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Q: im using toast titanium to burn a dvd movie on my macbook pro but it takes a day just to encode, im frustrated at this point. Can someone please help

Some of my friends that have pc's can burn a dvd in a matter of minutes.. Are macs not cut out for this type of work???

Posted on May 6, 2013 11:47 PM

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  • by Bengt Wärleby,

    Bengt Wärleby Bengt Wärleby May 7, 2013 6:55 AM in response to dboy83
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    May 7, 2013 6:55 AM in response to dboy83

    Hi

     

    If it takes days - then it use to be due to that the Start-Up (Mac OS) Hard disk is too full !

     

    I never let it go less than 25GB. If 5GB or less the DVD made if any most probably doesn't even work (playback).

     

    else

     

    TO GET IT TO WORK SLIGHTLY FASTER

    • Minimum of 25Gb free space on Start-Up hard disk

    • No other programs running in BackGround e.g. Energy-Saver

    • Don’t let HD spin down or be turned off (in Energy-Save)

    • Move hard disks that are not to be used to Trash - To be disconnected/turned off

    • Goto Spotlight and set the rest of them under Integrity (not to be scanned)

    • Set screen-saver to a folder without any photo - then make an active corner (up right for me) and set

    pointer to this - turns on screen saver - to show that it has nothing to show

    • No File Vault on - Important

    • NO - TimeMachine - during iMovie/iDVD work either ! IMPORTANT

    • Lot's of icons on DeskTop/Finder also slows down the Mac noticeably

    • Start a new User-Account and log into this and iMovie get's faster too - if a project is in a hurry

    • And let Mac run on Mains - not just on battery

    Yours Bengt W

  • by Ziatron,

    Ziatron Ziatron May 9, 2013 4:37 PM in response to dboy83
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    May 9, 2013 4:37 PM in response to dboy83

    Use iDVD.

     

    I find a two-hour movie takes about 2 hours to encode.

     

    Yes, there are other programs that will put a movie on a DVD.   I have tried most of the other substitutes including Toast, Burn, DVD Creator, Wondershare, and others.  None of them come anywhere near the ease-of-use and power of iDVD. IDVD is specifically designed to work with iMovie.

     

    http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/idvd.html

     

     

    With iDVD you can easily and quickly create DVDs with menus and graphics almost on the level of what Hollywood can do.

     

    IDVD is easy to get. It is available on disk as part of iLife 11.

     

    IDVD is a wonderful piece of software and well worth the low cost of $40.  (works with all Mac OS 10.5 and newer.)

     

    http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U

     

    http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,527850,1872219