[MacDV] Can't render/encode my iDVD project - Can't burn project to DVD

[Bruce Maclean]

I had the same Stage 2 lock ups trying to burn DVDs out of iMovie with 
iDVD.
I was using a G4.  Bought a G5, and now it works.
On Oct 24, 2004, at 6:30 PM, Robert L. Vaessen wrote:

> Jim -
>
> Once again thanks for the info.
>
> I don't know where you get the 'make a pizza by mashing up a pizza' 
> analogy. I have a iMovie project that I want to burn to disc. I can't 
> seem to get it to work.
>
> I've read a gazillion pages worth of instructions as it is (Yes I've 
> read through the instructions for the iDVD tutorial as well).
>
> Yes I can play a DVD.
> Yes I can make a data DVD.
> Yes I can burn a CD with iTunes.
> I am having no other system/hardware problems.
>
> I didn't realize I was one revision behind on iMovie. Software Update 
> never prompted me to update it. I don't think the problem lies with 
> iMovie, as I am past that point. I have a playable iDVD project that 
> will not render/encode properly, and I can't figure out why. I will 
> attempt to upgrade my iMovie.
>
> - Robert
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2004, at 09:07, James Asherman wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 11:16  PM, Robert L. Vaessen wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to burn my project to disc without using iDVD?
>>
>> There's always Toast.
>>
>> What you have described says that you have never been able to 
>> successfully burn a DVD, even the tutorial.
>> Therefore either you have some major system or program problem, or 
>> your hardware isn't up to it, or you are somehow misunderstanding the 
>> process.
>>  Maybe you think that's harsh but it seems to me that you are trying 
>> to make a pizza by mashing up a pizza.
>>  You might want to strip the tutorial down to about 1 minute and try 
>> to follow all the prompts and directions. Read all the instructions 
>> you can stand.
>>   Can you play a DVD?
>> Can you make a data DVD?
>> Can you burn a CD with iTunes or discburner?
>> You are one revision behind on iMovie.
>> Jim
>
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