Comments on: Worried about loss of iDVD from iLife? http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/worried-about-possible-loss/ Philip Hodgetts Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Otto http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83400 Otto Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/27/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83400 I teach non-techie people everyday and these folks think of DVDs as keepsakes, not realizing there are other ways to share their media with their families. I still hear comments from these people who lament the passing of iMovie HD. iDVD hasn't seen an update since iLife '08. It would be a bold step of Apple to tell folks that DVD is over, but I expect bold statements like that from Apple. I teach non-techie people everyday and these folks think of DVDs as keepsakes, not realizing there are other ways to share their media with their families. I still hear comments from these people who lament the passing of iMovie HD. iDVD hasn’t seen an update since iLife ’08. It would be a bold step of Apple to tell folks that DVD is over, but I expect bold statements like that from Apple.

]]> By: Philip Hodgetts http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83386 Philip Hodgetts Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:55:20 +0000 http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/27/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83386 Remembering that this is all still rumor, not an Apple announcement. The rumor also said that it was likely Apple would allow download of iDVD for purchasers of the iLife 11 bundle. Philip Remembering that this is all still rumor, not an Apple announcement. The rumor also said that it was likely Apple would allow download of iDVD for purchasers of the iLife 11 bundle.

Philip

]]> By: James Gardiner http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83384 James Gardiner Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:29:07 +0000 http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/27/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83384 Not unexpected, its Apples way, push the future. iDVD should probably be kept compatible I think. But called out as EOL. Leave third parties to take up the slack. Third parties are also likely to answer the BluRay needs. As in authoring, and possibly playing Non-protected disks... But then again I think from memory, even a burn DB has to have encryption on it by spec design... James Not unexpected, its Apples way, push the future.

iDVD should probably be kept compatible I think. But called out as EOL. Leave third parties to take up the slack.

Third parties are also likely to answer the BluRay needs. As in authoring, and possibly playing Non-protected disks… But then again I think from memory, even a burn DB has to have encryption on it by spec design…

James

]]> By: Anthony Burokas http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83372 Anthony Burokas Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:19:46 +0000 http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/07/27/worried-about-possible-loss/#comment-83372 When I worked in corporate America, I ran a training studio. I RELIED on iDVD for the fastest and simplest turnaround of the numerous disks I had to make. From quick "can I get a copy of the raw material" to full on, multi-menu disks for training use in class. I even bought a second computer just to handle the iDVD workload so I could continue to edit on the "big" machine. Wedding DVD's work just great with some iDVD magic. And back when you could open iDVD projects in DVD Studio Pro (yea, back when Apple apps worked together a lot better than now) I could start authoring the 3 hour dance recital multi-angle DVD in iDVD, built all the chapter pages in a matter of seconds, and then open the project in DVD Studio Pro, change the compression rate so all the video could fit. It's a great little tool that has seen a decline with the increase in broadband and online media, but in cases where you actually need a "deliverable" iDVD was downright indispensable for creating a polished product with a minimum of mouse clicks. The survey shouldn't have been about iDVD, it should have been about disk authoring in general. I think iDVD hols the same percentage, but the overall disk burning need has decreased (especially on a Mac with more deliverables being HD & blu-ray now, and Apple stupidly insisting that Blu-ray doesn't exist.) When I worked in corporate America, I ran a training studio. I RELIED on iDVD for the fastest and simplest turnaround of the numerous disks I had to make. From quick “can I get a copy of the raw material” to full on, multi-menu disks for training use in class. I even bought a second computer just to handle the iDVD workload so I could continue to edit on the “big” machine.

Wedding DVD’s work just great with some iDVD magic.

And back when you could open iDVD projects in DVD Studio Pro (yea, back when Apple apps worked together a lot better than now) I could start authoring the 3 hour dance recital multi-angle DVD in iDVD, built all the chapter pages in a matter of seconds, and then open the project in DVD Studio Pro, change the compression rate so all the video could fit.

It’s a great little tool that has seen a decline with the increase in broadband and online media, but in cases where you actually need a “deliverable” iDVD was downright indispensable for creating a polished product with a minimum of mouse clicks.

The survey shouldn’t have been about iDVD, it should have been about disk authoring in general. I think iDVD hols the same percentage, but the overall disk burning need has decreased (especially on a Mac with more deliverables being HD & blu-ray now, and Apple stupidly insisting that Blu-ray doesn’t exist.)

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