Hi Eugene Thanks for your input, I have now got a new iMac so things are up to date. I found the only way I could get my DVD to play on my DVD player was to convert it from mpeg4 to avi format using Prism software. Cheers John
On 06/04/2010, at 3:53 PM, Eugene wrote: > 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> > <(null) 4.tiff> > 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> >> > -- 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>
