Why will iDVD burn my images but then I can't playback the file?

I have searched and searched iDVD help for the past 3 days trying to find out why I can't retrieve my files after the disk has burned. It says that the files can not be retrieved! What am I doing wrong?

Hi again
May be I misunderstod Your question.
What exactly are You trying to do ?
Go back to iMovie for further editing a material on a DVD disk ?
Then You got trouble.
The way back isn't easy AND YOU WILL NOT get the same - original quality.
Why ? 1 hour of movie in iMovie (or on miniDV tabe) is about 13Gb
Your DVD disk can hold - if it is single layer - about 4.2 Gb
To get it to work lots of information is lost in coding mpeg2 and when
de-coding even more info is lost. = low quality
Easiest way to go back from DVD to iMovie is by my standard:
Connect a camera to Your DVD-player and record on a new miniDV tape.
Easy to understand way + best quality I've ever got
Minus is that it takes some time.
Hard way is to use a program that can de-code mpeg2 to streaming DV.
When this is done You will find that You got Your movie but no sound.
Then You have to de-mux the sound with eg. ddemuxer.
Programs You may be also would need to do it this way:
- * DVDxDV (free trial, 25$, Pro: 90$)
- * Apple mpeg2 plugin (20$) + Streamclip (free)
- * Cinematize >60$
- * Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
- * Toast6/7 allows converting to dv/import dvd, hit apple-k
Did I get Your question right this time ?
Yours Bengt W

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