OneStep DVD to image file?

Question

Hi - I've been struggling with this all day. Can anyone tell me how I can trick iDVD 08 into thinking there's a blank DVD inserted so it can start importing from my camcorder?
Basically I want to save the imported movies to an image, not a DVD disk.
Many thanks!

Answer 1

Oh, yes, sorry I wasn't thinking correctly about OneStep. However, it is billed as a process of importing and burning to DVD disk. I don't think you can save it to a disk image directly. You CAN go ahead and burn it to a DVD disk and then use that disk to create a disk image using Disk Utility:
From Disk Utility Help:
+Creating a disk image+
+You can use Disk Utility to create a disk image of a disk, volume, or folder. You can use disk images to move files from one computer to another or to send to other people in email messages.+
+You can also use a disk image to burn a CD or DVD disc to send to other people or to back up the contents of your disk so that you can restore it if something happens to your information.+
+When you create a disk image you choose the format of the image:+
+If you want to continue adding files to the disk image after it's created, choose read/write.+
+If you don't need to add more files to the disk image, choose read-only.+
+If you don't need to add more files to the image and you want to conserve space, choose compressed . The disk image takes up only as much space as the data on the image.+
+If you want to use the disk image with a third-party application, choose CD/DVD master. The disk image contains a copy of all sectors of the disk, whether they're used or not, and copies them to other CDs or DVDs bit for bit.+
+You can also create a blank disk image so that you can copy files to it later. See "Creating a blank disk image" for more information.+
+Be sure the files you want to protect are in the same folder in the Finder.+
+To create a disk image from a disk or volume, select it in the list of disks and volumes.+
+Choose File > New then the type of image you want to create.+
+To create a disk image from a folder, choose “Disk Image from Folder.” Select the folder you want, then click Image.+
+To create a disk image from a disk or volume, choose "Disk Image from disk name."+
+Type a name for the image and choose where you want to save the image.+
+Choose one of the disk formats from the Image Format pop-up menu.+
+To require a password to access the contents of the image, choose "AES-128 (recommended)" from the Encryption pop-up menu.+
+Click Save.+
+If you chose to use a password, enter it in the dialog that appears.+
+The name of the disk image is followed by the filename extension ".dmg."+