Normal time for burning DVD?

I have imported a 300mb QT movie file into iDVD for burning as a slideshow. It takes about 2 hours to get everything rendered and burned. Is this normal? Seems like a very, very long time.

The size in MB doesn't matter. How long in minutes is the movie.
What encoding method have you selected - Best Performance, High Quality or Professional Quality?
How fast is your CPU?
Back in the early days of iDVD (like 7 years ago) we used to encode over night.
Without knowing more, two hours doesn't sound bad at all.

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After bringing in the movie from a video camera in iMovie and enhancing it tiles and transitions etc how do you and where do you save the project for burning DVD's using iDVD?

Where do you save a movie project for burning DVD's using iDVD?

I recommend that you use SHARE/TO MEDIA BROWSER in Large size. Then in iDVD, you open the Media Browser and navigate to your project. You can drag it into your iDVD project from there.
You can also use SHARE/EXPORT MOVIE and save to the location of your choice. You can then drag and drop into iDVD.

Need app for burning DVD on new iMac using iMovie

I have a new 64 bit iMac with optional external DVD drive. I want to burn DVDs with the iMovie projects that recognize the chapters I entered in the new iMovie. Basically, I want to do what I used to do on my old 32 bit iMac with the internal drive using the combination of iDVD and iMovie.

mChapters available from the App Store, will add chapters to the output file from iMovie. In the Finder, you may have to change the move file's extension from "mp4" to "m4v" as older Quicktime applications and perhaps some newer DVD creators may not recognize a chapter track in an mp4 container.
In any event, the mChapters application will allow you to visually add chapters and name them as you like. You can save the file in-place (i.e. you do not have to create a new output file--just save to the existing movie file) which is quick. It is irritating that iMovie no longer has chapter markers, but this little application does not add much time to the move creation process.
BTW, I have nothing to do with mChapters. I tried several applications, free and otherwise, until I settled on this one for my needs.

How much time to burn DVD?

How long should it take to burn a DVD from a disk image? I have a project that is 30 minutes long, which played back just fine when viewed from disk image. The log shows:
Preparing data for burn
Opening session
Opening track
Writing track
Closing track
Closing session
It all looks good, except that "Closing Session" has been going on for almost two hours. I have not gotten any error messages; the only thing that the progress bar shows is the moving striped pattern.
I am using TDK disks (I know that is not one of the recommended brands) and am burning at 2X. I have used this successfully before and do not remember it taking anywhere so long. Should I quit the process and try another disk?

This is what "More info" shows under "disk burning". There was no listing of "s-drive".
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Firmware Revision: A43h
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Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
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Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
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1. Try playing a commercial dvd. Does it play exactly as expected under apple's dvd player app? If so ....
Titanic and _The King of Queens_ get rejected multiple times. They don't show up at all on the screen, and there is no error message. TurboTax loads quickly without a hitch.
2. Run apple's software updater if you haven't already and post which updates are recommended without installing them just yet. Let us take a look at the recommended updates prior to installation.
Here is the list. I have not downloaded any of the recommended updates because I was in the middle of working on the project that was being burned when this situation arose.
GarageBand Update 4.1.1
Keynote Update 4.0.2
Pages Update 3.0.2
Numbers Update 1.0.2
iWeb Update 2.0.3
Quicktime 7.5
iLife Support 8.3
Digital Camera Raw Compatibility 2.1
Safari 3.1.2
Security Update 2008-005 1.0
If your S-Drive or Burner is able to write to Dvd-R media but unable to read it then I suggest trying a quality dvd lens cleaner kit prior to calling apple's tech support.
Do you have a brand that you would recommend? Thank you for all your help.

Alternatives to Toast for burning DVDs

I have been using Toast for many years with mixed success. Each upgrade seems to hog more resources and sometimes freezes (needing a forced quit). I have tried system maintenance (permissions, scripts, trashing prefences etc) but cannot get it to be reliable.
So ... any recommendations for alternatives. I would like to burn DVDs with EyeTV recordings as well as Apple TV files.

What version do you have?
I have not had any issues with 10.x standard - the red box, not the blue box.
If you have 10, I know there's a couple of updates for 10.6.x compatibility.
OS X itself will burn data DVDs, but they will not be cross platform.
If you are talking video DVDs, and for whatever reason, you can't get your source video into iMovie, try this (free for a few more days) utility
http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/
It converts nearly any format to any other format(so far, I've used it for wmv, avi, and flv to HD .mov) import the to iMovie, then export to iDVD, and burn your video.

TiVo and Mac - options for burning DVD of TiVo'ed recordings (personal use)

I have 2 Series 2 TiVo boxes connected via wireless network to my iMac (Intel-based mid07). The issue is the limited recording capacity, only a problem when traveling overseas - they both fill up in about 2 weeks. When I get back home, since I can't watch my recorded shows as fast as I record on a daily basis when I have a backlog, I am trying to find a quick way to dump TiVo'ed stuff to DVD to watch later. So I bought Roxio Popcorn and installed the TiVoToGo on my iMac. The issues I have are:
1. When I transfer a recording to my iMac, it strips the "header" from the recording that shows the name of the show, length, channel, episode synopsis, date, etc that I get when using TiVo's "Save to VCR" option - hate to lose that
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3. "Popping" a recording from TiVo box to Mac is a misnomer - it takes almost as long as playing the recording.
So all this has me thinking there must be a faster, easier way to dump recordings from TiVo to DVD and with a recording mode of my choosing. I have read about Roxio Toast but it isn't clear that these particular issues would be solved and hate to spend another $100 to find out. Thx for any suggestions...

I have used this program (free - using open source components)
http://tdm.sourceforge.net/
Looks like this may be a newer version, so I'll have to try it out. Thanks for asking the question.
1. I don't think there is anything you can do about that. To be encoded, the material has to be part of the recorded video. The software will name the encoded video file in a somewhat descriptive manner, but it won't give you a frame with the program details.
2. There is really no such thing as EP and VP. All that is doing is lowering the resolution (quality) of the recorded video encoding, so that each video takes less space. In the program linked above, you can change the resolution of the encoding so that each video takes less space, but you lose quality.
3. Lower resolution encodings should take less time to produce (but it still takes time). The biggest bottleneck with the TiVo (Series 2) appears to be the slow network connection. It takes a long time to push (or maybe pull is more accurate) the video data from the TiVo to the Mac. It is best to set up a queue and let it run while you are sleeping or away. Once you have encoded the TiVo program/episode into a video file, you can use that file however you want. But, putting it onto a DVD would seem to be the least efficient thing you can do, because the space on a DVD is limited, and you are adding another block of time (in addition to the time it took to encode the video from the TiVo), to re-encode it again and burn it to a DVD. Much more efficient would be to store it on your computer and use it from there. If you lack storage, get a large external drive and store the files there. Then, watch from the computer. If you want to watch on the TV, connect the TV to the Mac as a second display. Or get an Apple TV and stream the video from your computer to the TV. For the last two, the TV needs to be an HDTV (connected by HDMI) for best results.

Newb Question for burning DVD/CDs

I have an external DVD writer on my iMac.
I got the thing last month and an completely new to Apple (sorta)
Now how do I make a data CD and DVD?
On Winblows XP all I need to do is select the files, right click and click on SEND FILES TO CD for making data CDs.
However for DVD I need 3rd party software.
Will iDVD do the trick?
Thanks for the looking at this simple newb question.
GeekyBoy

Now how do I make a data CD and
DVD?Drag the files to the icon of the
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Finder.However for DVD I need 3rd party
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hBurn.Will iDVD do the
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Thanks for the tip Duane.
I was just reading abotu burning CD on another site. It mentions about what you said, drag the files to the CD.
However I am reading in my profiler that burning is NOT supported by OS X on this CD/DVD writer.
Will Patchburn or any other software overcome this?
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Which format to select for burning DVD?

Hi to all. I have been trying to burn a few of my projects, 3 to be precise, onto a DVD. Tried out Finder>Burn folder, but found out that the finished DVD would play only on computers; as I need to have one that can be viewed on normal DVD players I tried to do so in Toast Titanium in which I was faced with the problem of which of these above formats to select:
Can anyone help me?
Further, after [I think] I selected MPEG-4 player and then faced this hurdle...a notification to this effect that I was making a DVD of PAL and [?] NTSC videos which may not play in all players. Not knowing what to do I just clicked OK and found out that I was able to view it on my small [low cost as well] DVD player.

I have Toast 10 and I don't see your drop down menu you see.
1. Select DVD Video icon from the bar of icons on the top left (it's the third one).
2. Drag your video file to the window on the right, or click the Add button on the bottom of that window.
3. Select menu and auto play options on bottom lelft pane.
4. Click the big red button.

Has anyone used ROXIO TOAST II for burning DVD

Has anyone used ROXIO TOAST II for setting up intro and burning to DVD. I used to do this in IDVD which has been abandoned in the Maverick

Just to say that that I've tested iDVD on 10.9 and it works for me. It's a discontinued program of course, and hasn't been supported for several years, but I don't think it runs any differently on 10.9 than it did on say, 10.6.
However…can't help you with Toast because I don't use it.
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Future encoding time for HD DVDs!

Wow! For those of us who think our encoding takes a long time now, I read in a recent HD trade magazine that stated a 2-hour theatrical movie is taking 100 hours to encode for an HD movie. It didn't say what programs or systems were being used. If this is true, I think I can wait a little longer before I need to make an HD DVD.

Hey kenneth,
using the preset in HD DVD H.264 preset in compressor can take that long.
we would need more information on how exactly you are compressing your video, also what your native codec is.
we need more information such as:
-are you using presets
-if you are NOT using presets (you set your own settings) what are they
-what type of file are you importing into compressor and with what codec
-what kind of and how many drives do you have in your G5
-are your drives stripped (using RAID)
-how much RAM
-what other applications do you have open when encoding
(see what i mean, all this info would be VERY useful)
one of your questions was if encoding with the H.264 codec was really this time consuming. the answer would be yes, although it sounds like you might have set some other settings manually. but i will not assume, i will await a response.
also, your last comment is a little confusing since once again, more information was not included.
do you mean that both H.264 and high bit-rate mpeg2 codecs work in a G5, so it will play back on the newer versions of Apple DVD Player?
or do you mean that the h.264 codec will play on toshiba's HD-A1 and HD-XA1 hardware players, such as the high bit-rate mpeg2 codec?
if the former, then you are 100% correct!
if the latter, then you would be 100% incorrect (unless toshiba finally delivered their much promised firmware update, which would include *.ac3 [dolby] playback as well).
please advise
Mikey M.

Buy old iDVD or something else for burning DVDs

Is it worthwhile to purchase an older version of iDVD? ( I bought a Mac without it in 2011). I have purchased other burning software with much frustration and no success.

IMO there's bi DVD video authoring application currently available that can compete with iDVD 7 for versatility and professional looking results. iDVD 7 will work with Mavericks.
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier 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.
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
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, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Roxio 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

Apple Pro RES and DVD Studio Pro for burning DVDS

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so sorry I sounded curt....must be the heat.
I have zero experience. Someone was helping me compress my final cut pro movie which was apple pro res, then , in compressor we tried H.264, then MPEG 2, using "-", but neither of these would play on anything other than my mac.
I need them to be in a format that I can send to people who may be using a pc, mac or commericial DVD player.
It's very nice of you to reply....

Optical Drive not burning DVD's

I keep posting a similar discussion but nothing is working. I have this ASUS optical drive for burning DVDs. I was told it doesn't need to be installed because you only need to install it if it's windows. I've tried burning through the disc utility and through creating a new file and clicking burn "so and so" to a disc. After the burning is completed and I try putting it in a DVD player, it says "Unknown Disc" so I'm doing something wrong along the way.
The ASUS optical drive is Mac compatiable so that shouldn't be the problem.

Do you get this error message with all current burn attempts, or simply with your most recent project?
If not, a PRAM reset has been known to be helpful.
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Immediately press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.Continue holding the keys down until the computer restarts, and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

Unable to burn DVD with iMovie?

Am fairly dissapointed with Apple.
I have spent time today creating a short movie of photos of my 2 month old son.
When trying to share with iDVD I have realised that my iLife 11 doesn't come with this software and I can't download it!
I am therefore unable to burn my project to disc and feel I have wasted my time.
In my opinion this seriously reduces the usablility of iMovie.
Is there anyway I can burn the DVD without spending a shed load of cash on some third party software??
Thanks

I was also disappointed when I bought my Mac and it came without iWeb and iDVD.
For burning DVDs, I use a free app called Burn http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html.
You can't do fancy menus or anything that iDVD can, but at least you can get your iMovie Projects onto a DVD.
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