[cmillerdesign]

I created a 59 minute iMovie. When converting it to iDVD it said the video was too long for the "best quality". I went back and edited it down to about 57 minutes (I forget the exact steps and pop up messages, but that was the gist). I finished the iDVD menus and burned it. Later I decided I'd see if there was room to add photos to the iDVD file since stills are very small by comparison. I checked the status and it said I only had used 2.0 of 4.0 gigs. Huh? I imported about 100 photos, created a 5 minute slide show and the program didn't give me any pop up windows saying the file was full. When I checked the status, it said I had now used 2.3 of 4.0 gigs. That makes sense, since 5 minutes of video = about 300MB. Did iDVD automatically switch to a lower quality format and not tell me? How can I now add a 5 minutes slide show with audio when iMovie said 59 minutes of video wouldn't fit? I want to make sure I'm always using the best quality since I watch the DVDs on a large screen (96" home theater screen that is). Thanks.

[cmillerdesign]

anyone?

[Eriamjh]

I think once you "went over' the limit, it dropped to the 2 hour mode and now all your stuff is in two hour mode, even though you shortened it.

You may have to re-make the DVD from scratch with the shorter video to get it in 1 hour mode.

[cmillerdesign]

Thanks. Yeah, that's what I was wondering. I played both DVDs (the original 57 minute version and the 57 min with a 5 minute slideshow) on the big screen and didn't see a difference. However there isn't an easy way to "A/B" it without 2 DVD players -- ie. what one disc, take it out, insert the other, forward to the same scene and try to compare.

Is there some way to force iDVD 5 to NOT go into 2hr mode?

[tooki]

The Mac OS forum is for discussing Mac OS. Discussion of Applications belongs in the forum of that name.

tooki