Does an upgrade to ilife 11 contain idvd for use with mountain lion (10.8.5)?

Phil215 wrote:

... Would purchasing the iLife 11 download restore the functionality of iDVD,

No Apple download will contain iDVD, but you can purchase the retail version of iLife on disc from your favourite software vendor. The price is still reasonable but may not be that way forever.

When you get it install only the iDVD app, then update it to the latest version from Apple using this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1414

If you already had iDVD but it was erased by upgrading, you can reinstall it from a backup or from the original Applications Install disc that came with your Mac. If you have iDVD on another Mac or a backup disk, simply dragging the app from the old Mac to the new one will be sufficient.

... Why is there no Apple warning that Mountain Lion disables and does not support iDVD?

Probably because merely upgrading a Mac that already had iDVD installed does neither of those things. iDVD works fine on Mountain Lion. Apple simply doesn't sell it any longer.

Why is there no Apple warning that Mountain Lion disables and does not support iDVD?

Mountain Lion is tested for compatibility with iDVD. I find that it works perfectly.

Am I just stuck with purchasing a 3rd party software to replace iDVD?

No, use iDVD.

If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Software or eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.

Why iLife 09 instead of 11?

If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.

Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:

This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:

You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.

Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.

Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.

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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