Appelbum

Q: Alternative for iDVD on iMac El Capitan 10.11.1

Hi there,

Is there an alternative for iDVD.

I have a brand new iMac with El Capitan 10.11.1

I see offerings from Wondershare and iSkysoft.   Do they work properly ?   Any experience with any of them ?  Which one works best ?

 

Thanks in advance,

Appelbum

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Dec 9, 2015 7:37 AM

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  • by Old Toad,Apple recommended

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 9, 2015 8:45 AM in response to Appelbum
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    Dec 9, 2015 8:45 AM in response to Appelbum

    The only 3rd party video DVD authoring apps I've tired are DVD Maker Pro, DVD Creator Lite and Toast.  The one feature each has which is important to me is the capability of saving the project as a disk image so it can be tested with DVD Player before trying to burn to disk.

     

    None have the versatility of iDVD in menu design, etc.

     

    Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:

    Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image  menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.

     

    To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.

     

    Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality.  Always use top quality media:  Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

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  • by RickReed,Apple recommended

    RickReed RickReed Dec 16, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Appelbum
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    Dec 16, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Appelbum

    Try miDVD - a free app from the App Store.

    Worked fine for me and very simple to use.

  • by Appelbum,

    Appelbum Appelbum Dec 16, 2015 3:19 PM in response to RickReed
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    Dec 16, 2015 3:19 PM in response to RickReed

    Thanks Rick,

     

    I will give this a try.

     

    Regards,

     

    Bert

  • by peter_watt,

    peter_watt peter_watt Dec 22, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Dec 22, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Old Toad

    Old Toad wrote:

     

    The only 3rd party video DVD authoring apps I've tired are DVD Maker Pro, DVD Creator Lite and Toast.  The one feature each has which is important to me is the capability of saving the project as a disk image so it can be tested with DVD Player before trying to burn to disk.

     

    None have the versatility of iDVD in menu design, etc.

     

    Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty video DVD:

    Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image  menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.

     

    To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it.  If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.

     

    Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality.  Always use top quality media:  Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

    OTsig.png

    So to enlarge on this reply, do I understand El Cap no longer allows iDVD to Burn a playable DVD? 

    I'm sure it used to burn a playable DVD on Mavericks but I just discovered iDVD will only burn to Audio-TS and video_TS Folders since I upgraded to EL Cap. Am I correct?

  • by peter_watt,

    peter_watt peter_watt Dec 31, 2015 9:54 AM in response to peter_watt
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    Dec 31, 2015 9:54 AM in response to peter_watt

    OK to answer my own question, iDVD will only burn the iso which then has to be burned in Finder with right click.

     

    I also tried miDVD which worked and as I wanted several chapters I paid for miDVD Pro. Simple, effective and works like iDVD used to.

     

    (Just sold my iLife '11 disk to pay for miDVD Pro)

  • by William Gustin,

    William Gustin William Gustin Jan 20, 2016 12:48 PM in response to RickReed
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    Jan 20, 2016 12:48 PM in response to RickReed

    Looked at review regarding midvd and it's about 50/50 good and bad. Is this just the free app? Is pro better? Can I create a movie slideshow with just pictures and transitions and music with this app?

  • by FastBill,

    FastBill FastBill Jan 23, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Appelbum
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    Jan 23, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Appelbum

    I'm also looking for an alternative to iDVD, but the one feature that is important to me is the ability to create chapter menus from Chapter Markers that I insert into my videos when I create them in Final Cut Pro X. When I imported into iDVD a QuickTime movie that contained Chapter Markers, iDVD automatically created both the Main Menu and one or more Chapter Menu pages.

     

    Does anyone know of a currently supported DVD-creation app that includes support for Chapter Markers within a single .mov file?

     

    Thanks,

    Bill

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jan 23, 2016 12:36 PM in response to FastBill
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    Jan 23, 2016 12:36 PM in response to FastBill

    I don't know of such an app.  However, you might do what has been suggested previously and that is to create a volume on your boot drive and install Mavericks on it to run iDVD and, if you have it, iMovie 6 HD.  That combination allows one to make terrific video DVDs and outstanding slideshows from iMovie with multiple audio tracks:

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    IMO it was the best version of iMovie offered.

     

    If you have installed Mavericks previously on any Mac it will still be available for download in the Purchased section in your App Store account:

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  • by Ziatron,

    Ziatron Ziatron Jan 24, 2016 11:55 PM in response to FastBill
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    Jan 24, 2016 11:55 PM in response to FastBill

    Does anyone know of a currently supported DVD-creation app that includes support for Chapter Markers within a single .mov file?

     

    Yes! There is exactly one program that will do what you want. iDVD.

     

    Many software writers make DVD burning software. Unfortunately, none of them come close to the power and ease of use of iDVD.   I have successfully used iDVD on OS 10.11.  However, for stability purposes I have a partition on my hard drive for OS 10.9.5. This also allows me to run iMovie HD 06.

     

    Honestly, I wish the situation were otherwise. But it is, what it is.    When Apple wrote iDVD, they set the bar very high. Some very clever people wrote iDVD. I often wonder what they are doing now.

  • by Steve Burke,

    Steve Burke Steve Burke Feb 9, 2016 11:57 AM in response to Ziatron
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    Feb 9, 2016 11:57 AM in response to Ziatron

    Can someone out there tell me the following please;

     

    a basic guide to partition my hard drive to use iMovie 6 and iDVD

     

    How then to access these programs from the partition

     

    Thanks in advance and sorry for the 'stupid questions'

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Feb 9, 2016 12:04 PM in response to Steve Burke
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    Feb 9, 2016 12:04 PM in response to Steve Burke
    a basic guide to partition my hard drive to use iMovie 6 and iDVD

    Disk Utility 12.x: Partition a disk

     

    Create a Dual-Boot Mac OS X System Disk | Larry Jordan

    How then to access these programs from the partition

    1 - Install Mavericks on the partition. 

    2 - To access that partition restart your Mac with the Opiton key held down and in the resulting window select the Mavericks partition to boot from.

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  • by Steve Burke,

    Steve Burke Steve Burke Feb 9, 2016 12:35 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Feb 9, 2016 12:35 PM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks OT

     

    Ive just checked and I still have iMovie 6 (I had to go back into my Time Machine to get it as I deleted it after upgrading to El Capitan as it was greyed out), so I guess this is worth doing

    Am I right in saying that I have to erase my HD to do this? If so would i then just reinstall one partition from my Time Machine and then download Mavericks onto the smaller partition?

     

    What size partition would you suggest for Mavericks and Time Machine? Do i need the partition large enough to store iDVD's on or wold these be stored on the main partition? If they are stored on the smaller iDVD partition, can they be moved internally or would this have to be done by an external device?

  • by Steve Burke,

    Steve Burke Steve Burke Feb 9, 2016 1:02 PM in response to Steve Burke
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    Feb 9, 2016 1:02 PM in response to Steve Burke

    Sorry I have 2 more questions regarding partitioning.


    1.  would I be better off using Mountain Lion Rather than Mavericks on this new partition or doesn't it really matter?

     

    2. would I also be better using a separate HD for this rather than  partitioning my internal HD or would this option be too slow? I ask as I have a spare 60Gb hard drive available but its only USB2 so it may be too slow for this purpose?

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Feb 9, 2016 2:11 PM in response to Steve Burke
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    Feb 9, 2016 2:11 PM in response to Steve Burke
    Am I right in saying that I have to erase my HD to do this?

    No.  If you have enough room you should be able to partition the boot drive into to partitions.  I have 150 GB reserved for my Mavericks partition with about 73 GB free.  I only have 75 GB used with my system and apps.  All you need is about 50 GB of free space so whatever the system will take up plus the apps  should be sufficient. 

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