Q: how can I burn a dvd without themes?

(From fellow poster Mishmumken: )

How to create a DVD in iDVD without menu (there are several options):

1. Easy: Drop your iMovie in the autoplay box in iDVD's Map View, then set your autoplay item (your movie) to loop continously. Disadvantage: The DVD plays until you hit stop on the remote

2. Still easy: If you don't want your (autoplay) movie to loop, you can create a black theme by replacing the background of a static theme with a black background and no content in the dropzone (text needs to be black as well). Disadvantage: The menu is still there and will play after the movie. You don't see it, but your disc keeps spinning in the player.

3. Still quite easy but takes more time: Export the iMovie to DV tape, and then re-import using One-Step DVD.

Disadvantage: One-Step DVD creation has been known to be not 100% reliable.

4. (My preferred method) Easy enough but needs 3rd party software: Roxio Toast lets you burn your iMovie to DVD without menu - just drag the iMovie project to the Toast Window and click burn. Disadvantage: you'll need to spend some extra $$ for the software. In Toast, you just drop the iMovie project on the Window and click Burn.

5. The "hard way": Postproduction with myDVDedit (freeware)

Tools necessary: myDVDedit ( http://www.mydvdedit.com )

• create a disc image of your iDVD project, then double-click to mount it.

• Extract the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders to a location of your choice. select the VIDEO_TS folder and hit Cmd + I to open the Inspector window

• Set permissions to "read & write" and include all enclosed items; Ignore the warning.

• Open the VIDEO_TS folder with myDVDedit. You'll find all items enclosed in your DVD in the left hand panel.

• Select the menu (usually named VTS Menu) and delete it

• Choose from the menu File > Test with DVD Player to see if your DVD behaves as planned.If it works save and close myDVDedit.

• Before burning the folders to Video DVD, set permissions back to "read only", then create a disc image burnable with Disc Utility from a VIDEO_TS folder using Laine D. Lee's DVD Imager:

http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/dvdimager.html

Our resident expert, Old Toad, also recommends this: there is a 3rd export/share option that give better results.  That's to use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option.  Then in iDVD go to the Media Browser and drag the movie into iDVD where you want it.

Hope this helps!

There is a fantastic little program called BURN that allows you to do just that. And best of all, it's FREE.

Click on the following link to download....

http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

Make sure to download the 64-bit version.

I tried burning my DVD and bypassing themes by putting in the DVD, selecting the map button, importing my movie, telling it to loop, and burning, but a theme from iMovie keeps showing up anyway. I removed themes in iMovie but it doesn't go away. Any ideas?

I don't know of a way of eliminating themes entirely. However, under "Old Themes" I use "brushed metal". I then change the background black.

It's about as minimalistic as you can get.

Try this tutorial:  No Theme DVD