Slide timing in iDVD slideshow

Is there any way to customize the time per slide for an iDVD slideshow? The 1, 3, and 5 second choices aren't adequate.
Thanks.

Is there any way to customize the time per slide for an iDVD slideshow?
Nope.

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Audio dropouts in iDVD 7.04 at every 99th frame when creatin IDVD slideshow

Dear Friends,
About two months ago, I completed my first iDVD slideshow project, consisting of 911 photos and a soundtrack. It seemed perfect when using iDVD Preview, but when I burned it to a DVD or saved it as a disk image, I discovered a series of audio dropouts, some minor, some moderate and some rather extreme. I also discovered that the dropouts occurred an EXACT mathematical interval, that is first at #99, next at #198, next at #297, and finally down to #892.
I contacted iDVD Support and they repeatedly argued that a dropout could happen at regular interval, and that they were always random. The suggestion given to me was to “always empty the iDVD cache before burning, which I did repeatedly and the issue persisted.
I called back in and instead of going back to iDVD Support, using my specific case number, I went sent to an Apple Support Generalist, who knew nothing of the issue, and so it happened again, and again, and again…
Has anyone in the real world beyond Cupertino ever experienced such an issue? If so, have you developed an effective resolution? My only resolution has been not to even have a audio soundtrack.
Thanks, Apple Support for not being there when I really need you!

There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie 6 as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, including adding other video clips, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
To simply create a slide show in iDVD 8 from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

IDVD Slideshow Question

I exported an iPhoto slideshow to iDVD. I used the Ken Burns effect. I've got around 200 photos and it plays great, no problems but....
heads have been cut off on three slides. Can I edit the individual slides right in iDVD or do I have to go back to iPhoto and then export all over again? That would be very time consuming.
17 iMac FP 1.25GHz, & PowerPC G3 Mac OS X (10.4.7) iDVD 5, iPhoto 5

Sorry but you have to go back to iPhoto for edits. If double-clicking a slideshow just plays the slideshow and doesn't bring up the slideshow editor, the slideshow may have been created in iPhoto. Slideshows created in iPhoto are sent to iDVD as QuickTime movies, which means you can't edit them.
If you want to make a change to an iPhoto slideshow, make the changes in iPhoto, send the slideshow to iDVD again, and replace the old slideshow with the new one.
Tip: In map view, slideshows created in iPhoto have a movie icon in the upper-left corner. iDVD slideshows have a slideshow icon.
Hope this answers your question.
SDMacuser

Scanner resolution question related to idvd slideshow

I would like to scan 35mm slides for an eventual iDVD slideshow. I have plenty of storage space.
1. Would a 1200 dpi scan be good enough for an eventual slideshow to replay
on an HDTV?
2. What slide file format is best, e.g., pdf, tiff, jpeg
3. Do I need to do anything special to have the 16:9 aspect?
Advice would be appreciated.

No, I didn't use those numbers. I used some higher
number but kept the 16:9 ratio, e.g., 720 dpi was 935
x 527. Apparently, not the right thing to do.
That should be fine if you are creating a NTSC DVD - you are working in NTSC and NOT PAL aren't you?
As far as 72 verse 1200. I didn't try anything lests
than 720 dpi for my scan. I guess I thought
(probably wrong) that higher resolution would be
better for hdtv.
So, if I use the number you mentioned (per Apple) I
should see the entire screen filled on the hdtv
playback? And is there a point at which increasing
the dpi for the initial scan doesn't help the final
resolution that much?
Unless you are working with the 'Ken Burns' pan and zoom effect for still images in iMovie, the size listed in the Apple document is all you need.
As far as "should see the entire screen filled on the hdtv playback?" goes, you need to have set your set top DVD player correctly to do this - I know this was an issue when iDVD 6 first came out.

IDVD slideshow in manual advance mode

Has anyone found a solution to using manual advance for slides in iDVD slideshow. My slideshows created in iDVD will only advance or reverse using the arrows on the minicontrol panel that take you supposidely to the beginning or end of the slideshow. Inotherwords the arrows on the screen do not work nor does the left/right control on the panel work. Interestingly when you press the doublheaded arrows to go to beginning or end it does show on the screen a chapter number as each slide advances. Since I haven't seen any messages on this subject recently, I assume it is a known problem with no solution at this time. Any insights appreciated.

That's pretty much how the slide show works with iDVD although different brands (and models) of DVD players may use different buttons.
The arrows on the screen created by iDVD aren't "hot" - they are just there to act as a "prompt" to the viewer to push a button on the DVD remote. iDVD has a provision to not include the arrows.

Iphoto - idvd slideshow to quictime

I am new to this, but created a slide show in idvd from photos in iphoto. Now, I want to make the slide show very transportable to other computers -- both mac and windows based.
How do I do this with getting the best quality possible?
I have used dvd player on the mac and the slideshow works fine.
thanks in advance

Sadly I don't know if this is possible but I hope someone comes up with a fix. I am a great fan of the iDVD generated slideshows.

IMovie keeps ruining the timing of my slideshow, help!

Okay, this is just about the most frustrating thing I've ever encountered... I have a 4 minute song, and 88 photos in iMovie. The photos are timed and customized with the Ken Burns effect so I don't want to have to do re-do all that. I've tried the transition settings in the menu, but no matter what I do the transitions add time to the project and it becomes too long for the song. Mathmatically, it doesn't make sense, since I've calculated it out. IF the transitions were to just overlap the clips it would come out to the perfect length, but it keeps adding time to the project no matter what I do. There has to be a way to do lock in the timing of my photos, and the song, and just have it transition between clips without any time added. Please help if you know.

iMovie is just a half-baked piece of software that only meets the needs of somebody who isn't trying to do anything precise.
That would be iMovie 11 then!
I only use iMovie 6 with iDVD 7.
There are many ways to produce slide shows using iPhoto, iMovie or iDVD and some limit the number of photos you can use (iDVD has a 99 chapter (slide) limitation).
If what you want is what I want, namely to be able to use high resolution photos (even 300 dpi tiff files), to pan and zoom individual photos, use a variety of transitions, to add and edit music or commentary, place text exactly where you want it, and to end up with a DVD that looks good on both your Mac and a TV - in other words end up with and end result that does not look like an old fashioned slide show from a projector - you may be interested in how I do it. You don't have to do it my way, but the following may be food for thought!
Firstly you need proper software to assemble the photos, decide on the duration of each, the transitions you want to use, and how to pan and zoom individual photos where required, and add proper titles. For this I use Photo to Movie. You can read about what it can do on their website:
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
(Other users here use the alternative FotoMagico: http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/homevspro/ which you may prefer - I have no experience with it.)
Neither of these are freeware, but are worth the investment if you are going to do a lot of slide shows. Read about them in detail, then decide which one you feel is best suited to your needs.
Once you have timed and arranged and manipulated the photos to your liking in Photo to Movie, it exports the file to iMovie as a DV stream. You can add music in Photo to Movie, but I prefer doing this in iMovie where it is easier to edit. You can now further edit the slide show in iMovie just as you would a movie, including adding other video clips, then send it to iDVD 7, or Toast, for burning.
You will be pleasantly surprised at how professional the results can be!
To simply create a slide show in iDVD 7 onwards from images in iPhoto or stored in other places on your hard disk or a connected server, look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1089

Audio Sync Problem in iDVD slideshow

I created a slideshow in iPhoto, Version 7.1.5 and transfered it to iDVD. The slideshow contains photos and videos taken with my camera. The videos open in QuickTime, Version 7.6.2, and play with audio. The slideshow plays in iDVD without any problems. I burned a DVD and played it on our TV. The slideshow plays as it did in iDVD with one exception---the audio with the videos plays either prior or after the videos appear in the slideshow. The audio appears to be as recorded by the camera, only the sync with the video clip is off. The slideshow contains 417 slides and 12 video clips.
I created a second "trial" slideshow with a few photos and video clips. This DVD slideshow played as expected in iDVD and on our TV. So I'm suspecting the number of slides is at the source of the problem. When I finalize the slideshow it would contain about 1/2 the number of slides with about the same number of video clips.
Any suggestions on achieving audio sync with the video clips would be greatly appreciated.
Royal

Hi Royal
To answer your question directly, the DVD standard is 99 chapters. iDVD works around this limitation by resetting chapter 100 and starting over at 1 again.
You can always create your slideshow in iPhoto, iMovie or a 3rd party slideshow app like PhotoPresenter, Fotomagico, etc. or save it as a QT movie file and add the movie file to an iDVD slideshow.
Here's a good link that OT has set up as a good example while using PhotoPresenter:
http://web.me.com/toad.hall/Demo3/PhotoPresenterThemes.html
Like I mentioned above, there are a number of third party apps that work just as well if you search this forum for additional examples.
Hope this helps but if not jusrt come on back.
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Idvd slideshow lenght of time to write disc

I just completed my first idvd slideshow and it took more than two hours to write to the disc. Is this normal? There were 193 slides and 5 songs in the slideshow.

You can take footage from your own DVDs, but you will lose quality because the footage on a DVD has been compressed, and needs to be decompressed before you can put it into iMovie and then re-compressed when burned to a new DVD.
You have to use some other software to extract the video, such as Handbrake http://handbrake.fr/
Ripit http://ripitapp.com/ These you must purchase.
or MPEG Streamclip http://www.squared5.com/ This is a free download, but you will need to also purchase and install Apple's $20 Quicktime component: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
Here is a how-to from AppleMan describing the process using MPEG Streamclip:
+I have found I get the best results when I use MPEG Streamclip (which is free). You also have to install the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component which costs about $20. Once you install the QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component, you don't have to interact with it, but MPEG Streamclip needs it.+
+Insert your DVD in your drive. If DVD player runs automatically, shut it down. You should see your DVD as an icon on the desktop. Open it is a finder winder. You should see a folder which has VOB files.+
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+In Streamclip, select File/Export using Quicktime and choose Apple Intermediate Codec. You may want to check "Deinterlace" in this step. Try deinterlacing and see if you like it. It depends on your final target media as to whether this will help.+
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IDVD slideshow audio sync off on burned DVD

Others have listed this problem, but no apparent solution. If this is a bug, has it been fixed in iLife'09?
Specifically, a slide show with a mix of photos and video clips late in the slideshow, all imported from iPhoto, advances the audio associated with the video clips several minutes relative to the video. The problem only shows up when the disc is burned, it is fine in preview mode,

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Do you have the slideshow setting set to mute the added audio when you play the video clips?
You might consider assembling the slideshow iniMovie HD 6 where you can precisely align the music where you want. Save and close iMovie and drag the project file into an iDVD slideshow (so you can scale the movie to the TV safe area).
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OT

Get songs onto iDVD slideshow

How do I get my songs onto my slideshow in iDVD? There is no "audio well" nor can I add them to the pictures. I can only add songs to the main page, but not the slides themselves. Please help.

Hi
I think that that is more than iDVD SlideShow function can do. That's one of the things that make me use another tool.
I prefere iMovie HD6 (or FinalCut) as
• there are no 99 photo per Show limit (as in iDVD SS)
• I have 100% control over audio and transitions etc.
• They export all lines over to iDVD (iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - only send over every second one = Less resolution)
or I use FotoMagico™ (included in Roxio Toast™ bundle)
Yours Bengt W

IDVD slideshow won't pause on playback on DVD player. Why?

Why can't I pause an iDVD slideshow on playback?
I make iDVD slideshows and after burning the disk, it will not pause when I push the pause button during playback on a DVD player.

I have a brand new iMac
If you are still within your 15 day return period. Call Apple they will sent out iDVD at no charge. (There are no realistic substitutes.)
Nicely explain that you may return the computer without iDVD. That usually does the trick. You MUST speak to a senior advisor to get a free copy. The first tier people cannot do it.
408-996-1010
800-692-7753
If that doesn't work you can purchase iLife 11 (includes iDVD) on disk.
IDVD is a wonderful piece of software and well worth the low cost of $40.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
they recommened a 3rd party program so I downloaded "Burn-osx"
Yes, there are programs that will put a movie on a DVD. I have tried most of the other substitutes including Toast, Burn, and others. None of them come anywhere near the ease-of-use and power of iDVD. IDVD is specifically designed to work with iMovie. Get iDVD.

Pulling images out of an iDVD slideshow

Stemming from another question I posted on the Powerbook G4 board, I have a question regarding an iDVD slideshow.
My Powerbook's hard drive, I have a sinking feeling, is dead. My iDisk was full and I was getting ready to buy more storage space when the crash happened. I'd just created and burned a slideshow of pictures from a trip to Austria ... is there a way to grab the individual images out of the iDVD slideshow and get them back as individual photos once my computer is repaired.
FYI, I'm looking into data recovery companies, but I'm not holding out much hope.
Please ... your insights are greatly appreciated.
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iDVD has an option to add the original pictures to the DVD in the "DVD ROM" area. You can determine if it's there by inserting the DVD in a computer and quitting out of the Player application. Double-click the disc icon and look in the folders -- hopefully you'll find more than two folders and the third one will be labeled something like "DVD-ROM."
As SD says, your other options aren't so great. The slideshow on DVD is a compressed video file (mpeg-2 format) so you'd be uncompressing the video and then extracting a frame. You might check Graphic Converter and Photoshop to see if they can extract a frame without the conversion process.
I don't know if a screen capture would be better... thinking if you had a very large screen, then you'd wind up with a larger-sized screen capture (more pixels).
I assume the pictures were digital and you erased the memory card? There should be software to recover files from the memory card.
John

Burning slide show through idvd

My friend has a slide show of several hundred slides. He made it in iphoto. He would like to burn it to a dvd that will be able to play on a tv so he can send it off to friends that were also on the trip. On the iphoto board I was told to "share" "send to idvd". Can someone give me the steps from there?
Thanks! Hope I am posting this in the right place!

Hi jersey:
I would suggest saving the iDVD project as a disk image and burning it with the disk utility. That way when you can choose the slowest burn possible to make the best playing DVD possible.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006
Use Verbatim DVD-R 4x or 8x (NOT DVD+R).
This is about the best step by step guide I can offer:
Authoring with iDVD 5
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/idvd_5stone.html
There is a 99 slide limit in iDVD 5 that Ken Stone helps you with in the link above.
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trying to add album from iphoto into idvd slideshow. Not all photos are loading. Message "creating thumbnail images...(31 remaining). Been there a long time. What is wrong?

Open your iPhoto Library, go to that particular album and verify that you can view the full sized version of each image by double clicking on them. Report back with the results.
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