Photos for Os X: export / burn to dvd +/-

Any chance of adding the ability to DIRECTLY export a selection of photos / album to a blank DVD + / -, iTunes style?

I doubt very much if Apple will even consider that. Why? Because Apple is getting away from CD/DVDs as evidenced by most of their new models not including an optical drive. So we're stuck with exporting the photos to a folder on the Desktop and burning that folder to disk via the Finder.

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Using an External Hard Drive for iMovie Editing and Burning to DVD

Between iPhoto, iTunes and other applications I am rapidly running out of hard drive space on my 2003 iMac. Because of this, I recently purchased a Lacie 250 GB Firewire external hard drive and was hoping to use it for iMovie editing and buring of DVDs, because of the large amount of disk drive space video eats up. Is it it possible to "load" iMovie and iDVD to the external drive and edit/burn videos on that drive? If not, is there some other way to use that external drive in this process? Thanks in advance for any assistance that can be provided.

Scooper
see my reply to Trollus, just posted:
That's how I do all my stuff now - via external lacie 'brick' drive. The only trick is when you begin your iMovie project, hit save immediately after creating the new project, and save the project file in an appropriately named folder on the external hard drive (don't call it 'Movies' as it'll be confused with your Powerbook's movies folder). Then as you import all your clips from your movie camera, they will be written to the external drive, rather than you G4's drive. Very handy.
I do all my iMovie and iDVD stuff via the external Lacie drive - the FireWire 400 interface is quick enough (ie never had skipped clips, etc). I also save all iDVD finished projects as disc images on the external drive and burn DVDs from those at slow speed via Disc Utility. No coasters...:-)
Greetings from Canberra
Dave
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Data Merge with photos, for a photobook, and also a DVD(?)

I'm using CS4 on a Mac - am considering upgrading to 5.5.
I've used Data Mege to create documents for in-house printing with good success. It seems nearly fool-proof. I viewed a David Blattner video on Lynda.com that shows how easy it is to incorporate photos into Data Mege as well.
Have any of you used InDesign to create a photobook, and if so, can you reccomend a company that can work with InDesign files rather than requiring you to learn their proprietary layout software? I want to preserve and share several old family photo options. I'm scanning the photos and typing their captions into a spreadsheet.
Is there some way this could also be turned into a DVD using the same set-up so that I can make the individual photo files and their captions available to other family members?

For a multiple record merge you need one set of placeholders, then set the margins and spacing in the merge options so the positioning is correct.
Warning: Using Preview in a multiple record merge will corrupt the file. If you press the preview button, Undo after looking at the preview, then merge without using preview.

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.

With PRE 8 when I try toExport & burn a DVD, I get error code 150:30

With PRE 8 when I try to Export & burn a DVD, I get error code 150:30
What is wrong?
Thanks, Tom
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Please work through the troubleshooting steps in the FAQs to the right of this forum.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/415318?tstart=30
If you'll tell us in as much detail as possible the results of each step, we'll likely be able to diagnose your problem and recommend solutions.

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

How to burn on DVD

I have Avi file and .srt file for subtitles how to burn on DVD to watch on desktop player ?
I used ffmpegX but maybe doing something wrong, I just dropped avi file in window and just under filters add subtitles no other things done, I encoded but no subtitles
Any help ?
Thanks

Insert a blank disc into the optical drive. choose Open Finder from the pop-up menu. The disc appears on your desktop.
Double-click the disc to open then drag the files and folders you want to burn to the window.
Arrange and rename the files if needed.
Choose File > Burn and follow the instructions.

After editing video how do I get instructions how to burn to DVD?

I have edited a video with Premiere Elements. Now I cannot find instructions how to Burn this edited video to DVD or Blu-Ray disc. I have rendered to edited video. Where do I find the instructions to burn the video to DVD and also to Blu-Ray disc. I am a beginner and I need detailed instructions please. Remember when you were a beginner? edokie
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Thank you.

jwhayhurst
You post with the generalized question regarding where to find instructions for the Premiere Elements burn to DVD. You were given those.
Now you write (with no in between message)
I need specific answers or no other suggestions.
I fully understand that and appreciate that. That is why I make it a point to customize my reply to the specific question being ask or to the
details of "what is not working". Where do I find your specific question and details in this thread so far?
So, to get to the specifics, just what is your specific burn to DVD issue that is causing to you write. There are many points along there way
where you may be stuck in the process.
If you read my question you can see where I’m stuck now
What are you doing when you get stuck. Telling me burning to DVD is not going to help.
1. Do you know that after you edit your Timeline in the Edit area, you either go to Tools/Movie Menus or straight to Publish+Share/Disc/DVD disc?
2. If so, how far do you get? Is it that you do not know the path or that you get hit with a program crash or any error message in the Publish+Share/Disc/DVD disc task? Is that where we are non communicating, distinguishing between the two?
I am prepared to give you right on answers if you can zero in on your question and details.
I want you to succeed. So, please help me to help you.
All I see from you so far is
I have edited a video with Premiere Elements. Now I cannot find instructions how to Burn this edited video to DVD or Blu-Ray disc. I have rendered to edited video. Where do I find the instructions to burn the video to DVD and also to Blu-Ray disc. I am a beginner and I need detailed instructions please. Remember when you were a beginner? edokie
Looking forward to your follow up and a mutual understanding of your situation.
Thank you.
ATR

Hi, I made a slide show with music from 81 photos I downloaded from my camera. I would like to burn these to a blank DVD, but there appears to be no utility for export to a DVD for slide shows. Help. I want to distribute DVD copies to classmates

Hi, I made a slide show with music from 81 photos I downloaded to iphoto from my camera. I would like to burn the slide show to DVD, but can't make this happen. How do I go about doing this?

If the DVD is to play on a DVD Player, then Share -> Send to iDVD as iDVD is the only app that creates the correct file structure and format for this purpose.
If the DVD is just to hold the file, then Export to the desktop and burn with the Finder.
Regards
TD

Organizing & Titling Photos for CD/DVD Finder Burn

I want to provide PC friends with my individual photos. They are now organized within my iPhoto albums manually, to make a better presentation (i.e.not strictly chronologically), and each jpg is titled individually (like the name of a particular statue).
I need to Export & burn from the Finder, which I realize allows me to organize each file/album like this, but only if I preference that each photo will have the same name as its container album (Statues I Love) - in which case it numbers each photo after that title - e.g.Statues I Love.001, (etc.). But then each individual title is unknown to the viewer.
Is there a workaround or an additional helper program for me (iPhoto 6.06) that will allow me to pre-pend numbers to the individual titles of my photos? I was hoping that Graphic Converter or another would be useful.
iMac 2 GHz intel core duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Yes, export the photos, then drag the folders with the exported images into a burn folder. Then you get a data CD or DVD with just the images, organized in plain folders. You can easily access these images with your favorite tool or application.
If you use the "Burn" feature in iPhoto, you are creating a new iPhoto library with just the selected images. It it really meant only for use with iPhoto, and carries not only the images, but also your comments, albums, keywords, ratings, etc. It is not that useful for transfering images into another application, because the images files are not laid out nicely in plain folders.

Trying to burn a DVD for my mum to send her home photos

Through help in another forum I have made a slide show from my photos in iphoto (98 pics) and exported them to movies. I then (under advice) opened these in iDVD and tried burning them to a DVD+R disc (twice on separate occasions!) It takes a long time! Both times nothing has been burned to the disc even though it said it was burning. I may have missed some window comments as I wasn't there the whole time. I checked under system profiler that Mac OSX 10.4.11 and it seems that I can read DVD+R and DVD-R. What went wrong? Did I miss a crucial setting up stage? I have reinserted the disc into my computer and it says it's blank.
PS I have a Wharfedale M3 DVD player and on various review sites it says it will read anything. So I live in hope. My DVD+R disks are supermarket Tesco variety that says Technica, Bush, Alba, Daewoo, Goodmans, Matsui, Philips
Have I got the wrong DVD's?

It's always a good idea to buy good quality DVDs because lower quality discs often will have imperfections that increase playback errors. That said, it doesn't sound like the discs are the primary problem. Are you importing the movies or dragging into the menu button area (not drop zones)? What's the total length in time of your slideshows/movies? (under 60 min gets you max quality). It will take a long time to encode video depending on the speed of your processor.
Here are some general tips to increase the odds of successful burns:
Lots of memory helps; and you'll need 10-15 gigs of free space on your main hard drive for scratch space.
Buy good quality disks - I've seen recommendations for Maxell, Sony, Verbatim, TDK and a few others based on testing. I primarily use the first two and usually don't have trouble.
Give yourself lots of time.
Turn off your screen savers and energy savers; don't let your hard drive go to sleep.
Get your computer healthy and ready for some heavy lifting. (video work could be the hardest job your computer can do) I use MacJanitor (from VersionTracker.com) followed by Apple's DiskUtility's Repair Permissions.
Most of the time iDVD is working, it is encoding (compressing) your video to fit on the DVD. Create an image .img file (Save to Disc Image) and use Toast or Disk Utility to burn it to disk. Burn slower than the highest rated speed of your burner (eg. 1 or 2x on a 4x burner).
I keep my projects under 60 minutes (for highest resolution).
I import into iDVD rather than export from iMovie or iPhoto (fewer errors).
No other apps open.
Let it encode and burn while you go to bed; it can take awhile, esp. on older Macs.
If you use iDVD for burning the DVD (and don't make a disk image), don't quit iDVD even when the DVD is burned, until you've played the DVD in a regular player (it's much easier to burn another disk and check to see if the problem was a bad disk, than to go back through all that encoding again by quitting iDVD).
John

I have created an extensive slideshow w/music on my MacBook Pro iPhoto. How do I export a slideshow so that I can burn a DVD from it? "Help" does not offer info for this request, only if you want to export to another Apple device. Help!!!

I have created a lengthy slideshow with music on my MacBook Pro under Iphoto. What steps do I need to take in order to burn a DVD copy of this slideshow? "Help" does not offer info for this transaction, only if you want to export to another Apple device and it shows that you must first export to Itunes. Can anyone help me with information on just copying to a DVD? I don't want to email it or show it on another Apple device. I want to be able to burn multiple copies on DVDs as a gift...... Can it be done? I'm not real computer savvy

Connect the device to the computer.
In iTunes, select the content desired to sync.
Sync.
This is all described in the User's Guide, reading it may be a good place to start.

Once I've burned a DVD by exporting photos so a pc can read them, is there a way to view them in iPhoto full screen without having to open each one in preview?

Once I've burned a DVD by exporting photos so a pc can read them, is there a way to view them full screen on my Mac without having to open each one in preview?

You would have to import them to iPhoto, iPhoto cannot work with images that are not in its library.
You might try some of the other viewers out there.

Exporting photos & Burning a DVD-R

I have an album with some pics I'd like to send to a relative. I can't export the album - nothing happens. I have to make a slideshow first, then export the slideshow to a folder, insert a DVD-R, and
drag the folder to the DVD in the Finder. However the result is a QuickTime movie (of course, it's a
slideshow). How can I export the pics and burn a DVD so the result is not a movie. I just want to
view these pictures on my DVD player one-by-one. Does this make sense ?? Thankx for a quick reply........pfalcon.

You want to create a slideshow in iDVD.
Follow the directions by Smtr in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1017735&tstart=0

I created in iMovie, and extracted audio from one of the clips to use in the title sequence. All is well, export to iDVD and it plays OK, but when I burn the DVD the audio for the titles does not play. Any suggestions?

I created in iMovie, and extracted audio from one of the clips to use in the title sequence. All is well, export to iDVD and it plays OK, but when I burn the DVD the audio for the titles does not play. Any suggestions?

I am on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.6.7 running iMovie '11 and iDVD 7.1.1. Thanks for any input.

Photos for Os X: export / burn to dvd +/-

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