I've just upgraded to iMovie 10 and cannot figure out how to burn my movie to a DVD. I don't want to share on Vimeo, CNN, etc. I just want a movie for me?
What may I missing? Help, please!
iMac, iOS 6.0.1
RuffiansRide,
The manual is not going to help you figure out how to burn a DVD. Apple discontinued iDVD several years ago and no longer supports it and in version 10 of iMovie has removed all references to iDVD or burning DVDs.
That said, iDVD stil works beautifully and remains the best option for creating nice-looking DVDs on a Mac.
You said that everything appears to be uploading to iCloud. Have you tried unchecking "Automatically upload content to iCloud" in iMovie's Preferences?
Here is a step by step on how to create a DVD from iMovie 10 using iDVD 7.1.2. If you do not have iDVD, you can probably substitute Toast everywhere I used iDVD (I don't have Toast so can't verify this).
1. Create a project in iMovie 10.0.1
2. Go to File>Share>File... and for Size choose Large 540P (960 x 540) and click Next
3. Choose a location on the hard drive to save the file to.
4. Wait for the blue circle activity indicator to finish.
5. In Finder, verify that iMovie created an MP4 file in the location specified in step 3.
6. Open iDVD and click "Create New Project."
7. Give the project a name and save it to your hard drive.
8. Drag the file you created earlier from the Finder into your iDVD project window.
(or go to File>Import>Video... and choose your video there)
9. Make any adjustments to drop zones, etc.
10. Click the burn button.
11. Insert a DVD and let it do its thing.
This produces a working DVD for me.
Here are my software specs:
OS X 10.9 Mavericks
iMovie 10.0.1
iDVD 7.1.2
Thanks vey much, Mr. Cook for posting this comment to the help community. I was able to burn multiple copies for a school project. 🙂
Thank you so much for this, Alan. I made an iMovie for my brother's celebration of life, but could not figure out how to burn it to a DVD. I truly appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
You saved my life. I, too, was struggling. Thanks.
I normally just share as a file to my desktop in the quality that I want (1080P, takes a little longer but worth it) and then right click from there and click "burn to disk." You can see the progress of the save in iMovie near the share box.
I'm desperate for help here! I am creating a slideshow composed of small videos and pictures for my daughter's birthday (32 minutes in total). I have followed all steps, and when the file is exported from iMovie it takes some time. Once it tells me completed, I try and insert the file into iDVD but it tells me it isn't supported.
When I click on the exported file's details, it tells me there are no bytes..meaning the file is empty. What do I do?? Thank you in advance!
How to burn DVD in iMovie 10
