Converting to DVD

[daansy]

Hello, this is my first post so I apologise in advance if i'm repeating other threads (have had a very brief look and can't see anything recent!).

I have recently bought an iMac for the very first time and I have made myself a slideshow on iPhoto of my newborn son. i'm looking to burn this so it'll play on any DVD player for my family.

Do I need a converter or is it possible on to do this on my iMac? I don't think I have iDVD which appears to have been the best way in the past.

Many Thanks

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You could use the 1st and 2nd step here and then use Burn to make a video DVD.

How to burn a video DVD in Burn:

example below uses an .avi file, but it can also be applied to an .mo4 or .mov file​

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[daansy]

Thank you very much, that's really helpful.

 

[daansy]

I did as requested last night but it still doesn't appear to work on some DVD players. Are all DVDs .mpg?

 

[Dave Braine]

Unfortunately, not all dvd players will play home made dvds.

 

[takeshi74]

Are all DVDs .mpg?

Yes. MPEG2, specifically. However, see the post prior to mine.

 

[daansy]

Unfortunately, not all dvd players will play home made dvds.

Ah well it works on my mums, thanks for the help guys.

 

[daansy]

Just an update, I did the above and it wouldn't work on my in laws DVD, they then converted it via Windows and it worked... any ideas?

 

[Dave Braine]

Unfortunately, not all dvd players will play home made dvds.

Just an extention of the above really. Some will play, some won't.

 

[mchalebk]

What media (blank DVDs) are you using? DVD-R blank discs seem to have better compatibility with various DVD players than other types (such as DVD+R).

 

[tony69]

I've tried to drag & drop my AVI file into Burn& it won't even drop.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I've tried to drag & drop my AVI file into Burn& it won't even drop.

In order to find out, what may be wrong with your .avi video, you can use the following three applications to analyse a sample video file.

• VideoSpec (free)
• MediaInfo (free)
• Media Inspector (2.99 USD € in the Mac App Store (MAS))

When done, you can use the "Report" (VideoSpec) and "Export" (Media Inspector) button to export a report,
attachable to your next post via the

button.
In MediaInfo you have to go to the Menu Bar, select View > Text and copy the text via CMD+A > CMD+C and paste it via CMD+V into your next post.​

Do you have Perian installed? What Mac OS X and Burn version do you use?

 

[Cubytus]

Don't waste your time too much. I also tried over the years to get Burn to work, and it could never produce a valid DVD that would be readable even in VLC. This application hasn't been updated in years, and you'd better off considering it dead.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Don't waste your time too much. I also tried over the years to get Burn to work, and it could never produce a valid DVD that would be readable even in VLC. This application hasn't been updated in years, and you'd better off considering it dead.

While I don't use Burn for video DVD creation, it has been updated a year ago though, January 15th 2011. Maybe it is a Lion incompatibility problem.

 

[Cubytus]

While I don't use Burn for video DVD creation, it has been updated a year ago though, January 15th 2011. Maybe it is a Lion incompatibility problem.

Too much hassle trying to get Lion to work the way I did in Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard. I went back to Snow Leopard.