How to export from iMovie 09 to iDVD 09

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How to export from iMovie 09 to iDVD 09

I recently upgraded to iLife 09, and made my first movie in iMovie that was destined for a dvd. I was unable to "hand it over" to iDVD to simply burn. ( I don't need DVD menus or maps or themes -- I only want to burn the darn movie.) Believe it or not, I have David Pogue's book, and still can't do it. Can someone please tell me, click-for-click, how to "hand over" my movie for a simple burn. I'm sure this
is very easy...probably only a few clicks...but I must be missing one of them. Thank you!!
Robert

iMacG5, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 31, 2009 9:57 AM

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Answer 1

SDMacuser

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Aug 31, 2009 10:21 AM in response to Robert Arnold5

is the movie on the desktop right now?

(if so what format is it in ..... and what's the total run time /playback duration in hours and minutes?)

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Answer 2

Aug 31, 2009 10:38 AM in response to SDMacuser

There is no small movie icon on the desktop. Here's what I did: After
making my movie, I pulled down the "Share" dropdown menu.
I clicked on "iDVD". A progress bar appeared and it took about
5 minutes to do whatever it was doing. When it finished, a large iDVD
window opened up. (But no movie icon appeared on the desktop.)
It says "New Project 1" in a blue box, against
a black background. On the right, there is a choice of themes.
The duration of the movie is 5 min 29 seconds. It has some
high-def in it, in case that is relevant. Thank you.

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Answer 3

SDMacuser

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Aug 31, 2009 10:54 AM in response to Robert Arnold5

Follow thru with the selection process to build the DVD. Have you looked thru apple's tutorials for iMovie => iDvd? I highly recommend them.

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/?cmp#iphoto

http://store.apple.com/us/product/TV554Z/A

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Answer 4

Aug 31, 2009 11:03 AM in response to Robert Arnold5

• in iMovie: Share to Mediabrowser
• in iDVD: drag from 'Media/Video/IMovie' into the Autostart Box ..

http://sites.google.com/site/idvdmodding/autostartbox

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