Claudio P.
Level 1
(4 points)
Q: Will iDVD work on OS X 10.9.5 or what alternative is there?
Hi everyone,
I am new to Apple, and to iMac. I have an iMac with OS X 10.9.5 and just bought a USB-Super Drive.
I wish to create a DVD (not a data-DVD, a real video-DVD) for my parents to play on a normal DVD-Player.
In my understanding, iDVD can do that. But I read here and there (in Google results) that the program has been unsupported. Apparently it is possible to download the program from this (apple) web site:
https://www.apple.com/chde/support/idvd/
So my probably dummy question is: does it work? Why should I buy for example "Toast", if iDVD is actually still available?
If not, I would be very grateful for a suggestion which is the best alternative. I am thinking to:
Thanks a lot for any suggestion
Claudio
PS: Answer can be also in german or italian, if preferred.
Old Toad
Level 10
(141,783 points)
The download you linked to is only an updater. You have to have iDVD 7 already installed in order to use it.
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Softwareor eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
Why iLife 09 instead of 11?
If you have to purchase an iLife disc in order to obtain the iDVD application remember that the iLife 11 disc only provides themes from iDVD 5-7. The Software Update no longer installs the earlier themes when starting from the iLIfe 11 disk nor do any of the iDVD 7 updaters available from the Apple Downloads website contain them.
Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.
Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. Select Size = Medium or Large.
Open iDVD, select a theme and drag the exported QT movie file into the open iDVD window being careful to avoid any drop zones.
Follow this workflow to help assure the best qualty 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.
