From the Media pane, you have access to files from all the iLife applications, including iPhoto, GarageBand, iMovie, and iTunes. You can import these files directly into your iDVD project.
If you have audio, image, and movie files in folders stored on your hard disk or on external disks, you can drag these folders to the correct pane (drag folders of images to the Photos pane, folders of audio files to the Audio pane, and so on) for easy access while you are working on projects.
To access the Media pane, click the Media button at the bottom of the iDVD window. From there, you can access the files in the Audio, Photos, and Movies panes.
When you click Audio at the top of the Media pane, you see folders in GarageBand, your iTunes library and playlists, and any folders of music files you have added in the top part of the pane.
The individual audio files in the selected folder, library, or playlist are displayed in the lower half of the pane. You can click a column heading to sort the songs, or drag column headings (Name, Artists, Time) to the left or right to reorder them.
You can preview your iTunes and GarageBand audio files by double-clicking them in the lower portion of the Audio pane or by selecting them and then clicking the Play button (A, below). Click the button again to stop the preview.
When you click Photos, your iPhoto and Aperture albums, as well as any folders of images you have added to the pane, are listed in the top part of the pane. When you click an album or folder, thumbnail previews of the images it contains are displayed in the bottom portion of the pane.
When you click Movies, your Movies folder (and any other movie folders you’ve added to the list) are listed at the top of the pane, and thumbnails of the movies in the selected folder are displayed below. If you have movies in iPhoto (such as footage you took with your digital camera) or in iTunes (such as video podcasts), they also appear in their respective folders in the Movies pane.
Thumbnails for widescreen movies, which have an aspect ratio of 16:9 (as opposed to the 4:3 ratio of standard definition video), are shown in the correct aspect ratio.
You can double-click a thumbnail, or select the movie and then click the Play button (A, above), to preview the movie. Click the button again to stop the preview.
You can search for files by typing what you are looking for in the search field (B, above) at the bottom of the each pane.
Note: To see your media from iPhoto, GarageBand, iTunes, or iMovie in the Media pane, you must have installed and opened these applications.