Horizontal distortions in imovie06HD on iDVD disc

Hi

This can be many things.

A. You must use same frame rate in all project. Neither iMovie or iDVD do this conversion in a good way. I use JES_Deinterlacer (free from Internet) to make all material in same fps.

B. Best Quality - is the lowest Quality iDVD can produce.

If total - movie + menu - is less than 45 minutes - Best Performance might be best - else Pro Quality is my main choice.

C. When converting material - make sure that it is in StreamingDV or AIC - Video Codec.

D. When going from iMovie 6HD to iDVD - DO NOT USE - Share to iDVD or other.

JUST Close iMovie

Open iDVD

Start a new iDVD project and select a nice theme (in proper fps PAL or NTSC)

Now drop the iMovie PROJECT Icon into Your iDVD MENU Window - Avoid drop zones !

Done

Yours Bengt W

Yes, you really need the much improved iDVD 7, but this is no longer available from Apple.

Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac? How do I get it and how do I install it?

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673

(That actually refers to newer Macs that do not come with iDVD, but you will get the general idea!)

iDVD 1

Has it ever existed ?

iDVD 2

First one to reach users ?

iDVD 3 (2003)

Chapter markers

Menu themes that can be adapted to movie

Need Mac OS X.1.5 or rather X.2.2

iDVD 4 (2004)

needed a Hack to do DiskImage

Two encoding qualities. High Quality (90 min or less) and Best Performances (60 min or less)

iDVD 5 (2005)

OneStep DVD

High Quality (120 min or less) instead of previous 90 min max

iDVD 6 (6.0.4 - Oct 2007)

Two encoding qualities. High Quality (120 min or less) and Best Performances (60 min or less)

Fit Widescreen TVs

OneStep DVD

Magic iDVD

Auto-fill drop zones

Editable in Map view

DL-DVD support

External non Apple DVD-burners

iDVD 08 (7.0.1) (2008)

Faster

Accepts more video formats

aligning guide

Pro encoding quality added

Burn-speed can be set

Bug - Updated movies - destroyed iDVD project = Re-do

Chapters - still problematic from iMovie, FinalCut and QuickTime

(only a-z and 0-9, Not in transitions or near (2 sec) from them or at movie start)

iDVD 09 (7.0.4) (2009)

Same as previous - Good as it is ?

BUG - rep. Version. 7

- Do not go back to video editor and make any adjustments. (iMovie and FinalCut E/P)

iDVD will notice and ask You to either - Update or Cancel - Neither will help.

If You Update - one of many errors is that all Chapters will point back to Chapter one.

And many more things goes wrongly.

Medicine - Start a brand NEW iDVD project and re-do it’s lay-out and structure.

alt. suggested - In the iDVD movie menu - trash movies and then clean Media Assets

- then re-import movie. Is said to work and can save some times and efforts

iDVD 11 (7.1.0) (2010-10-21) (7.1.2 2011-07-14)

may be some bugs are corrected

∆ Go back and up-date BUG - ?

∆ Chapter BUG !”#€%&/()=?`etc. (do only use A to Z and 0 to 9 - no other symbols/Letters

∆ 4:3 resp 16:9 - keep in format BUG? ?

Some compatibility might be corrected - as - iMovie’11 project to iDVD 09 - doesn’t deliver a good result.

Especially if photos is included in movie.

Apple do not believe in DVD or BD - only published via internet - no Privacy any more ! !

alt is Roxio Toast™ 11 Pro with BD-component - and You’ll keep on producing !

Yours Bengt W