Scene selection freezes burned dvd

Hello,
I recently burned an iDVD project that was about an hour long. The finished burned dvd plays on a dvd player when I press play from the menu. However, when I try to go to the scene selection sub menu I created, it will not work. In fact, when I try to go to a specific scene, the whole dvd freezes up in the dvd player. Any ideas on how to try burning the iDVD project so that the finished product has a working scene selection? Thanks as always.

Hi
+If I was unable to produce a successful disc image with a working scene selection (the freezing happened when I played the image too), does that mean I have a bigger issue than just Memorex vs. Verbatim? I have a feeling that even if I buy the Verbatim, the scene selection will freeze because it froze on the disc image anyway.+
YES. If the DiskImage don't work. Don't burn it onto DVDs.
The problem is in the process to make the DVD in iDVD.
eg using .avi movie files, .mp3 sound etc.
a. secure a minimum of 25Gb free space on internal (start-up) hard disk
(other ones of no importance)
b. Versions of Mac OS, iDVD and QuickTime (important) up to date
c. Material to build DVD from only.
• streamingDV (video+audio)
• .aiff (audio eg from audio-CDs)
• .jpg (photos - I use this)
Nothing else - convert it to match
d. START a new iDVD project and make Your DVD-design and then a DiskImage
e. Test this with Apple DVD-player
Does it work - burn it with either
• iDVD
• Disk Util tool (set down speed)
(• Roxio Toast™ (set down speed))
Yours Bengt W

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This is one of the most embarrassing omissions in FCP X. There is no proper facility to add chapter markers and export them with your movie.
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Can Compressor output a disc image properly? That could be burned with Disc Utility.
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Then - the rest of trouble shooting
• free space on Start-Up hard disk. How Much ? (others of no interest)
• corrupted preference file
• error in Permissions or on Hard disk
• versions of Mac OS + iDVD + QuickTime - missmatch
see my general notes on this.
Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows.
• Delete iDVD pref. file - or rather start a new user/account - log into this and re-try
iDVD pref. file resides.
Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences
and is named.
com.apple.iDVD.plist
While iDVD is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iDVD.
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb
• Disconnect all external hard disks and try - FireWire, USB/2, AirPort or Net-work connected.
To work OK I prefer FireWire AND it must be Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - WILL NOT DO for video - neither for iMovie or FinalCut or iDVD any version ! This also includes any USB-memory sticks.
• Hard disk is untidy. Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple’s Disk Utilities application)
• Program miss-match. iDVD 5.0.2, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK - DON’T work under Leopard
• Program miss-match. iDVD 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.5.5 - is OK will work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match. iDVD’09 v. 7.0.4, Mac OS X.5.8 AND QuickTime 7.6.4 - is OK (does work under Leopard)
• iDVD (08) v7 Locate theme folder. Move out iDVD1, iDVD 2 and eventually iDVD4 folders to desktop - re-try
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/ zzzzzzzzzz
or
Macintosh HD/Users/Your log-in//Library/Application Support/iDVD/Installed Themes/ zzzzzzzzzz
• Try a Cleaning CD/DVD that cleans the laser lens on the DVD burner/player
iDVD 6.0.4 and iDVD 7.0.1 are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Last resort. from Craig. Solved the problem ! ! Finally ! !
I deleted every iDVD application and folder from my boot drive,
emptied the trash and then installed iDVD 08 using the customize option
and I am up and running.
If You do a re-install be sure to get rid of all iDVD old parts AND then EMPTY the Trash-basket !
iDVD updated ?
Apple Codec updated ?
Start a New Clean project - or delete project assets
No of Colors - must be set to millions
EdinSF writes that, The 10.6.3 update with an Open GL fix seems to have taken care of the problem.
Yours Bengt W

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Quick and dirty workaround:
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But this is of course not the clue...
It is VERY DISAPPOINTING, having software at such a low quality level deliverd by Apple. And somehow it looks like they DO NOTHING against it. No statement, no excuse, they really remain silent.
This may also be a thread you could be interested in:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1203323
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I placed 8 Scene Markers in the timeline of the project I have just completed, and were transferred to DVD with these Scene Markers at the following points on the resulting disc:
Scene Marker 1 was 7 frames early
Scene Marker 2 was 3 frames late
Scene Marker 3 was 2 frames late
Scene Marker 4 was 5 frames late
Scene Marker 5 was 5 frames late
Scene Marker 6 was 5 frames late
Scene Marker 7 was 7 frames late
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Those Dip-to-Black also cover any "black flashes," that one often sees, when the DVD player's head seeks the next Chapter. The black flash will come when the screen is already black, so no one will ever see them.
I use a Dip-to-Black in editing, to show the passage of time, and perhaps the change in location (or both), and as Chapters usually feature one of those, the Dip-to-Black is ideal. Within a Chapter, if I use a Dip-to-Black (passage of time, or change in location), and the passage of time is quite long, then I will increase the Duration of the Black Video between the Clips even more. Just one way that I employ Transitions, and especially Dip-to-Black.
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I checked the staus of the project and all the movies show "done".

Hi Voyta
It's good practise to start ones own question. More people can see it and answer.
Yes You can but the movie will end in an iDVD theme so You have to fake
a black and silent one.
You make Your movie in iMovie
Close iMovie and locate the project folder/icon
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Hello there.
I live in a town in Mexico, where I volunteer screening art and foreign films for free at a non-profit cultural center. The place has a proyector and sound system, I bring everything else, coming out of my pocket.
I've been trying to show films we cannot get in Mexico, so I've mastered the technique of ripping and integrating spanish subtitles using DVDSP4. However, even as the subtitles seem to be fine, the playback has been a terrible pain in the neck.
I had a Sony DVD player, and at certain points the DVDs would blink or freeze up. I tried everything I could find out and think of, to no avail. Now I have an Oppo DVD player, and the video pauses for fractions of a second then resumes play, only to pause again a few seconds later, throughout the film.
As a test, I played a couple of straightforward 'ripped and burned' DVDs, and bingo, they play perfectly, so the error must be in something about DVDSP4. I'm using every trick in the book, firing with both barrels.
My media:
- Taiyo Yuden DVD-R, no luck.
- Verbatim DVD+R, no luck.
- Verbatim DVD+R DL, hit and miss.
For the build, I'm encoding One Pass VBR, minimun Bit Rate 4.0, maximum Bit Rate 6.4. I even tried a maximum Bit Rate of 6.0, no luck. Also, Motion Estimation either Best or Better, no luck.
I was burning on the SuperDrive Pioneer DVR-K04L, then bought an external Sony DRX-820UL-T. No luck.
I've tried Toast Titanium 6, 7 and Popcorn. No luck.
I've run Disk Utility to repair both permissions and the drive. No luck.
In a nutshell: Help!!!
A couple of thoughts:
1. Could the Tiger updates be the culprit?
2. Most of the time, the only subtitles I can find are from Spain, therefore in PAL format. I adjust the times to NTSC then integrate them to my project. Maybe this is the problem, but even if I turn off the subtitles, the problem persists.
If there's anything you can think of that might help me solve this nightmare, please let me know.
2 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 1 GB DDR SDRAM

niktemadur
Unfortunatley what you are doing runs afoul of the Terms of Use of this Board. Even though a non-profit cultural center sounds like a good cause, doing what you are doing is copyright infringement, so people can get in trouble/kicked off here if they help. So if you do not get answers, it is not because people do not want to help or are being non-responsive
Sorry

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I am not making myself clear, but I appreciate the responses so far.
In iLife 06, using chapters in iMovie, I was able to export to iDVD. Using the chapters, iDVD would create scenes on a "scene selection" menu on the DVD, just like we have "chapter selections on professional movies.
In 06, I was able to specify which part of the scene I wanted displayed in the thumbnails. I understand that it is one big clip, however, I still had total control over what scene was played on the scene selection menu.
Now, with iDVD 08, each clip shows up with it's appropriate scene selection. It shows the first few seconds of EACH chapter by default. However, when I try to use the slider to show a different part of that particular chapter, it does have a mind of it's own and each scene, or clip, reverts to the first few seconds of the first clip. So, on a DVD with 6 scene selections, they all now only contain the first clip 6 times, because I tried to use the slider to show certain parts of each clip.
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DVD menu without a scene selection option?

Hi all,
I'm new to Premiere Elements 12, and I just finished a video. I want to add a menu with my own photograph that has an option to play movie, but no option for scene selection. When I use Premiere's templates, I can't get rid of scene selection (it's not necessary for this video because it's so short). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

emmaarmer
Do not use scene markers on the Timeline content and you should not get any Scene Selection button on the main menu and you should not have any scene selection pages.
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Premiere Element Freezes When Tried to Burn DVD

My computer meets and exceeds the requirements for Premiere Element 4. It also has about 50 GB of free disk space. I put together a file (about 30 minutes) consisting of stills and video clips, sound tracks, effects, and transition. When I tried to burn a DVD the first time, the program froze at the first instance of "burn" after completion of encoding and compiling. I removed Premiere Element and then reloaded it. I was able to burn a DVD. When I tried to burn again after making a minor change (to some text on still images), I then experienced the same problem even though with the same remove/reload routine.
From your website, I tried to sort out if the problem was due to my project or my computer system. I could create a DVD folder of a simple file but not a folder for my project. So it seemed that my project file was the problem. I then took the suggested approach, i.e. to make DVD folders of segments of my project and they all worked.
Finally, I was able to export my project to my hard disk as an AVI file and then load the file as a new project. Then burning a DVD was uneventful. The burned DVD showed that the file was about 1.6 GB in length.
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What is going on with idvd???
1. I use a Panasonic HD digital camcorder that saves video in 1080p x 720p and looks spectacular veiwed directly from camcorder to TV.
2. I import the video files into imovie 09 and quality still looks great. (I realize my monitor won't display video at it's highest resolution.)
3. I edit the video and as the text and transitions are added the playback gets choppy and starts to freeze. -Whatever!
4. I "share" the final vid to media browser.
5. I create a DVD menu in iDVD 09 and import the video from the media/movies panel.
Preview looks great, runs fairly smooth. ok!
6. I burn to a DVD-R using the Best Performance setting.
7. I place the burned DVD into my dvd player and....
It now looks like I am projecting the video onto a brick wall with the focus out of adjustment. The video is not very smooth, with jittery motion! And the resolution mimics that of an old Sega Game Gear view screen! Text has video noise distortion all around it. Probably would look better on youtube! AND....If I select "Scene selection" option and choose a scene from the middle of the movie, it just plays from the start anyway!
So much for HD! So much for deadlines! Now I just want to know why I "upgraded" to iLife 09 and a new-found crappy quality!! "Hollywood style movies" - MY BUTT!!!!!
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Hi Jerred,
Welcome to apple discussions. I have some bad news and some good news for you. I'll start with the bad news.
iDVD does Not support burning High Def DVD (even though iMovie will in fact edit HD). That's the bad news.
The good news is that there are third party options available to you at a relatively low cost (under $120).
See here: http://www.roxio.com/
OK. I told you the bad news and the good news right? Well here's the frosting on the cake:
You DON'T need a BD burner if you're doing this on the cheap (like most of us). A standard DVD burner such as your Mac's superdrive will do fine.
See here: http://www.macvideo.tv/dvd-authoring/features/index.cfm?articleId=112361
Btw, you do want to make certain your camcorder/ camera is listed below prior to proceeding with the above info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3290?viewlocale=en_US
Hope the above info helps but if not just come on back.
Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software / products that may be mentioned in this topic. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information above at your own discretion.
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Urgent, need to burn dvd by tomorrow, idvd hanging in step 2

the dvd i made, when being burned, makes iDVD freeze somewhere in step two, and i do not have any idea as to why this is happening.
the dvd isn't a regular dvd from iMovie though. one part is exported from iMovie and has a scene selection. then after that there are 5 other movies on this dvd. the main menu has 7 buttons. one to play movie, one to scene selections for that movie, and 5 leading to other menus for other movies. these menus have a button that plays a MPEG-4 quicktime movie.
I am not sure what relavence the above information has to my problem, but i'm sure there is something. i'd really like to have this dvd burned and in the hands of some friends by the end of tomorrow.
can anyone explain what is going on? this isn't the first time i've had idvd problems.

You may have done some of this so sorry if the answer is too low level but my strategy for iDVD is:
1) Make sure there is around 20GB free on the internal HD and if possible have the iMovie projects on that disc. It may be worth shifting some items to an external disc temporarily.
2) Shut down/Restart without any applications running.
3) Run Mac Sweeper which you will find on http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Mac-Sweeper.shtml
carrying out all the optimize options including repair permissions and then (I'm not sure it may be done in one of the others as well) under clean, empty caches.
4) Launch iDVD and the project
5) (My favourite but not strictly necessary) "Burn" a copy to disc to hard disc using the workaround known as Easter Egg or "Hurz and Pfurz" on
http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/macsupport/mac_help/pages/15-burn_idvdother.html
iDVD5 has this built in.
6) Go to bed and have a good night's sleep.
7) When the run is finished (always for me 1 hour in less than 8 hours) examine the DVD image and play it using the DVD player in the applications folder. If you actually burnt the DVD you are finished.
8) If and when satisfied and burn a copy using Disc Utility, full instructions on
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
but you just use the second half to burn the DVD. I have also taken to burning the DVD without any other applications running as I think this causes bad spots on the disc.
Remember when burning the DVD you are writing over 32,000,000,000 individual bits and you cannot afford too many ambiguous spots.

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