What can idvd do...?

[mikebatho]

Any DVD brainboxes out there...?

What can idvd be used to do? Say I download some tv shows or something, can I make them into a regular dvd, or does it depend on the file type...?

 

[ravenvii]

It needs to be a QuickTime compatible file. You can then export to iMovie, and then export to iDVD. Or just export it into iDVD if you don't want to edit it.

 

[mikebatho]

Groovy. Thanks

 

[mikebatho]

Ahh. Problem.

I have an avi file that Quicktime won't play. Can I convert it to be Quicktime compatible so I can do the next stages of the dvd thing...?

 

[rainman::|:|]

You probably need the Divx software (free download, google it, I'm too lazy to link). That at least lets avi files play in QT. I'm not 100% sure if that makes iDVD support them, but I think so? And Toast would burn your AVIs to DVDs with no conversion necessary (again you probably need Divx to decode).

but then I'm a video retard so I shouldn't be answering.

 

[mikebatho]

Ahh. Problem.

I have an avi file that Quicktime won't play. Can I convert it to be Quicktime compatible so I can do the next stages of the dvd thing...?

 

[mikebatho]

Sorry, didn't mean to post that twice.

Ho wdo I do the divx software thing...?

 

[mikebatho]

OK. i now have the divx thing licked.

Problem is, IDVD won't let me drop the avi files onto it. Says they're not compatible, and in my regular version of Quicktime, I can't find any way of saving them out as anything else, or exporting...

Also, in IDVD, how do I get rid of the lame 'themed' frames...?