Save As Disc Image

I made a movie using iMovie5 and was unable to burn possibly there was a software glitch with iDVD5.
So I bought iLife6 and uploaded iMovie6 and iDVD6 only.
My movie's still on the hard drive and I'd like to proceed with iDVD6. I've read through several postings on these boards and know that I should Save As Disc Image before attempting a burn.
Three questions:
1. When I open iDVD6 one of the themes appears with an annoying ragtime music loop. Maybe I'll use the themes in the future, but right now I'd like to dispense with them. How can I turn the themes and the music loop off?
2. Using iDVD6 I created a new project for my existing movie. I clicked the Media button and noticed that my movie project is visible in the lower pane under Movies. That is as I expected. I played the project and all appears well. I detected no hitches. I then dragged and dropped the project into the Map pane, that is, into a box that has these words "Drag content here to automatically play when the disc is inserted." Question: Am I taking the right steps?
3. I then clicked iDVD>File>Save As Disc Image and got a drop down box saying "There were warnings during content validation. It is recommended to fix these problems before burning the project." What does that mean in plain English? There were no further indications as to the nature of the problems, so I don't know where they're located or what to fix. How do I proceed?
using the
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1. Select an Old Theme that doesn't have music and animation.
2. Yes. If you want it to loop endlessly, click on that file, go to Advanced/Loop.
3. You probably selected a theme with drop zones that you haven't filled. An image should encode OK if that's the case. It did for me when I didn't want to fill those DZs.
iDVD 6 Getting Started
Apple's iMovie Learning Site
Apple's iDVD Learning Site
General Learning Center
Ken Stone: Authoring in iDVD 6
My favorite, by far:
iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
You can download Chapter four: Camcorder Meets Mac.
iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual

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aloola,
Welcome to the iDVD forum!
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Make sure your chapter markers conform to these rules:
http://dvd.kentidwell.com/?page_id=53
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Try creating a new user and see if that user can "Save as Disk Image"
Is there a direct way to contact Apple support by email
No you call Applecare (by phone) if your Mac is still eligible.
http://www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html
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read these please:
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/21.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61636
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
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Pre edit:
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Hi b
1. I don't ever use "Share/Export to iDVD" from within iMovie. It renders and
destroys.
I drop my movie icon (with a Star on it) into the open iDVD theme window)
iDVD do the redering and so much better.
2. Deleting the pref file is always a good start:
iDVD
-->/Users/YourName**/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iDVD.plist
3. Free space on internal hard disk should read about 20 - 25Gb free.
4. I would start a new account / log into this / re-do the iDVD project but
this time by dropping in the movie icon.
Yours Bengt W

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Elizabeth

Problems With Disc Image

After I have finished my project, I choose to Save As Disc Image. From here I've been viewing my project using DVD Player. The problem is, when it plays back, there is one slide that I have deleted, but keeps showing up in playback and without a transition so it makes it look jerky. I don't know how to solve this. I've deleted and re-burned the project as a disc image 5 different times now, and I still have the same problem. Any ideas??

Hello...If this is a project that you did in iMovie first and then brought into iDVD, then this could be the problem.
If there was a transistion (sp?) before the slide in question, then you need to delete that trans. and you should the see the slide that keeps sneaking in. Once you have deleted those two items, you can then put your transistion in again and send to iDVD.

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