Why go to iDVD 9

I am currently running iDVD 8 and, except for the fact that it occasionally fuddles up my 4:3 projects and makes them 16:9, it seems to work well. So, why upgrade to iDVD 9? Are there any performance enhancements? Does it still have the 4:3/16:9 misfit problem?

There is no iDVD 09. You will find an iDVD application in iLife 09, but it is the same version as in iLife 08. Check out these threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8894161&#8894161
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9117994&#9117994

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Most users buy iDVD (part of iLife 11 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

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It makes no sense to me that iDVD can't support m2v files. Why doesn't iDVD just pass m2v files through and handle the same-named audio ac3 file?
Is there any reasonable explaination for this?

Not my intention to beat anyone up, just looking for your opinions.
Thanks for the Titanium suggestion. My only difficulty there is that I will need my content organized into a single main menu with 4 or 5 sub-menus. I'm looking at Toast 7 now, but it appears that it only offers a single menu or set of menus at a single level.
In other words, I don't think you can make a menu a destination for another menu button. It seems you can only create menu buttons that link to videos.
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If I can find a way to systematically add movies and generate a menu structure to those movies, I can build quite an impressive customized DVD training system. Users are tested and receive training DVDs containing training videos covering the specific areas where they need help. Cool, eh?
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And I figure about - if there is a setting somewhere for minutes per Chapter as in Roxio Toast ?
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Love & Peace, Grace

Hi
Do not use "Share to iDVD" - BUT
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In iDVD import from Media Browser here.
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Why won't iDVD burn my .avi files... it used to?

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Hi
If QuickTime-player opens Your .avi files then start Inspector (cmd+I) and read
Video Format/Codec: nnnnnnnnnnn
What does it read ?
What did an old .avi file that worked - read ?
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I have iMovie 6.0.3 and iDVD 6.0.3 and have made several movies and DVDs over the past few years. But now have hit something very frustrating....
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You're right. Only selecting Advanced>Delete Encoded Assets did the trick. Otherwise, even though iDVD recognizes that the iMovie file had changed, it doesn't necessarily "pick up" all the changes ....unless you Delete Encoded Assets.
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anderssunesson wrote:
When I inspected on a huge flatscreen it turns out that
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anderssunesson wrote:
How can I burn the mpeg-4 to a DVD without incurring the loss in quality? How do studios do this?
You can't and they don't. First of, studios don't start out with highly compressed videos and secondly they have much better software encoders (which cost $$$$) like CinemaCraft or hardware encoders.
anderssunesson wrote:
There were some tips on round pixels vs square pixels. I will look into that. Do you need a special "DVD-digitizer" to save your old VHS movies??
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Welcome to discussions!
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Quit iDVD.
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I would appreciate any help very much.
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Hi
DVD-burners get's old
If You burn more than three DVDs in a row without pause to let DVD-Laser cool down - they grow older faster or even over-feat and die. My get's 20-30 minutes to cool down.
Free space on Start-Up hard disk - use to give problems - I never go under 25Gb free space when doing SD-Video and 4-5 times more if HD-material is used
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• Audio - only .aiff (Never .mp3, .wma etc)
Forced or Panic Halts - introduces small errors (most often into the application pref. file) and builds up a coming disaster. Trashing this from time to time prevent's this and make application run better.
Just my spontaneous thoughts.
Yours Bengt W

Why do my iDVD themes have no "Play Movie" button?

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but all themes show no "play movie" or "select scenes" buttons
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