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Q: What happened to DVD Studio Pro?  Has it been integrated somehow or use shelved?

What happened to DVD Studio Pro?  Has it been integrated somehow or use shelved?  Is there an alternative studio product now in X?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), iBooks import to library not workin

Posted on Feb 28, 2016 1:42 PM

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  • by Gary Sumlak,Helpful

    Gary Sumlak Gary Sumlak Feb 28, 2016 7:07 PM in response to smithdal
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    Feb 28, 2016 7:07 PM in response to smithdal

    DVD SP is dead and will not function dependably, if at all, in the current OS.  If you need the flexibility of DVD SP, then you need to have a dedicated OS (OS X 7 at most).

     

    In the current OS, basic DVD authoring is built into the video and photo apps Share menu.  If you want more options, there are more in Compressor 4.

     

    Ta

  • by David Harbsmeier,Solvedanswer

    David Harbsmeier David Harbsmeier Feb 28, 2016 7:05 PM in response to smithdal
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    Feb 28, 2016 7:05 PM in response to smithdal

    Apple discontinued DVD-SP in June, 2011.  They're reasoning was that optical media (CD/DVD/Blu-ray) were dead delivery platforms and everything should be delivered via the cloud.

     

    You can still purchase Toast for optical disc burning: http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/

     

    -DH

  • by smithdal,

    smithdal smithdal Feb 28, 2016 7:09 PM in response to David Harbsmeier
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    Feb 28, 2016 7:09 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

    Thanks for the info I thought as much but was needing to hear it I guess.  Some people still like the old DVD menu even on a Mac.  I have it in the cloud but a few people in a wedding party still  want the hands on disc. 

    Thanks again!

  • by Ziatron,

    Ziatron Ziatron Mar 4, 2016 4:37 PM in response to smithdal
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    Mar 4, 2016 4:37 PM in response to smithdal

    Some people still like the old DVD menu even on a Mac.

    All movie collectors want their movies on a physical disk.

     

    I am finding that optical media is making a strong comeback because of M-DISC, good for 1000 years.

     

    Storing movies on a hard drive is fine.  But you must remember to keep backing them up every 3 to 5 years.  I would absolutely hang on to all of your original pressed copies. ( Also proves that the movies were purchased legally.)  Pressed DVDs have a shelf life of about 100 years.  Hard drives have a much shorter lifetime.

  • by Michael Grenadier,

    Michael Grenadier Michael Grenadier Mar 8, 2016 5:43 PM in response to Ziatron
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    Mar 8, 2016 5:43 PM in response to Ziatron

    anyone actually using m-disc?  sounds great, but...  why do I wonder????

  • by FCPUSER11,

    FCPUSER11 FCPUSER11 Apr 9, 2016 8:45 PM in response to smithdal
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    Apr 9, 2016 8:45 PM in response to smithdal

    Hi, I have an iMac 2013 with OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite and am using DVDSP 4.2.2 with no problems at all. I still deliver on dvds, lots of them. If you have FCP Studio, DVDSP was included, you can install just that app. That is what I did. I am now one of the only persons in this business around here that can still make dvds with menus etc. Hope this helps. I've been asking on this forum if DVDSP works with El Capitan? If anyone knows it would be nice to know. Thanks

    Mark

  • by Gary Scotland,

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Apr 13, 2016 6:12 AM in response to Michael Grenadier
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    Apr 13, 2016 6:12 AM in response to Michael Grenadier

    We use Vebatim (made by Tio Yuden)  M-Discs for archival storage,  both 25 GB and 50GB.

    In the UK, many government departments, banks, army, navy & airforce use them as the most reliable form of data storage available.