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Q: idvd won't recognize my iMovie mp4

I am trying to use an older idvd program 7.1.2, to convert my mp4 video that I made with iMovie 10.0.5. I shared my iMovie into the 480 mode. The codecs in the info says AAC, H.264. I am trying to make a DVD that I can watch in a DVD player hooked up to a TV. Nothing seems to be working, I even purchased a program to do this and it kept failing. Help.

 

Brenda

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), '07 Macbook 10.6.8 w/iDVD 7.1.2

Posted on Sep 21, 2014 12:42 PM

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Q: idvd won't recognize my iMovie mp4

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  • by Mr_Posh,

    Mr_Posh Mr_Posh Dec 18, 2014 7:32 AM in response to Firehawk108
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    Dec 18, 2014 7:32 AM in response to Firehawk108

    I was having the same problem and have just found a solution.

     

    I made my movie in iMovie 10.0.6, exported it as a large file - the mp4 I got was playable by quicktime, VLC iTunes etc but iDVD would not allow me to import it.

     

    I changed the file extension to .m4v rather than .mp4 and all of a sudden no problem - it went straight into iDVD and burnt successfully. Viola!

  • by Nicholas Rezmerski,

    Nicholas Rezmerski Nicholas Rezmerski Aug 3, 2015 10:44 PM in response to Firehawk108
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    Aug 3, 2015 10:44 PM in response to Firehawk108

    I had problems importing .mp4 videos containing H.264 video.

     

    The easiest solution I found was to open the video in MPEG Streamclip and save it as Quicktime (using "save as..." not "export"). That quickly outputs a QuickTime movie of the same size without re-encoding. iDVD sees it as AVC encoded, and encodes it scaled to SD without errors.

     

    Your mileage may vary, but give it a try!

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