[MacDV] iDVD encoding

[R B Williams]

Changing the name doesn't matter since the program has made a record of where the files
sit on your drive. I have used this method to start over with encoding from iMovie to
iDVD. It also serves to defragment all of the media within a project.

1. Copy all of the movie files to another drive (the entire iMovie folder)
2. Rename the duplicate files (be sure that the project name exactly matches the
quicktime file with .mov on the end) and keep the media files folder inside with the
project & quicktime files)
3. Open iMovie (it will bring up your original project on the main drive) then close the
project.
4. Open the project now found on your external drive (this way you can check to be sure
everything exists as it should in the new location.
5. quit imovie and trash the original files.
6. You now have a world of space on your system drive for idvd to encode to it's hearts
content.

By the way, another method is to write the project to dv tape, clear all of the files,
and then import your footage into a fresh imovie project. I used to go that route before
I had plenty of drive space sitting around.



Dorothy Hennings wrote:

> I just trashed an old system file and now have 6.73 GB available on the
> startup HD
>
> I'm thinking of changing the name of my iMovie (on the folder and on
> the actual project file inside ) and trying with that. Maybe the iDVD
> will think it is a different movie and start from scratch.
>
> Will doing that cause any corruption of the project file or Media
> folder?
>
> (mistatement: iDVD 3 is on the first iLife disk, not on the Jaguar)
>
> >
> > Is my arithmetic right? 4.40 Gb minus 4.17 Gb = 0.23 Gb, which is 230
> > MB which should fit in the 712.4 MB left on the OS X startup HD.
> >
> > I guess I need to trash the iDVD application and reinstall from the
> > Jaguar disk if that is possible without installing iMovie 3, iPhoto 2
> > etc. Let me know on this.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >>>
> >
> > I've run into this problem before. This is what I was trying to
> > explain in my previous post
> >
> > I believe the 712.4 MB free space you have is simply not enough.
> >
> > iDVD may take as much as 4.5 GB to make a DVD, and you don't
> > have that much free space on your boot (OSX) drive.
> >
> > Your iMovie project is on the external drive, but it's my experience
> > that iDVD wants to use your OS X boot drive to encode onto, before
> > it burns the disc.
> >
> > Clear out any failed attempts, then make sure you have 4.5GB free
> > space, before you start reinstalling everything.
> >
> > If someone knows a way to get iDVD to encode onto an external,
> > or any disc other than the OSX boot drive, I'd be grateful if you'd
> > let us know.
> >
> > David Reaves
> >
>
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