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Error during validation

I've created a project with theme 5.0 Baby Mobile and 5 slideshows. The slideshows have been created importing 5 albums from iPhoto directly through the media pane of iDVD. The drop zones have been filled with pictures dragged from the media pane, so as the musics.
When I try to create the disk image the first time nothing happens, then at the second try I get: "Errors in project There where errors during the project validation. These errors have to be fixed before burning the project.
The following warnings and errors were found during the validation of the current project:
- There appears to be a broken asset in your project. Correct this problem before burning this project."

There is no indication on which asset should be broken. I've tried removing all the assets, one after the other. No result. I've also tried to create the project over again, deleted the preferences, repaired permissions, Onyx, restart and so on... always the same error.

I've read through all the related topics and don't really know what to do, beside leaving iDVD and create a simple Toast slideshow project...

Any hint?

PowerBook G4 15" 1,67 Mac OS X (10.4.7) iBook G3 12" 500 - Mac Mini G4 1,25

Posted on Aug 23, 2006 3:16 AM

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Posted on Aug 23, 2006 6:48 AM

Check your JPEG filenames and folder names. Don't use any special characters. Be sure to use only letters, numbers, and underscores, and only one "." Do not use "/" or "." at the beginning of a file name.

Another thought is about the music you used. Is it from the iTunes Store? You may need to burn a CD of the music and import from that.

Finally, your iPhoto Library may be corrupt. You could try rebuilding the library or try dragging the photos to the desktop and then into iDVD.

Sue
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Aug 23, 2006 6:48 AM in response to Riccardo

Check your JPEG filenames and folder names. Don't use any special characters. Be sure to use only letters, numbers, and underscores, and only one "." Do not use "/" or "." at the beginning of a file name.

Another thought is about the music you used. Is it from the iTunes Store? You may need to burn a CD of the music and import from that.

Finally, your iPhoto Library may be corrupt. You could try rebuilding the library or try dragging the photos to the desktop and then into iDVD.

Sue

Aug 24, 2006 1:25 AM in response to SDIllini

My two cents:

.m4a files from iTunes don't work in iDVD. This was the other thing I discovered yesterday after I fixed the troubles with the photos. It was enough to convert the .m4a into .mp3 to have everything work just fine.

I must say that I don't like at all this kind of behavior of the iApps: import/export of files between them seems to work fine and smooth, but at the very end you discover that something is wrong and have no clue of what it could be.

Error during validation

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