[MacDV] Re: iDVD & 3 movies

[Mike Swope]

Seems like the "integration" between iMovie 3 and iDVD 3 has become 
limiting rather than empowering. Apple *SHOULD NOT* have removed the 
ability to export iDVD-ready video as was available in iMovie 2. Around 
the net, I hear a lot of grumblings about these 2 upgrades.

Is anyone happy with these upgrades?

Gordon B. Alley wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 06:05:00 -0400, Joan Keenan <jkeenan at islands.vi> wrote:
> 
>> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 06:05:00 -0400
>> Subject: [MacDV] iDVD & 3 movies
>> From: Joan Keenan <jkeenan at islands.vi>
>> Message-Id: <1632FF7F-5472-11D7-B0C5-00039348910E at islands.vi>
>>
>> I'm ready to use iDVD for the first time, but want to include 3 movies,
>> one of which I want to break into 6 chapters I have that one ready to
>> burn, but how do I add the other movies. If I open them & go to export
>> to dvd they open a new idvd screen. I tried going to export to dvd, but
>> that says it is not necessary anymore & opens iDVD at a new screen!
>> How can I get all the movies on one dvd....they are not long. I'm sure
>> there is an easy way...but I can't find it.
>> Thanks in advance for your expertise.
>>
>> Joan
> 
> 
> First export the iMovie with chapters to iDVD.
> 
> Then open each of the other two iMovie projects and export them to 
> QuickTime files for iDVD (not directly to iDVD). Actually, I think you 
> can skip the export step and just use the .mov reference files that 
> iMovie 3 automatically creates in the movie project folders.
> 
> Then open your iDVD project and drag those two files to the appropriate 
> menu screen.
> 
> I recently created a similar DVD this way (one movie with chapters and a 
> second without on the same DVD). These are the steps I followed, IIRC.
>