DVD will not pause after burning

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DVD will not pause after burning

The DVD I create with iDVD will not pause after burning. I've tried various DVD players with the same result. Everything else about the disc seems fine. I'm using a DVD-R disc, with iDVD 5.0.1

I have burned DVDs in the past without this problem! I seriously need advice, thanks!!

iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Aug 4, 2006 2:21 PM

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mishmumken

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Aug 4, 2006 4:58 PM in response to art_is_shiny

Hello art isshiny,

The DVD I create with iDVD will not pause after burning

Huh? I think your problem needs a little more explanation .... what do you mean with "pause".

or is it that I'm just not getting it?

post back

mish

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art_is_shiny Author

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Aug 4, 2006 5:03 PM in response to mishmumken

By "pause" I mean that when I press "pause" on my DVD player, the DVD will not pause. It just continues to play, or skips ahead.

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mishmumken

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Aug 4, 2006 5:09 PM in response to art_is_shiny

Hello art isshiny,

By "pause" I mean that when I press "pause" on my DVD player

I knew it was me not getting it ....

Do you press Pause during the menu or the movie(s)? Pressing Pause during the menu is a so-called "prohibited action", but of course while watching the movie it should work. Does the same thing happen when you play your DVD on your Mac?

let us know

mish

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art_is_shiny Author

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Aug 5, 2006 6:46 AM in response to mishmumken

I'm sure I was just being incoherant. My question made sense in my own head (which is not always a good sign).

I try to press pause during a slide show, and on my regular DVD player it says "prohibited action" and on my computer it just skips ahead or ignores me.

I just want to be able to show pictures on my TV, and pause them to look at them for however long I want. I'm a little frustrated with iDVD, and I'm wasting DVD discs, sigh.

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mishmumken

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Aug 5, 2006 1:21 PM in response to art_is_shiny

Hello art isshiny,

I try to press pause during a slide show

Did you create the slideshow in iDVD or iMovie/iPhoto?

If you create a slideshow in iDVD, every slide is a chapter .... maybe that's why you can't pause it. Try creating your slideshow in iMovie, this also has the advantage that you can use more than 99 pics.

hope this helps

mish

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art_is_shiny Author

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Aug 5, 2006 5:21 PM in response to mishmumken

Thanks mish, I'll try that!

Although I'm pretty sure I've paused my DVD's I've created in iDVD before, so I feel like there's something wrong with my program/computer. Unfortunately I have no idea how to even begin fixing this. The alternate program is probably a much better idea.

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mishmumken

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Aug 5, 2006 6:20 PM in response to art_is_shiny

Hello art isshiny,

if you feel that you have performance issues on your Mac in general (and iDVD in particular), try to do the following:

1. find the file com.apple.iDVD.plist and trash it, then empty the trash.
2. free up some space on your hard drive (20 GB should be free when working with iDVD)
3. repair permissions with Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities) and reboot.
4. run software like DiskWarrior or Macjanitor

hope this helps

mish

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