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how do I burn my slideshow on to a dvd and play it on an HDTV?

Before I upgraded to Yosemite on my iMac any DVDs that I burned of my iTunes Slideshows could be played back on my TV.

Now they can't! I can burn a version for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple TV but not a disc that plays on my television.

Can anyone tell me how to get round this problem?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Oct 13, 2015 11:26 AM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2015 2:58 AM

I burned of my iTunes Slideshows

Don't you mean iPhoto slideshows? Assuming you do read the following:


Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. For iPhoto 9.4.3 and earlier select Size = Medium or Large. For iPhoto 9.5 and later selct 480p.


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 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.


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:

User uploaded file


This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:


User uploaded file


You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.

User uploaded file

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Oct 14, 2015 2:58 AM in response to Bluepeter

I burned of my iTunes Slideshows

Don't you mean iPhoto slideshows? Assuming you do read the following:


Export the slideshow out of iPhoto as a QT movie file via the Export button in the lower toolbar. For iPhoto 9.4.3 and earlier select Size = Medium or Large. For iPhoto 9.5 and later selct 480p.


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 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.


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:

User uploaded file


This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:


User uploaded file


You then can upgrade from iDVD 7.0.3 to iDVD 7.1.2 via the updaters at the Apple Downloads webpage.

User uploaded file

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