NOT RESPONDING iDVD

New user - Everytime I drag a photo or audio clip to iDVD it goes in 'not responding for about 10 minutes. Should I reload the program? Apple says I have plenty of memory.
thanks

How much memory does Apple say is plenty?
Sue

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EncoderServer and Thumbnail server not responding

I have a new MacBook Pro (Intel Core Duo) that I've had for about a month that has the iLife '08 suite.
My problem is that when I run the iDVD program the EncoderServer and Thumbnail server are not responding. iDVD is not operating slow or any other problems as I've read others are having problems with.
When I go to 'burn DVD' all goes well until it comes time to burn the DVD. Now, the actual DVD is a double later at best quality and I am not trying to multitask when it trying to burn. (I have heard that when you use best quality you can't multitask with iDVD)
I have repaired my permissions, no soap. And since iDVD came preinstalled I have not tried uninstallingreinsalling and the truth is, according to the other article in this forum, by the same title, that would not do any good anyway.
I am a computer professional, but fairly new to the Mac world.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Sue, tx for a quick post-
I don't get as far as burning- an 'unknown error' during encoding occurs. The only identifiable bug is the freezing of two processes that start with iDVD (they DIDN'T two weeks ago) the abovenamed serverzz.
Also- Apple says,
"You should always burn double-layer discs directly from iDVD and not from a disc image. Double-layer discs burned from a disc image may cause playback issues in some DVD players, such as freezing during playback." This pops up when trying to do an img save with DualLayer, and appears in the online advice.
So I'm trying with all non-Apple 'extensions off' (forced quit thru Act Monitor) even tho the only change is the latest Appl updates.
It just QUIT! Right before switching to encode video! Two hours of menu/slideshow encode and it doesn't save any!!

IDVD does not respond now

Hey New User here
Actually I had a G4 desktop and have just upgraded to the MacProBook Core Duo 2.
Ok here is the issue- over the weekend I had create these movies in iMovie. The first one was 33 minutes with audio and ken burns effects, still photos, transitions and video clips.
It took about 2.5 hours to finish rendering, encoding and finally burn.
The second of the two films also had the same things but is 55 minutes long. This one I spent several hours allowing it to do its encoding and rendering- maybe 4-5. It went through everything but then never burned the disk. I had to stop the process b/c I needed to present the movie at that point.
Based on the previous posts I have read it seems that my computer does not take as long to do the processing as many others.
Since the showing I have tried to clear my computer of the clutter, removing snips that were created in many attempts at the film. Now when I try to access iDVD (not the previous movie) I get no response.
I have looked in the Force Quit Menu and it does not say (Not Responding).
Any thoughts?
And should I just be happy with the amount of time that it takes for me to make the iDVDs?
MacProBook 15 in Mac OS X (10.4.8) Core Duo 2 2.33

Hi John
Two things.
Coding - processing time: Greatly depends on CPU speed, free amount of space
on Your internal hard disk and complexity of the movie.
- free space should be about 25Gb, 5 or less Gb = redicolous times (not hours but days)
- one still photo for 1 hour = less complex than 60 min of panorerings and
heavy action.
ActivityMonitor - lies reg what's happening during audio coding part of DVD
processing. iDVD doesn't respond. Just a lie !! It doesn't get it.
So as well if You force quit - it says the same. Don't belive it.
Yours Bengt W

External optical drive (HP) not responding to iDVD

My new (HP) external optical drive does not respond to iDVD. When I go to click burn it is darkened. In my system profiler it has -R and -RW listed, but under burn support it says "Yes (unsupported)". The computer responded when I insterted a blank DVD. What does this mean and how do I make it work?
PowerBookG4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Combo drive, 768 MB memory, 1.33 processor

Hi and welcome!
iDVD 4 did not natively support and external burner. But, you should use DVD-R disks.
You will need to look at these:
BURN DVDS TO AN EXTERNAL BURNER OR A DISK IMAGE WITH iDVD:
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/macsupport/mac_help/pages/0015-burn_idvdother.html
or
Patchburn
http://www.patchburn.de/
Sue

IDVD won't ecode audio, 'not responding' = force quit

IDVD 6 /10.4.7/MACPRO
iDVD won't encode audio portion from iMovie had off.
original iMovie from DV camera, iMove encodes QT, etc
iDVD encodes video ( as noted by time bar) but when it gets to the audio portion it stops responding and then I have to forcve quit.
repaired persmissions, and delited the iDVD.plist
any thing I can do? iDVD 6 is the first time I used this after update

Scooper,
iDVD is "not" slow (nor fast) encoding (actually transcoding) audio. iDVD relies on the Quicktime framework. iDVD invokes an external library from the set of resources provided by QT.
If the encoding appears to be slow. It may find its root in various origins. First, MacOSX is a Unix system. Unix is not "preemptive". It means that access to resources occurs thanks to a "good will" mode between processes (to make things short). So, it may appear that some processes are stale, but things are usually well under control (by the kernel). So, don't be hasty in killing a process reported as "not responding".
If you consider that the encoding process takes too much time, there are ways to make things better. First: More RAM. No workaround to that. Give some room to your Mac. Keep also in mind to keep free room on hard drive at least equal to 2 1/2 times the amount of RAM of your system. The Unix kernel of your Mac handles a "swap" that is used to virtually create an amount of RAM larger than what your system physically has. The kernel simply uses your hard-drive as buffer to store copies of RAM blocks occupied by portions of code or data not currently active. If all this is too small, the kernel will spend an awful amount of time dealing with the short space (RAM + free disk space for swap).
One way to figure out if you're in such case is to use one of the many administration tools available to you. Open Terminal (or a X11 xterm) and type 'top' (without quotes).
Check the last line of the header for the "pageouts" indicator. If the number in parenthesis is not zero (0), repeatedly, it means that your kernel is swapping memory block from the physical RAM to the virtual RAM stored on the hard drive (swapping).
Hit 'q' to quit top. You can also try 'top -o cpu'. This will get you which process is currently running requesting the most CPU resources. Normally, on a Unix system, if one process needs CPU and is mostly the only one at the moment asking for CPU, it can be allocated most of the available CPU time and jumps to over 80%. If you consider this "abnormal", just look at the "Load Avg." indicator. It tells you how many processes are "waiting" for their turn to access the CPU - it's averaged throughout the time, through 3 numbers. Remember the "good will" mechanism. If it remains low (up to 3, for a household Mac), then, do not worry. If it goes above, then try to quit some other user applications. An idle system reports numbers below 1.
These few sysadmin tips will tell you a lot about your system's health. Perhaps, you'll figure out by yourself what's wrong. For sure, not iDVD
Try perhaps upgrading to QT 7. There are benefits to that.
T.

Can't burn iMovie to iDVD (not responding) - after "Encoding Audio"

Hello,
I have a similar post in the iDVD board, but thought someone in this section may be able to help as well.
I have a 15 minutes project (almost 2 GB) iMovie show that I've attempted to burn to DVD through iDVD (4 times with the same problem)...
It goes through the "encoding menus" and videos, but gets stuck on "Encoding Audio" and in my Force Quit window says (Not Responding). I have almost 12 GB free on my PowerBook G4 and successfully burned a test DVD of this last week before completion (when I only had 7 free GB - I also added on another 2 minutes since then)...
Any help or ideas? I need to get this done ASAP...
Thanks
Chris

Chris, what I've found is that patience is the key here. You really can't count on the progress bar to let you know how far along in the process you are. I've run into the same problem as you. When the burn symbol stops spinning and you get the beachball/lollipop don't rush right off to force quit. Just because the force quit menu shows that iDVD is NOT RESPONDING does not mean that all is lost. What made me realize that iDVD was still working was the Activity Monitor located in your Utilities folder under applications (applications/utilities/activity monitor).
Do yourself a favor and run this app while burning you project. When you get to the point where it appears to hang on you check the status of iDVD in the activity monitor window. More than likely it will show that iDVD is still using a good % of your CPU (%CPU column numbers will constantly change as iDVD demands more or less from your processor). You may also notice that it may show that iDVD is not responding (as well as a couple other processes that are related to the prog), this doesn't mean a thing because iDVD is in reality still chugging along. Of course if the %CPU column is showing 0.00 then iDVD has indeed stopped workin in which case you do have some issues.
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Failed to burn iMovie project, iDVD "not responding"

A preemptive thanks for your time.
I am trying to burn iMovie projects through iDVD. I have done this successfully in the past. What happens now is after going through many of the steps up through Encoding Video, the process gets stuck when the status window says "Encoding Audio". No error message occurs or anything like that, the burn wheel stops spinning, and the "multicolored wheel of computer confusion" pops up. Needless to say this means that I am even more confused than the computer and examining the iDVD icon in the dock reveals that it is "not responding."
This same problem happens with two similar projects (one of which was burned successfully in the past.) I am using Sony DVD-R disks. The projects are the typical size for about 50 minutes of edited iMovie project (15GB).
HELP!

As Rich says:
This question is frequently asked!
iDVD is probably not 'hanging'. Disregard any messages that iDVD is not responding. It is. Do not force quit.
Encoding audio is the slowest part of rendering, and can take many hours. Great patience, even an intermittent alternative hobby, is called for.
Make sure no other application is running, make sure you have not set the hard disk to go to sleep and that the screen saver will not come on. Leave it overnight, or have a 36 hole game of golf.
Sooner or later iDVD will finish!
(The current record mentioned here for encoding a DVD with lots of added audio etc is 47 hours!)

IDVD multimediaimporter not responding fix

when i burn a dvd from IDVD 6. it goes though the process completes then ejects with nothing on the disk… Then I go to file > force quit > multimediaimporter (not responding).
How do I repair it?

Hi
A. Force quitting - is a problematic action - YES I get it that in some cases there are no alternative - but every-time it is used it also introduces small errors on Your Hard Disk - building up to a major disaster.
To avoid this I do after each such incidense.
- Repair Permissions (Disk Util tool)
- Repair Hard Disk (Disk Util tool - BUT to do this Mac has to be started-up from DVD or external hard disk)
B. Why You don't get a working DVD
- most probably iDVD pref or cache file's got corrupted
To find out if this is the problem - Start a new User Account / Log into this / Re-try iDVD and see if it now works OK
- but it can also be - LOW free space on Start-Up Hard Disk - I never let this go less than 25Gb when using SD-Video material (if HD-material 4 - 5 times more is a safe low limit)
- Brand of DVD used - several do not work as VIDEO-DVDs e.g. Memorex, NoName etc - I only use Verbatim
- Type of DVD used - DVD+/-RW usually DO NOT work - I only use DVD-R
- BURN SPEED - I set to x2 or MAX x4
- I USE a CLEANING DVD (no liquid but the one with brushes) from time to time.
- Material feed into iDVD also matters: Video-CODECS, Photo and Audio file formats - also can give iDVD problems.
So PLEASE - tell what You feed iDVD - How You set it up (DV,HDV,WIDESCREEN etc), Encoding method selected, Theme used, Brand of DVD dissk etc etc.
DID YOU TRY: Save as a DiskImage ? If so - HOW does this play ? (Most of us do this to be sure where problems might arise)
Yours Bengt W

IDVD Not Responding from Launch

I was attempting to create a new DVD but did not have my Superdriver plugged in. When I plugged it in, iDVD did not recognize it so I relaunched the program. The program refused to reopen and is now no longer responding from launch. A window does not open but the icon does appear in my dashboard with the note that it is not responding if you option click on it. I would appreciate it if anyone has troubleshooting I could follow to get it back up and running.

Try this basic troubleshooting fix :
1 - delete the IDVD preference file, com.apple.iDVD.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete IDVD'S cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iDVD folder.
3 - launch IDVD and try again.
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
OT

Idvd not responding - Connection Failed Warning

iDVD 08 is not responding. The menus appear at the top, but that's about it. I get a spinning ball whenever I mouse over menus. Shortly after starting, I get the message: Connection Failed. The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again.
I've tried opening iDVD from application folder as well as from within iMovie.
It's been a couple of weeks since I used it. Worked fine last time. There was an update that I noticed in the last couple of weeks. Perhaps that's it, but I don't see any other posts.
Any suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks.

Sorry I didn't get back to this sooner.
I own both a powerbook G4 and Mac Pro, and network the two sometimes in order to switch files back and forth as necessary to take things on the road.
Although the iDVD project was exclusively on the MacPro, (Indeed, I even tried starting a new project on the MacPro, but iDVD still wouldn't respond), I believe the Powerbook must have been connected at some point in the process (just hanging out there), and for some reason iDVD got confused. As soon as I reconnected the Powerbook, iDVD was fine.
And then I disconnected the two computers and iDVD continued (and continues) to work fine.
I'm not a programmer. Not sure what happened, but it seemed to fix itself.
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'not responding' when another app opens

iDVD 7.1.2
OS 10.9.4
iDVD runs fine until another app is launched. Then it's 'not responding' and I've given it up to a half hour to recover.
Activity monitor says it's regularly over 100%.
MacBook (Fall 2010).
Tossed cache.db and plist.
Other ideas please?

Try this basic troubleshooting fix:
1 - delete the IDVD preference file, com.apple.iDVD.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete IDVD'S cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iDVD folder.
3 - launch IDVD and try again.
NOTE: In Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
If you're running Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
It the above doesn't help Boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and try iDVD there. Then reboot normally and try again.

EncoderServer and ThumbnailServer not responding

When I start iDVD, EncoderServer and ThumbnailServer show as not responding in Activity Monitor.
If I click on any iDVD menu choice, then iDVD stops responding.
I've tried creating a new user... that didn't work.
I've tried deleting the themes, which just get recreated when iDVD starts.
I've tried deleting idvd plist file.
I've tried deleting the cache file[s].
These seem to be most of the recommended steps to get iDVD working again, but none of them have gotten iDVD up and running again. Yes, I have used it successfully in the past.
Oh, yes... did try repair permissions too... nada.
TIA,
Lang

Are you able to reboot into hardware test mode while holding down the D key?
Yup.
Whatever key works, run the Extended Hardware test and post those results here please.
I did that and no problems were found, but I didn't have a Disc in the CD/DVD Drive plus it never asked me to insert one either. Should I at least insert a CD & re-run the Hardware Test?
Also check your crash log w/in system profiler > Software > Logs .....anything here regarding the S-drive?
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EncoderServer and Thumbnail not responding

I just opened up my iDVD for the first time (bought computer in March). Software update asked if I wanted to update things... I did. Now my computer is getting super hot and loud. When I bring up activity monitor it shows EncoderServer and Thumbnail(something) not responding. It stops when I close iDVD.
Can I still successfully use iDVD? How do I fix this problem?
On a sidenote... since the updates I'm getting mds and mdworker taking up lots of CPU also (when nothing is open). What's going on?

Here's what I'd do...
Go to your project's info/settings and change the encoding setting from Best Performance to Professional Quality. Best Performance is a con basically. It encodes your video in the background to a very low standard and this fools you into thinking you're getting better performance... but it's at a huge cost. When finalising your project, save it as a disk image instead of direct burning (not recommended if your project requires a Double Layer DVD). Later you can use Disk Utility to burn the image. You can give the image file to anyone else with a Mac and they can produce their own copies without needing iDVD or other DVD duplication method.
Your Spotlight (md = metadata) index may be corrupt. Go to the Privacy tab of the Spotlight pane in System Preferences and drag in your HD icon. This should delete your Spotlight index. I tend to close System Preferences to ensure that takes effect. Now go back again and remove your HD from the Privacy listing. This will allow Spotlight to set up a new index. This will take some time so only do this when you dont mind the re-indexing process. It should finish and mds and mdworker should leave you alone.

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Try this basic troubleshooting fix:
1 - delete the IDVD preference file, com.apple.iDVD.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete IDVD'S cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iDVD folder.
3 - launch IDVD and try again.
NOTE: In Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
If you're running Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
It the above doesn't help Boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and try iDVD there. Then reboot normally and try again.

Application 'not responding' cannot force quit

I previously posted this before upgrading to 10.4.4. Problem persisted. THen i doubled the RAM, thinking it was a ram problem. Still no solution.
Short Story: in various applications, at various times, the program stops responding and Force Quit does not work. Usually this occurs when using the SAVE AS, or Export As, or Import function. Ultimately, i have to do a hard restart.
Long Story. I have an eMac G4 that was running 10.3.8. it was networked at home via airport with an eMac, TiPB and Cube. All was good. Then we moved. I reestablished my home network, but this time will all 'puters hooked up via ethernet. My eMac then started experiencing bad behavior. For example, iDVD would hang when burning a DVD. Or, MS Word would hang when printing to PDF. Or when i tried using save as. Force Quit would appear to work, forcing the window to close. but the dock would still show the program open. when i return to Force Quit, the offending program would be there in red (not responding). Other open programs would then do same thing. only recourse would be to do a hard restart.
i bought 10.4.3 (family pack) and upgraded all 'puters. Same problem.
i ran disk utilities to both repair permissions and repair disks. Same problem.
i bought disk warrior and ran it several times. same problem.
i tried some shareware, YASU 1.3.5. Same problem.
i have trashed preferences for all programs. Same problem.
i do not have iDisk.
My energy saver is set to default.
i have NOT bought Tech Tool Pro. Should I?
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the problem is not occurring on the networked 'puters (Cube, emac and TiPB).
any help out there in Macland would be most appreciated.

Hi, iciclesteve.
Troubleshooting freezes and hangs — which appears to be the root issue — is not unlike troubleshooting kernel panics: the steps are virtually the same. As a troubleshooting roadmap, use the steps in my "Resolving Kernel Panics" FAQ.
It's also possible the eMac may have been damaged in the move, or something has become unseated (added RAM, AirPort card, etc.) or loose as a result of shipping. Check these things if installed.
Running the Apple Hardware Test that came with the eMac — the first step in my FAQ above — is a good step, but my FAQ should help you sort this out further if the Apple Hardware Test — or the subsequent suggestions on RAM testing — doesn't find a cause.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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