Purchase DVD Studio Pro 3

I have DVDSP2 but would like to have DVDSP3 for the dual layer burning capability. I am still running OS 10.2.8 (Yeah, I know, but, "if it ain't broke don't fix it".)
My Problem is I can't find an upgrade to DVDSP3. eBay has only 1 for $399 which is insane. (I missed an auction by one day where DVDSP2 & DVDSP3 bundled was sold for $151.)
Can anyone out there direct me to an DVDSP3 upgrade at a reasonable price.
Thanks

Try MegaMacs here in Tulsa Oklahoma.
They list all the time on Dealmac.com and other sites,
often offering past versions, upgrades, and cross grades
to Apple OS or Apple Software.
http://www.megamacs.com

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HT1338 i purchased dvd studio pro and im trying to install it but when i go to click continue it gives me this "you cant open the application gestalt tool becasue powerpc applications are no longer supported" what does that mean and how can i fix this ?

i purchased dvd studio pro and im trying to install it but when i go to click continue it gives me this "you cant open the application gestalt tool becasue powerpc applications are no longer supported" what does that mean and how can i fix this ?

I note this information from Wikipedia: "DVD Studio Pro was a high-end software tool published by Apple Inc. to allow users to create DVD masters to be sent out for replication at production houses. Its tight integration with other Apple applications allows users to take Final Cut Pro and Motion projects and render them into the DVD format without encoding to intermediary formats. This streamlines the production workflow and reduces overhead."
If that is your intent, finding a substitute program that will run on your Mac may not be as efficient. Others can advise you on alternatives, or you can post a new thread specifically with that question.
BTW: what Mac and what version of OS X?
If it is important to you to continue to use DVD Studio Pro, consider the option of installing Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels on your Mac:
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions are here.

DVD Studio Pro 4 Templates

Help!!! Where can I purchase DVD Studio Pro 4 Templates

If you mean the ones included with DVD SP 4, they are part of the software, otherwise google:
"DVD Studio Pro Templates"

DVD Studio Pro 4 (a stand alone product)? Need advice purchasing BD authoring software

According to Wiki, DVD STUDIO PRO-4 came with the "creative suite" that was discontinued by Apple in 2006.
In 2003-2005 I used DVD Studio Pro-2. That was THEN.
Now I have now an overkill PowerMac G5, FCPX, and Compressor-4.   My question is what software can I purchase that will burn BLU-RAY disks and give me some menues like DVD Studio Pro?
Thanks
-Dale

Okay, I remember the days back in 2003 when using FCP4, DVD Studio2, and Compressor2 there was lots of hoopla about creating great videos -- then (at that time) Apple had no respectable DVD player software -- now (Lion) has DVD player.
In like manner, we have all this hoopla about FCPX, Compressor4, Motion5 --- and no Blu-Ray (BD) authoring software.   If Apple is worth its salt and has their marketing folks read these forums, seems like SOMEBODY would finally GET IT.   This is like building a Rolls Royce without a muffler.
Well, I've answered my own question.   I purchased TOAST-11 to read MTS files to discover it also authors BD. By clicking "create BD disk" you'll be prompted to purchase & download a $20 plugin.   Does a GREAT job with menus. Just drag your video & audio files (from compressor) and that's it.
BTY- all the "stink" around FCPX about not being able to import MTS files from disk (this is like building a Ferrari without a gas tank). Tom W gave a great suggestion to use a product called CLIPWRAP ($50). So I bought it (converts MTS to MOV without data loss).

Problems downloading the new DVD Studio Pro update.

Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem/message when trying to download the new DVDSP update?;
'You appear to have already downloaded the DVD Studio Pro update.'
This also happened on the last updates that were released.
There is a workaround that I know of that I had to use last time but it seems strange that this is occuring. Has anyone else had any issues with this update (or the last for that matter)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as Apple Tech would not help me because I am on a Volume Licence and the Apple Store that I purchased it through has not given me any help.
Thanks
Carlo

I can get around this problem by using software update to download the updates and then use the downloaded file to update the machines but I would really like the ability to download the updates as a standalone dmg file.
I am running 20 systems on an airport network that will freeze up if I do the updates online the best i can do is 3 at once to avoid serious lag.
Being able to download them seperately was always my first choice so i could update the machines regardless of being conected to the net or not. The workaround that I am using only downloads the package file and it seems there is the possibility of them being corrupted or damaged over time (moving from server to drives to media to computers etc).
I still want to know why it thinks I have downloaded them already, it doesn't make any sense.

How do I obtain DVD Studio Pro....Only in $1,299 version of Final Cut Pro?

I am new to the Mac world. I have been doing some video editing and DVD authoring on a PC using Easy Media Creator and Nero. I wanted to be able to create more professional looking productions so I purchased my iMac. I have used the iMovie app but it seems very 'limited'. I was told that DVD Studio Pro is what I needed for DVD authoring.
Do I need to purchase the $1,299 version of Final Cut Pro in order to get this software? I have not been able to find it as a solo purchase item.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated...

Apple hasn't offered that as a standalone product since January 2006. You may want to look at third-party software.
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IDVD vs DVD Studio Pro

Please help! I've heard talk that it's better to burn DVDs using DVD Studio Pro than iDVD? Is that true?
I'm asking because I worked on a project that was distributed to over 200 people. Out of those 200 discs, about 30 of them were returned because they skipped, restarted or just didn't play on some DVD players.
I've gone back to the drawing board and made the following changes using iDVD before burning more copies of my project:
1) Purchased Taiyo Yuden 8x discs
2) Changed the burning speed to 1x
3) Changed burning option from Pro Quality to Best Performance
I've also heard that the reason High or Pro Quality isn't a good choice for burned discs to play on standard DVD players is because the Mac burns the disc at too high of a bitrate. Is this true? Either way, should I worry about iDVD not producing a good quality disc vs using DVD Studio Pro?
Help!!!!

hey there Luis,
i doubt that iDVD was the problem since 85% of your DVDs worked. it could be that some of the players were to old to play they type of discs burned. some older DVD players may not like any flavor of recordable DVD, some just may not like DVD+R, preferring the older DVD-R standard. i've used iDVD since iLife 03 & had 3 that wouldn't work on customers players, but that got resolved with customers getting newer players made since 2003/2004. w/out knowing your individual customers DVD players, you may not not hit 100% compatibility.
DVD SP is a much more complicated app than iDVD, but they essentially do the same thing-allow the user to author & burn movies & photo slide shows to recordable DVD media. DVD SP allows for more interactivity & more types of content to be applied in authoring a DVD, such as a game or web site-like "Harry Potter & Sorcerer's Stone" DVD, as such it is more difficult for novices. it has a pretty steep learning curve just like Apple's other Pro Apps & is only available w/ FCS1 or FCS2, also pretty expensive.

Major Problem with audio from Final Cut to DVd Studio Pro

I am posting this problem again because no further responses have been received regarding my first post. I purchased an MR-HD100 Firestore device from Focus Enhancements. When I use clips from it alone or with other clips created by digitizing from min DV tape on a sequence or timeline the audio works fine in Final Cut. When I import any type of file and believe me I have been trying all kinds of suggestions and wasting almost a dozen DVDs. Whether it be a Final Cut QT file, going straight to compressor and producing an MPEG-2 file and a dolby audio file .ac3 importing them into DVD SP and making the adjustments that MR. Harbsmeier suggested DIAL NORM at -31dbfs and COMPRESSION MODE to NONE, as well as the suggestion to make an aif file with the audio and importing it into DVD SP as well as the video. I get the same result with every try, the clips made with the firestore are so low you cannot hear them. NOTHING WORKS!!!!. And yes I have tried making a DVD with just digitized footage and yes it turned out fine. I called Apple support today and that gentlemen basically told me I am out of warranty so phone help was not available. However, he made a suggestion of changing sequence presets in Final Cut which has now developed into another problem. I have messed up my settings so bad I don't know where I am I can't LOG & CAPTURE in the manner I used to ???? Could someone please advise as to why this problem exists and the correction to resolve it. I do not understand why the audio works fine playing the sequence on the timeline in Final Cut. It plays fine after making a Final Cut QT file. AND it plays fine in simulation mode in DVD Studio Pro. However after you burn a DVD the audio from the firestore clips are not to be heard unless you crank up the speakers or TV to it's maximum level and you can barely make it out. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME Projects are stacking up and was really hoping to go tapeless

Try building the project to your desktop and then open the Video_TS in the Mac DVD player application.
How does it play/sound? This application is the best way to see and hear how your burned DVD should play vs. just using simulator and burning.
Just to clarify- are you taking your FC QT file into Compressor and creating a MPG-2 and AC3 file or are you bringing your FC QT directly into DSP?
What codec are you exporting from FC? ProRes422, DV, H264?
Open the FC QT in QT and apple+I to see this.
What does it say for audio?

DVD Studio Pro upgrade

Is it possible to upgrade from DVD Studio Pro 2.0.5 to DVD Studio Pro 4 without having to purchase the full version of Final Cut Pro Studio?

There is just no way of upgrading from were you are, to the new FCP suite, without purchasing the full FCP 2 Suite.
Your only chance at an upgrade would be on Ebay, that is selling and older FCP suite. http://cgi.ebay.com/Final-Cut-Studio-Pro-5_W0QQitemZ220130748924QQihZ012QQcatego ryZ80245QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Be ware, this is the academic version, and therefore can not be used for commercial purposes, (making money) strickly for use in and academic environment.
The seller mention the Apple crossgrade, but that is no longer available from Apple, what you see is what you get.

DVD Studio Pro

i recently purchased final cut pro 7 from a store, and it came with Dvd studio pro, wich is what i was mainly needing, cuz i bought final cut pro x already, butwhen i upgraded to Lion, DVDSP does not work, it says that it does not support PowerPC applications. what does this mean? and why does it not work on Lion?

I just burned a dvd in DVDSP on My MBP yesterday with Lion Installed. FCS3 Is a ppc/intel unversal program it should work fine... Did you try updating under the apple menu?

Individual DVD Studio Pro 4

Is there any way to purchase/acquire just Dvd Studio Pro without the entire Final Cut Package? All my iLife programs are sufficient for what I am doing except for iDVD which isn't flexible enough. I have DVD Studio Pro 2 but it doesn't work on my current Intel MacBook Pro. If there is a way to get the isolated version would an educational discount be available?
Thank you.

Unfortunately this is not possible. You'd have to buy the whole suite. I forget the exact educational price but it's not vastly cheaper than the retail version - the discount is only about $100 or so.

Will DVD Studio Pro 2 work with Quicktime 7.1.2?

Greetings all ~
Recently purchased a secondhand (and legal!) copy of DVD Studio Pro to run on my G4 iMac running OS 10.3.9. The primary purpose is to burn occasional DVDs of short movie files I'm creating which are visually simple, but have surround sound audio imported from Deck.
When I went to install DVDSP2, I moved too fast and took the manual's advice of updating to the latest version of QT - in this case QT 7.1.2. But the key for QT that came with DVDSP2 is, I discovered, for use with QT6. And as I've learned from other threads, QT 7.1.2 appears to be the only version of QT for which Apple has not made available an uninstaller allowing you to revert to an early version of QT.
From those threads, it appears that one answer is to backup and reinstall OS 10.3.9 with its earlier verison of QT. I'd much much much rather avoid this given all the software I'd need to reinstall.
It would be well worth it to me to pay the $30 to upgrade and get a key to QTPro 7.1.2 — if I knew that it would work with DVDSP2. But from another (unanswered) thread, it looks like there may be compatibility issues.
So ...does anyone know definitively whether or not DVDSP2 will run properly with QT7.1.2 on OS 10.3.9?
Thanks in advance for any help!
imac g4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) also run certain programs in OS 9.2.2. Run versions of ProTools on both systems, use Deck (for surro

Gary ~
Many thanks for this quick and helpful response. Unfortunately, that uninstaller doesn't seem to work with QT 7.1.2 ... it says it "will remove QuickTime 7.0.1" and when I try it on 7.1.2, which I now have, it tells me "You cannot install this software on this volume. This disk is dimmed because it does not contain an appropriate version of QuickTime."
Any other thoughts? Is my only option to reinstall 10.3.9 with its earlier version of QuckTime?
Thanks again ...
-D
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Getting Chapters from IDVD to DVD Studio Pro

I have a video that must be paused after chapter segments by user and have found that I need to use DVD studio pro which I purchased today with no knowledge of how it works. Post just today explains that.
I built an entire movie with transitions, audio and chapters iniDVD and Now I would like to get those chapter markers into DVD studio pro. Do i have to first export to Final Cut and then export to DVD Studio.
I have made a quicktime movie that when viewed in Quicktime shows all the chapters(31 in all).
Is there a better way to do this than manually find each time points and adding markers in dvd pro?
Secondly, once i get those markers in DVD studio, can i create a pause and next function as one whole movie or do they need to be separate items(term).
Thansk for any guidance.

If you added Chapter Markers in Final Cut Pro, then you are all set. In FCP, Export a QuickTime Movie and when the dialog box opens make sure your Markers are set to "DVD Studio Pro Markers".
If you added Chapter Markers in iDVD, then you are out of luck. You have to do it all over again. You could add Chapter Markers in DVD SP, but I recommend doing it in FCP.

DVD Studio Pro 4; Nothing works

Hi Gang,
I just installed the latest universal version of FC Studio HD on my 8-core Mac Pro and NOTHING works. I fire up DVD Studio Pro and I can't open a new project (I click on new project yet nothing happens) I can't open up old projects (I browse to them and try to open and nothing happens) and MOST of the menus in DVD Studio Pro 4 are greyed out (I assume they are greyed out because I don't have a project open because I can't open a project)
I'm running OSX Sdervder 10.4.9 with latest patches
5Gb Ram
and DVD Studio Pro 4 version 4.1.2
My old version of FC Studio HD (Power PC version) worked just fine on my 8-core in emulation mode.
Final Cut, and all the other programs in FC Studio HD appear to be working just fine... except DVD Studio Pro.
I saw a post here with someone who had this exact problem but there was no response for a solution even though the post was "answered"
Any help would be much appreciated.
Joe

I'm sorry... I should have been more clear.
I installed the PPC apps because that's all I had after I sold my G5 and purchased this new Mac Pro.
The PPC apps worked just fine on my Mac Pro.
I obtained a crossgrade for the universal application FC2 Studio HD
I deleted the PPC version
I installed the Universal App version
Everything worked except DVD Studio Pro and Compressor.
I deleted and reinstalled compressor and it worked.
I reinstalled DVD studio pro without deleting it... and it didn't work.
Now for the good news...
I deleted DVD Studio Pro, then re-installed it, and it now works.
I did the software upgrade on DVD Studio Pro... and it still works.
Problem solved!!!
In order to get it working... I had to delete the existing install completely... and then JUST install DVD Studio Pro (from the list of applications that come with FC Studio HD).
Hope if someone else runs into this problem; this post helps.
Thanks for your time everyone!
Joe

DVD Studio Pro download

Hi there,
is there any way to download or buy DVD Studio Pro alone, without Final Cut studio. I already have Final CUt express, But I'ld be very interested in DVD Studio pro. Thanks for your help.
w2006

You an probably find older copies of DVDSP on ebay. But the current version is available for purchase from apple only as part of the FC Suite.

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