iMovie/iDVD

[bobl]

I posted before about the problem I had trying to get a Video.TS file accepted by iMovie for editing. I thought I found the solution by converting it to a .DV file. I successfully imported it into iMovie - edited it and added sound. I then saved it as an iMovie project. Everything works perfectly in iMovie.
I then attempted to "share" with iDVD for burning but it reported "unsupported format".

Please help

[redwudz]

You would likely get more responses in our Mac Forum for Mac specific questions. Moving you.

[bobl]

Thank you ---- fingers crossed

[Frobozz]

You did everything right. What version of iMovie and iDVD?

Go to http://discussions.apple.com and search the iDVD user forum. Maybe someone else has encountered your issue. I can't think of any way that iMovie could have video that iDVD can't also accept.

[terryj]

What type of audio did you add to the project?
Was it AIFF, WAV, MP3, Mp4a or AAC?
iDVD, last I knew, supported
MP3, AIFF and WAV.
All others had to be converted before it could use it.

also, a corrupted theme can cause this error;
look here,
try repairing permissions ( from the Disc Utility) first,
then if not, try the fixes listed in the above URL.

[bobl]

Thanks Frobozz & Terrj

I can import the unedited .DV file into iDVD so I guess it may be the Audio perhaps? I used audio from my iTunes library - all MP3 stuff. I will do the "Permissions" thing and I am starting again from scratch - will try import into iDVD without Audio to see if that works.
Appreciate the help.

[willrob]

Are to exporting from iMovie to iDVD, or are yo creating an iDVD project and then importing the iMovie Project File? Whichever isn't working, try the other.

[bobl]

Hi WillRob

I am exporting from iMOVIE to iDVD. I have to begin the process in iMOVIE as I cannot edit the Video in iDVD. I need to cut sections out and add sound. I'm beginning to think that the sound may be the problem but am unsure why as everything works fine in iMovie.

[Frobozz]

Use iTunes to convert the MP3 to 48khz Apple Lossless and import that into iMovie.

[willrob]

What I meant by trying the other ay is this:

Create a iDVD project using the menu you want.
Locate the iMovie file wherever you've placed it.

Control click on the icon, and in the resulting contentual menu, select (Show Package Contents).

Drag the movie name. imovieproj file into iDVD.

This also saves the step of creating a quicktime or DV movie to import, and may deal with the audio problem. And it only takes a moment or two to see if it will solve it, since you can Preview in iDVD and hear what you'll get.

[bobl]

Hi WillRob
Excellent - that works - many, many thanks - my Granny will be overjoyed!

[bobl]

Hi Frozbozz

Many thanks for your suggestions - they were important in getting me on the right track.

[bobl]

Well I am about to give up and trash this programme.
I have tried every which-way to get iDVD to burn my movie and it always freezes. I have removed all audio from the iMovie production (what a pain) because it always froze processing the audio - makes no difference. I have by-passed the "share option" and have dragged the .mov file direct to iDVD - no difference. I have split the movie into 3 pieces and tried part burns - no difference.
The footage comes direct from my Digital Camera - the Audio comes direct from my Digital Camera. Everything plays as normal in Preview. Both in iMovie and in iDVD but iDVD will not burn the movie nor produce a Disk Image. It always freezes. It goes through the whole conversion process and then stalls.
I have repaired permissions - trashed and completely re-installed the programme - no difference.
I have spent hours on this and am really fed up.
Has anyone ever got this programme to work?

[Frobozz]

Your problem is very uncommon so I suggest an uncommon troubleshooting step. Find the Hardware Test disc that came with your Mac and run the extended test. That will determine if you have any defective RAM in your Mac. Extended video encoding can access parts of the RAM that normally isn't required, so your Mac seems fine until this happens.

[Slydude]

If you suspect memory issues, which might well be the case, may I suggest using memtest. Memtest found some memory errors for me before Apple's Hardware Test found the problems. It must be run from single user mode to test the maximum amount of memory but it is very easy to use.

[bobl]

I have 5GB RAM. I only have been using iDVD on its own. I waited for 6 hours and eventually it processed the Audio and I was able to burn the DVD.
So I began a second project - more than 6 hours of work adding clips, editing, adding audio, editing and adding transitions. I clicked "Share" and entered iDVD land. However the minute I clicked on the "Theme Pack" in order to add some still clips to the display - it quit.
I have - repaired permissions, I have more than 80GB spare space on the HD, I actually trashed and re-installed the iDVD program - but it keeps quitting. What an inferior product is all I can say.
I have no idea where to go from here. Hours and hours wasted.

[terryj]

But did you trash the plist file?

You can re-install, de-install, sideways install,
but if you forget to trash the .plist file for the program,
the program will still contain bad parameters
to run under.

should be com.apple.IDVD.plist or somesuch.....

[Slydude]

I am really new to iDVD but it's curious that the crash occurred just as you were selecting a theme. Is it possible that the theme files are somewhat corrupted?

[bobl]

Yes well that's why I did a re-install - no difference

I also get a curious message - "You are trying to burn a NTSC file to a PAL disk. Proceed with the burn?" - all the video clips and the stills come from my MiniDV Camcorder which is set for PAL.