The new iMovie update 11-23-2013 puts out mp4 videos. iDVD and Quick Time Player will not accept them. They give an error. I have an iMovie I prepared for my Thanksgiving guest and now I can't make a DVD. Neither will iMovie save in my movie folder.

To burn a DVD with iDVD from the latest version of iMovie, you have to export the movie using the Export button and select 480p as the size. Open iDVD and start a new project, then drag that exported movie file into the iDVD menu window, avoiding any drop zones you see.

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I can confirm that iDVD still burns DVDs from files exported from iMovie.

Steps I took:

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 produced a working DVD for me.

Here are my software specs:

OS X 10.9 Mavericks

iMovie 10.0.1

iDVD 7.1.2

thank you I also had this problem, and didnt realise you had to wait for the blue circle......

Thank you again

unfortunatly I have to recant my earlier post as all my projects when they are exported to MP4 have an error.

File share error 50. IDVD will not regognise them although quicktime plays them?

I have no idea how to fix this any thoughts?

Here are my software specs:

Imac

OS X 10.9 Mavericks

iMovie 10.0.1

iDVD 7.1.2

Many thanks, Alan! After looking for software to convert the mp4 file iMovie 10 creates to a DVD file, I found your post. If only Apple would tell us about this simple approach! It worked on the first try!

Dick

iMac

OSX 10.9.3, Mavericks

iMovie 10.0.3

iDVD 7.1.2

I have tried all of the steps above with iMovie 10.0.5 and idvd does not recognize the mp4. I need to make my mp4 video into a playable dvd. Any ideas?

>> I have tried all of the steps above with iMovie 10.0.5 and idvd does not recognize the mp4. I need to make my mp4 video into a playable dvd. Any ideas? <<

First off, I would not use iMovie 10.0.5 for making DVDs. The ability to set chapter markers was removed from iMovie 10.0.5.

With iMovie 10.0.5:

Export the movie out of iMovie at Size = 480p.

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

For making DVDs you'll get better results using iMovie 06, or iMovie 11. I have both but prefer iMovie 06. With iMovie 06 you can create chapter markers and make professional looking DVDs almost as good as the ones Hollywood makes.

With iMovie 06:

Share > iDVD

DONE !

Just to add to Ziatron's great advice: iDVD is designed to convert a DV stream from iMovie to the standard DVD format of mpeg2. This conversion, actually a 4:1 compression, is what it refers to as 'rendering'.

If you want to burn an mp4 video file to a DVD use either Disk Utility or Roxio Toast.

Was able to use the latest iMovie and iDVD... iDVD wouldn't recognize the iMovie project until I went User/Movies/and clicked on the project.mp4... then it connected... an Apple bug. Steve's ghost will be rumbling through the orchard tonight.