Quick dvd burn

I just bought iLife '08 and iMovie works incredibly with my hd camcorder. The only problem is to burn a playable dvd of the clips i took, i first have to import it into idvd. Then, I have to wait two hours for it to process the menus and everything. It only takes 20 minutes to actually burn it. Is there a way to burn a disc without any main menus? Just the footage.

that works well, but it still takes several hours to create the disc. after the first disc is burned, it only takes around 10 minutes to burn the second one. this is why i think that the menus are slowing the process down because idvd has to process the menus before they are burned the first time.
First disc takes hours because your movie has to be converted to MPEG2/PCM compression format. Rendering menus only requires a fraction of the time your movie takes to convert. Once the conversion is complete, the same data is used for additional burns without further conversions. That is why additional burns are so much faster.

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Quick DVD burning question

If I create a DVD folder in PE, can I simply burn the resulting VIDEO_TS folder to a data DVD and have it play in any DVD player that supports DVD-R? Do I need a blank AUDIO_TS folder?
This works fine with my DVD player, but I suspect it supports more "standards" than some older players.
Paul

Yes, I have Nero 6. I tried that..... I told it to burn a DVD compilation with the files from the VIDEO_TS folder that PE made. It burned the first one just fine. And then proceeded to burn four coasters. I have no idea why... I didn't even exit the program, just told it to burn more copies. I'm trying again at a lower speed... the burner supports 16X and burns the VIDEO_TS folder as-is to a data DVD just fine at 16X but I'm running at 12X to see what happens.
It is also possible I was trying to burn to the DVD imatge recorder, whatever that is. I just noticed that it shows up as a device and might be the default. Is it perhaps an ISO builder? If so, it was definitely burning to the DVD... the disk was spinning and the LED was accessing. But each time it stopped at about the 75% point with a burn error.
I tell ya, I can fix the OS if it breaks, I can do dual and triple boot, I can work in Linux, I can edit and burn audio. But PC video has me climbing the walls. Oh for the days when video was..... video. A little dot flying across a phosphor screen. And NTSC was the only way to go.
Well, lo and behold.... as I typed this, it completed the burn at 12X. Let's see if it can make a couple more copies.
OK, calm down, Paul.... not a PE problem as far as I can tell. Just ranting.... The DVD really does look good. I am quite pleased, even if it was frustrating getting here. maybe the next one will be heaps easier.
Paul

Simple quick dvd burn from prem?!?

Ive jst upgraded form cs3 to cs5. Im trying to burn a simple dvd directly from my timeline without a menu. Cs3 use to be so easy and did everthing with a click of a button.
Now in Cs5 seems to open encore and leave me there having no idea what to do.
I jst want to burn directly WITHOUT any menus soo its a direct play on my dvd player.
Whats the simplest way to do this????

k, i must be doing somthing wrong.
- In project window ive deleted the timeline.
- Then i drag a "blank menu" into the flow chart?
- I then tried holding down ALT and selecting the "sequence" from the project window and drag into the blank menun in flowchart. It doesnt work. I jst get Are u sure its ALT?

Need Video Capture Card and DVD Burner Quick!

Here's my situation. I've created some movie titles in iMovie and have no way to get them from my Macintosh to my DVD/VCR to incorporate them in a tape I'm making. I need it like NOW as a lot of people are waiting for copies of the tape!
For some time I've wanted a device called a video capture card. It has the ability to play videos on your computer and you can print out images from them. What I want to do is make DVDs of my VHS home movies. I did learn you can't just walk into any local store and buy such a device; it must be ordered.
Desperation is a great motivator and finally (duh) I decided to look at a site specializing in Macintosh products, instead of studying every capture card online. Surprisingly, they offer three models: one cheap ($50-some), one at twice the price of the first, and a third at ten times the price of the second! That's quite a jump! Here's the middle one, which they claim is the best on the planet: http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~197329.asp
So, as I understand this, I somehow connect this device to my computer (Power Mac G4), hook a VCR to it, and then I can play videotapes on my computer. If I'm in a desperate hurry to burn DVDs I suppose my friend's DVD player will also connect to this device, or am I wrong in this?
Even if I am right (that a DVD player/burner will connect to this) I still don't see how that gives ME a DVD burner with which to transfer my videos to DVD! My combo player will make videos from DVDs but not the other way around! So do I have to run out and buy a DVD burner, and should it be any special kind since it will be used with a device connected to a Macintosh? I need this ASAP so thanks for any advice, or clarification to my understanding of how this process works!

Cornelia,
Lennart's links are very good and informative. But one thing you should know is that an external DVD burner will not play a DVD - it only burns them. Since you want to view the DVD and pause at a particular scene and print it, you'll need some way to view your DVD. You also need a way to convert the iMovie project with the imported VHS footage, to a burnable format. iDVD can do that, but I noticed you have OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). If you don't have iDVD you'll need to buy it from the Apple store.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70901/wo/u13Sbz1 DQJRc2kZnHbi1QKZybZA/1.0.19.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3 or you can buy Roxio Toast 7, but toast is much more expensive. For Toast go to: http://www.roxio.com/
You also need a media player so you can view your final DVD. I did some quick research and found out that none of the free media players allows you to print - which is what you want to do. There are quite a few free media players available, like Nice player and Xine Player, but you need Panther or higher to use them. Because you're running OS X 10.2, the only free media player that you can use is VLC media player. To download a free VLC player go to: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ You do need QT 6.5.2. or higher. So you may need to update your QT.
You can't print a paused image, but you can take a snap shot of the still image, then print that. Snap Shot=CommandShift4. This will allow you to select the paused picture in the screen, or if you like just a portion of that paused picture. It will save on your desktop as a picture. Double click on the Picture, then print that.
Then it sounds like after you've burned the DVD with your titles, you will need to connect a VHS recorder to a DVD player and record your DVD on to VHS tape.
Good Luck,
JAM
iMac G5 2.0 GHZ 1.5 RAM, 250 internal HD, 160 ext. HD Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Intel iMac SuperDrive (Matshita DVD-R UJ-846) DVD Burning Problems

Hi there:
Having a strange problem burning DVD's now. I have a January '06 intel iMac Core Duo 2ghz, 2GB RAM. My DVD burner suddenly no longer will burn DVD's. When I put in a blank DVD-R, it just spins for a bit then spits it out, no prompt or error message. When I put in a blank DVD+R or DVD-RW, it gives me the usual prompt that a blank DVD has been inserted and asks how to handle it. But when I try to burn, it opens the session, then quickly finishes the session (without any burning) and spits the disc out with an error that burning failed because of an inability to calibrate laser power level for the media. Sometimes it says due to a media error. It also will not read a previously burned DVD data disc, including the OS install DVD that came with the computer. It will however, read and play movie DVD's, and also reads and burns CD-R's with no issues.
I've tried the following fixes with the following results:
1) Change media. Have tried several different types and different brands. No success.
2) Burn DVD's from an external firewire DVD burner. Works fine.
3) Hardware Test via the install DVD (on the external firewire burner). No problems found.
4) Did a fresh install of the Tiger OS onto an external firewire hard drive, booted from that, and tried to burn. No success.
5) Tried burning from Disk Utility and Finder. No success.
6) Put a cleaning CD into the drive and let it run. Still no success after.
System profiler says the drive is ready to burn CDs and DVDs. CDs work, DVDs don't.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this and how to fix?
Thanks!
--Equus

If you guys did a search on the optical drives you'll discover that they have a rather extensive
history for failure. the failing optical drive process starts off rather slowly and worsens over time.
You could replace the internal optical drive but rather than performing surgery on your Imac
you would be better off going with an external optical drive.
If your IMac is still under warranty you can have it replace but I would still pick up an external
as well, I have read a couple of threads where even after having the internal replace the same issue
happened yet again.
I ordered a LaCie that does rather well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P5C9S0/ref=oss_product
I did however discover a couple of minor issues with my LaCie...
1) When the mounts a disc , for some reason the mechanical ejection button
on the face of the enclosure is disabled. This is not a major issue right click and eject or, drag the
icon into the trash
2) if you are wanting to lightscribe be sure to go to the LaCie website and download the latest
lightscribe app, the one that came with mine was out of date and did not work in Mac OSX 10.6
3) My lightscribed DVD's had a problem , the images where filled with rings from the center of the
disc out, I have discovered this is due to calibration , Amazon has shipped me a new Lacie that
I have sitting in a box next to me, I have not had a chance to test out the new unit yet.
You may also look at OWC's optical drives
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/
Either way make sure that you go with an optical drive with Firewire.
James

Internal and external DVD burner ?

Hi all, have a general question, currently have a HP ProBook 6455b, obviously has an internal DVD burner.. I am looking to add an external DVD burner...is this possible to run an internal and external at the same time? would I need additional burning software? Burning is quite slow takes over an hr to burn one DVD, currently using Windows DVD burner because it is simple and effective.. or should I just use another program that is quicker? any ideas or suggestions on fast burning programs? thanks you guys are the best!

You're very welcome.
I have never burned a movie with mine but I have burned large 3+ GB ISO images using CD Burner XP, and it takes just a few minutes.
Now, if you mean can you insert a disk in one drive, and copy that disk via the other drive using the same program set to copy or grab disk, that should be possible.
It should show one drive as the one to copy from and one to copy to, just like if you had two DVD drives in a desktop PC.
If you are asking can you simultaneously burn two different files on two different burners using the same program at the same time, that I have no clue. I guess you would have to try it and find out. You would open the program and burn one file to a disk and open the program again and burn another file to the other DVD burner. If the program won't let you open two instances of it at the same time, then you probably could open a different DVD burning program such as the one I posted above and use that to burn the other files with.
Paul

Pros And Cons Of Using An External USB 2.0/FW DVD Burner ?

This is not entirely an iDVD query, though iDVD is the proram that will be using the DVD burner most. (I have also posted it on the iMac forum but received no response yet and iDVD users are likely to be more knowledgeable about DVD burning).
I intend to get an iMac when the next Leopard version is introduced.
However, I am not keen on slot loading CD/DVD burners as I once had a thicker than normal CD jam temporarily. Also I feel there is more potential for scratching and a few months ago I read that the mechanism used was comparatively flimsy and only good for a couple of hundred burns. I must stress that I don't know how accurate that last statement is?
So I have been toying with the idea of getting a cheap (LaCie) USB 2.0 or FW DVD burner to save wear and tear on the internal iMac mechanism.
If anyone could answer these questions I would be grateful:-
1. The USB 2.0 and FW versions have identical performance specs and the FW model costs nearly twice as much. So has the USB 2.0 burner got any disadvantages? (I already have Toast8).
2. Would they work as quickly and efficiently as the internal iMac burner ? (I realise I would have to convert my projects to disk images first).
3. Could I use them to install/reinstall the OS - should that ever be required ?
I am keen to know of any other advantages or disadvantages that I may have overlooked.
Ian.

I am posting this info, provided by Karsten, for the benefit of anyone else who may be contemplating making their own Firewire DVD Burner :-
"Although I have done car maintenance and general household DIY I have never attempted anything with computers," was my comment.
Karsten's reply was:-
........then, this is really a no-brainer for YOU.. me too just a Tim Allan guy/Home Improvement ..
first, open the fw-case, which is usually 4-6 small Philips screws on the bottom (back?) ... the innards then 'slide out', on the back or front, depending on case; some cases split in top/bottom half...
your DVDburner has two 'connectors - a smaller one for power, a very large (60? pins) one for 'data' .. be careful with this one..
ok: connect the power-cable within the case (mostly needs a strong push).. connect the data-/ATA cable to drive.. the plug has a 'nose', so no wrong connection possible, or you push real hard = kaputt ...
that large one has to be placed 'symmetrically'.. don't bend the many pins.. just work slowly and carefully.. easy...
ahh, forgot to mention: INSIDE are two 'slides'.. use 2-4 screws to fix the drive within the case (you find the screws usually in the package.. of the case AND of the drive.. )
close case, ...
... = 10min job, in case you have to brew an Espresso meanwhile..

Portege R100: Problems with Lacie USB2.0 CD/DVD Burner

Hello all, this is my first post here.
I will most likely be a regular here as i have just purchased an R100.
I'm having some trouble with an external drive i purchased specifically for the R100,
its a Lacie CD / DVD burner, model number: 300819EK.
This unit can be powered by AC or by using two usb ports.
I'm using two usb ports.
The R100 recognises the Lacie, and in the device manager list, the drive is then
listed, but it is listed as a Toshiba drive.
I'm assuming this Toshiba drive is the external drive you could purchase to use
with the R100.
The Lacie drive does work, but it seems the R100's preloaded CD / DVD
drivers are conflicting somehow and is making using the drive very hit and miss.
It often gets to around 20% of an install then hangs.
Is there an alternative driver i can download that i can overwrite the toshiba
drivers with?
Being so close to having the Lacie 100% functional means there is obviously a
way of overcoming the problems.
Hope you guys/gals can shed some light on this for me.
Thank you.

Hello Larry
You will be very lucky if anyone will be able to give you some precise explanation about that. I can just tell you the follow: the fact is that this model is created and tested to work with compatible Toshiba external devices. Because of that Toshiba built in all necessary drivers into preinstalled operating system. It should help fast and quick drive recognition and also installation.
It does not mean you MUST use Toshiba drives. Of course you can use what you want but only problem can be when you try to install OS. Toshiba recovery image contains drivers for Toshiba drives and recovery procedure will work without any problem because the external ODDs will be recognized immediately.
I recommend you to visit Lacie support page and check if you can find some driver there. Toshiba has nothing to do with it if you use some third part product.
It often gets to around 20% of an install then hangs sorry but I didnt understood what you want to say with it and what you mean with 20%. Second part of your posting is very confusing and I really dont know what you want to say.
Bye

Getting an External CD/DVD Burner to Work Properly

Hello! This is a little bit of a tricky problem, but hopefully you can help me fix it.
I have a (very old) 15' Macbook Pro which I've upgraded with an SSD and OS X 10.6.8. The only problem I'm currently having is getting an external CD/DVD burner to work correctly.
The CD/DVD drive on the computer itself is broken (it will not load CDs), but it is powered and makes noise when I press the eject button. As such, I went out and bought this external drive.
The drive works properly- I was even able to use it to boot from my install CD and use disk utility to create a backup of my computer. CDs/DVDs loaded into it are recognized and work perfectly.
The issue I have is that the unit will not burn CDs. I've tried using both the native iTunes burner and my copy of Toast Titanium to burn CDs, but it never works properly. Whenever I try, the external unit spins up, the progress bar starts moving.... and eventually an error message comes up. Whenever I use Toast I can select the drive to use, but it seems to be automatically overriding whatever I select and trying to get the internal (broken) drive to burn the CD, since the internal drive starts making noise. Additionally, whenever I check the CDs I tried to burn, nothing has actually been done and the CDs still show up as being blank.
My question is- are there any settings in OS X that would disable the internal drive and get the external drive to properly burn CDs? Thanks!

Ah! Yeah, I didn't even see that- thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately, my Macbook only has one USB port on each side, and the cable on the external drive won't reach. I have a USB hub I've been using, but I suspect the unit isn't getting enough power with that on there since it spins up, the disc will mount, and then quickly disappear. I think I'll try and hunt down an extended USB cord or something.
I also contacted Amazon about trying to find a proper DC adapter for the unit, but they couldn't help me at all.

DVD burning without sound.

Hi all...
I made a slideshow for my brothers lacrosse banquet using I movie and I dvd both version 6.0.4 on a MacBook Pro with Leopard. It worked fine and it looks great. It has various songs running through it and it has worked every time i have previewed it and everything. I have been using I movie and Idvd for about a year now so i am fairly experienced but i have recently run into an issue. When i imported the imovie file to the idvd menu it worked fine. I added sound to the dvd menu and it worked fine. after it was all set, i burned one copy onto a dvd and the sound in the menu and the imovie slideshow i created both worked fine. however, later on, (and i have to burn 70 of these) the sound stopped working in the imove file/slideshow. the sound still plays in the menu, but of the 65 i had burned, only 10 or so have the sound working in the actual show. I dont know why this is happening. I let it render all the menus and everything the first time, and then after that the little window popped up and said, if you want to burn another disc insert it now, so i did that for the rest of the 60 or so. What can I do to fix this, i know i will have to reburn them, but why does the sound only work SOMETIMES. I really need to fix this and quick so that I can get these all burned before the banquet. I would really like to avoid messing with the slideshow due to the fact it has around 400 pictures and 8 different chapters. Besides, the first one worked fine, as do some of the others.
I guess i want to know why the sound on the menu always works, but the sound in the movie only works sometimes, and when it doesnt work, none of the music in the show works, it isnt just one song. What can I do to fix this? Please help me ASAP!!!! Thank you so much

MileinWg,
Try using a DVD-R disk instead of a + R. There seems to be less problems burning with -R disks, and they are said to be compatible with more DVD players.
The fact that you can get some good burns (even one) indicates that iDVD did its job correctly and the encoding is O.K. Likewise the problem appears not to be content related or you wouldn't be getting any good burns. So I think the problem is with your media, or perhaps you are low on free hard Disk space. It takes an absolute minimum of 5GB of disk space to burn a disk, and 15GB or more would be better. It is also possible that your DVD burner is malfunctioning sporadically, or needs cleaning, but I would first try changing your media to DVD-R and using good quality disks like Verbatim, Maxell, or HP. Also, shut down all other programs while burning, including your screen saver -- basically, restart your computer before starting the burning process.

HELP... From "Its the same all over again"...PE won't recognize my DVD Burner

Hi Guys,
I am sitting with my computer repair guy. We have beaten my Dell Precision 340 desktop to death in an attempt to try to understand why its not recognizing its DVD burner. It started with the old Sony burner I had prior, but since it was old and very slow I took this opportunity to upgrade to a new higher speed Samsung DVD burner.
So we removed the old, put in the new did anti virus tests, tried the Microsoft patch found here, and so far nothing. Its as simple as in PE the little cautionary yellow triangle comes up and says "DVD burner not detected" and the "rescan" button is greyed out and not an option I have.
Its as complex as in when we try to burn ANYTHING through the desktop drag and drop its then shows as a CD drive once the blank disc is inserted, and not a burner, of any type!!
It will however burn a disc through NERO, but I have to save the project and then burn it from it stored location on the hard drive.
This of course eliminates many of the assets of the program that I desire.
I need any and all help you can give. Computer guy and I are at a total loss.
Thanks in advance,
~Emily

Thanks for the quick replies!!!
Sadly we have read all you mentioned and for the last week NERO hasn't been installed and all components were removed and double and triple checked that they were'nt within a country mile of the computer.
We just know from testing that Nero will allow it to burn.
We did try everything you have already linked.
We did try the registry fix listed her: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/171067-32-drive-drive-detected
Nothing.
This is going above our collective heads and we're starting to dream up ways to a.) fix it and b.) destroy it all in a magnificent display of pyrotechnics!!!
HELP!!
~Emily

DVD Burner and Keyboard

I just ordered a Mac Pro with one optical superdrive. I wanted to know the possibility of putting my old DVD burner in the second bay. The door looks strange, so I wasn't sure if anyone had any luck installing a third-party burner in there.
Also, I currently have a microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse for my PC. Since I will be using Vista on this machine as well, what are the odds of using this keyboard for my mac pro also?
Thanks,
Toby

This does not sound good - to me, it sounds like the enumeration of your devices is corrupt in the registry - caused during the power failure.
If you can get to Microsoft System Restore, use it to go back to a few days time before before the outage ocurred.
If that doesn't work, thenHP recovery is my suggestion.
... an HP employee expressing his own opinion.
Please post rather than send me a Message. It's good for the community and I might not be able to get back quickly. - Thank you.

Any Experience with LaCie Slim DVD burner?

Hi~
i'd like to buy this external Slim LaCie's dvd burner...
but while reading the techSpec lines, i realized that , apparently, it does not require an extra power source, though it is via FireWire...
so i'd like to know how it works on PowerBooks or any other older Macs...
thanks for ur comments...

Whilst I do not have direct experience of the DVD burner you have mentioned, I use both external desktop and portable burners.
The portable variety, like the LaCie, can be host-powered when connecting via FireWire though the drive may also come with a power adapter. Usually they include a copy Roxio Toast to do the burning. Whilst portable burners are not going to be as quick as desktop models, it should still be reasonably quick.
If you want ultimatee speed at the lowest price then a desktop model is better - you can probably buy several desktop burners for the price of one portable equivalent.
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Best DVD burning program

Well, since BURN doesn't work with Mavericks anymore, and iDVD isn't around (as far as I know), has anyone got any recommendations on a a good (preferably free, or maybe inexpensive) DVD burning program?
thanks
John B

a quick followup:
went out and bought toast. tried to encode video DVD from mpeg-4 files, which seems to go okay, then when it goes to burn the DVD it gives me something about a "sense error" , says 'sorry, the dvd couldn't be created" and then that's it. I'm using Verbatim AZO DVD-R's which used to work for me okay. Hmmm---maybe bad batch??
I have a stock dvd burner in my Mac Pro
other relevant stuff (or not) OS: 10.9.3, Ram: 10 gig, HD space: 4 TB, video card sapphine HD7950 3 gig VRAM
well, that's it...I'm stumped for right now....any help appreciated
thanks
JB

Installed a second DVD burner. Drive doors opened up randomly

Hi All,
This is a quick one.
Anyway, I'm looking to install a second DVD burner on my machine. I'd like one with LightScribe capability.
I once tried this before. It was back in the fall and I don't quite remember what type of drive it was. I bought it retail at Best Buy here in the US.
Anyway, I installed it, and then when I fired my machine up the drives kind of went crazy. They bays/trays kept opening, sometimes seemingly at random.
So, I know I'm light on the details here, but does anyone have an idea as to why this happened? Has something similar happened to anyone else?
Thanks,
Robert
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If the second drive jumper is set to Master (most drives are shipped with that setting) you will have problems. Set it to CS (Cable Select). With the correct jumper setting, Eject will open the top drive, Option-Eject the lower.

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