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Trouble making DVD's of videos

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Hi everyone. I purchased a MacBook and a video camera when my granddaughter was born. Now I have all of these videos on my computer. I need to put copies of them on DVD's because I am using up so much space on my computer. I would like to make backup copies and then be able to remove most of them. I am soooo new to working on a MAC and find it very confusing even though everyone keeps telling me how easy they are to use. I need help.

I have the videos in IMovie. I have even managed to edit them somewhat and make projects. Then I exported them to IDVD. I burned one and it seems to work fine on my MAC. When I played it on my Windows computer, most of the videos played fine, but on some of them you can here the video but there is no picture. Got any ideas what I am doing wrong?

All of the fancy DVD options are great. But, can I just take my video clips and burn them all to a DVD without having to add all the fancy stuff?

Thanks for any help you can give me. Gigi
Thanks, Gigi
 
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Yes, you can.

iDVD has a function called "OneStep DVD" that takes footage directly off the camera and burns it as a no-frills movie DVD of just the footage. No menus, no editing, just footage.

If the footage is no longer on the camera and only exists on your computer, there's two options:

1. Just assemble it as a bare-bones movie, export to iDVD, then use the DVD map feature to drag the movie into a "play on open" mode and burn the DVD that way. You'll still have to pick a menu theme, but the theme won't appear -- the movie will just play automatically as soon as its opened on your DVD player or computer DVD player.

2. Buy Roxio Toast. You can just drag video files directly into it and make a DVD, even if the clips are in different formats. You can have menus or not, your choice.
 
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I burned one and it seems to work fine on my MAC. When I played it on my Windows computer, most of the videos played fine, but on some of them you can here the video but there is no picture.
That's more likely to be a problem with the PC rather than anything that you are doing.
 
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Yes, you can.

iDVD has a function called "OneStep DVD" that takes footage directly off the camera and burns it as a no-frills movie DVD of just the footage. No menus, no editing, just footage.

If the footage is no longer on the camera and only exists on your computer, there's two options:

1. Just assemble it as a bare-bones movie, export to iDVD, then use the DVD map feature to drag the movie into a "play on open" mode and burn the DVD that way. You'll still have to pick a menu theme, but the theme won't appear -- the movie will just play automatically as soon as its opened on your DVD player or computer DVD player.

2. Buy Roxio Toast. You can just drag video files directly into it and make a DVD, even if the clips are in different formats. You can have menus or not, your choice.


One more question. If I make the DVD as you suggested in the One Step DVD, will other people be able to play them on Windows computers or can they only be seen on a MAC? Thank you for your help. gigi
 
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Yes, they should play on Windows machines, however as always, they maybe the odd PC that can't play it.
 
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iDVD only knows how to make one kind of DVD: standard "movie" DVDs that should play on any compatible DVD player or computer with a DVD drive.

Some standalone DVD players don't like "homeburned" DVDs and just won't play them no matter what. No recent models should have that problem, but older ones might. You might also want to try DVD-R media rather than DVD+R (and don't bother with RW media at all). Some DVD drives on PCs or Macs don't like some kinds of DVD media, but that's increasingly rare as well. Try a different brand of media if you're having those kinds of problems.
 
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iDVD only knows how to make one kind of DVD: standard "movie" DVDs that should play on any compatible DVD player or computer with a DVD drive.

Some standalone DVD players don't like "homeburned" DVDs and just won't play them no matter what. No recent models should have that problem, but older ones might. You might also want to try DVD-R media rather than DVD+R (and don't bother with RW media at all). Some DVD drives on PCs or Macs don't like some kinds of DVD media, but that's increasingly rare as well. Try a different brand of media if you're having those kinds of problems.

Thank you so much for your help. I will try this when I get a chance. gigi
 

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