> On Oct 23, 2004, at 11:16 PM, Robert L. Vaessen wrote: > >> >> On Oct 23, 2004, at 18:31, James Asherman wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, October 23, 2004, at 08:13 PM, Robert L. Vaessen wrote: >>> >>>> Well, it works if I drag the .dv to an open iDVD, but then the >>>> chapter markers aren't visible in iDVD. I've already got a good >>>> iDVD project with menus, menu transitions, chapter selections, etc, >>>> built. It previews fine in iDVD. I can navigate through the menus >>>> with no problems, and the video plays back with no problems. >>>> >>> In this case I would say, quit iMovie, it is sucking up your power. >>> and you are right, you need to get the project started in iDVD from >>> iMovie before you quit iMovie. >>> >>> Then press the burn button. >>> put in a DVD and walk away. >>> My wiseguy wisdom is exhausted >>> Love anyway >>> Jim >> >> When I try to burn the DVD using iMovie, I am not running iMovie. >> I've only got iDVD running when I attempt to burn the project to >> disc. I've pressed the button, and walked away. When I come back >> twelve hours later, it's still in stage 2! Come on, it shouldn't >> take more than twelve hours to get past stage 2! >> >> Is there any way to burn my project to disc without using iDVD? >> >> Thanks for all your help. >> >> - Robert ...correcting for top posting... On Oct 23, 2004, at 21:34, Gerhard Kuhn wrote: > You could spend some big dollars and buy DVD Studio Pro 3. > > Gerhard I'll pass on that suggestion. What I've already got is... 1: QuickTime Pro 6.5.1. 2: QuickTimeMPEG2.component 6.4 (found in the /Macintosh HD/System/Library/ directory). Where can I verify the use/existence of MPEG2 in QuickTime? 3: MacTheRipper 2.0.1 4: DVD Player 4.0 5: DVD Imager 1.2 6: iDVD 4.0.1 7: iMovie 4.0 8: MacTheRipper 2.0.1 9: mpgtx-14-beta-4 (Is this version 1.1 or 1.4b4?) 10: Sizzle 0.5 11: VLC media player 0.7.2 12: yade X 0.95b 13: Dragon Burn 4.0.22 I was kind of hoping that I wouldn't need to buy any more software. - Robert