HFTaylor12
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Q: How Can I Manually Burn an iDVD Project to a DVD Without iDVD?

Hi. Can anyone tell me how I can burn an iDVD project to a disk without iDVD? On my iBook G4, I have iDVD and I can make projects, but the iBook cannot burn DVDs, only CDs. So I put the iDVD project on a MacBook Pro running Yosemite, which can burn DVDs. But I don't know how to burn the project. Do I have to burn a certain file in the package contents? So, I need a way to burn a iDVD project manually to a disk without iDVD. Please help.

 

iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), G4, and

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Apr 3, 2015 5:59 AM

by Old Toad,Solvedanswer
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A:

Save the iDVD project as a disk image:

iDVDsavediskimage.PNG

Copy the disk image to the Mac with the internal optical drive and burn from there.

 

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.

 

Copy the disk image to your other Mac.

 

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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Posted on Apr 3, 2015 9:14 AM

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  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Apr 3, 2015 6:12 AM in response to HFTaylor12
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    Apr 3, 2015 6:12 AM in response to HFTaylor12

    Get an external DVD burner from Amazon. Samsung SE-S084 works well but needs two USB connections.

  • by Old Toad,Solvedanswer

    Old Toad Old Toad Apr 3, 2015 9:14 AM in response to HFTaylor12
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    Apr 3, 2015 9:14 AM in response to HFTaylor12

    Save the iDVD project as a disk image:

    iDVDsavediskimage.PNG

    Copy the disk image to the Mac with the internal optical drive and burn from there.

     

    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.

     

    Copy the disk image to your other Mac.

     

    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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  • by HFTaylor12,

    HFTaylor12 HFTaylor12 Apr 3, 2015 4:24 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Apr 3, 2015 4:24 PM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks so much!!!

  • by HFTaylor12,

    HFTaylor12 HFTaylor12 Apr 3, 2015 4:26 PM in response to Klaus1
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    Apr 3, 2015 4:26 PM in response to Klaus1

    I should have mentioned that I didn't want to pay any money on my first post. Have you forgotten that I can use the MacBook Pro for FREE to burn DVD's?

  • by Bengt Wärleby,

    Bengt Wärleby Bengt Wärleby Apr 9, 2015 3:02 AM in response to HFTaylor12
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    Apr 9, 2015 3:02 AM in response to HFTaylor12

    Hi

     

    to make a Video-DVD - one needs an iDVD authoring program as iDVD

    else You get an Data-DVD that will not play on any standard DVD-player

     

    In Your iBook - make Your DVD authoring/layout/structure

    Save as a DiskImage

    Store this on any Mac OS Extended formatted device (Not DOS or UNIX or any other format - must be this) - else file breaks and can not be repaired on target device e.g. MacBook Pro.

    Connect to MacBook and copy over to this (at least I use to do this)

    Open Disk Util tool

    Select the DiskImage

    Burn it onto a new DVD disk

    I use:

    - only Verbatim

    - only DVD-R

    - at an as slow speed possibly (far less burn errors due to this)

     

    Good Luck !

     

    Yours Bengt W