Loser without iDVD

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Loser without iDVD

I’ve been trying to produce a slide show/movie (about 300 pictures) with music, using pictures from iPhoto and songs from iTunes, and then recording them on a CD-R to view on a DVD player. I haven't been able to do this with QuickTime 6, so that has lead me to probe into iDVD. However, I don't have it and want to know:
1. Can I accomplish what I need with iDVD, keeping in mind that I have OSX 10.2.8.?
2. If so, which version, and can I download it alone or do I have to purchase iLife? (I already have ieverything except for iDVD).
Thanks.

G3 ibook Mac OS X (10.2.x)

G3 ibook Mac OS X (10.2.x)

G3 ibook Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Posted on Nov 20, 2006 3:25 PM

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Answer 1

F Shippey

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Nov 20, 2006 3:48 PM in response to izwhiz

With your system you might want to look at: Ulead DVD PictureShow for Mac 1 at http://ulead-dvd-pictureshow-for-mac.ulead-systems-gmbh.qarchive.org/

It was a great product, designed for systems like yours, and seems to be now FREE!

I've used it in the past when Ulead sold it. Ulead used to make a little Mac software but it appears they no longer support or sell it.

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izwhiz Author

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Nov 20, 2006 3:56 PM in response to F Shippey

Looks good, do you know if it allows you to add more than one song to the slideshow? That's a major problem I've had with IPhoto and QuickTime.

G3 ibook Mac OS X (10.2.x) 500MHZ

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F Shippey

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Nov 20, 2006 4:07 PM in response to izwhiz

It's FREE! Don't 'look a gift horse in the mouth'.

It will let you create a video CD (MPG-1) compresson that will playback in most DVD players. This is the only form of compression you can put on a CD and expect it to play back in a DVD player. The quality isn't as good as MPG-2 on a DVD, but let me say it again: "It's FREE! Don't 'look a gift horse in the mouth'".

With QuickTime Pro you can easily merge two (or more) songs.

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SDIllini

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Nov 20, 2006 4:19 PM in response to izwhiz

You know, I'd follow Mr. Shippey's advice here!

But, you can workaround the music problem by burning your songs on an Audio CD (not data or mp3) and re-import them to iTunes.
Choose 'Join CD Tracks' from the Advanced menu in the menu bar and iTunes will combine all of the songs from the CD into one song.
Plus, I hope you mean DVD, not CD.

Sue

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F Shippey

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Nov 20, 2006 4:27 PM in response to SDIllini

Sue,

Thanks for the comments about using iTunes music - I forgot that's where the music was coming from and QT Pro wouldn't be much help.

Nope, I think (hope) he means a CD. If his old laptop had a DVD burner, he would already have a version of iDVD. He can only make a Video CD.

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SDIllini

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Nov 20, 2006 4:46 PM in response to F Shippey

Duh...didn't see his Topic Line, now did I?

Sue

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izwhiz Author

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Nov 20, 2006 8:41 PM in response to SDIllini

Thanks Shippey and Sue. My old clunker has a dvd player, & only burns cds (at least that's all I've burned on it). Ok, no more peeking into the horse's mouth. But before I try ULead, if I do the transfer trick for the music instead, I just want to make sure it will work and be able to be viewed on a dvd player... I'm thinking I will drag and drop the final slideshow onto a cd and burn it? Right?

G3 ibook Mac OS X (10.2.x)

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F Shippey

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Nov 20, 2006 8:52 PM in response to izwhiz

I'm thinking I will drag and drop the final slideshow onto a cd and burn it? Right?

Wrong.

For the CD to be playable in a DVD player it must be encoded. DVDs are MPG-2 encoded. Video CDs - which you will make - are MPG-1 encoded. Most - but not all - DVD players will play Video CDs.

Ulead PictureShow for Mac will let you create and write your slideshow to a CD. No drag-and-drop - no other programs need. Just PictureShow.

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izwhiz Author

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Nov 21, 2006 8:33 PM in response to F Shippey

With your system you might want to look at: Ulead
DVD PictureShow for Mac 1 at
http://ulead-dvd-pictureshow-for-mac.ulead-systems-gmb
h.qarchive.org/
It was a great product, designed for systems like
yours, and seems to be now FREE!

Hi,
Well, this link as well as every other Ulead PictureShow "free" download I could find, did not work or gave me "unable to open file" error msg. I guess the horse is not free after all?... Any other suggestions??? Or why I might not be able to download? I've already checked my internet preferences and couldn't find any block.

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Answer 10

F Shippey

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Nov 22, 2006 10:23 AM in response to izwhiz

Sorry about the bad URL. I guess I forgot: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

I've been searching the Internet trying to find something else that is low cost/free.

You might want to look at VCD Builder at http://homepage.mac.com/johan/files/category-4.html It might work for you.

You might also try emailing Ulead (contact info on website at ulead.com) asking for help in obtaining the Mac version of DVD PictureShow.

Roxio's Toast Titanium comes with slideshow software and can create VCDs. The current version - Toast Titanium 7 -requires QuickTime 7. I'm not sure Toast Titanium 6 is available anymore.

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Answer 11

Nov 25, 2006 10:54 PM in response to izwhiz

http://ulead-dvd-pictureshow-for-mac.ulead-systems-gmbh.qarchive.org/

Try this URL, it works, just tried it and connected OK.

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