, then click on the hammer icon and choose any profile you want, the higher the frequency the better audio you get, and the lower, the smaller the file. now choose *split by chapters. (you can choose to put the whole movie into one file, but with my example movie, The Matrix, every chapter had a higher lag in video/audio synch, so you'd hear it a few seconds before it happened. Click ok, now click on Main Movie, and then click the icon in the bottom right-hand corner. once it's finished, open iTunes, click add folder and add the folder of the movie files you just made, now use the SHIFT select all of the video files, then drag to the iPod icon on the left.
That's it, just like manually managing your music files...

oh, and if you have abesolutely no money, whatsoever, feel free to email me... [email protected] for...ummm... financial aid*.;)

Need help burning a DVD

I've been making copies of my DVDs (legally) but I don't have a DVD burner on my 17 inch iMac. However I do on my old windows PC. I made the files all 4.7 GB with DVD2oneX but I need a way to burn it in my PC. So what kind of file do I turrn it into to burn in my PC. And how should I get these files to my PC. I cannot directly connect them. My iPod is only four gigs sadly. Any solutions?

Also sorry to double post but maybe I can take my internal DVD burner from PC out and attach it to my Mac?

Best way to burn photos on DVD as data files?

Ok - I may be losing it, but I'm confused as to best way to burn a DVD of photo files that I just want to be photo files - not played in a slideshow, etc. Basically, I scanned 50+ photos and used them in a montage I created in Photo To Movie. But, I want to give the client two discs - one that is the TV-ready playable DVD - did that one already. Second is a DVD (or CD?) that they can put in their computer and just get the files off if they ever want to use them (since I'm charging them for scanning and retouching the vintage photos).
Can someone please let me know how to do it? All told it's about 63 photos and 80 MB according to iPhoto Album. So, do I use DVD or CD or does it matter? How do I transfer (drag and drop)? and Burn?
Thanks -
Alexa

Alexa:
To burn a data disk of the photos you used in the slideshow you need to export them to a folder on the Desktop via the File->Export->File Export menu option. Select the appropriate options for exporting and export.
Then drag that folder onto a mounted blank disc and burn via the Finder. That will give you a cross platform disk of just the image files.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

Burning a DVD from iMovie in OSX 10.8.5

Hi I want to make a DVD from a movie I have made in iMovie.
The instructions tell me to send it to iDVD but I believe OSX does not have iDVD. Any suggestions on how I can get this movie copied to a DVD please? (I have an external DVD drive and Macbook Air with OSX v 10.8.5).
I have a granny waiting to view this weding movie that I made so it needs to be burnt to DVD rather than playing on a TV via Apple TV! Thank you

Apple's iDVD app has been discontinued so the only way to burn a DVD is third party software or an older copy of the iLife '09 suite of apps.

How can I burn a DVD after I "Share" a project to a folder?

Working wiht Premiere Elements 8 -
I'm having issues with the DVD burner on on my Win 7 machine and I'm looking for a way to burn multiple DVD's more efficiently. I have Shared the project to a folder and want to be able to burn the DVD's from the folder. This will save me a lot of time as the project won't need to keep encoding every time I try to burn the disk. Buring multiple disks doesn't seem to work for me either.
Any ideas on how to make this happen?
Thanks,
Pat

Thanks Bill. I downloaded the shareware and started the burn (before I left for work this morning), so I'll be able to test it and see how well it works...
I'm sure it will be fine - but I'll let you know how it goes and update the "Question has been answered" next reply
Pat

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