What is the best way to get from imovie 9.0.9 to idvd

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Gus1 Author

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What is the best way to get from imovie 9.0.9 to idvd

Hello

I wonder if someone can help.

I have an iMovie project that includes 8 chapter markers.

When I export to idvd, the resulting video quality is horrible.

I have found out from other users posts , that the best way to export is to "media browser".

When I do that, I lose my chapter markers, which I obviously don't want to happen.

Am I doing something wrong, or am I correct in assuming that this type of export will not save the chapter markers??

I found out that you can write chapter markers in idvd, but they can only be written in intervals of minutes, and not at points in the movies where I want to put them. Or am I missing something?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Angus Armstrong

Posted on Dec 4, 2014 11:37 AM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Dec 4, 2014 1:30 PM in response to Gus1

Use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option with Size = Medium or Large.

Open iDVD, select a theme, go to the Media Browser/Movies pane in iDVD and drag the movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.

Follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:

Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.

To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.

Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.

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Answer 2

Gus1 Author

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Dec 5, 2014 9:46 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks for this.

I have a problem with "Use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option with Size = Medium or Large." It would appear that in iMovie 9.0.9

that there is not option to share in this way.

The share options I have are "theater, email, iTunes, youtube, Facebook, vimeo, CNN, and file"

When I chose "file", I lost the chapters.

I shared to itunes, and went from there to idvd, but the video quality isn't as good as it is in iMovie!

Thoughts, and thanks

Angus

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Answer 3

Old Toad

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Dec 5, 2014 10:25 AM in response to Gus1

Check the version of your iMovie app again. I have 9.0.9 with Yosemite and get this menu:

What system are you running?

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Gus1 Author

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Dec 5, 2014 10:38 AM in response to Old Toad

Yes, you are absolutely right. Somehow my iMovie library defaults to iMovie 10. Thanks. I'm sharing it now to the media browser. I'll get back to you with the results when it's done.

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Gus1 Author

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Dec 6, 2014 6:57 PM in response to Gus1

Thanks for this.

I have a problem with "Use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option with Size = Medium or Large." It would appear that in iMovie 9.0.9

that there is not option to share in this way.

The share options I have are "theater, email, iTunes, youtube, Facebook, vimeo, CNN, and file"

When I chose "file", I lost the chapters.

I shared to itunes, and went from there to idvd, but the video quality isn't as good as it is in iMovie!

Thought

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Answer 6

Gus1 Author

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Dec 6, 2014 7:04 PM in response to Gus1

Hi again.

First, I'd like to thank you for your help. Everything burned successfully, chapter markers included!

Now, my problem is that the same video that I posted (privately) on youtube, is of a way better video quality than what is on the dvd. And in iMovie on my computer screen the quality is also much much higher than when it goes onto a DVD.

Is this the norm? If so, maybe Apple is right in saying that DVD players are dead! I don't have a blu ray player, though, and I'm a musician, not a technically oriented person, so I don't know the answers!

Angus

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Answer 7

Gus1 Author

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Dec 6, 2014 7:10 PM in response to Gus1

Is there a way to go to idvd from iMovie 10?

Angus

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Answer 8

Old Toad

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Dec 7, 2014 9:21 AM in response to Gus1

Exort the movie out of iMovie 10 via the File ➙ Share ➙ File menu option.

at the 854 x 480 size:

Then drag the movie into the iDVD menu window being careful to avoid any drop zones.

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Answer 9

Gus1 Author

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Dec 7, 2014 9:24 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks. I'm trying this right now. I don't know if the quality will be any better when I burn to dvd.. We'll see.

Thanks again.

Angus

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Answer 10

Dec 10, 2014 2:54 AM in response to Gus1

Hi

Just a thought and my experience of this.

Higher resolution - doesn't to me - result in a better DVD - just worse one as iDVD does a bad Down-scaling job and DVD is as standard locked to old CRT-TV quality

meaning = Interlaced SD-Video Quality

PAL about 625 lines and 50 frames per second at it's Max

(NTSC - 480 lines and 60 frames per second)

So I use Medium Quality to get best possibly DVD result

- DVD brand is important - I use Verbatim

- DVD type matters - RW-DVDs usually do not work, R+DVD plays on modern DVD-players, R-DVD plays on even older ones. Double Layer DVDs usually has more problems than Single Layers

- BURN SPEED - I set this as low possibly - IMPORTANT !

- Free Space on Boot Hard disk - My minimum is 25Gb free space - always !

Good Luck - Yours Bengt W

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Answer 11

Gus1 Author

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Dec 10, 2014 5:10 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

Hi and thanks for your input.

I see that both you and "Old Toad" say that the type of DVD is important. I will go buy some Verbatim DVD-s and see what happens. You both say to burn at the lowest speed possible, but that option doesn't appear when burning from idvd. If I burn from disk utility, I think that that option shows up.

To be continued, and thanks.

Angus

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Answer 12

Dec 10, 2014 6:33 AM in response to Gus1

To set Burn Speed in iDVD - is very possibly - but not stright forward.

Go up to the top row menu. Select iDVD Preferences.

User uploaded file

Then Select Advance. At bottom here - You set BURN SPEED

User uploaded file

Not Straight forward - BUT IT WORKS.

Something is wrong with - ADD PHOTO Command - SORRY - FireFox and Safari - So I guess the problem resides deeper. Re-Start did not help. A Major fault I guess.

Yours Bengt W

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