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Creating a DVD without a theme

When you create a new iDVD project, iDVD applies a default theme to your project automatically. You can create a project without a theme by making an autoplay DVD that begins to play automatically when you insert it into a DVD player. You can also simplify one of the iDVD themes to make a project with visually very basic menus and no sound and motion. Which method you use depends on the features you want your final burned DVD to have.

Creating a DVD that plays automatically when inserted into a DVD player
iDVD projects that consist of just a movie or slideshow that begins to play immediately when the DVD is inserted into the player are called autoplay DVDs. Autoplay DVDs have no menus, and they can have just one movie or one slideshow.
Customizing an iDVD theme to simplify its design
When you start an iDVD project, you must choose a theme, which you can customize if you want. Customizing a theme, paring it down to a very simple design, is an easy way to create a “themeless” iDVD project. You can even save this simplified theme as a favorite to use again.
Customizing a theme is the only way to create a themeless project that accommodates more than one movie or slideshow and that has menus so the viewer can navigate though the content on your DVD.
For this purpose, it’s a good idea to start with a theme that is already graphically simple, such as the Soft Frame theme. You can hide the drop zones and delete the DVD title, for example, to make a menu that just shows the names of the movies you add.
Burning a OneStep DVD directly from your DV camcorder
With the OneStep process, you record video from your camcorder directly onto a DVD. The resulting DVD has no menus or other creative formatting, and it begins playing automatically when the viewer inserts it into a DVD player or computer. Using this method, you can have only one movie on your DVD.
Burning a OneStep DVD from a movie on your hard disk
With this process, you can create a DVD using a movie stored on your hard disk or a connected server. The resulting DVD has no menus or other creative formatting, and it begins playing automatically when it is inserted into a DVD player or computer.
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