Transferring a synched slideshow to DVD

I put together a slideshow that includes a matching soundtrack, and it plays perfectly timed in "self-play" mode. However, when I tried saving it to iMovie or iDVD so I could, I hope, burn it to a DVD, the slides change more quickly, so it no longer matches the soundtrack. Is there any way to completely transfer the existing slideshow onto a DVD as is without changing any of the timings?

Determining if the problem is a missing drop zone is easy enough to determine but no so much with multiplexing errors. See Bengt Wärleby's post in this topic regarding multiplexing errors: Multiplexing Error: Apple Support Communities
What media type and brand are you using? What burn speed did you use?
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
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Can someone please tell me a simple but effective method for burning a slideshow to DVD? Now that the connection between iPhoto and iDVD no longer exists, I can't figure out a way to get there with an acceptable quality result.

Can someone please tell me a simple but effective method for burning a slideshow to DVD? Now that the connection between iPhoto and iDVD no longer exists, I can't figure out a way to get there with an acceptable quality result.

Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
OT

Putting an iPhoto slideshow on DVD with Toast

Hello
I have a LaCie DVD burner, bought from the Apple shop in London with Toast Titanium 6. I want to save an iPhoto slideshow to DVD. Problem is, every time I try to drag a song from the Finder to Toast, I get the message that I do not have a valid Jam license.
Can anyone please explain this to me? I am wondering if the Apple shop may have sold me the wrong product for my iBook!
Thanks...

PS. I can now get both slide-show and music on the DVD but can't play them simulteneously.
Thanks to anyone who can advise..

Quality of slideshow on dvd very blurry

Hi I used iPhoto to create a slideshow of my son with ken burns effect. When I play the slideshow in iPhoto, it is silky smooth. But when I use iDVD to burn the slideshow to DVD and play back the slideshow on a DVD player and normal TV set, the ken burns effect is very blurry and you can see the individual pixels as the image pans. Can anyone help me on how to create a slideshow on DVD which has as good quality as that when played in iPhoto?
Macbook Black Mac OS X (10.4.7) 30GB iPod Video Black

linusloo:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. I'm not surprised because the images have to go thru two rendering/encoding processes when done that way. iPhoto converts it to a QT movie then rendering the images to a different size and pixel type, from square to rectangle (or it may be the other way around). Then when encoded by iDVD it gets further compressed to fit on the DVD disk.
I found the best image quality is obtained by importing the still photos into iDVD and creating the slideshow entirely in iDVD. You can't have the KB effect and can only have one transition per slideshow buy the image quality, IMO, if much better. Also iDVD lets you add titles and/or comments at the bottom of any slide you choose.
Do you Twango?

Burning Slideshow to DVD

I would be grateful if someone could explain how to burn a slideshow to DVD so that it can be watched on TV. I have created a slideshow and exported it and it is in the iphoto slideshow folder as .M4v file.
I don't know how to get it from there to DVD. I have Toast Titanium 10.
All suggestions appreciated.

You can use the Share -> Send to iDVD command in iPhoto to send the slideshow to the iDVD app which will burn the DVD for you. For using Toast check the Toast Help.
Regards
TD

Burning slideshows to DVD

Is it possible to burn saved slideshows to DVD that was created in Lr5

It depends on your target. Do you want a standard video DVD that plays in all DVD players? If so be aware that the quality will be very low 480p video whatever software you use. On any modern HDTV this looks fairly poor but it is the best you can do with standard video DVD. On Macs people would use iDVD or something like Toast. On PCs I have no clue but I am sure a quick google would show a lot of tools. With those softwares you usually simply drag the Lightroom output video file into the app and hit burn.
If your target is any recent BluRay player, you do NOT want to burn a DVD the above way. Just stick the DVD or burnable CD (usually big enough for this as your Lightroom output file is not often bigger than a few 100 Megs) in your drive and have the OS (if it is a Mac) mount it, drag the Lightroom output file on and hit burn. It probably works similarly on recent windows versions but I don't know the details. This disc should play in high def on almost any recent BluRay player. If you want something more fancy with menus and such you need a full BluRay authoring app. Most are super expensive but there are a few that are affordable such as Toast 11 Pro. Adobe makes a BluRay authoring product too called Encore which can be downloaded as part of creative cloud if you download premiere.
In all this make sure to export the slideshow at high enough resolution. For BluRay playing, you want 1080p. For standard video DVD you want something a little better than 480p, so 720p. The DVD authoring software will downscale it for you.

How do you burn an iPhoto slideshow onto dvd?

I am trying to burn an iPhoto slideshow onto DVD - any tips? Thanks!

If you want to create a video DVD that will play on a set top DVD player to your TV read the following:
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. For iPhoto 9.4.3 and earlier select Size = Medium or Large. For iPhoto 9.5 and later selct 480p.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailer like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.

IPhoto slideshow on DVD is a mess!

I am trying to create a slideshow on DVD for a client. His business is a small newspaper. For an upcoming tradeshow, he wants to have a large display with a slideshow of each page of the paper scrolling across the screen, flipping to the next page, etc. I figured iPhoto would be an excellent tool to do it without much labor, using the Ken Burns effect to pan the full length of each page. It works perfectly on my Mac display and looks great.
Even the exported video looks OK when I preview it in iDVD.
However, once it goes to DVD, the visual quality is worthless. I expected serious degradation of text quality since it is only 720 pixels wide. The text isn't as sharp, but it is readable.
The big problem is that as it scrolls, it looks like the the images pass behind a grid of prisms that refract everything. The disruptive lines are about 1/4 inch apart, so the whole TV screen is a mess, it's impossible to watch. At first I thought it may be an issue with the scan rate of the TV, but the same thing happens when I play the DVD back on my notebook PC and my Mac.
I set the iDVD preview window and the DVD Player window side by side and played them together. The iDVD preview was fine, the DVD player window gives me a headache.
What can be causing this, and is there any way to change a setting in iPhoto or iDVD to prevent it?

I am trying to create a slideshow on DVD for a
client. His business is a small newspaper. For an
upcoming tradeshow, he wants to have a large display
with a slideshow of each page of the paper scrolling
across the screen, flipping to the next page, etc. I
figured iPhoto would be an excellent tool to do it
without much labor, using the Ken Burns effect to pan
the full length of each page. It works perfectly on
my Mac display and looks great.
Even the exported video looks OK when I preview it in
iDVD.
However, once it goes to DVD, the visual quality is
worthless. I expected serious degradation of text
quality since it is only 720 pixels wide. The text
isn't as sharp, but it is readable.
The big problem is that as it scrolls, it looks like
the the images pass behind a grid of prisms that
refract everything. The disruptive lines are about
1/4 inch apart, so the whole TV screen is a mess,
it's impossible to watch. At first I thought it may
be an issue with the scan rate of the TV, but the
same thing happens when I play the DVD back on my
notebook PC and my Mac.
I set the iDVD preview window and the DVD Player
window side by side and played them together. The
iDVD preview was fine, the DVD player window gives me
a headache.
What can be causing this, and is there any way to
change a setting in iPhoto or iDVD to prevent it?
What resolution are you using for the slides? I have done several DVDs with slide shows as an option (training DVDs) and it's always worked well. I am using PNG and JPEG files with at least 150dpi resolution. I've even used Contrictor to snap screen shots of some PDF files with good results. I am using a 17" screen so again, I'm getting as much resolution as I can before I stick them into the DVD slide show.
MikeS

I'm trying to burn a Iphoto slideshow to DVD but the "burn" in the menu isn't active?

I'm trying to burn a slideshow to a DVD but it isn't hightlighted in the menu? Any ideas. Also, is there a way to put captions under a photo that show up in the slide show?
Thanks,
Michael Quinn

To burn a Slideshow you DVD for viewing on a domestic DVD player you need to use an app that with author the disk to the correct format.
Macs used come with iDVD for this purpose - accessed by going Share -> iDVD, but if your Mac doesn’t have this then you need to get such an app, then export the slideshow from iPhoto. This will make a movie of it, then add it to your DVD project.
Regards
TD

How do you burn iphoto slideshow to DVD?

How do you burn iPhoto slideshow to DVD? I exported to Quick Time & burned as movie but won't play on DVD player.

If you want it to play on a domestic DVD player then the disk must be created in iDVD. The format of such a disk is quite specific and iDVD is the app the makes these formats.
So, Share -> Send to iDVD
Regards
TD

Copy slideshow to dvd

I am having trouble copying a slideshow from iphoto to a DVD+R. My iMacG5 has a Matushita DVD-R Uj845. Can someone explain how best to do this? I cannot drag the slideshow file to the opened DVD icon. What am I doing wrong?

Welcome to the discussions, fathom.
What do you want to do? Back up the slideshow on DVD or create a playable DVD? If you want to create a DVD that someone can pop into a DVD player and watch, then send your iphoto slideshow to iDVD and burn from there.
Use Share>Send to iDVD, or start a project in iDVD and import it (the second works better for me).
If you want to make a backup copy (not playable), try using the export command to send it to the desktop and drag that copy onto the DVD icon in the finder.

Cannot burn slideshow to dvd r 16x4.7gb

i'am currently on iphoto where i completed a slideshow and exported it to my desktop..
cannot burn slideshow to dvd+r 16x4.7gb is something i can do diffrently..

What's the problem exactly? The file is too large? How are you burning it? We need clear information to help
Regards
TD

With iPhoto 9.6/Yosemite is there no way to copy slideshows to DVD or send to Airplay?

Usint Yosemite with iPhoto 9.6 I now see no way of sending a slideshow to DVD or send out via AirPlay. Is there a workaround for this?

That's the way I used to do it, but with these "latest" versions "Export" does not work. It appears as though it should export to ITunes, or to a file, but it does not do it.

Transferring iPhoto slideshow to DVD

I have some slide shows (about 150 jpegs, each about 4.4 mb) that I'd like to transfer to DVD. On the iPhoto slide show they display a very high quality resolution, and show for about 1 second before the next one. I want to maintain that level of quality and speed.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
ez

EZ:
Are you using the Ken Burns effect? If not I've found I get better image quality by creating the slideshow in iDVD instead of exporting from iPhoto. You will have to add music with a playing time to get the 1 second timing for each slide. so for 1 second on time for each slide you may have to set the music to be twice 150 seconds. I just ran a test with 50 slides and the dissolve transition and adding a track of 90 seconds gives me about 1 second on screen for each slide.
Exporting the slideshow from iPhoto creates a Quicktime movie file first and imports that. As I said, IMO the final image quality is not as good as creating from stills in iDVD. Also be sure to use top quality media (Verbatim-R is the unanimous choice of the iDVD gurus in the iDVD forum) and burn at the slowest speed possible, not more than 4X. Also do not burn the disk directly from iDVD but do a File->Save as Disk Image first so you can play the disk image with iDVD Player to confirm the encoding (and as I need to do - look for typos). You can then burn the disk image with Disk Utility.
The transition chosen makes that a little more difficult. Also you may experience a pause at slide 100 as each slide is a separate chapter in iDVD and they are renumbered back to 1 after every 99 slides.
All images, whether video from iPhoto or slides get resized to 640 x 480 for playing on TV. There's no other way around it.
NOTE: using more that 99 slides in a slideshow created in iDVD will result in a pause at slide 100. This is due to the fact that the DVD standard for chapters is 99 but iDVD 7 has allowed more than 99 slides/chapters by renaming slide 100 to 1 and going from there. If you use good media and burn very slowly there will only be a brief pause, similar to that in commercial movie DVDs when it switched from layer 1 to layer 2 as it plays. Some DVD players may have greater problems with that transition, particularly if poorer media and higher burn speeds are used.
You can ask this same question in the iDVD forum to get their perspective on it.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

Put slideshow on DVD

I have iMac G5, OS 10.4.11, iPhoto 5.0.4, and i DVD 5.0.1. I want to put a slideshow, with music, on a DVD. The slide show was created in iPhoto.
Here's the problem: When transferring the slideshow to a DVD, using iDVD, a message states that only 99 images can be transferred. I have nearly 350 images. Suggestions on how to overcome this problem will be much appreciated.
Wilf

Yes. The System Requirements are here
http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html
Regards
TD

Transferring a synched slideshow to DVD

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