[MacDV] Re: iDVD3- How is it working for you?

[Gerhard Kuhn]

On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 09:27  PM, Bill Ronk wrote:

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> 1. When working with the iDVD project, make sure that all files have 
> completed encoding in the status window of iDVD. It says done when it 
> is done. When the project is finished. Save the project, then quit 
> iDVD. and shut down.
> 2. Boot from a CD and repair permissions.
> 3. Restart and open iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie in that order - Do not 
> open iDVD or the iDVD project directly. Rather, set DVD preferences to 
> launch iDVD on disk insertion. Then insert a blank DVD-R.
> 4. Be sure all energy saving and screen effects preferences are set to 
> never.
> 5. Burn
Have you tried a rabbits foot for good luck (didn't work for the bunny 
whose foot you have but what the heck can't hurt)
I also found garlic keeps vampires and others away.

Seriously I think your steps are no solution try a reinstall.  I have a 
800 iMac with superdrive and have had some audio issues with iMovie 3, 
after updating to 10.2.4, that seems to be fixed (touch wood) and iDVD 
3 has successfully burned several l disks for me.  I found that with a 
project made in iDVD 2 the buttons in the menu were screwed up but were 
easily repaired. Generally my experience with iLife has been positive.

Gerhard
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> I can assure all that my comments were not meant to be cavalier. 
> Rather, I  admittedly lack the knowledge to know which of these steps 
> are actually helpful, and which are akin to sticking pins in a doll. 
> Also, as a subsequent post has noted, I only went through this process 
> once, and have burned a couple of DVD's since with varying results.
>
> The third problem I encountered was the playback quality of 2 
> "successfully" burned disks. One stutters and pixelates at several 
> points during playback, and the other freezes at the same place during 
> playback. The problem is present on my iMac, iBook, and standalone 
> player. Bad media? I have burned several other disks that seem to play 
> fine.