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Adding a movie to an iDVD project

You can add a movie to your iDVD project in several ways, using features in iDVD and iMovie.

To learn how to burn footage to a DVD directly from your DV camcorder, see Related Topics below.

Here are ways to add a movie to your project:

Make sure the menu to which you want to add the movie is showing in the iDVD window. This can be the main menu or a submenu.

Click the Media button to open the Media pane, and then click Movies. Drag a movie file from the Media pane to the background of a DVD menu. A green circle with a plus sign appears when it is ready to drop. You can also drag a movie file stored elsewhere on your hard disk, or a connected server, directly to the background of a DVD menu.

If you add a movie with chapter markers, iDVD automatically creates two buttons on the menu: a Play Movie button and a Scene Selection button that links to a scene selection menu, which allows viewers to skip from scene to scene in your DVD. The title of the DVD, which you can edit, changes to the name of the movie.

If you add a movie without chapter markers, iDVD creates only a button with the name of the movie. When you click this button, the movie plays.

Note: If you drop the movie into a Drop Zone, it will become part of the menu screen instead of a featured movie on the DVD.

Choose File > Import > Video. In the dialog that appears, locate the movie you want to add on your hard disk or a connected server, select it, and click Import.

A button linking to the movie appears on the menu.

Click the Add button (shown below) at the bottom of the iDVD window and choose Add Movie. An “Add Movie Here” button appears on the menu (which you can rename). Drag a movie to the button from the Movies pane or from elsewhere on your computer or a connected server.

If you drag a movie with chapter markers to the button, iDVD creates a button with the title of the movie, which links to a submenu with Play Movie and Scene Selection buttons.

Image of the Add button

Related Topics

Adding folders of content to the Media pane

Changing how iDVD handles movies with chapter markers

Burning a OneStep DVD directly from a DV camcorder

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