Lawrence Acker
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Q: How to convert dvdproj to mp4

How do you to convert a dvd made in idvd in dvdproj format to to mp4?

iPhoto '11, iOS 5.1

Posted on Jul 9, 2012 5:24 PM

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Lawrence Acker

Q: How to convert dvdproj to mp4

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  • by dsimagry,

    dsimagry dsimagry Jul 9, 2012 6:23 PM in response to Lawrence Acker
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    Jul 9, 2012 6:23 PM in response to Lawrence Acker

    Just curious... What happens if you double-click on that dvdproj file?... Does iDVD open? Does the computer ask you to pick a program that can open the file?... etc.?

  • by Lawrence Acker,

    Lawrence Acker Lawrence Acker Jul 9, 2012 8:27 PM in response to dsimagry
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    Jul 9, 2012 8:27 PM in response to dsimagry

    Double click -->IDVD opens.

    tight cluck -->open with--> iDVD or Terminal.app

    Neither help

  • by dsimagry,

    dsimagry dsimagry Jul 9, 2012 9:36 PM in response to Lawrence Acker
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    Jul 9, 2012 9:36 PM in response to Lawrence Acker

    As I suspected..... the dvdproj is just the file format that iDVD uses to save a project to, it is NOT a video file or movie. You can only convert a video/movie file to .mp4.

     

    What you can do is open the dvdproj file again in iDVD, just to see what video content is part of the project, IF ANY... And then locate the source video content within your hard drive.

     

    Once located, you can use any of the FREE video converters found within the Mac App Store or Macupdate(dot)com to conver the video to .mp4.

     

     

    Some popular video converters are...

     

     

    HandBrake

    http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12987/handbrake

     

    MPEG Streamclip

    http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15466/mpeg-streamclip

     

    Smart Converter

    http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39314/smart-converter

     

     

     

     

    My expertise ends here... Hopefully someone comes by with the solution you seek.

  • by Master-D,

    Master-D Master-D Aug 17, 2015 9:22 AM in response to dsimagry
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    Aug 17, 2015 9:22 AM in response to dsimagry

    If like me you find an old .dvdproj file and want the video without downloading and installing iDVD again there is another way.

     

    Right click on the file and select 'Show Package Contents'.

     

    Then navigate to the video folder which is: Contents ... Resources ... MPEG.

     

    You will find the video and audio files in there and need to use one of the above convertors to change the format.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Aug 17, 2015 2:16 PM in response to Master-D
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    Aug 17, 2015 2:16 PM in response to Master-D

    Then navigate to the video folder which is: Contents ... Resources ... MPEG.

     

    There will be no files in that folder unless the Best Performance encoding has been selected and any movie files in the project have been encoded in the background:

    iDVD003.jpg

     

    And the files based on the movie file will not include the audio track.

     

    If the OP has iDVD installed, the project is his then  he can open the project, see where the movie files used in it are located on the hard drive and get the original file that way.  No need to convert or rip.

     

    Bottom line: if the project file is not his then  without the iDVD application the .idvdproj file is useless.

    OTsig.png

  • by Master-D,

    Master-D Master-D Aug 18, 2015 4:03 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Aug 18, 2015 4:03 AM in response to Old Toad

    I did this yesterday, and don't have iDVD anymore, I'm not even sure if you can get it now. I just had the .dvdproj file. The video was in the MPEG folder within the package and the audio was in the Audio folder there too. Will have to put them back together with an editing app but at least I have the video now, so if you do just have the file and not any associated folders, it may be possible to recover what you need using the method I described, it worked for me. So bottom line is, if you only have the .dvdproj, and happened to use the settings Old Toad mentioned which I guess I must have, then you can recover a potentially nostalgic home video, which could be priceless.