Hi John, that helps heaps.
Drag the file into iMovie. Edit it there, add titles, subtitles too if you wish. Tidy it up. Now from within iMovie share it to iDVD. Select a theme that you like. Tidy it up. From the File menu select Burn. Your DVD should be ready to play on a home DVD player or any computer. Good luck. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
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On 06/04/2010, at 3:04 PM, John Daniels wrote: > > Hi Eugene > The instructional movie is mpg4 downloaded from the net through Google videos. > Does that help? > Cheers > John > On 06/04/2010, at 1:37 PM, Eugene wrote: > >> John, >> >> you don't say what format the original movie is in. Did you create it in >> iMovie or is it a movie off YouTube or something similar? >> >> A home video player will play movies that are in a particular format, this >> is the job for iDVD or perhaps Toast if you have that. If you open a >> commercial DVD on your computer you will see a video folder containing .VOB >> documents. THis is the format for videos used on a home DVD player. >> >> When you copy and burn to a DVD disk straight from the computer the disk is >> merely a data / storage disk. Home video players usually won't play these >> disks. >> >> Regards, >> Eugene >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> <(null) 4.tiff> >> On 06/04/2010, at 12:44 PM, John Daniels wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks Peter >>> I do have iDVD which I have never used so I will read up on it. >>> I always burn CDs or DVDs by just copying files to a burn folder and >>> burning from there. >>> I understand there is something called multiplexing or authoring which I >>> think makes the discs playable on a household DVD player. Is that correct >>> and if so does my method do this or only iDVD? >>> I would appreciate some pointers on this. >>> Cheers >>> John >>> >>> On 06/04/2010, at 8:22 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 05/04/2010, at 4:56 PM, John Daniels wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Folks >>>>> Can anyone give me heads up on how I can burn a DVD from a movie on my >>>>> Power PC 10.5.8 to a DVD and get it to play on the Mac and also on a DVD >>>>> player. Which type of DVD to use, -R or +R and how to format the DVD to >>>>> play on both items? >>>>> Cheers >>>>> John >>>> >>>> >>>> In the absence of any further details, iDVD should do the trick for you. >>>> You should have a copy already installed on your Mac. If not, you'll have >>>> to fork out for a copy of iLife. >>>> >>>> >>>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >>>> Perth, Western Australia >>>> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >