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# are you talking
standard mpeg 4 in an AVI container ( like divx or xvid ) to then play on a DVD that does not support mpeg 4 playback?
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:40, archived)
# Just the iMovie software that came with this thing
I want to send some stuff on to someone so he can view it on his telly, via a DVD player

It doesn't seem to work in the present saved format on any of the devices alone
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:42, archived)
# If you have iMovie (and I'm assuming you're on a mac)
then you should have iDVD which will do it without much hassle.
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:44, archived)
# Nicely!
"But iDVD will do it without much hassle," didn't apparently, I thought I did everything in iMovie only for nothing to work when I double checked off the DVD i saved it to
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:48, archived)
# You need to create the video in iMovie first.
iDVD is a separate iLife app.

An option called 'Magic DVD' lets you choose a menu, movie file(s), and burn it.

iDVD has to go through a encoding process as it converts the videos and creates the menu in MPEG-2 format and in a DVD format that DVD players understand. You can't just burn DVD files to a DVD like you would movie files.

Tutorial here:
digitalcommons.psu.edu/node/3332
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:51, archived)
# Very nicely, and a typically woo b3ta response
But I don't have time for all those instructions
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:08, archived)
# This is your baby
www.xilisoft.com/dvd-creator-mac.html
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:52, archived)
# Bingo
I owe you one, yet again
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:57, archived)
# you should listen to
Lazygamer before you buy any software though. It sounds like you already have the tools but just need to manually go through the processes. If not doing that and having a package do it for you is worth £35 to you then buy away.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:02, archived)
# Only £40 at the end of day
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:10, archived)
# Can't you turn it into an ISO and write it onto the DVD that way?
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:11, archived)
# It will
still be a computer disc image that has on it files that only the computer understands.

It must be converted first and then made into a disc image ( vob based Mpeg 2 ) that the player understands.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:16, archived)
# Fair
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:21, archived)
# fuck me the exchange rate is getting worse.
My American server went from £27 to £39 in 3 months without them even putting the price up.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:14, archived)
# My last lens cost a a grand a couple of weeks ago
and was about £700 before all this crap, I hope Mr Brown has a plan
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:18, archived)
# I was looking at the one you want to get rid of, last night.
No use to me as I don't do canon and my trusty old pentax 70-210 lens is still holding its own.
Other models available to me are another ancient but fantastic sony mavica fd92 ( which I still use all the time ) and my Nikon D40 which I never use.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:23, archived)
# It still needs a good home
A grand's worth of glass for £500, still up for grabs
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:32, archived)
# ebay it man
The only b3tans I know who are serious about photography would likely be unable to afford it or like me, don't do canon.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 0:36, archived)
# I have no knowledge of
iMovie. What you need is a DVD authoring software that will transcode the file to then burn it in DVD format.

Your best idiot proof bet is Nero. You need a full version of the suite and you need the dvd plugin ( I just realised I have no idea if you can get a mac version ).

forum.mininova.org/index.php?showtopic=234992284

This explains that process and if you can not use nero you are going to have to hunt for a mac avi-dvd authoring software.
The movie needs to be totally transcoded to another format first. Each 700mb movie I do on mine takes about 40 minutes and just over an hour for a 1.39GB standard scene release.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:47, archived)
# Seriously nicely for the feedback,
but given this all for someone at work, I will drop this on the desk of one of my beloved IT department colleagues :)
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 23:52, archived)