Does iDVD still work in Sierra?

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Ian R. Brown Author

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Does iDVD still work in Sierra?

Does anyone else still use iDVD with FCP X?

If so, have you tried it out in Sierra and does it still work?

OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), Mac mini i5 2.5GHz & iMac FCP X

Posted on Sep 29, 2016 10:57 AM

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Answer 1

CAPTJON

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Feb 4, 2017 9:24 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

I have iDVD 7.1.2 and have not been able to get it to run on Sierra 10.12.2 or the latest 10.12.3. I can open it, but the first time I select a button, such as Media, it crashes. Sometimes it doesn't get that far. I have tried all of the posted suggestions I can find, such as trashing all related pref files, etc and doing a new install but it still crashes right off.

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Answer 2

Tom Wolsky

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Sep 29, 2016 10:59 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Haven't burned anything. Don't do that any more. But the app seems to run and built a disk image.

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Answer 3

Ian R. Brown Author

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Sep 29, 2016 1:15 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom. After writing my question I read a thread about the return of the timecode window bug amongst other things, so I will probably put off updating for a bit.

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Alchroma

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Sep 30, 2016 12:12 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

G'Day Ian,

Yes it does.

I burned a disc from a recent Recital, duration 90 mins with 27 Chapter Markers.

Worked as expected.

El Capitan had a few problems with some Themes not playing correctly and I have not observed any change with Sierra.

Summary: about the same as El Cap.

Al

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Answer 5

Ian R. Brown Author

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Sep 30, 2016 12:15 AM in response to Alchroma

Thanks Al.I hadn't noticed any change in El Cap but that is to be expected as I only open iDVD once a blue-moon when some techno-dinosaur asks for a DVD.

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Answer 6

Dec 5, 2016 7:09 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

It can work but it's quite prone to freezing in Sierra. I have iDVD 7.1.2 (the latest, I think), macOS Sierra 10.12.1 (again, up to date), and a mid 2011 iMac 27", with loads of RAM and disk. I was able to burn 2 DVDs but it's freezing during encoding the third, and that's just creating a disk image, not even burning to a blank.

Lots of people still need DVDs, so I hope iDVD can come back to stability.

I've tried Toast Titanium, and while it gets the job done, the themes are pretty basic ("ugly", IMO), and the main DVD menu won't remember which video you last watched so it always selects the first video when you go back to the menu.

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