working with IDVD

[deflumeri]

I am trying to rebuild an IDVD from a previously made DVD. I opened IDVD > new project> chose a menu>dragged the quick movie previously used>added picture to menu>added music>clicked burn.
The app moved through every step except it ejected the disc during the last minute before disc was actually burned. I tried this with tow different discs.

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[sparkyscott21]

Hello deflumeri,

First off, you might want to make sure you have all your s/w up to date.... including, QuickTime, Mac OS X, and iDVD.

Did it give you any codes when burning or finishing?? Such as Error #-34502?? Or any other, and finally, what machine are you using to burn with what s/w you are using, I am assuming
you are using iDVD... Just wanna double check.

[deflumeri]

I am using OS X Lion. I used quick time movie 10.1. And IDVD. I have used all of these to produce other IDVD movies recently with success. I did not get any error message. The message I got said done, but the DVD was ejected blank. All features of he process seemed to process except the burn on the disc.

[sparkyscott21]

If you are running 7.1.2 s/w, then might I suggest to try this out here... It maybe a repairing permissions or even a maintenance widget....

I hope this helps out, as I never have even done a dvd record disc ever....

I use iDVD 7.1.2 for Burning DVD slideshows and When I try - JustAnswer

Hope it helps out, and let me know so I can put it in my memory bank...

[deflumeri]

what is s/w?

[deflumeri]

When I was in utilities I could not click on the repair button. It was grayed out.

[sparkyscott21]

s/w means software..

Make sure all your software is currently up to date.. Including, but not only to including, QuickTime, Mac OS X, and iDVD.

Another words all of your s/w... Have you copied a dvd before on this system??

Reason I ask, a lot of the newer macs don't have iDVD, iWeb built into them...

Here's one way, 3 Pages of reading there....

[deflumeri]

I believe all s/w is up to date. I am running lion, the latest version of quick time player and I believe IDVD is the most recent. The mahout IDVD does not let you see the version. I get notices of all software updates and load them.

[sparkyscott21]

If I remember right, 7.1.2 is the latest version of iDVD...

All problems let me think that it is related to iPhoto iMovie '08, which makes some sense as being yours is an '08..

As with every Mac in recent memory, Apple’s latest hardware releases, the MacBook Air (Mid 2011) and Mac mini (Mid 2011), include the current versions of Mac OS X and iLife—in this case, Lion (OS X 10.7) and iLife ’11. (Interestingly, the new models include only iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand. iWeb and iDVD are nowhere to be seen.) But these new models don’t include a DVD or thumb drive for reinstalling that software.

If you ever have a problem that requires you to reinstall the OS on one of these models, you use the new Lion Recovery feature to boot from a hidden recovery partition of your hard drive and download Lion on demand. Unlike older Macs running Lion, these new models also feature a special version of Lion Recovery, Lion Internet Recovery, that works even if your entire hard drive went south and you had to replace it—you essentially boot your Mac over the Internet, download Lion, and reinstall. When you’re back up and running, you can launch the Mac App Store and reinstall the iLife apps, which will be listed on the Purchases screen.

When you reinstall Lion via Lion Recovery, it seems Apple uses information about your Mac's hardware to verify that it has a license for Lion. But what about iLife? When you first set up one of the new Macs, you’re prompted for your Apple ID and password. That information is sent to the Mac App Store, which adds licenses for the iLife ’11 apps to your Mac App Store account.

But as we’ve explained when covering the Mac App Store, the license for Mac App Store-purchased software lets you install that software on any of the Macs you own that are authorized with your Apple ID. Purchase an app on your laptop, and you can launch the Mac App Store app on your iMac, click the Purchases button, and install that same app without having to purchase it again.

The iLife license you get when you set up one of the latest Macs is no different. Which means that if you haven’t yet gotten around to upgrading to iLife ’11, MacBook Air essentially gets you iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand for all your Macs running OS X 10.6.6 or later (since you need at least that version of Snow Leopard to run the Mac App Store). And this isn’t sneaky or dishonest—it’s right there in the Mac App Store’s software license.

Of course, this isn’t exactly the same as buying the boxed version of iLife ’11, since you don’t get iWeb or iDVD—you might even use the latter if one of your other Macs still has an optical drive. But it’s tough to complain that you aren’t getting enough software for free.

Of course, there are ways of coping your friends s/w and installing it in yours, which the way I look at it is, not really stealing, since Apple just plain left them out and left the rest of us holding the bag so to say...

With that being said, have you had it working in the last 3-4 months or so, or maybe a system reboot may be in somewhat in order, all be it, last thing to do though.

[deflumeri]

This is a lot for laymen to comprehend. I can tell you that I have IMovie 11. I have been making movies up until this problem.